Runners in this year’s Bromham Pudding Run at least had it dry when they set off on the 10k course around the village on Sunday morning.
Organisers had been round pumping out huge puddles, following torrential rain the night before, to give the 400 odd entrants a better chance of getting round in good time.
Judi McKendrick of the St Nicholas School PTA, who organise the run each year, said: “It was a little bit windy but you can’t have everything. It is December, after all.
“It was a great event and entry for it was full well before the race day. We have raised over £3,000 for school funds.”
The first runner home was John Bentley School student Simon Nott who finished in a time of 33 minutes 32 seconds. The first woman finisher was Holly Rush from Team Bath AC.
One late entrant was Andrew Craven from Bristol who ran the 10k dressed up as a Christmas pudding. He raised over £200 for the BBC’s Children In Need appeal.
The winners
Male 1. Simon Nott (John Bentley School) 33:32, 2. Allister Sheffield (Team Bath AC) 34:25, 3. Michael Towler (Avon Valley Runners) 34:47, Female, 1. Holly Rush (Team Bath AC) 36:00, 2. Jane Wassell (Cirencester AC) 39:09, 3. Michelle Kerfoot (39:27), Male veteran 40, 1. Andrew Shipton (Stroud AC) 37:53, 2. Paul Jeans 38:45, 3. Julian Arthurs (Chippenham Harriers) 39:16, Female veteran 40, 1. Jane Wassell (Cirencester AC) 39:09, 2. Michelle Kerfoot (Bitton Road Runners) 39:27, 3. Sue Sidey 42:42, Male veteran 50, 1. Paul Dodd (Chippenham Harriers) 36:42, 2. Paul Newman (Team Bath AC) 37:58, 3. Derek Stevens (Pewsey Vale RC) 38:56. Female veteran 50, 1. Zina Marchant (Team Bath AC) 43:20, 2. Joyce Dodd (Chippenham Harriers) 46:56, 3. Christine Moore (Corsham RC) 49:50.
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This is Wiltshire - 13th December 2009