The first England men's road running team to travel abroad for three years dominated the Barcelona 10km. On a warm sunny day and on a course that was undulating for the first 1.5km the men took the first four places without challenge. England Team Manager, Gerry North said, "It was quite disappointing that there was no opposition for the men, however, it looked great to see the four England vests at the front of the field".
The English women, however faced tougher opposition, albeit from other British athletes. Tracy Morris and Vicky Gill finished first and second respectively, with exactly the same times and Non Stanford, again competing for Wales split the rest of the English women's team.
Results
MEN 1st TOM PAYN 29m-59s
2nd GLEN COMISH 30m-00s
3rd STEVE SHARP 30m-02s
4th MARTIN WILLIAMS 30m-10s
WOMEN 1st TRACY MORRIS WALES 33m-45s
2nd VICKY GILL 33m-45s
3rd NON STANFORD WALES 34m-46s
4th ERICA SHELDON 35m-12s
5th MARY WILKINSON 35m-35s
6th NICKY ARCHER 35m-54s
7th not part of England or Welsh teams HELEN INGE 36m-10s
Over 2000 athletes competed in the 10k and 9000 in the marathon both starting at the same time. All the England team commented how great the atmosphere was with 1000s of people watching and felt that they gained valuable experience and gained motivation for the future.
Gerry North
England Team Manager
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