THE third event in the York & District Road Race League took place in Easingwold last Tuesday.
It was hot for running a 10k, which may be why only 422 runners took part, compared to 464 at Easingwold.
The route, on closed roads, started with gentle undulations, but then came the steep climb up to the village of Crayke which saw many competitors reduced to walking.
The reward was a stunning view across the Vale of York, a gentle cooling breeze and a much needed water station before the largely downhill charge back to the finish.
A farmer helped runners get up a sneaky steep hill at 7k by setting up a sprinkler across the road. An advantage of the hot evening was that more runners stayed at the end to cheer in their teammates.
Dom Carter (York Postal) continues to reign supreme, achieving first place with an incredibly speedy time of 33 minutes 26 seconds, the heat adding 21 seconds to his 1st place time of 33:05 last year.
James Wisbey (City of York) claimed second place for the third race in a row with his time of 35:09 with teammate
William Torgerson achieving third clocking 35:28.
There was a change for the top two places for the females. This time, Laura Thompson (City of York) won gold in 38:16 which also placed her 1st F35, 5 minutes ahead of the 2nd F35.
Charlotte Bush (York Acorn), who was first at Pocklington, took silver, clocking 39:42.
Rose Mather (York Knavesmire) maintained her bronze place with her time of 40:14.
Emma Patchett (Holgate) put in a stellar performance to bag top F40 with her time of 42:05, 6 minutes ahead of the second in category and Chrissie Dover (City of York) maintained her F45 supremacy crossing the finish line in 40:53.
The 1st F50 was Hazel Hall (York Knavesmire) in a time of 42:43 and Julie Mastrolonardo (City of York) continued to show her dominance in the F55 category with her time of 47:50
The top spots for F60 and F65 also remained unchanged with Anita Ruddock (York Knavesmire) claiming the F60 prize with her time of 50:35 and Gill Boynton (York Acorn) proving she is unrivalled in the F65 category achieving 51:09, over 6 minutes ahead of her nearest rival.
Gold for the F70s went to Liz Piper (York Knavesmire) crossing the finish line in 65:00.
Tim Pattison (City of York) regained gold in the M35 category with his time of 36:13, having achieved gold at Tadcaster and silver at Pocklington.
The 1st M40 to cross the line was Mark Cherryholme (York Knavesmire) in 35:50 and Christopher Poulton (York Acorn) achieved the top spot for the M45s in 36:39.
Gold place remained unchanged for the next five categories. Dave Smithers (York Knavesmire) was the fastest M50 for the 3rd race in a row in 36:23 and Matthew Smithson (York Acorn) won gold in the M55 category for the 3rd time achieving 38:47.
Glen Johnson (Tadcaster), crossing the line in 41:45, maintained his top spot in the M60 category.
For the third race in a row Neil Strange (Haxby) was 1st M65 with his time of 44:18, 5 minutes ahead of his nearest rival.
Also winning his 3rd gold was M70 Paul Robinson (Pickering) who crossed the finish line in 50:25.
There was a change of fortunes for the ladies teams with York Acorn moving from silver into gold place and York Knavesmire moving from gold to silver.
City of York claimed the top spot for the men with York Acorn placing second.
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