Carl Hughes was the sole Heanor RC representative at an old club favourite over the weekend as he “raced the train & beat it again” in Tywyn, Wales.

Race the Train was a regular fixture on the club calendar throughout the noughties until the incessant wet weather year-on-year eventually dampened enthusiasm enough for a return but Carl finished 86th among the 768 finishers in 2014.

His time of 1:41:21 over the 14 mile cross country course was two minutes faster than the previous year and saw him beat the train by almost seven minutes!

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Dale Annable scored victory for the second-successive year at the Belper Rugby Rover 30k on Sunday. Dale, who led home an all-HRC top-six at the final BDL of the season, dipped inside the two hour mark to set a new course record of 1:59:48.

Also in the field of 270 finishers for Heanor RC were Andy Parkin, who enjoyed “a good well-paced run” to run a PB of 2:21:03 whilst Andy Basey (2:24:25) finished strongly not far behind.

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Earlier in the week, Abbie Leivers set a new personal best at the Nottingham Summer Series 5k. Abbie, who took over a minute off her parkrun best between March and August this year, was delighted to run her “first sub-7min mile in a race” as she finished 3rd female in 22:36.

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