The 'Tour' of Great Baddow started on Sunday and Tiptree Road Runners' Mal-colm Bailey rose to the challenge of four races in consecutive days in races which incorporated some testing climbs on hilly courses.

His times were: Sunday (10.7k Road Race) 0:46:08; Monday (4 Mile Hilly Cross Country) (650 foot ascent) 0:32:02; Tuesday (4.5 Mile Hilly Road Race) (700 foot ascent) 0:30:32; Wednesday (1 Mile Down -- 5-minute break -- 1 Mile Up Hill Race (150 foot ascent) 0:13:00.

At the Harwich 5k "Handicap" race on Tuesday, Tiptree's Chris Applegate ran the fastest time for the club but Brigid Wallen stole the limelight, running a personal best and club record to secure second place in the series overall.

The TRR times were: Chris Applegate 0:17:23; Martyn Byford 0:18:43; Roger Duffield 0:19:46; Brigid Wallen 0:19:53 (personal best and a club record plus a second position in the series); Tim Huxtable 0:20:03; Andy Childs 0:20:54; Tony Wallen 0:21:06; Nick Smith DNF (injury).

Tiptree turned out three teams for the Ekiden-Marathon Relay in Woodbridge, Suffolk on Sunday.

In sight of the windmill and bathed in glorious sunshine, this proved an enjoyable and successful day's racing.

Tiptree won both the male and female vet trophies with some fine individual performances.

Chris Applegate finished the first leg well up the field and first veteran Baron Beckett held the lead and Alan Fisher produced the third consecutive leg averaging sub-6 minute miling as the men claimed the vets team trophy.

Helen Ivory took the ladies vets team off with a flyer and with County medal winner Brigid Wallen in such good form the team thoroughly deserved their trophy.

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