Runners set off at the start of the Whitstable 10k

Chris Carre achieved a winning hat-trick in the Whitstable 10k on May Bank Holiday Monday in a personal best 32min37sec.

Carre, who runs unattached, added to his previous wins in 2009 and 2010 by striding away from 613 finishers for a classic gun to tape victory.

Theo Bately (M40, 34.44) of Deal Triathletes and Mark Penny (34.55) of Kent Police AC were the closest opposition on a very windy day on the sea front.

Michaela Hill (W35, 39.55) of Kent Police won a much closer women’s race by five seconds from Sarah Anne Mooney (40.00) of Larkfield AC, who improved her own previous best by five seconds. Hazel Vuvi (W35, 40.27) of Dartford Road Runners was third.

Sharon Hawkins (40.38) of Maidstone Harriers was the first W45 master in fourth place.

Host club Canterbury Harriers won the men’s team prize and Dartford Harriers were women’s team champions.