B&Q Eastleigh 10 km, inc CAU Inter-County Champs, Eastleigh

In spite of a strong headwind on the outward leg of the journey, 5k came up in 14:55 with Mays (Kent AC), Wardle (London Irish), Maclean (Team Southampton) and Phil Wicks making up the leading bunch. Richard Ward was suffering though - he'd bought a new pair of shoes at one of the race stalls and found them much too tight; wisely he called it a day. Maclean got away around the final loop but Phil was on for a great run, pulling back Mays right to the finish and clocking a huge personal record.

Jonathan Blackledge had been feeling "low" since the 4k World Cross Trial seven days earlier (he is second reserve for Fukuoka) but in spite of a week off, he also ran to a best ever time, chased by Tim Watson - back from a few weeks in South Africa.

Hassan Raidi has missed almost an entire winter due to a back problem but a few weeks training have seen him come on quickly - while down the field our 400m hurdles star Ryan Dinham was bested by M60 Rex Bale! Ok, so Ryan, sponsored by B&Q, was out for a Sunday jog - but he still goes onto the ranking list.

1 A Maclean (Team Southampton) 29:47; 2 J Mays (Kent AC) 30:00; 3 P Wicks 2nd I-C 30:02; 7 J Blackledge 30:31; 8 T Watson 30:43; 14 H Raidi 31:28; 211 R Bale M60 41:45; 215 R Dinham 41:50; R Dinham 41:54; R Ward dnf; 720 finished

Teams: 1 Belgrave 32; 2 Team Southampton 60; 3 Kent AC 102; 20 teams closed in. Inter-County: 1 Surrey 15; 2 Hampshire 19; 3 Lancashire 20.

Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.