MICHAEL Cayton took the main honours for Horwich RMI harriers last weekend with an excellent run for third place at the Salford 10k behind the winner Mohammad Aburezeq from Altrincham in a field of over 2,600 runners.

In the new Bolton Community Half Marathon, Sean McMyler in 34th place was first Horwich runner in a field of 582.

Meanwhile, in the third big local road race – the Wigan 10k – where there were over 3,100 runners, four women represented the Harriers, including parkrun regulars Lynn Smith and Lesley Davidson who were joined by two Horwich newcomers, Alice Tucker and Stacy Young.

Beyond the local roads Dan Gilbert took on the renowned Ben Nevis mountain race ascending over 4,000 feet up Britain’s highest mountain with a finish well within the top third of runners.

In doing so he allowed Nick Kelly and Lawrence Pinnell to gain points over him in the club fell championship as they competed in the Castle Carr race, Kelly making a timely return to the fells and current club overall champion Pinnell showing his usual grit in completing a testing course.

Across all races the vets gained category prizes.

At Hades Hill, Paul Boardman was first MV55 and followed up with second place at the Haigh Woodland parkrun.

In the Bolton Community Half Marathon, Rudolf Maciejkowicz took the MV60 prize and David Crawford was rewarded for his tenacity in training with the MV65 prize.

At the Salford 10k, Rob Jackson, although a little disappointed with his time, took the MV50 prize after near misses in previous years and Bernadette Unsworth was very pleased with second place in the FV50 category.

In parkrun, two juniors in the 11-14 age category had personal bests.

Toby Middleton was 15th of 357 runners at Worsley Woods in a time of 19mins 43secs and Luke Brindle was fifth of 263 runners at Bolton in a time of 20:03.

Horwich results: Hades Hill fell race (Whitworth) – 20th Paul Boardman 42:24, 50th David Barnes 50:31; Sundowner Triathlon (York) – 207th Paul Sykes (Tri Rivington) 5:47:19, 226th Neil Shelmerdine 5:53:01; Ben Nevis mountain race – Dan Gilbert 2:11:35; Bolton Community Half Marathon road race – 34th Sean McMyler 1:30:11, 50th Rudolf Maciejkowicz 1:33:54, 60th Layne Mercer 1:36:21, 143rd Geoff Leech 1:47:31, 234th Keith Lewthwaite 1:56:29, 240th Steve Thomasson 1:57:10, 269th David Crawford 1:59:39, 492nd Olwyn Smith 2:26:12; Castle Carr fell race (Hebden Bridge) – 15th Nick Kelly 2:52:53, 54th Lawrence Pinnell 4:51:38; Salford 10k road race – 3rd Michael Cayton 31:20, 38th Rob Jackson 37:56, 40th Michael Hallas 37:58, 355th Mark Kmiec 46:36, 560th Benadette Unsworth 49:32, 562nd David Unsworth 49:33, 1,261st Angela Greene 57:54; Wigan 10k road race – 1,387th Alice Tucker 59:15, 1,657th Stacy Young 1:02:15, 2,493rd Lynn Smith 1:13:42, 2,672nd Lesley Davidson 1:17:30.