In excellent running conditions, Gordon Lee repeated his 2007 success to take first in the men's race in a time of 25mins 31secs.

Lee was followed home by fellow vet 40 Stephen Male (Oxford City) in 25mins 50secs.

Third place fell to Wootton's Mike Aldridge in 26mins 26secs, while clubmate Phil Melling held off a late challenge from Rugby & Northampton AC's Stuart Nelson to take fourth (26.30). Nelson was also credited with the same time.

The male team prize went to Wootton, with Aldridge and Melling backed up by veteran Steve Poole, who ran an excellent 27mins 31secs for take sixth place overall.

The veteran team prize was taken by Oxford City AC with second-placed Male joined by vet 50 runner-up David Hartwell (30.25) and vet 55 winner Stuart Thorpe (30.55).

Vet 45 winner Neil Ovington of Marshall Milton Keynes AC finished an excellent 12th overall in a creditable 29mins 0secs, 55 seconds ahead of team-mate Ian Lamb.

The vet 50 category was won by the prolific Jeff Haynes from Silson Joggers, who finished an excellent 18th overall in a time of 29mins 26secs.

The remaining vet categories were also won in remarkably quick times, with Oxford City man David Parsons winning the vet 60 prize in 31mins 6secs and the brilliant Graham Patton of Sphynx AC taking the vet 65 win in an outstanding 31mins 16secs.

There was an emphatic win in the male under 20 category by Rugby & Northampton junior, George Cardwell, who completed the course in 29mins 48secs, finishing 20th overall.

First lady was Jane Preen of Marshall Milton Keynes AC, better known as an outstanding marathon runner, who finished a superb 16th overall in a time of 29mins 18secs.

Preen was followed home by Harborough's Sarah Haines, 19th overall in 29mins 28secs and Marshall Milton Keynes clubmate Imogen Thornburgh (30.24).

Milton Keynes took the female team prize with vet 45 runner up Diane Farmer completing the team.

There were several outstanding runs in the female veteran categories.

Rugby & Northampton's Sally Baker finished fourth lady in an excellent 30mins 48secs, with Northampton Road Runner Maree Jesson putting in another solid performance to clock 32mins 7secs.

There was an outstanding run from unattached runner Sophie Rudge, who was sixth lady in 32mins 34secs.

A personal best performance of 33mins 5secs from first Wootton lady, Fran Malin and an excellent vet 50 category win for Wootton's Polly Randall (35.27), helped the host club to the veteran team prize, with the team completed by Lisa Hornby (35.09), in her first race for the club.

Rugby & Northampton's Barbara Parkinson took vet 60 honours in 40mins 25secs.

The junior Ladies prize was comfortably won by Hannah Jones of Rugby & Northampton in a solid time of 33mins 51secs.