GREAT Bentley Running Club hosted their annual half-marathon, on Sunday.

The sun shone, the rain held off and it was not as windy as last year.

The fast, flat course led to a host of personal bests (PBs) and club standards.

The first Bentley man to cross the line was Ben Ficken, in one hour, 22 minutes and 28 seconds, for 39th place.

Following him was Phil Presland (1h 35m 52s (PB)), Malcolm Jarvis (1h 40m 46s), Paul Hollidge (1h 41m 48s - a PB by three minutes and a bronze standard) Ade Cherry (1h 44m 18s (PB)) and Lee Clarkson (1h 45m 11s).

Luke Groves slashed seven minutes off his previous PB to finish in 2h 11m, alongside pacer Martin Owen.

The first Bentley lady home was Steph Horner, in 1h 44m 26s, while Linzi Iddon took a huge 17 minutes off her PB, clocking 2h 21m 3s.

Sophie Apps finished in 1h 47m 19s, Tonie Wilson 1h 53m, Sue Sorrell 2h 38s, Claire Groves 2h 2m 50s (PB), Pauline Burrows 2h 8m 46s (silver standard), Helene Tyler 2h 20m 49s and Sue Wright 2h 16m 40s.

At the previous day’s Colchester Parkrun, John Bush broke the 30-minute barrier to PB in 28m 2s.

Charlie Keitch ran home in 20m 18s, Gary Hill 25m 17s, Chusa Bautista Fructuoso 24m 53s and Malcolm Jarvis 21m 59s.