CHRIS Farrell surpassed last week's result in Telford with a record-breaking win at Hurst Green, beating the previous best time held by fellow GB international Andi Jones and taking the title from Tom Adams who finished second.

At the same venue, Paul Boardman took the M55 prize and Tony Hesketh took the M60 prize.

Meanwhile, the Horwich juniors continued their form.

At Hurst Green, Isabella Merritt took fourth place overall, Ethan Isaacs was seventh, Lucas Collings 14th and Aidan McKenna 30th.

In the Helvellyn 10k trail race Gareth Booth, who has also had a great season and has his eye on more international honours in 2017, took fifth place.

It was a first fell race in Horwich colours for Phil Marsden at the Stoop race in Brontë Country and he came fifth in a field of over 300 runners enjoying the early festivities.

Also at the Stoop junior race in Horwich colours and ones to watch on the fells for the future were Toby Middleton, taking a great second place, and there were strong performances from Luke Milliken and Theo Middleton.

Festive fun and competition were found nearer to home at Curley’s Fisheries for the four-mile trail race where Richard Marlton headed the Harriers squad in fourth.

David Crawford won the first MV65 prize, Bernadette Unsworth the first FV50 prize and Gillian Smith the first FV65 prize.

In parkrun, Paul Muller claimed first place at Lytham Hall and Isaac Battye was first home at Queens Park junior parkrun where Lucas Collings was third after his Hurst Green race the previous day.

There were four second places – for Simon Pymm at Oldham, Erica Booth (second woman at Bolton), Miriam Harrison (second woman at Reading) and in the top parkrun performance of the week, under-14s' Robert Seddon was second overall at Bolton.

Horwich RMI Harriers results: Hurst Green Turkey Trot five-mile trail race – 1st Chris Farrell 26:54, 33rd Paul Boardman 37:59, 58th Tony Hesketh 40:12; Helvellyn 10k – 5th Gareth Booth 33:42; Arrowe Park XC (Wirral) – David Barnes 40:28; Stoop fell race (Haworth) seniors – 5th Phil Marsden 33:39, 27th Dave Milliken 37:31, 79th Graham Schofield 41:59, 153rd Mick Green 47:04; Stoop fell race juniors – 2nd Toby Middleton, 8th Luke Milliken, 53rd Theo Middleton; Santa Dash four-mile trail race (Curley’s, Horwich) – 4th Richard Marlton 32:21, 31st Rachel Merino 40:57, 42nd David Crawford 43:28, 44th Bernadette Unsworth 43:46, 52nd Gemma Stokes 48:10, 68th Gillian Smith 53:09, 73rd Mark Kmiec 55:07, 74th Angela Greene 55:09, 89th Laura Ryan 58:34, 93rd Anna Dagnall 1:01:52, 94th Leanne Roberts 1:01:53