Runners in this year’s rather wet Lethbridge 10k were among the first to make use of the new roads and paths that connect Mannington to Mill Lane as part of the Wichelstowe development.

A new course was required this year due to to the closure of the Motorway bridge at Southleaze.

The race, in its 14th year, is organised by the Friends of Lethbridge Primary School in order to raise funds for the school.

Despite the weather, there were 286 finishers in the race. Alex Fisher, a 24-year-old member of the Big Adventure Store team, was the male winner in a time of 34:26.

In a close finish, he was just ahead of Swindon Harrier Gary O’Brien. Kate Jacobs, also of Swindon Harriers, was winner of the ladies race in a time of 37:39, nearly three minutes faster than her time when she last won in 2006.

The race was sponsored by Arval, Intel, Nationwide, Run Swindon and Swindon Property Group, and this year the organisers were able to use the new Wichelstowe roads thanks to help from the Trench Farrow, Tithegrove and Swindon Borough Council.

RESULTS

1 Alex Fisher (Big Adventure Store) 34.26; 2 Gary O’Brien (Swindon Harriers) 34.28; 3 Heath Bampton (Swindon Harriers) 35.14; 4 Tim Hughes (White Horse Harriers) 36.11; 5 Shaun Mochan (Swindon Harriers) 37.03; 6 Stephen Astin (Swindon Striders) 37.25; 7 Richard Newman (Swindon Harriers) 37.37; 8 Kate Jacobs (Swindon Harriers) 37.39; 9 Guy Collis (Swindon Striders) 38.12; 10 Chris Cammish (Intel) 38.25; 11 Pete Gilder (Swindon Striders) 38.30; 12 Jason Berry (Swindon Striders) 38.35; 13 Rob Townsend (Swindon Striders) 38.39; 14 Gary Smith 38.44; 15 Mark Bellamy (Swindon Harriers) 39.07; 16 Stephen Goulding (Swindon Harriers) 39.12; 17 Nathan Blunden 39.28; 18 Barry Brierley 39.36; 19 Neil Pringle (Swindon Striders) 39.40; 20 Tamsin Simmonds (Swindon Harriers) 39.46; 21 Nicholas Day (Intel) 40.04; 22 Darren Sweeney 40.29; 23 Alex Golding (Thames Valley Triathletes) 40.38; 24 Dan Brice (Swindon Striders) 41.09; 25 Giulietta Cumper 41.11; 26 Gerard Howells (BP Helios Harriers) 41.16; 27 John Lewis 41.32; 28 Janusz Walega (Jan United) 41.49; 29 Gary Herring 41.53; 30 Mike Wakefield (Slinn Allstars) 42.26; 31 Aaron Burgess (Jan United) 42.36; 32 Claire Smith (Swindon Striders) 42.43; 33 Andy Bird (Swindon Striders) 42.49; 34 Ben Hughes 42.56; 35 Simon O’Neill 42.58; 36 Michael Bowles 43.04; 37 Steve Wall (Zurich) 43.05; 38 Rychard Wojewodka 43.15; 39 Stephen Cumper 43.16; 40 Thomas Hamilton 43.16; 41 Rhys Wathan (Jan United) 43.24; 42 Philip Baylay (Swindon Harriers) 43.26; 43 Scott Loveday 43.30; 44 Jason Campbell (Highworth Running Club) 43.37; 45 Carole Phillips (Swindon Striders) 43.37; 46 Chris Wilson 43.42; 47 Neil Couling 43.44; 48 Ben Ashwell 43.52; 49 Gerry McKay 43.55; 50 Peter Sweeney (Swindon Striders) 43.55; 51 Mark Gratland (Slinn Allstars) 43.57; 52 Peter Dewhirst (Swindon Tri Club) 44.19; 53 Dean Ford 44.23; 54 Richard Stokes 44.34; 55 Crispian Garth (Swindon Harriers) 44.34; 56 Kieran Golding (Swindon Harriers) 44.35; 57 Robert Hing 44.4; 58 Richard Battaglia 44.52; 59 Miec Wojewodka (Jan United) 45.04; 60 John Tuersley 45.05; 61 Laurence Griffin 45.11; 62 John Stephenson 45.13; 63 Barry Fry (Jan United) 45.17; 64 Colin Jefferies (Wootton Bassett Hounds) 45.18; 65 Nicholas Fisher 45.19; 66 Simon Thompson (Swindon Striders) 45.3; 67 Paul Gemmill (Swindon Harriers) 45.35; 68 Samantha Hunt 45.38; 69 Roger Osborn (Swindon Harriers) 45.39; 70 Chris Parsons 45.4; 71 Anna Buckingham (Wootton Bassett Hounds) 45.45; 72 Jason Rickards 45.46; 73 Kevin Benham (Swindon Striders) 45.47; 74 Mark Hill (Slinn Allstars) 45.5; 75 Sarah Wells (Swindon Striders) 45.51; 76 Sarah Bryant (Slinn Allstars) 45.52; 77 Mike Conner 46.04; 78 Paul Fishwick (Highworth Running Club) 46.11; 79 Addil Ghafar (Jan United) 46.14; 80 Hazel Anderson (Chissy Chasers) 46.15; 81 Alex Parfitt 46.16; 82 Christian Alba 46.21; 83 Simon Green (Wootton Bassett Hounds) 46.29; 84 Doug Stimson 46.36; 85 Clive Barker (Wiltshire Police) 46.43; 86 Timothy Westcott (Swindon Harriers) 46.49; 87 Steve Hall 47.1; 8 Paul Granger (Wiltshire Police) 47.24; 89 Michelle Leighton (Wootton Bassett Hounds) 47.25; 90 David Roberts (Swindon Striders) 47.27; 91 Nigel Jones 47.39; 92 Dave Baulch (BP Helios Harriers) 47.39; 93 David Liddle (Chippenham Harriers) 47.51; 94 Neil Cross (Highworth Running Club) 47.52; 95 Jonathan Maguire 48.02; 96 Andy Elliott (Okehampton RC) 48.05; 97 Emma Neilson 48.17; 98 Tracey West 48.24; 99 Tim Perkins 48.3; 100 Stuart Wakeley (Slinn Allstars) 48.39; 101 Richard Cox 48.49; 102 Alison Barker (Swindon Harriers) 48.54; 103 Mike Rendall (Highworth Running Club) 48.57; 104 Mairi Devlin 49.03; 105 Nick Sheppard 49.04; 106 Clare Ralph 49.05; 107 Teresa Andow (Wootton Bassett Hounds) 49.06; 108 Paul Chard (Hogweed Trotters) 49.07; 109 Martin Wilson 49.07; 110 Elaine Dean 49.19; 111 Kevin Bray 49.27; 112 Lee Snyder 49.35; 113 Faraz Shoghi 49.35; 114 Andrew Griffiths (Swindon Striders) 49.52; 115 John Simmonds (Swindon Striders) 49.56; 116 Steve Rhodes (Highworth Running Club) 49.56; 117 Chris Covell 50.05; 118 Andrew Wear 50.1; 119 Michael Booy 50.16; 120 Terry Cripps 50.16; 121 Jeremy Jones 50.18; 122 Rob Sharman 50.2; 123 Graham Grafton (Cirencester AC) 50.21; 124 Paul Salmon 50.24; 125 Jenny Garth (Swindon Harriers) 50.3; 126 Julie Whish (Swindon Harriers) 50.31; 127 Bob Das 50.35; 128 Peter Dixon (Highworth Running Club) 50.35; 129 Gavin Wilkie 50.41; 130 Ewan Wishart (Jan United) 50.41; 131 Anthony Norman 50.51; 132 Phil Dixon (Zurich) 50.55; 133 Mark Fraser (Slinn Allstars) 50.56; 134 Sam Campbell (Highworth Running Club) 51.04; 135 Kirsty Sutherland 51.09; 136 Len Mochan 51.11; 137 Richard Roberts 51.12; 138 Chris Rodgers 51.16; 139 Sean Gray (Highworth Running Club) 51.17; 140 Jon Carter 51.25; 141 Jonathon Weedon (Swindon Harriers) 51.3; 142 Simon Haynes 51.36; 143 Kevin Aries (Highworth Running Club) 51.39; 144 Jane Powell 51.4; 145 Scott Price 51.42; 146 Vince Bartley 51.44; 147 Andy Garrett 51.45; 148 Sally Daniels (Swindon Striders) 51.46; 149 Michael Golden 51.47; 150 Audrey Vellender (Run Swindon) 51.51; 151 Paul Duff (Jan United) 52; 152 Howard Millard (Stargazers) 52.17; 153 Peter Bevan (Intel) 52.24; 154 Neil Graham (Highworth Running Club) 52.25; 155 Gary Henderson (Slinn Allstars) 52.27; 156 Tim Lewis 52.33; 157 Rachel Bendell (Swindon Harriers) 52.34; 158 Nancy Braithwaite 52.38; 159 Joanne Payne 52.48; 160 Paula Lawton Archer (Swindon Striders) 52.51; 161 Maggie Miller 52.55; 162 Simon Jones (Wells City Harriers) 53.03; 163 Julie Lewis 53.03; 164 Dave Lane (Slinn Allstars) 53.07; 165 Julie-Anne Carroll 53.08; 166 Richard Knowles 53.10; 167 Ray Stephens (Swindon Striders) 53.22; 168 Alison Sutcliffe 53.26; 169 Mark Donovan 53.42; 170 Peter Martin (Highworth Running Club) 53.44; 171 Nicola Luce 53.52; 172 Katharine Schofield 53.55; 173 Mark Powney 53.57; 174 Laura Fisher 53.58; 175 Jonathan Williams 54.00; 176 Jackie Evans (Swindon Striders) 54.17; 177 Tom Collister 54.27; 178 Keith Firkin (Ranelagh Harriers) 54.31; 179 Robert Hart 54.32; 180 Graham Faulkner (Swindon Allstars) 54.38; 181 Emma Jackson 54.51; 182 Mandy Ridler 55.04; 183 Mike Land (Slinn Allstars) 55.06; 184 Victoria Wilkes 55.09; 185 Peter Catherwood 55.17; 186 Monica Sasso 55.19; 187 Sarah Hind (Swindon Harriers) 55.27; 188 Anthony Moglione 55.31; 189 Ben Grey 55.38; 190 Theresa Osman (Swindon Harriers) 55.38; 191 Andy Dean 55.38; 192 Clara Bunce (Run Swindon) 55.48; 193 Sean Fryer (Swindon Harriers) 56.02; 194 Shaun Carpenter (Wiltshire Fire And Rescue) 56.08; 195 Andy Selwood (Slinn Allstars) 56.11; 196 Steve Morgan 56.12; 197 Jim Donovan 56.20; 198 Nicholas Richardson (Jan United) 56.21; 199 Amy Wharton (Sunderland Strollers) 56.22; 200 Gemma Forde (Run Swindon) 56.23; 201 Rebecca Holbourne (Swindon Striders) 56.26; 202 Becky Elliman 56.31; 203 Debbie Sotherton 56.38; 204 Grev Parmenter 56.43; 205 Chris Hince (Agony Of Da Feet ) 56.47; 206 Michael Molloy (Intel) 56.54; 207 Colin Smith 56.54; 208 Felicity Westall (Swindon Harriers) 56.58; 209 Sadie Brooks 57.05; 210 Marion Morris (Slinn Allstars) 57.12; 211 Chloe Dutton (Run Swindon) 57.15; 212 Maggie Hudson 57.22; 213 Chloe Mort (Almost Athletes) 57.32; 214 Elaine Widdowson 57.36; 215 Steve Greatley (Riding Dirty) 57.36; 216 Beverley Jones (Swindon Striders) 57.40; 217 Sarah Prevost 57.41; 218 Jemma Richardson 57.44; 219 Rachel Airey 57.45; 220 Mark Ratcliffe (Highworth Running Club) 57.46; 221 Alison Weir (Run Swindon) 57.50; 222 Romona Liddiard 58.04; 223 Richard Whittall 58.04; 224 Jacqueline Hodges 58.05; 225 Katie Fitzgibbon (Highworth Running Club) 58.21; 226 Amelia Field 58.36; 227 Robert Rew 58.45; 228 Christine Hardisty (Swindon Harriers) 58.47; 229 Maciej Krause 59.56; 230 Kath Moreton 59.56; 231 Bruce Gamble (Creative Rush) 60.01; 232 Emmaliese Harding 60.14; 233 Lena Brown 60.17; 234 Charlie Brock (Hogweed Trotters) 60.31; 235 Katherine Cole 60.33; 236 Megan Walker 60.34; 237 Atiff Ghafar 60.38; 238 Emma Tanner (Slinn Allstars) 60.46; 239 Lydia Robinson (Slinn Allstars) 60.47; 240 Katy Cooke 61.04; 241 Sharon Jameison 61.30; 242 Kelly Turner 61.30; 243 Suzanne Ford 61.34; 244 Anna Mayne 61.34; 245 Sian Walters (Run Swindon) 61.41; 246 Karin McCann (Slinn Allstars) 61.48; 247 Sharon Woods 61.56; 248 Lisa Powney 62.21; 249 Julia Rolt 62.32; 250 Alison Burke 63.05; 251 Tracy Marchant (Hogweed Trotters) 63.05; 252 Chez Aboh 63.10; 253 Carol Ratcliffe (Highworth Running Club) 63.10; 254 Ian Rolt 63.17; 255 Debbie Mitchard 63.27; 256 Sarah Moss 63.27; 257 Teresa Mytton 63.30; 258 Pascale Philippe 64.01; 259 Rebecca Thorpe 64.08; 260 Kelvin Linsley 64.10; 261 Heidi Rose Buchanan 64.10; 262 Mark Nicholls 64.13; 263 Claire Stott (Run Swindon) 64.15; 264 Glynis Hunt 64.17; 265 Liz Gallagher 64.56; 266 John Murphy 65.05; 267 Jenette Cole (Run Swindon) 65.33; 268 Sarah Chew (Swindon Harriers) 66.22; 269 Marie Baker 66.34; 270 Tracy Dixon 67.08; 271 Ginny Peat 67.28; 272 Tracy Ambrose 67.32; 273 Sally Matthews 68.48; 274 Linsey Farrar (Swindon Harriers) 70.15; 275 Emma Skelton 70.34; 276 Jenny Wood (Great Western Runners) 70.48; 277 Derek Harris 70.48; 278 Anouska Inns 71.48; 279 Tim Shakespeare 71.59; 280 Claire Ashmore (Slinn Allstars) 72.37; 281 Steven Hams (Slinn Allstars) 72.38; 282 Milly Jones (Creative Rush) 73.13; 283 Hilary Clothier 74.07; 284 Mari Davies 80.07.

88 MR NONUMBER 47.20.