Fast win for Stephanie Davis at 10 miles – UK road, fell, MT and track results round-up

Olympic marathoner runs sub-55 in famous old race as Carl Avery win’s men’s event in our extensive UK round-up

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71st BRAMPTON TO CARLISLE 10, November 19

Morpeth Harriers’ Carl Avery won the 71^st running of the Brampton to Carlisle 10 mile road race in most convincing fashion, leaving his closest rival trailing in his wake to win by over a minute in 49:22. It was his first run in the race for a decade.

Avery’s win will have been ideal preparation for his next race, the Malaga Marathon in three weeks’ time.

Competing for the women’s title, Olympic marathoner Stephanie Davis raced alongside her Leeds City training partner, and 2022 winner Stephie Pennycook, before pulling away to win in 54:51, a minute ahead of Pennycook’s 55:53.

Davis claimed an additional prize for going sub-55 minutes, the first time this prize has been won for a number of years.

She adapted particularly well to the challenging second half of the race, quite different to her usual flatter training terrain. He next outing will be the Telford 10km.

Pennycook plans to train and race during the winter with the aim of moving up to half marathons in 2024.

Steph Davis (David Hewitson)

These performances were particularly meritorious as the 700 strong field set off into a blustery headwind after overnight rain. Salford’s Tom Cornthwaite led Avery through the first mile in a very brisk 4:28, but was soon to pay the price, trailing by some thirty metres as the second mile marker was reached in 9:13.

After three miles the Morpeth athlete had opened up a gap of some 80 metres, with a group including his club mate Finn Brodie, last year’s runner up Kieran Walker, representing North East Project, Salford Harriers’ Marc Brown and host club Border Harriers’ Nathan Postill chasing and catching Cornthwaite before they had covered four miles.

Avery went through the half way mark in 24:12 and continued to clock miles of just under five minutes all his way to the line.

Walker, who had pursued home last year’s winner Phil Sesemann, was never in sight of this year’s winner, but pulled away in the latter stages to record 50:34,  with a sizeable gap to Brodie’s 50:51 in third. Postill stormed home in 50:57 in fourth, an improvement of nine places and more than a minute on last year for this fast developing young athlete. Brown was four seconds adrift, with the last of the group William Tighe of Leeds City…