On Thursday evening, three members of Newport & District Running Club took on the final race in the Spring Treble series: the “Barlaston Ups and Downs”. This 4.7-mile race features a huge amount of elevation change, including the first mile down a steep hill, and two laps of Barlaston Downs (where a stream had to be forded), before finishing back up the hill that was run down to start with, for a total of 220 metres of climbing.
In keeping with his strong performances all series, Alex Millington led the charge for Newport, taking 4th place overall out of a field of 111 runners with a time of 33 minutes and 5 seconds. Oliver Stokes was next, taking 77th place overall in a time of 46:38, followed by Ralph Humphries, who was 94th with his time of 50:54. In the overall standing of runners who have taken part in all three races, Alex finished in 4th place overall in the series.
Newport & District Running Club 