It was hilly, it was hot but Garden City Runners thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the Hertfordshire Half Marathon.
With a start and finish at Knebworth House, the undulating course took the runners through country lanes which were completely closed off to traffic for the event.
In total there was more than a thousand pounding the roads with Chris Jones the first over the line for GCR in 13th place in a time of one hour 19 minutes 32 seconds.
Jack Tann was 38th and Peter Harvey 40th, both under the 1:30 mark, while Chris Eland, James Dunmore, Mattie Labiak, Steve Edwards, Richard Robinson, Nick Sawyer, Stuart Mann, Paul Gatens and Sofie Marchant all beat two hours, Edwards' time of 1:38:42 also a PB.
Robert Saville, Thomas Parmley, Matthew Hunt, Barbara Kubis-Labiak, Ann Hayden, Louise Smith and Kath Evans also finished the course.
Michael Scutt meanwhile tackled the 10k at the event, finishing in 57:37.
Each finisher received a customised medal and T-shirt with most delighted to be running actual events again despite the toughness of the course and conditions,
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here