Tough hills failed to deter runners in the Canterbury Half-Marathon.

Six hundred took part in the annual event in aid of the Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent.

The first man home was Andrew Whittingham, from Altringham, in a time of 77 minutes 55 seconds.

He said: “The hills were really tough, especially the last one coming up to the finish."

felt like my legs had turned to jelly.”

It is the fourth year of the race which has raised £45,000 in the past three years for the hospice.

~For full story and pictures, see this week's Kentish Gazette, out on Thursday.

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Men: 1 Whittingham, Andrew 01:17:55; 2 Jackson, Anthony 01:19:06; 3 Rigby, Sam 01:20:09; 4 Black Edward 01:20:38; 5 Butcher Gary 01:21:01; 6 Castle, David;01:21:17; 7 Olchawa, Piotr 01:21:36; 8 Kenchington Andy 01:21:52; 9 Sutton Tim 01:24:25; 10 Battely Theo 01:25:25; 11 Day Ashley 01:25:25; 12 Rowland Robert 01:26:24; 13 Baker Mark 01:26:41; 14 Bowell Peter 01:27:08; 15 Samson, Julius 01:28:18; 16 Benson, Luke 01:28:24; 17 Garvey Steve 01:28:44; 18 Abdul, Nurdin 01:29:13; 19 Gregory, Nicholas 01:29:16; 20 Mason, Paul 01:29:20; 21 Cumming, Iain 01:30:10; 22 Dokken, Eric 01:30:57; 23 Buckle, Alan 01:31:08; 24 Purnell Thomas 01:31:18.

25 Erskine, Timothy 01:32:09; 26 Caps Chris 01:32:11; 27 Saxton Luke 01:32:38; 28 Dinmore, Jonathan 01:32:45; 29 Denison Christopher 01:33:25; 30 Cross Peter 01:33:33; 31 Conway Michael 01:33:48; 32 Klimek, Darivsz 01:33:48; 33 Passfield, Louis 01:33:50; 34 Solly, Bill 01:33:51; 35 Lucas, Mark 01:34:14; 36 Mcvitie, Russell 01:34:30; 37 Hardy, James 01:34:33; 38 Morrison, Chris 01:34:36; 39 King, Steve 01:34:38; 40 Crawley James 01:35:25; 41 Walker, Graham 01:35:44; 42 Liddell Jamie 01:36:08; 43 Horton, Marc 01:36:09; 44 Hayes, Mike 01:36:19; 45 Miles, Jack;01:36:28; 46 Fleming, Andrew 01:36:35; 47 Knight Sam 01:36:39; 48 Mcdonald Ian 01:36:47; 49 Arnott, Tom 01:36:54.

50 Scotney, James 01:36:56; 51 Oren, Nik 01:37:06; 52 Wippler, Luke 01:37:25; 53 Jones, David 01:37:32; 54 Graz, Michael 01:37:38; 55 Blake, Nathan 01:37:57; 56 Barber Colin 01:38:11; 57 Arscott, James 01:38:14; 58 Causer Pencer 01:38:39; 59 Roberts, Paul 01:38:42; 60 Clark, Matthew 01:38:43; 61 Lancashire Neal 01:38:46; 62 Jordan Eamon 01:38:50; 63 Stevens, Phillip 01:38:58; 64 Cooper Mark 01:39:18; 65 Smith Dave 01:39:34; 66 Palmer Roy 01:39:34; 67 Davis, Richard 01:39:44; 68 Marilly Mathieu 01:40:03; 69 Carpenter, Peter 01:40:21; 70 Wilbourn, Mark 01:40:46; 71 Murphy, Kieron 01:40:49; 72 Balman Mark 01:41:04; 73 Bowles, Steven 01:41:08; 74 Cracknell Alistair 01:41:15.

75 Saffery Kenneth 01:41:27; 76 Atkinson, Anthony 01:41:29; 77 Van Der Bijl, Wouter 01:41:33; 78 Bowden David 01:41:34; 79 Smith Simon 01:41:35; 80 Smith, Mark 01:42:18; 81 Harbert Barrie 01:42:32; 82 Watson, Jon 01:42:44; 83 Moore, David 01:43:08; 84 Rowley Phil 01:43:15; 85 Gurney Jon 01:43:21; 86 Parnell, Brian 01:43:34; 87 Crane, Stephen 01:43:41; 88 Lassnig, Cliff 01:43:45; 89 Coffey, Adam 01:43:55; 90 Fehnle Nick 01:43:58; 91 Hanson, Simon 01:44:08; 92 Son, Jeongho 01:44:17; 93 Mcmanus, Niall 01:44:18; 94 Willis Paul 01:44:22; 95 Robson Mark 01:44:37; 96 Hayes, Dan 01:44:51; 97 Mercer, Paul 01:44:55; 98 Norman, Benjamin 01:44:59; 99 Rees, Brian 01:45:02.

100 Lowe, Robert 01:45:12; 101 Wiles Rob 01:45:15; 102 Carter, Jeremy 01:45:22; 103 Murray, Martin 01:45:28; 104 Beaney, Mark 01:45:31; 105 Robinson, Paul 01:45:35; 106 Bennett, Mark 01:45:44; 107 Wakeman Simon 01:45:45; 108 Miller Richard 01:45:50; 109 Cox, David 01:45:53; 110 Thorns Andrew 01:46:04; 111 Thompson, Darren 01:46:25; 112 Mclaughlin, Barry 01:46:34; 113 Allen Brian 01:46:41; 114 Froebrich Dirk 01:46:44; 115 Thompson, Sean 01:46:47; 116 Scott Ian 01:46:47; 117 Hann, Kevin 01:46:56; 118 Streatfield Fred 01:47:00; 119 Downes, Graeme 01:47:10; 120 Holder, J 01:47:32; 121 Fulton, Craig 01:47:33; 122 Pick, Graham 01:47:36; 123 Farrant Andrew 01:47:49; 124 Paineau Anthony 01:47:52

125 Mummery Jason 01:48:03; 126 Fennelly Brian 01:48:10; 127 Post, Kevin 01:48:14; 128 Chisholm, Barry 01:48:17; 129 Simpson, Jeremy 01:48:28; 130 Sillery, Bill 01:48:31; 131 Walkington Robert 01:48:40; 132 Smith, Alan 01:48:46; 133 Barber, Simon 01:48:48; 134 Wilkinson, John 01:48:54; 135 Ezen, Alan 01:48:55; 136 Ward, Mike 01:49:03; 137 Ellison, James 01:49:11; 138 Knight, Phil 01:49:16; 139 Hayden, Sean 01:49:17; 140 Hayden, Anthony 01:49:18; 141 Pow Charlie 01:49:23; 142 Sweeting Simon 01:49:24; 143 Waite, David 01:49:25; 144 Sutcliffe, Tom 01:49:28; 145 Heath Simon 01:49:30; 146 Bond Will 01:49:30; 147 Brennan Dwyer 01:49:31; 148 Elmes, Mike 01:49:55; 149 Rutland Jonathan 01:50:10

150 Charlton Alan 01:50:11; 151 Godden Neil 01:50:20; 152 Goves, Michael 01:50:30; 153 Lauton Steven 01:50:48; 154 Smith Simon 01:51:07; 155 Jones, Stephen 01:51:10; 156 Tierney Trevor 01:51:11; 157 Webber Mike 01:51:20; 158 Salvatori, Robert 01:51:24; 159 Smith, Stuart 01:51:30; 160 Edmond David 01:51:33; 161 Hoare Dan 01:51:40; 162 Hoare, Richard 01:51:41; 163 Cork Bill 01:51:43; 164 Seggie, Iain 01:51:49; 165 Elvidge, Dean 01:51:56; 166 Marsh, Paul 01:51:58; 167 Lazell, Stephen 01:52:08; 168 Johnson, Dean 01:52:28; 169 Wood Brian 01:52:31; 170 Lester Richard;01:52:32; 171 Lyons, Tony 01:52:49; 172 White Darren 01:53:00; 173 Peake Craig 01:53:06; 174 Warren Mike 01:53:11

175 Smith, Paul 01:53:34; 176 Kerr, Tim 01:53:40; 177 Barrett, Gregg 01:53:52; 178 Jones, Tom 01:53:52; 179 Gore, Nick 01:53:53; 180 Hughes Michael 01:53:54; 181 Carter, Daniel 01:54:34; 182 Bowley, Daniel 01:54:34; 183 Lewis, Simon;01:54:40; 184 Athene Andy 01:54:45; 185 Cropp, Lee 01:55:04; 186 Rumble, Phil 01:55:10; 187 Humphreys Clive 01:55:14; 188 Hennell Lee 01:55:16; 189 Harden Daniel 01:55:22; 190 Walsh, Mick 01:55:26; 191 Gibson Stuart 01:55:28; 192 Lee Kyu Tea 01:55:28; 193 Wallsgrove, Ian 01:55:30; 194 Mccarmick, Alastair 01:55:48; 195 Ray, Spencer 01:55:55; 196 Taplin David 01:55:56; 197 Sherrington Paul 01:56:04; 198 Heath, Brenhan 01:56:06; 199 Davis Francis 01:56:24

200 Mccarron, Leon;01:56:33; 201 Fulton, Alan 01:56:37; 202 Adams Darren 01:56:41; 203 Hanney, Kevin 01:56:51; 204 Lowe Ben 01:56:58; 205 Collser, Justin 01:57:08; 206 Summers David 01:57:09; 207 Nicolle Richard 01:57:21; 208 Stevens, Daniel 01:57:27; 209 English Simon 01:57:28; 210 Pittard, Nick 01:57:32; 211 Thackray, Daniel 01:57:33; 212 Spencer, Chris 01:57:43; 213 Savage, Tony 01:58:00; 214 Jones, David 01:58:18; 215 Collins, Paul 01:58:36; 216 Collins, Simon 01:58:41; 217 Fullick, Paul 01:58:44; 218 Cavanagh Sean 01:58:46; 219 Selwood, John 01:58:47; 220 Gregory, Chris 01:58:58; 221 Houlder, Peter 01:59:02; 222 St.Pier, Michael 01:59:09; 223 Miles John 01:59:16; 224 Harris, David;01:59:35

225 White, Ian 01:59:39; 226 Thompson, James 01:59:47; 227 Harding Jason 01:59:54; 228 Kent, Adam 01:59:55; 229 Brown Sam 01:59:55; 230 Winton Nigel 02:00:00; 231 Scull Brett 02:00:22; 232 Bailey Mark 02:00:51; 233 Wetheridge, Steven 02:01:12; 234 Wrafter, Mark 02:01:16; 235 Hancox, Grenville 02:01:47; 236 Arscott, Simon 02:01:55; 237 Gilbert Keith 02:02:06; 238 Wells Trevor 02:02:10; 239 Searle, Antony 02:02:12; 240 Moore, Duncan;02:02:13; 241 Hughes, Dorian 02:02:23; 242 Brown, John 02:02:58; 243 Heather, Frederick 02:03:05; 244 Mactaggart, Douglas 02:03:08; 245 Li, Bruce 02:03:11; 246 Dunlop, David 02:03:13; 247 Cambridge Kevin 02:03:16; 248 Esdaile George 02:03:24; 249 Mast Clive 02:03:38

250 Brackley, Mark 02:03:38; 251 Standing, Robert David 02:03:41; 252 Keem Darren 02:03:54; 253 Boggia Graham 02:03:58; 254 Farmer, George 02:04:03; 255 Kitt, Jeremy 02:04:18; 256 Nowosad, Piotr 02:04:40; 257 Cartwright, Greg 02:04:48; 258 Boorman Martin 02:05:09; 259 Taylor, Andrew 02:05:20; 260 Magill, Euan 02:05:39; 261 Robinson Kevin 02:05:41; 262 Probert, Alan 02:05:42; 263 Hawkins Jim 02:05:52; 264 Gautier Frank 02:05:55; 265 Blomfield Ian 02:06:13; 266 Bergquist, John 02:06:35; 267 Dyball, Ian 02:06:58; 268 Piersall Tony 02:07:11; 269 Wright, Bill 02:07:30; 270 Sheehan Tim 02:07:44; 271 Shidfar Mohammed 02:07:44; 272 Anderson Ian 02:07:44; 273 Martin, John;02:07:45; 274 Alder, David 02:07:58

275 Parker, Jason;02:07:58; 276 Rioran Duncan 02:08:03; 277 May, Peter 02:08:12; 278 Parker Virgil 02:08:25; 279 Wilson, Ben 02:08:31; 280 Machin, Brian-Rocky 02:08:52; 281 Turnbull, Will 02:08:56; 282 Lowther, Philip 02:09:03; 283 Wilkinson, Stuart 02:09:04; 284 Parsons, Andrew 02:09:11; 285 Smith James 02:09:19; 286 Walker, Russell 02:09:20; 287 Allen, Paul 02:09:27; 288 Moss, Melvyn 02:09:41; 289 Hope Scott 02:09:48; 290 Audley, Neil 02:09:55; 291 Tolan Matthew 02:09:57; 292 Crisp, Richard 02:10:21; 293 Martin, Keith 02:10:56; 294 Taylor John 02:10:57; 295 Carver Ron 02:11:13; 296 Cane, James 02:11:24; 297 Epsom, Joe 02:11:36; 298 Horgan, John 02:12:34; 299 Bradley David 02:12:51

300 Rourke, Ciaran 02:13:21; 301 Kilpatrick, Ian;02:13:23; 302 Hoople, Matt 02:13:34; 303 Davey Noel 02:13:35; 304 Bhat Som;02:13:59; 305 Bowles, Sam 02:14:48; 306 Gilbert Barry 02:14:59; 307 Parsons George 02:15:00; 308 Reeves Paul 02:15:08; 309 Ledger Tony 02:15:14; 310 Dickerson Mark 02:15:14; 311 Luetchford, Peter 02:15:24; 312 Jones, Trevor 02:15:55; 313 Saunders, Nigel;02:16:26; 314 Thompsett Richard 02:16:30; 315 Hopper, Ashley 02:17:13; 316 Bartlett Edwin 02:17:28; 317 Mills Patrick 02:18:19; 318 Dadd Jonathan 02:18:25; 319 Black Alan 02:19:21; 320 James, Alan 02:19:44; 321 Bailey Mark 02:19:45; 322 Somers, John 02:19:52; 323 Davison, Chris 02:20:33; 324 Ayers, Sebastian;02:21:06

325 Batt Stuart 02:21:28; 326 King, Colin 02:21:31; 327 Bastow, Patrick 02:24:44; 328 Garnett, Nick;02:24:45; 329 Armstrong Craig 02:26:04; 330 Tandy Simon 02:27:27; 331 French Sean 02:27:32; 332 Tarry, Colin 02:28:34; 333 Hadlow, Phillip 02:30:04; 334 Woolley David 02:30:05; 335 Moorhouse, Mark 02:30:55; 336 Wiseman Tim 02:32:28; 337 Mayall Jamie 02:32:55; 338 Kelly, Pat 02:35:17; 339 Vaval, Alexandre 02:36:42; 340 Showlag Anees 02:38:30; 341 Al Banawi 02:38:57; 342 Tovey Oliver 02:39:07; 343 Caps Steve 02:39:16; 344 Wilson, Mark 02:40:08; 345 O'shea, Ben 02:41:35; 346 O'shea, Chris 02:41:35; 347 Thomas Edward 02:41:58; 348 Whitlock Alex 02:45:28; 349 Peters, Jeff 02:47:43; 350 Middleton Michael 02:49:40.

Women: 1 Oldershaw, Tina 01:24:35; 2 Hawkins Sharon 01:32:29; 3 Maguire Sarah 01:32:58; 4 Killingbeck, Tessa 01:35:59; 5 Kenchington Margaret 01:36:05; 6 Machin, Amanda 01:38:21; 7 Talbot Rosner Vicky 01:38:44; 8 Holden, Genevieve 01:38:45; 9 Greatrix, Emm 01:38:59; 10 Stoppani Julie 01:39:40; 11 Raveh, T B 01:40:00; 12 Backshell Kerry 01:40:36; 13 Dowse, Suzanne 01:41:39; 14 Thompson, Jolene 01:41:48; 15 Marshall, Heather 01:42:48; 16 Collins, Caroline 01:42:53; 17 Crawley, Ali 01:45:08; 18 Straker, Brett 01:45:48; 19 Boszormenyi, Edit 01:46:36; 20 Swinson, Catherine 01:47:00; 21 Beadle Carol 01:47:15; 22 Shewell Sarah 01:47:24; 23 Hart, Jason 01:48:20; 24 Hill Melissa 01:48:33

25 Howell Priscilla 01:48:38; 26 Hubbard Cressida 01:50:23; 27 Kennedy Mia 01:50:31; 28 Milford, Hannah 01:50:44; 29 Moorekite, Janice 01:51:19; 30 Weber Tania 01:52:46; 31 Stamp, Deborah 01:52:59; 32 Bond Catherine 01:53:15; 33 Laws, Rebecca 01:53:45; 34 Ashton Ellen 01:53:55; 35 Crust, Mandy 01:54:15; 36 Diab, Natalie 01:54:24; 37 Marshall Julia 01:55:17; 38 Dronza Gabriela 01:56:17; 39 Loveridge , Suzanne 01:56:34; 40 King Melanie 01:56:38; 41 Roumania Michele 01:56:41; 42 Byles, Natalie 01:57:55; 43 Cameron, Lindsey 01:58:17; 44 Pearson, Jacqueline 01:58:28; 45 Benton Elizabeth 01:58:29; 46 Davies Kathryn 01:58:58; 47 Samuel Karen 01:59:38; 48 Cook Joanna 01:59:47; 49 Tomlins Zoe 01:59:53

50 Earwicker Kate 02:00:01; 51 Kennedy, Helen 02:00:07; 52 Roach, Whitney 02:00:26; 53 Chubb-Whittle, Judith 02:00:26; 54 Millward, Jacky 02:00:31; 55 Elms Liz 02:00:32; 56 Ker, Grace 02:00:47; 57 Russell Lorraine 02:00:58; 58 Paddock, Rachel 02:01:11; 59 Watler, Yvonne 02:02:11; 60 Earl Karen 02:02:34; 61 Lieberman, Sarah 02:03:05; 62 Mayatt, Angela 02:03:17; 63 Arscott, Ann 02:03:56; 64 Nice, Tabitha 02:04:29; 65 Gambrill Karen 02:04:52; 66 Larrassey Nicola 02:05:35; 67 Mcculloch, Heather 02:05:35; 68 Buhl, Charlotte 02:05:54; 69 Southern, Penny 02:06:01; 70 Taylor, Annette 02:06:40; 71 Carter Kim 02:06:56; 72 Van Rensburg, Erica 02:07:07; 73 Coughlan Sharon 02:07:37; 74 Crane, Julie 02:08:29

75 Gray, Emily 02:08:55; 76 Raines Bernadette 02:08:57; 77 Mccabe Emma 02:09:00; 78 Wilkinson, Kelly 02:09:05; 79 Benson, Annelise 02:09:06; 80 Gould, Emma 02:09:52; 81 Marsh, Kate 02:10:00; 82 De Boick Wendy 02:10:09; 83 Evans Jane 02:10:26; 84 Wiseman Clare 02:10:34; 85 Saunders, Jessica 02:10:47; 86 Embery, Melissa 02:10:58; 87 Hope Veronica 02:11:37; 88 Bravo, Alicia 02:12:02; 89 Tyler, Debbie 02:12:40; 90 Penfold, Mary 02:12:40; 91 Thompson, Francisca 02:12:51; 92 Watson, Julie 02:13:23; 93 Johnson, Esther 02:13:39; 94 Paran, Clarisse 02:14:00; 95 Wakesmith Sarah 02:14:58; 96 Halliwell, Tina 02:15:19; 97 Jeong Mihyun 02:15:36; 98 Caps Lulu 02:16:27; 99 Gould Melissa 02:16:35

100 Cook, Sasha 02:17:18; 101 Wing Julie 02:18:01; 102 Stirling Debbie 02:18:12; 103 Tibbott, Claire 02:18:19; 104 Clifford Debbie 02:18:19; 105 Parker Julie 02:19:20; 106 Dunn, Suzanne 02:19:52; 107 Barnes, Sarah 02:19:52; 108 Crump, Julie 02:20:00; 109 Mitchell, Rachel 02:20:00; 110 Cerullo, Nicola 02:20:01; 111 Macey Joanne 02:21:27; 112 Lewis, Rachel 02:21:39; 113 Briggs, Rachel 02:25:52; 114 Sykes Deborah 02:26:09; 115 Nel, Desiree 02:27:36; 116 Heard, Eleanor 02:27:41; 117 Mann, Tracy 02:28:01; 118 Giles, Jeannette 02:28:49; 119 Smith Lorraine 02:29:31; 120 Boswell Silmara 02:29:49; 121 Konieczny Sarah 02:30:59; 122 Voong, Va 02:31:27; 123 Clarke-Sturman, Rosamund 02:36:39; 124 Richie Irene 02:38:00; 125 Keen, Heather 02:38:38; 126 Sutton, Kirsty 02:38:57; 127 Weston Joanne 02:39:07; 128 Voong, Cam 02:41:05; 129 Conyers, Joanne 02:41:25; 130 Hardy, Gemma 02:41:59; 131 Duke, Patricia 02:44:21; 132 Cohen, Judy 02:45:01; 133 Davis, Alex 02:46:03; 134 Everatt Gillian 02:49:20; 135 Clarke, Ursula 02:52:49; 136 Frost, Susie 02:52:49; 137 Colley Tracey 02:53:43.