Farnham Runners achieved some impressive results at the Gosport half marathon.

After the gales of the past two years, runners enjoyed much better conditions this year.

Expertly organised by Gosport Road Runners, 13 Farnham Runners were among the 1,377 finishers.

Some gained personal-best times, while others tackled the challenging distance for the first time.

Joe Collins continued his streak of fine races with a new personal best time of 1:19.04 to finish in 35th place.

Next came Lizzie May who crossed the line within 90 minutes in 1:29.26 as 13th lady.

Ivan Chunnett, Candy Waller, Bridget Naylor, Stephen Buckmaster and Colette Grist all recorded personal bests – Candy by a whopping six minutes.

Ryan Lee and Sandra Hickey completed their first half marathon.

Linda Tyler was presented with the second prize in her age group, while Candy Waller, Lizzie May, Tony Jones, Bridget Naylor and Sandra Hickey all gained top ten age category positions.

Gemma Whitehouse and Kelly Lincoln helped Farnham Runners achieve some good team results, with the men’s A team placing ninth in the top division, the ladies’ A team coming fourth and the ladies’ B team seventh.

Linda Tyler and Billy McCulloch ran the iconic Athens marathon which took the original route from Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.

Linda said: “It was hilly and very warm but an amazing experience.”

Stuart Taylor completed his ambition of running a sub three-hour marathon.

His previous attempts this year were in Manchester (3:03) and Abingdon (3:05) – which was partly thwarted by less than ideal weather conditions.

He finally reached his target in the Goodwood Running Grand Prix, which featured 11 laps of the race course. His time was 2:59.38.

Eight Farnham Runners ladies enjoyed joining one of the Classic Christmas Lights 10km events in London.

By Jane Georghiou