Unattached runners Luke Howson and Regina Lombard won the men's and women's events at the Wimbledon Common 5km time trial for the first time on Saturday - at the second attempt.Howson clocked 18:11 to finish 27 seconds ahead of Hercules Wimbledon's Matt Fell in the men's race, with Thames Hare & Hounds over-45 veteran Stephen Pollard third (19:02).Lombard, an over-35 veteran, clocked 22:18 to finish 36 seconds ahead of second-placed Julie Thomas, with Natalie Byles third (23:16).Event director Ian Higgins and new wife Jill showed great commitment to mark out the course and prepare for the event the morning after their wedding.A fantastic 97 runners turned out and several runners reduced their personal bests by massive amounts - of the men Michael Rapp by 238 seconds, Bob Dyson by 149 and Andrew Darling by 89 and, among the women, Lisa Bailey by 309, Julie Thomas by 108 and Belinda Duckworth by 97.
1 Luke Howson M 18:11 71.49% SM30-34 Unattached 2 Matt Fell M 18:38 69.59% SM30-34 Hercules Wimbledon AC New PB 3 Stephen Pollard M 19:02 76.88% VM45-49 Thames Hare & Hounds 4 Andrew K Davies M 19:11 68.38% SM30-34 Serpentine RC 5 Simon Knowles M 19:19 67.13% SM30-34 Unattached 1st run 6 Ian Higgins M 19:26 72.98% VM45-49 Thames Hare & Hounds 7 Matthew Neilson M 19:26 66.64% SM20-24 Leeds University Cross Country 1st run 8 Andrew Baker M 19:44 65.46% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 9 Christopher Brown M 19:52 73.66% VM45-49 Wimbledon Windmilers New PB 10 Andrew Macdonald M 20:02 64.39% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 11 Steve Grout M 20:10 70.33% VM45-49 Ranelagh Harriers New PB 12 John Foss M 20:33 71.21% VM45-49 Unattached 13 Richard Evans61 M 20:42 69.00% VM45-49 Unattached New PB 14 Gordon Lilly M 20:45 65.30% SM35-39 Unattached New PB 15 Thomas Sutcliffe M 20:51 61.95% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 16 Nicholas P Hill M 21:00 62.78% SM35-39 Serpentine RC 1st run 17 Jacob Ward M 21:03 64.13% JM15-19 Tiffin Boys 18 Tim Henshall M 21:08 63.17% SM35-39 Unattached 19 Ben Norman M 21:13 60.88% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 20 Davide Metallini M 21:24 62.85% SM35-39 Unattached New PB 21 Alastair Brown M 21:26 62.75% SM35-39 Hercules Wimbledon AC New PB 22 Mark Bohan M 21:28 60.40% SM30-34 Unattached New PB 23 Keith Spacie M 21:29 84.17% VM70-74 Thames Hare & Hounds 24 Niall Mcmanus M 21:29 60.05% SM25-29 Unattached 1st run 25 Warren Langridge M 21:30 60.00% SM20-24 Unattached 26 Robert Robinson M 21:33 68.45% VM50-54 Unattached 27 David Lanfranchi M 21:34 63.29% VM40-44 Unattached New PB 28 Adam Fenton M 22:06 64.63% VM45-49 Wimbledon Windmilers 29 Charles Lawrie M 22:12 71.02% VM55-59 Unattached 30 Regina Lombard F 22:18 67.34% VW35-39 Unattached New PB 31 Mike Brewer M 22:28 61.20% VM40-44 Unattached 1st run 32 Barry Quayle M 22:30 57.48% SM30-34 Unattached New PB 33 Julie Thomas F 22:54 67.39% VW40-44 Unattached New PB 34 Richard Gordon M 22:58 56.24% SM25-29 Unattached 35 Guy Eastaugh M 23:04 61.49% VM45-49 Unattached PB matched 36 Gwyn Dolben M 23:05 65.49% VM50-54 Unattached 1st run 37 Colin Harris M 23:06 64.86% VM50-54 Wimbledon Windmilers 38 Gaudi Le Roux M 23:08 61.31% JM14 Unattached 39 Natalie Byles F 23:16 63.61% SW25-29 Unattached New PB 40 Clare Sylvester F 23:27 67.45% VW40-44 Thames Hare & Hounds 41 Jasper James M 23:27 57.36% SM35-39 Unattached 1st run 42 Michael Rapp M 23:31 55.14% SM30-34 Unattached New PB 43 Hannah White F 23:31 62.93% SW25-29 Unattached 44 Alex Weller F 23:32 62.89% SW25-29 Unattached New PB 45 Raymond Kinsella M 23:38 59.52% VM40-44 Unattached New PB 46 Miki Clarke F 23:51 62.05% SW25-29 Unattached New PB 47 Lee Regan M 23:55 55.82% SM35-39 Unattached 48 Stuart Burford M 23:55 55.82% SM35-39 Unattached 49 Richard Montgomery M 23:58 59.60% VM45-49 Unattached New PB 50 Christopher White M 24:01 57.67% VM40-44 Unattached New PB 51 Laura Lione F 24:03 61.54% SW25-29 Unattached New PB 52 Peter Maskell M 24:08 53.45% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 53 Belinda Duckworth F 24:27 61.69% VW35-39 Unattached New PB 54 Busi Dlamini F 24:45 59.80% SW25-29 Unattached 1st run 55 Martin Heunis M 25:07 51.36% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 56 Graham Fifoot M 25:09 51.56% SM30-34 Unattached 1st run 57 Joanna Brinkman F 25:13 60.41% VW35-39 Unattached 1st run 58 Toby Conway-Hughes M 25:21 50.89% SM25-29 Unattached 1st run 59 Richard Augood M 25:27 52.13% SM35-39 Unattached 1st run 60 Unknown Athlete M 25:31 0.00% SM--- Unattached 61 Paul Davies M 25:43 55.54% VM45-49 Unattached 62 Ceri Ruzzi F 25:50 57.29% SW25-29 Unattached 63 Thomas Ody M 25:53 49.84% SM20-24 Unattached 1st run 64 Kate Ormiston Smith F 25:57 57.03% SW25-29 Unattached 65 Claire Joyce F 26:06 57.09% SW30-34 Unattached New PB 66 Rohan Byles M 26:20 48.99% SM20-24 Unattached 1st run 67 John-Paul Davids M 26:27 48.77% SM25-29 Unattached 1st run 68 Peter Lindqvist M 26:35 52.10% VM40-44 Unattached 69 Sophie Stribbling F 26:35 58.06% VW40-44 Unattached 1st run 70 Kathy Montgomery F 27:09 58.81% VW45-49 Unattached 1st run 71 Unknown Athlete M 27:26 0.00% SM--- Unattached 72 Bob Dyson M 27:38 57.54% VM55-59 Unattached New PB 73 Robert Beeby M 27:42 54.09% VM50-54 Unattached New PB 74 Jacqueline Crane F 27:58 52.92% SW25-29 Unattached New PB 75 Kerry Wallace F 28:28 51.99% SW25-29 Unattached New PB 76 Lauren Buchan-Swanson F 28:29 51.96% SW25-29 Unattached 1st run 77 Emma Long F 28:37 51.83% SW30-34 Unattached 78 Stephen Johnson M 29:01 50.43% VM45-49 Unattached 1st run 79 Simon Baylis M 29:10 45.77% SM35-39 Unattached 1st run 80 Lisa Bailey F 29:33 50.08% SW25-29 Unattached New PB 81 Matthew Webb M 29:38 45.39% SM35-39 Unattached New PB 82 Andrew Darling M 30:02 44.17% SM35-39 Unattached New PB 83 Jonathan Lewis M 30:11 43.46% SM30-34 Unattached 84 John Carter M 30:21 54.75% VM60-64 Unattached 1st run 85 Julie Piper F 30:33 52.26% VW45-49 Unattached 86 Charlotte Bews F 32:05 46.13% SW25-29 Unattached 87 Richard Dollimore M 32:05 40.21% SM25-29 Unattached 88 Jay Baylis F 32:29 46.43% VW35-39 Unattached 1st run 89 Clare Sheppard F 33:16 44.49% SW20-24 Unattached 1st run 90 Claire Macrae F 33:17 44.47% SW25-29 Unattached 1st run 91 Scott Taylor Moore M 33:20 40.35% SM35-39 Unattached 92 Francesca Carter F 33:26 57.83% VW60-64 Unattached 1st run 93 Wayne Ryan M 33:35 43.23% VM45-49 Unattached 1st run 94 Shelley Hughes F 34:07 43.38% SW25-29 Unattached 1st run 95 Mark Davies M 34:08 38.43% SM30-34 Unattached 1st run 96 Sarah Dring F 34:09 43.44% SW30-34 Unattached New PB 97 Nada Jamil F 34:09 43.34% SW30-34 Unattached New PB
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