ST HELENS Striders runners took part in the Wilmslow Half Marathon, a course run on the country lanes around the Wilmslow area.

The first Strider home was Mike Dodd in 2:05:56 followed by Catherine Roberts in 2:12:46, Paul Carr in 2:12:47 and Debs Hill in 2:20:52.

A little further afield in Lancashire, Gemma Webster tackled the Darwen Heritage Half Marathon and finished in in a time of 1:56:35.