On a bright sunny late spring day, three members of GRC made their way to Market Deeping to compete in the 10k road race.
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Starting and finishing at the Deeping Rugby club, the race course is into the local fenland.
First back for the club was the ever dependable Tony Johnson with a time of 47:33 in position 83.
Next in was Paul Jepson who was slightly underwhelmed with his time of 52:29, position 118 but cheered up seeing he came first in his age category; 65-69.
Joni Goodband finished the race just under the hour with a pleasing time of 59:47 and position 193 in her first race at Deeping. She is determined to improve her time at this distance.
The race winner was Lee Mullen with a time of 33:45 and the first lady finisher was Katie Vargeson timed at 41:23.
Just under three hundred runners crossed the finishing line in this popular South Kesteven event.