Copenhagen Half Marathon

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Three days earlier at the same venue, it was the turn of Dan Kelly (32:07) and Helen Cooper (38:20) to cross the line first in the 10k, as Rochelle Harrison (18:00) and Florian Belboch (16:58) did the same over 5k. It would be remis to not end the round-up with the longest race of the weekend and the Self-Transcendence 24 Hour Track Race in London. The number of track-based events may be falling as each week goes by and athletes look to the roads and cross country, but a there still remains a couple of races to bring you. The streets of Musselburgh played host to both the Scottish 10k and Scottish Half Marathon on Sunday. Their race may have covered less than half the distance, but their performances no less impressive as Lucy Denece (42:18) and Oscar Curry (36:17) won the associated 10k. It was a closer race amongst the men, with Kadar Omar (29:11) finishing clear of Dewi Griffiths (29:36) and Dylan Evans (29:51). The Admiral Swansea Bay 10k saw an emphatic victory for Natasha Cockram (33:09), crossing the line over two minutes ahead of Megan Carter-Davies (35:17) and Lauren Cooper (35:21), with the first five women all finishing in under 36 minutes. Ali Lavender took the women’s title in 78:07 from Vicky Bryant (82:41) and Lucie Tait-harris (84:08). Alice Murray-Gourlay took the women’s title in 79:14 from Annabel Granger (80:53) and Rosie Mew (80:58). In the men’s race There Matt Ramsden took in individual silver and a new PB of 29:57, three seconds back from race winner French athlete Joad Martinho. Callum Hawkins continued his return and was the second British athlete over the line behind Ross in 63:13. The England men’s team also packed well with strong performances from Ross Millington (63:09), Adam Clarke (63:24), a big PB for Alexander Lepretre (63:28) and Paulos Surafel (63:38).