Bristol & ERRA 10k Road Championship, Bristol

Results | video

Having won a silver individual medal in the Welsh National 5k Championship the previous week, Simon Jones earned a gold English team medal at Bristol, setting a new personal record of 29:29 in the process; but he was only third man home in the Belgrave team. Paskar Owor ran maybe a minute quicker than expected to clock 29:28, another personal record, and further up the field again Skipper Phil Wicks was first Briton and fourth overall to lead home the Bels with 29:11.

The Sudanese Abdulrahman burst away but then Phil and Burundian Jean Ndayisenga traded blows over the next kilometres with a bunch tagging along for the ride, nine of them going through 5k in 14:31, Phil forcing much of the pace. Eventual winner Ed Kiptoo (Kenya) blew the pack apart between 7 and 9k with kilometre splits of 2:45, 2:45 and 2:40 with fellow countryman Kipkorir moving into second. For a while Paskar shaded Phil by a few metres; but soon there was a return to the status quo and Phil seemed safe in third until a slight calf cramp caused him to ease off a fraction in the last 1000 metres to let Ndayisenga force his way onto the podium.

It's the eighth time the Bels have placed in this championship - but the only previous win was at Bourton-on-the-Water in 2003.

In the women's race the rarely seen Getenesh Tamirat was 5th while Sam Amend was a little disappointed with her 19th in 36:58.

Men. 1 E Kiptoo (Kenya) 28:39; 4 P Wicks 29:11; 8 P Owor 29:28; 9 S Jones 29:29; 58 M Kiralyfi 32:30; 70 H Raidi 33:02.

Teams: 1 Belgrave

Women. 1 E Kwambai (Kenya) 32:29; 5 G Tamirate 33:32; 19 S Amend 36:58.

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