The runbritain web site is run by UK Athletics. Site has lots of info on road training and racing.
Click on the links below to view past 5k series results.
Recent results are in web page format but all results are available in PDF format.
2012: PDF web
2011: PDF web
2010 Series results
2009 Series results
2008 Series results
2007 Series results
2006 Series results
2005 Series results
2004 Series results
2003 Series results
Les Hewitt was taking photos.
Here are the results for Spectrum Striders RC members.
| Pos | Name | Cat. | Time | |
| 1 | SHAW, Matthew | Senior Man | 15.35 | winner - Salford Harriers |
| 27 | MILLINGTON, Christopher | Male Vet 40 | 17.36 | |
| 31 | MARTIN, Colin | Male Vet 55 | 17.48 | 1st MV55 |
| 39 | MCVEY, Diane | Female Vet 35 | 18.12 | 1st lady - Wilmslow RC |
| 42 | CHADWICK, Daniel | Senior Man | 18.25 | |
| 50 | HUDD, David | Senior Man | 18.45 | |
| 66 | SPENCER, Julian | Male Vet 50 | 19.17 | |
| 81 | HOUGH, Robert | Male Vet 40 | 19.49 | |
| 91 | LEWIS, Tim | Male Vet 45 | 20.00 | |
| 92 | COLES, Matthew | Senior Man | 20.03 | |
| 105 | GARNETT, Andy | Male Vet 55 | 20.31 | |
| 109 | DEMPSTER, Louise | Female Vet 45 | 20.37 | 1st LV45 |
| 115 | MCHARRY, Rob | Male Vet 45 | 21.02 | |
| 116 | WHITFIELD, Liz | Female Vet 35 | 21.03 | |
| 117 | LAMBERT, Guy | Senior Man | 21.05 | |
| 133 | ALCOCK, Dillon | Male Junior | 21.59 | |
| 136 | TUGWELL, Philip | Male Vet 45 | 22.05 | |
| 140 | HALL, Mike | Male Vet 50 | 22.11 | |
| 150 | CALDWELL, Helen | Female Vet 45 | 22.26 | |
| 172 | JOHNSON, Kate | Female Vet 40 | 23.39 | |
| 177 | GRIFFITHS, Neville | Male Vet 65 | 23.46 | |
| 187 | PEERS, Alan | Male Vet 70 | 24.22 | |
| 188 | GARLAND, Heather | Female Vet 35 | 24.31 | |
| 197 | BIRD, Allan | Male Vet 50 | 24.40 | |
| 207 | ALCOCK, Vincent | Male Vet 40 | 25.21 | |
| 213 | ARBER, Carolyn | Female Vet 55 | 25.37 | |
| 219 | DOOLEY, John P | Male Vet 65 | 25.53 | |
| 222 | LEWIS, Sandra | Female Vet 45 | 26.03 | |
| 225 | BUCK, Sue | Female Vet 45 | 26.11 | |
| 228 | YARWOOD, Dennis | Male Vet 45 | 26.27 | |
| 235 | REDPATH, Janet | Female Vet 60 | 27.45 | |
| 239 | DUNBAR, Ian | Male Vet 60 | 27.57 | |
| 242 | MACKAY, Lisa | Female Vet 45 | 28.37 | |
| 247 | EAVES, Martin | Senior Man | 29.29 | |
| 248 | COLES, Terry | Male Vet 70 | 30.16 | |
| 250 | FILLINGHAM, Tony | Senior Man | 32.30 | |
| 252 | RAMSDALE, Christine | Female Vet 60 | 32.59 | |
| 253 | FRANCE, Christine | Female Vet 50 | 33.24 |
254 finishers, last finisher in 37:21. Full results are on ukresults.net.
This race is organised by Altrincham & District AC and is race 3 in the North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix Series (not to be confused with the "Cheshire County Road Race Grand Prix").
The 5k Series web page has entry forms for each individual race and an entry form for the whole series.
The route is an accurately measured 2-laps over roads and parkland.
Race HQ: Stamford Arms Pub, The Firs, Bowdon, nr Altrincham, WA14 2TW.
Parking: At the Pub. There are toilets at the Pub but no changing facilities. Also at the Pub are race information, enquiries and race results.
Start & finish: The start is 0.4 miles away from the Pub at the end of Green Walk. Allow enough time so that you don't miss the start! The finish is about 0.3 miles from the Pub, again down Green Walk.
Entries: To download a race entry form, click here. The race limit is 300 runners. Entry fee is £6 for club runners.
There are usually no entries on the day but there may be a few left this year [2013]. If you want to run, get there early!
For more information on the race, please go to the Altrincham & District AC web site.
| Pos | Forename | Surname | Cat | Time | |
| 1 | Liam | RENTON | MJ | 15.56 | winner - Warrington AC |
| 25 | Colin | MARTIN | M50 | 17.52 | 2nd MV50 |
| 27 | Christopher | MILLINGTON | M40 | 17.58 | |
| 32 | Louise | BLIZZARD | F35 | 18.15 | 1st lady - Belgrave Harriers |
| 42 | Neil | GARNETT | M50 | 18.36 | |
| 44 | Mike | WELSBY | M40 | 18.41 | |
| 54 | Jim | DAWSON | M45 | 19.29 | 2nd claim |
| 58 | Liz | WHITFIELD | F | 19.38 | |
| 62 | Neil | ADAIR | M | 19.45 | |
| 64 | Brad | EHLEN | M40 | 19.49 | |
| 70 | Andy | GASKELL | M40 | 19.59 | |
| 73 | Matthew | COLES | MJ | 20.07 | |
| 81 | Alison | DRAPER | F | 20.28 | |
| 84 | Philip | ROSE | M45 | 20.30 | |
| 89 | Andy | GARNETT | M55 | 21.14 | |
| 93 | Rob | MCHARRY | M45 | 21.22 | |
| 96 | Caroline | HEMMING | F45 | 21.29 | 2nd FV45 |
| 98 | Michael | CHARMAN | M60 | 21.31 | |
| 125 | Janet | SALMON | F45 | 22.38 | 2nd claim |
| 134 | Debbie | READ | F50 | 23.02 | |
| 139 | Brian | GRIFFITHS | M50 | 23.21 | |
| 145 | Anne | FORTUNE | F55 | 23.56 | 2nd FV55 |
| 146 | John P | DOOLEY | M60 | 24.00 | |
| 147 | Paul | HARROP | M60 | 24.01 | |
| 151 | Peter | SAMUELSON | M65 | 24.26 | |
| 152 | Alan | PEERS | M70+ | 24.33 | 1st MV70 |
| 155 | Ian | DUNBAR | M55 | 24.50 | |
| 171 | Vicky | ANDREWS | F | 26.50 | |
| 173 | Allan | BIRD | M50 | 27.15 | |
| 174 | Tracey | HART | F40 | 27.16 | |
| 178 | Iain | FORTUNE | M65 | 27.47 | |
| 180 | Paul | HULSE | M45 | 28.19 | |
| 181 | Tony | FILLINGHAM | M | 28.32 | PB by 8 sec |
| 183 | Stephanie | CHARMAN | F60+ | 30.28 | 2nd FV60 |
188 finishers, last finisher in 37:09. Full results are on ukresults.net.
No less than 44 Striders ran the race!
Well done to Janet (Robertson) who won the LV40 prize. Also, well done to Anne & Alan who also won their categories but the organisers chose not to award prizes for the older veteran categories. Finally, Alan broke his own MV70 Club record set at Hollins Green.
| Pos | Name | Cat. | Time | Club |
| 1 | NORMAN, Dave | Male Senior | 15.59 | winner - Altrincham & District AC |
| 16 | CROMPTON, Neil | Male Senior | 17.04 | |
| 30 | MARTIN, Colin | Male V50 | 17.51 | 2nd MV50 |
| 31 | THOMPSON, Louisa | Lady Senior | 17.52 | 1st lady - Leigh Harriers &AC |
| 39 | MARSDEN, Kevin | Male Senior | 18.11 | |
| 40 | BURTHEM, Stephen | Male V50 | 18.12 | 2nd claim |
| 41 | HOUGH, Robert | Male Senior | 18.13 | |
| 50 | MILLINGTON, Christopher | Male V40 | 18.26 | |
| 52 | SPENCER, Julian | Male V50 | 18.31 | |
| 53 | MARTIN, Steve | Male V50 | 18.35 | |
| 55 | WELSBY, Mike | Male V40 | 18.36 | |
| 57 | HUDD, David | Male Senior | 18.40 | |
| 70 | FARMER, Alex | Male Senior | 19.07 | |
| 73 | CHADWICK, Daniel | Male Senior | 19.17 | |
| 76 | DAWSON, Jim | Male V45 | 19.21 | 2nd claim |
| 88 | EHLEN, Brad | Male V40 | 20:06 | |
| 90 | DRIVER, Graham | Male V40 | 20.15 | |
| 97 | GARNETT, Andy | Male V55 | 20.30 | |
| 100 | HEMMING, Caroline | Lady V45 | 20.33 | 2nd LV45 |
| 103 | MCHARRY, Rob | Male V45 | 20.36 | |
| 107 | COLES, Matthew | Male Junior | 20.55 | PB by 21 secs |
| 114 | CHARMAN, Michael | Male V60 | 21.23 | |
| 117 | FORSTER, Karon | Lady V45 | 21.29 | |
| 118 | THOMPSON, Dave | Male V50 | 21.29 | |
| 133 | COLVIN, James | Male Senior | 22.13 | |
| 136 | ROBERTSON, Janet | Lady V40 | 22.20 | 1st LV40, 2nd claim |
| 143 | CALDWELL, Helen | Lady V40 | 22.32 | 2nd LV40 |
| 147 | PEERS, Alan | Male V70 | 22.44 | 1st MV70 + new club MV70 record |
| 150 | DOOLEY, John P | Male V60 | 22.58 | |
| 167 | DUNBAR, Ian | Male V55 | 24.11 | |
| 168 | MIRABELLA, Alessandro | Male Senior | 24.20 | |
| 171 | JOHNSON, Kate | Lady V40 | 24.31 | |
| 173 | EAVES, Martin | Male Senior | 24.36 | |
| 178 | SAMUELSON, Peter | Male V65 | 25.02 | |
| 180 | ALLMAN, Barry J | Male V55 | 25.10 | |
| 184 | ARBER, Carolyn | Lady V50 | 25.28 | |
| 190 | BIRD, Allan | Male V50 | 26.18 | |
| 192 | THOMPSON, Olivia | Lady Senior | 26.35 | |
| 201 | HAMLING, George | Male V55 | 27.36 | PB by 19 sec |
| 203 | REDPATH, Janet | Lady V55 | 28.10 | |
| 204 | HEWITT, Anne | Lady V60 | 28.39 | 1st LV60 |
| 206 | CHARMAN, Stephanie | Lady V60 | 29.12 | |
| 209 | COLES, Terry | Male V65 | 29.35 | |
| 212 | FILLINGHAM, Tony | Male Senior | 30.25 | |
| 213 | RAMSDALE, Christine | Lady V60 | 30.28 | |
| 214 | HEWITT, Les | Male V55 | 30.35 |
222 finishers, last finisher in 38:15. Full results are on ukresults.net.
Well done to Caroline Hemming and Marian Martin who won their classes LV40 and LV50 for the second time in less than a week after doing the same at the Hollins Green 5k!
For reasons that the organisers couldn't resolve, Striders member Alessandro Mirabella was unfortunately missed out of the results.
| Pos | First Name | Surname | Cat | Time | |
| 1 | Damian | Nicholls | Senior Men | 15.04 | winner - Wilmslow RC |
| 27 | Colin | Martin | MV50 | 17.16 | |
| 30 | Louisa | Wood | Senior Lady | 13:25 | 1st lady - Warrington AC |
| 31 | Mike | Houghton | MV40 | 17.27 | |
| 36 | Liz | Whitfield | Senior Lady | 17.37 | 2nd lady |
| 41 | Chris | Millington | Senior Men | 17.48 | |
| 50 | Julian | Spencer | MV50 | 18.10 | |
| 52 | Robert | Hough | Senior Men | 18.19 | |
| 53 | Colin | McDonald | Senior Men | 18.20 | |
| 59 | Stuart | Andrew | Senior Men | 18.43 | |
| 60 | Georges | Rouillon | Junior Men | 18.47 | |
| 64 | Brad | Ehlen | Senior Men | 18.59 | |
| 86 | Marian | Martin | LV50 | 19.46 | 1st LV50 |
| 89 | Rob | McHarry | MV45 | 19.49 | |
| 97 | Stuart | Barnard | Senior Men | 20.03 | |
| 98 | Stephen | Pickford | Senior Men | 20.09 | |
| 100 | Andy | Garnett | MV55 | 20.15 | |
| 102 | Graham | Driver | MV40 | 20.19 | |
| 103 | Caroline | Hemming | LV40 | 20.24 | 1st LV40 |
| 111 | Dave | Thompson | MV50 | 20.47 | |
| 117 | Aimee | McCullogh | Senior Lady | 20.58 | |
| 126 | Barry | Allman | MV50 | 21.26 | |
| 128 | Matthew | Coles | Junior Men | 21.28 | |
| 144 | John | Dooley | MV60 | 22.10 | |
| 145 | Neville | Griffiths | MV60 | 22.12 | |
| 162 | Martin | Eaves | Senior Men | 23.04 | |
| 168 | Alan | Jenkins | MV55 | 23.54 | |
| 176 | Alan | Peers | MV60 | 24.13 | |
| 178 | Phillippe | Rouillon | MV50 | 24.21 | |
| 184 | Pauline | Carlon | LV50 | 24.41 | |
| 188 | Ian | Dunbar | MV55 | 24.47 | |
| 202 | Val | Hutson | LV45 | 26.19 | |
| 212 | Michelle | Bradley | LV40 | 28.15 | |
| 213 | William | Bradley | MV45 | 28.15 | |
| 220 | Christine | Ramsdale | LV60 | 31.27 |
221 finishers, last finisher in 31:27. Full results are on ukresults.net.
FSen: Liz Whitfield (Spectrum Striders RC)
F35: Louise Blizzard (Belgrave Harriers)
F40: no runners
F45: Caroline Hemming (Spectrum Striders RC)
F50: Carol Bird (Macclesfield Harriers)
F55: Anne Fortune (Spectrum Striders RC)
F60: Rosemary Rogers (Deestriders RC)
FJun: Amelia Pettitt (Vale Royal AC)
(overall winner in italics)
MSen: James McNally (Penny Lane Striders)
M40: Stuart Doyle (Vale Royal AC)
M45: Graham MacNeil (Wilmslow RC)
M50: Mike Hatton (South Cheshire Harriers)
M55: Colin Kay (Astley & Tyldesley RR)
M60: Tony Brown (Northern Vets AC)
M65: Ken Burgess (Altrincham & DAC)
M70: Alan Peers (Spectrum Striders AC)
MJun: Liam Renton (Warrington AC)
(overall winner in italics)