It was a week of ultra-long distances for Radcliffe as Emma Wolstencroft and Neil Greenhalgh competed in God’s Own Backyard Ultra in Leeds.

The format of a backyard ultra means each runner must complete a 4.167-mile loop on the hour every hour, until there is only one person left to complete a loop. Wolstencroft managed an impressive 10 loops, missing the cut-off for loop 11 by only 19 seconds, while Greenhalgh completed eight loops. Both runners bagged new personal bests for the 50km distance, with the help of a fantastic RAC support crew.

Kath Biddle was also in ultra-mode at the 37-mile Wirral Way Ultra where she completed the circular route along disused railway lines and coastal paths in 7hrs 49mins 49secs.

Paul Stevens covered just short of marathon distance in the Manchester 24-Hour Run Against Homelessness last midweek, followed by a solid performance (1:53:22) at the Conwy Half Marathon just days later. Two junior athletes took part in the Conwy one-mile run, Alexandra clocking 13:36 and William 11:29.

Gary Adkins ran the New York City Marathon, only just missing the sub-three-hour mark, finishing in 3:01:42.

There was a large turnout for Radcliffe AC in their final club championship race of the season at the Last Drop Village 5km, along with some excellent results.

Khama Banda finished second overall in 20:35, followed by Steven Fawcett. who was ninth overall and first MV45 in 21:44. Donna Cartwright was first FV45 and third lady in 25:03, and Paula Abernethy was first FV55 in 28:57.

Other results: Christopher Mihalyi 23:51, Michael Kontowtt 24:51, Mark Williams 25:05, Adam Wills 25:47, Dominic Parry 27:12, Chemane Thomas 29:11, David Bartlett 29:31, Brennan Tighe 30:35, Lucie Tighe 31:02, Kathryn Davies 31:05, Karen Doherty 31:12, Charlotte Holden 34:01, Peter Warr 35:06, Wayne Holden 35:50, Elaine Bailey 35:58, Helen Kay 36:10, Stephen Crowe 37:18, Grace Williams 37:30, Laura Aiken 38:29, Caroline Malone 38:38, Tracy Wroe 41:04, Bev Quinton 47:40, Sara Parry 47:41.

Radcliffe had three runners at Run Alton Towers at the weekend, with Rob Lister (46:39), Alex Field (49:10), and Laura Aiken (58:44) taking on the 10k, and junior athlete Poppy completing the 1.5km in 9:57.

Elsewhere, Alex Pullen represented RAC at the 10km distance at Wimbledon cross country, finishing the two-lap course of Wimbledon Common in 53:30.