A group of four Fairlands Valley Spartans tackled the hot and hilly St Albans half marathon on Sunday.

Jim Brown came home in 2:08.14, ahead of Linda George (2:19.43), Martin Jacob (2:20.14) and Nicola ANdersson (2:28.37).

Adrian Busolini, meanwhile, tackled the South Downs Way 100-mile trail event, finishing fifth in a superb 18 hours, 12 minutes and 41 seconds.

A group of 33 Spartans tackled parkrun events, with 18 in a field of 356 at Stevenage, where Simon Jackson was second overall in 17.21.

Six Spartans ran at Westmill, with Mike Jeffs second in 19.44, Danny Scanlon fifth in 21.52 and Stuart Archer ninth in 23.56.

Suzy Hawkins was third female at Great Denham in 22.08, as Mo Warrilow clocked 24.55 in eighth.

Kelly McHale was second female at the off-road Henlow Bridge course in 24.13.

The women's track and field team continued their winning streak at the East of England Masters AC League, beating hosts Cambridge & Coleridge by three points.

Paula Dunna (W35), Monica Brown (W50) and Sharon Crowley (W60+) ensured maximum points in the sprint hurdles, as Dunne also won the 200m, was fourth in the 800m and third in the discus.

Brown won her age group's long jump and high jump, while finishing third in javelin and discus.

And Crowley took fourth in the W50 200m and was second in the 1.5k walk.

Joylyn Saunders-Mullins was second in the W60 200m, javelin and discus, while Yuko Gordon was second in the B 1.5k walk and fourth in the 800m.

Andrea Westcott was fourth in the W50 800m, W35 javelin and long jump and second in the high jump, while Crowley, Gordon, Dunne and Westcott took fourth in the W35 4x400m relay.

The men finished fourth, after Andrew Patterson won the W35 800m and was fourth in the javelin after a valid final throw.

Anton McCalla was second in the M35 long jump, fifth in the 200m and fourth in the discus, while Nick Kleanthous was third in the M60+ 1.5k walk and fifth in the 200m and discus.

Charlie Arnold was fourth in the M60+ 800m and javelin, with Michael O'Keefe fifth in the A 1.5k walk, sixth in the M50 javelin, fourth in discus and fifth in long jump, as the relay team finished fifth.