This flat as a pancake event attracted four North Road members for some end of year running fun, in what has almost become a traditional event for some.  

Richard Somerset showed strongly and completed the 10k distance in 42.22 claiming 77th place out of exactly 500 starters.  Richard was also 15th in the male vets 40 (MV40) category out of 65 finishers.  Dave Kiely had also rediscovered his running legs and achieved a time of 43.27, good enougth for 102nd place, and 21st in the MV40.

The main battle was further down the field between John McDowall and Brian Goodwin, in scenes reminiscent of the great Coe and Ovett battles of the eighties, a lengthy head-to-head tussle over the last 5k Brian won through in 137th place, in 44.44 (26th in MV40 catogry) with John an agonizing ten seconds further back (44.54), 141st place and 29th in MV40.   

Full results from Ely Runners website here