CoSARC’s Harry Smith gave a masterclass in tactical 10,000m running at the London World Athletics Continental Tour. 

The tour is a unique opportunity for high-level club runners to race against a talented mix of world-class marathon runners, middle-distance runners, steeplechasers, 10k, 5k and road runners.

Smith sat back in the first half, then bided his time in third place for much of the second half.

He went second two laps out, and hit the front at the bell as he flew past the leader to finish in a PB time of 30:52:01.

The icing on the cake was Harry winning his weight in beer.

In the first SAL match of the season in Basingstoke Katie Clements set seven new PBs in her 10 events.

There were wins for Harriet Legg in the Triple Jump A String, Lucy Wilkinson in the Javelin A string and Jaymee Domoney in the 800mtr A String.

In the Netley 10K CoSARC finishers were Will Pannell 34:39, Matthew Gervais 36:45, Dave Gervais 39:09, Charlotte Ingram 39:54 (PB by 37 seconds) and Heather Hitchens 50:46.

In North Downs Way 50 Mike White ran 52.6 miles in a magnificent time of 11 hours 26 minutes.

On a very hot day, in the Great Manchester Run, Carol Chlebowski went up against 25,000 other runners to finish in 57:21.