Thanks to all those who competed,acted as Santa's helpers(mathematical genius from Mark & Liz,+ name collector Laynie) & catering giants Colin & Jen C. The food was superb,weather perfect,dodgy costumes most appropriate! Results as follows : Winner Sue Ellis time 34-44, actual finish 29-44 2 Hilary Murdoch 35-40 , 35-00 3 Jen Chambers 36-17 , 29-17 4 Paul Miller 36-18 , 24-38 5 Emma Baker 36-22 , 28-42 6 Nick Holmes 36-26 , 25-26 7 Paul Jennings 36-30, 26-30 8 Rob Chambers 36-38, 26-58 9 Nick Watkins 36-44 , 30-24 10 Dave Sykes 36-46 , 25-06 11 Andrew Gooda 36-56 22-56 12 Dave Clarke 37-04 , 28-04 13 Mike McCorkell 37-13 , 27-43 14 Andrew Sudlow 37-27, 22-37( fastest male TR) 15 RAF Dave 37-30 , 26-50 16 James Ellis 37-33, 21-53( fastest male runner) 17 Steve Hornby 37-40 , 30-50 18 Simon Ellis 38-04 , 23-24 19 Dave Ratcliffe 38-12 , 28-52 20 Alison Smith 38-19 , 27-39( fastest female) 21 Grace Hart 38-21 , 31-41 22 Tim Charmley 39-07 , 28-47 23 Rob Webster 39-35 , 31-15(best fancy dress) 24 Tessa Swaine 41-21, 41-21 25 Kath Stott 41-37 , 31-17

Well done Sue - another Ellis victory!

Wow! Just looked at the flickr site - brilliant fancy dress, but you was wearing what? Who won the prize? Who was Batman and who was a third of the three kings? Great show Dr M

The third king( carrying a wispa gold bar) aka Tanker Rob won the fancy dress prize. Other notables included a beefy/beer laden Batman(Tim C), the chaotic christmas tree( green faced Kath S), sexy Wonderwoman( paul jennings), a health & safety nightmare-(Nick Watkins) a pixie covered in Christmas lights, Tom Cruise lookalike (RAF Dave), a mucky farmer( Steve Hornby), Mouse(Emma B),Foreign Legionaire ( Dave Ratcliffe), well dressed Elf(handsome Dave)and some unkown youth in a fake England Shirt( mind you he did seem a bit quick!). I can't remember what Grace & Jen C were-sorry. Mind you I also had great fun as a Santa marshall on Burwardsley Road, waving to all the passing cars-I nearly forgot there was a race on!

Thanks again doc. It was great fun, and I shall enjoy the meal out at the Calveley Arms when we get back from skiing. Sue