WHILST there may not have been many races this week for Striders to race in, there were many Striders racing.

The Festive Flash 5 miler at Pennington Flash saw 16 Striders taking part in rain, wind and mud on Sunday.

First Strider and second male overall to cross the finish line was Peter Fairclough in a time of 31:04 followed by Kevin Brennan in 31:38, Richard Seville in 31:44.

Rachael Fairclough was the first lady overall to finish in 33:03 and was followed by Anthony Cheers in 34:48, Neil Hunter in 35:09, Kylie Maguire in 37:28, David Navis in 38:18, Laura Buckley in 38:37, Gemma Webster in 41:07, Sue Heaps in 42:41, Jade Booth in 43:11, Rachel Tickle in 48:21, Deborah Hill in 51:49, Bonnie Mansell in 57:18 and Anthony Jones in 57:19.