| Steynig AC’s usual Slater-Brice track 10km held at the Broadbridge Heath track near Horsham represents an early opportunity to mark the start of this Spring/Summer season’s outdoor activity. Numbers were rather down on a few years ago with other events on this and adjacent weekends but Surrey Walking Club’s top walker, Mark Easton, showed he still retains the motivation and the form for a hard race as he battled with Ian Richards from Steyning throughout. After a few laps in second he took the lead and while his rival made several attempts to come past, Ian dropped back by about 30 metres until the last few laps when a final effort only slightly reduced Mark’s winning margin to 6 seconds. This was Easton’s best time for the distance for several years. Behind him Mick Harran and David Hoben needed more competition to push them harder but the former’s time was near his recent best. |