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-grabbing event. Local lass Sally Spencer didn't hold back: "I thought the start only 200 metres from my front door would be a big bonus, but it was chaotic." And Mark Strickland said: "I think that the arrival of 15,000 runners took Bristol by surprise. Good job

12 Stroud 1/2M (17) 769 13 Lake Vyrnwy 1/2M (14) 766 14 Glasgow Women’s 10K (11) 763 15 Robin Hood 1/2M & Marathon (39) 762 16 Ballycotton 10 (9) 760 17 Cheltenham National 10K 757 18 Dewsbury 10K (12) 756 19 Nike 10K 755 20 Waterloo 15K (23) 755 21

:51:26Point-to-point city marathon that took a dip in 2001 on new course 2002 date: October11 Snowdonia Marathon (14) 2:37:14/3:12:13A very tough course through mountainous North Wales 2002 date: October 2712 Blackpool Asics Marathon 2:37:38/3:16:52A very fast

A Top Ten Andy Richardson[not on front page]Fort Of The DayCan May's Sandal Castle 10K battle its way into the RW Top 100 UK Races?:--In its four-year history, the Sandal Castle 10K has become one of the fastest growing races in the North

an objective set of criteria to judge every race. Each race has been marked out of 1000 (the number you will see after the race in the list). There were 200 points available for organisation and quality of course and 100 each for atmosphere, potential for fast

woefully under-represented. Only the winner made the top 100, though the other two races are building up their popularity.1 Stevenage Fila 5K (1) 14:11/16:04Fast, town-based event 2002 date: May2 Bath Druck 5K 14:13/16:41Another quick event 2002 date: March

Experience (1)Very challenging natural Devon terrain 2002 date: March4 Tough 10 Challenge (4)Established, challenging – but achievable – multi-terrainer 2002 date: February 105 North Downs 30K (5)Tough midsummer event over Kent’s North Downs 2002 date: June

successful return in 2001. Last year’s winner, the Alsager 5, was a clear second. However, all the others in the top five are new.1 Victory 5 23:18/26:31Fast and flat Portsmouth event with excellent facilities 2002 date: December2 Alsager Asics 5 (1) 23

-established point-to-point race 2002 date: November6 Thames Towpath 10 (6) 54:11/59:12A towpath-based pre-London event 2002 date: March 177 Leyland 10 49:13/57:43A fast, Northern town-based race 2002 date: July8 Derwentwater Ronhill 10 52:50/1:01:15A scenic, long