If you like your road races to be cheap, low key, easily accessible and providing a fast course then pencil the BURTONWOOD 5 in for next year.  Others were attracted to the venue, 2 miles north off the M62 near Warrington, by the 4 p.m. start, leaving Sunday free for a long run; others simply by the lure of the free post race burger.

Boston U.S. based harrier MARTIN TIGHE recovered extremely well from his M50 victory in the 2^nd sizzler (17.19) less than 48 hours earlier to record another category win.  Again it was a very close run thing as his margin of victory was just one second as it was on the previous Thursday.   9^th place overall in 28.49

Yorkshire based TERRY LONERGAN'S journey  to the windswept plains of Cheshire also proved successful with his M60 category win.  57^th overall in 34.04. A repeat of his time in May's  Sale 5  but a better effort considering the strong gusting winds evident in the 2^nd and 4^th mile of the 2 lap course.

To complete a trio of first places , HANNAH TIGHE,  was credited with first "Secondary girl" (?) in 41.55.