Grantham Running Club take part in the Humber Costal race at Cleethorpes

Four members of Grantham Running Club made their way over to the east coast to Cleethorpes for the annual Humber Costal 10K and half marathon.

The race drew a large crowd with more than 1,000 competitors of all abilities going over the start line.

Paul Jepson was first to finish for Grantham with a time of 51:13, a three second season's best at the 10k distance which netted him second place in his age category.

Second in for GRC was Christine Sawyer with a pleasing time of 1:05:07.

Third in was the ever-graceful Yvonne Buckley despite carrying a slight niggle down her thigh but achieving a better result than she was expecting with a time of 1:07:34.

Next in was Brendon of the Buckley husband and wife team, with a time of 1:12:31.

The quartet are all classed as veteran/mature club runners and have a combined age of more than 265 years.

The 10k race was won by Joe Rainsford from Heanor Running Club in 31:52. First lady was Harriet Johnson of Lincoln Wellington in 39:54.

Two Grantham Running Club members ran in the half marathon event which started 30 minutes after the 10k, alongside 813 other runners.

Jonathan Fisher was first back after finishing with a creditable time of 1:54:20.

Charlotte Wood had a tough time in the race, feeling unwell, but battled through to cross the finish line in 2:06:34.

The half marathon was won by Rob Payne from Cleethorpes and District AC in 1:09:20. First lady was Natalie Burns of Lincoln Wellington in 1:21:34.