Elysia Ridley finished ninth in the elite ladies’ race at the British Duathlon Championships in Corby.
The 27-year-old Witney Road Runners athlete was happy with her performance at the Rockingham Motor Racing Circuit.
Ridley, from Ascott-under-Wychwood, completed the 5km run, 20km bike, 2.5km run course in 1hr 2mins 39secs.
Her split times were 18mins 3secs, 33.27 and 10.05.
Ridley tweeted: “Over the moon with 9th at the Elite Duathlon Champs! not bad for a training race”.
Meanwhile, another Witney athlete, Tony Lock, set a new vet 45 course record at the Oxford Parkrun.
Lock completed the multi-terrain 5km course in 17.57.
RESULTS ROUND-UP
(senior men unless stated)
FOREST OF DEAN HALF MARATHON
Witney RR: F Howard 1.33.03, S Howard (LV35) 1.40.20, A Rouget (LV35) 2.08.27.
BRITISH DUATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Elite ladies: 9 E Ridley (Wit) 1.02.39.
CLEVEWOLD 14.3
Witney RR: G Ferris (V50) 1.56.05, A Church (V40) 2.12.05, H Smith (2nd LV45) 2.25.59.
SIBLYBACK 10K
Witney RR: S Le Good (SM) 39.40.
TERRY O'GARA MEMORIAL 5K
Woodstock H: 99 D McManus (V40) 20.17 pb.
OXFORD PARKRUN
Witney RR: T Lock (V45) 17.57, G Hunter (V50) 19.38, R Walker (V40) 21.17, G Le Good (V60) 21.32, J Evans (V40) 22.56.
ABINGDON PARKRUN
Witney RR: W Downey 21.52, M Paterson (LV35) 32.13.
OX5 RUN
Witney RR: K Hennessey 31.28, N Dalton (V40) 33.05, P Sharp 33.23, T Costa 33.33, M Wise 35.04, K Hutchings (VL35) 35.28, G Le Good (V60) 35.29, A Giles 35.42, M Sheehan 36.37, S Morley (SL) 38.48, J MacKenzie (SL) 39.55, A Braund (V60) 40.15, K Davies (SL) 41.04, C Morris (V50) 41.39, J Le Good (LV55) 42.27, T Durkin (LV35) 45.12, H West (LV55) 47.17.
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