Fourteen Buxton AC runners looking for sunshine and warmth made the short trip to Alsager to test themselves at the legendary 5 mile road race, featuring nearly a thousand runners from all over the country.

Buxton’s stand-out performance came from Kate Ledin who broke the Club’s Female veteran 55+ record by 52 seconds. Kate was 2nd in her age category (50th woman and 288th overall), setting a new mark of 36:25. First home for Buxton’s women in 30:44 was Amy Clark, 9th in the women’s race (95th overall) with Katie Rolfe next in 35:56 (47th woman, 281st overall).

For the men, Ben Light led the team home in 34th place (time 28:02), with Rob White 37th in 28:14 (4th male over 40). The Buxton team of Ben, Rob and Amy finished an excellent 6th overall.

The monthly Pavilion Gardens 5k will be held as usual this Saturday, 9th February, at 9am, starting on Broadwalk – timed, accurately measured and free to enter. Run the full 3 laps of our beautiful park, or come and attempt one or two laps. Accompanied children, buggies, wheelchair athletes, visually impaired runners and dogs on leads all very welcome!