Two road race victories in eight days for Hannah Viner

Hannah Viner took the ladies’ victory in the Southend 10K in 36:35 in a field of over 1200 runners. Her win in Spain as reported last week means that Highgate Harrier Viner has achieved two significant 10K road victories in the space of eight days.

Viner triumphs in Spain for a second successive year

Hannah Viner, of Highgate Harriers, has won the Maratón de Logroño 10K race in Northern Spain for the second year in succession. Beating all but six of the male entrants in the field of over 200, Viner's time of 35:45 was an improvement of more than a minute over last year's performance.

Fine performances in the Southern Road Relays

David Stone ran a storming second leg in the Southern Road Relays at Crystal Palace to advance his Shaftesbury Barnet U17 team from seventh place to second.  He cut a 41 second deficit down to 4 seconds, achieved the fastest time of the day over the second leg, and was sixth fastest overall out of 131 timings. Sisters Maayan and Lia Radus were likewise amongst the fastest performers in the girls' U15 and U17 races respectively. Gilad Nachshen and Matti Harris provided good service for Shaftesbury in the U15 event while Hannah Viner was the fastest performer for Highgate in the Senior Women's competition.