Justin Young secured a dominant win in the Broad-way Marathon, coming home almost 20 minutes clear of the runner-up.

The 38-year-old Witney Road Runners athlete completed the gruelling Cots-wolds cross country race in 3hrs 33mins 59secs, which broke the course record by 19 minutes.

Young, who has a personal best of 2.45 for a road marathon, was confident of doing well on a route of just over 26.2 miles.

It was a good day for Witney, with Young’s clubmate Carl Whitehead the first vet 50 man home in eighth place after clocking 4.05.09.

Race rules stipulated athletes had to carry kit such as a windproof jacket, foil blanket and ‘emergency nutrition’.

The course was indicated by markers on the ground.

The Witney athlete is something of a distance specialist, having previously won the JW Ultra a 30-mile race from Stratford to Bournville.

l TRIPLE Oxfordshire cross country champion Steve Nay-lor stayed positive, despite being beaten for the first time on the Horspath course.

Naylor, from Combe, was third in round two of the Apex Sports Chiltern League, but still boosted his hopes of retaining the Division 1 title.

The 34-year-old Bedford & County athlete completed the challenging 9km course, taking in two loops over Shot-over, in 30mins 25secs.

Naylor was fourth man home, with the race won by guest Ben Livesey (RAF).

But the official first-placed finisher Jack Goodwin (Bed-ford) competed for the first time this season and runner-up Antonio Silva’s Que-ens Park club are in Division 2.

This leaves Naylor as the only leading Division 1 contender to have competed twice, with athletes’ best four out of five results to count.

RESULTS ROUND-UP (senior men unless stated) BROADWAY MARATHON Witney RR: 1 J Young 3.33.59, 8 C Whitehead (1st V50) 4.05.09.

BROADWAY HALF MARATHON Witney RR: 32 S Howard (VL35) 2.09.19, 35 M Sheehan (SM) 2.11.30.

Woodstock H: 61 V Berryman-Bousquet (LV40) 2.29.20.

SURREY MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE Divisions 3 & 4 Woodstock H: 109 C Gray (V50) 34.10.

ABINGDON PARKRUN Witney RR: W Downey 22.07, M Paterson (LV35) 32.56, E Baker (LV35) 32.58.

OXFORD PARKRUN Woodstock H: 2 B Vaughan (1st V60) 19.16.