On Sunday, two members of Newport & District Running Club took part in the Half Marathon at the Cannock Chase Running Festival. Also featuring a 5k, a 10k, and a junior race, the running festival utilised a lap course starting and finishing at Birches Valley, taking in the scenic Stony Brook valley. Each lap featured a tricky hill towards the end.
Alex Cochrane, and his uncle David Evans, both took on the half marathon, which was 4 laps of the course, with a small mini-lap at the start to make up the distance. Despite the congestion caused when the 10k and 5k races joined the half marathon runners halfway through, Alex finished 23rd overall in a time of 1 hour, 38 minutes 49 seconds, and David was 115th with a time of 1:56:49.
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