Barking Roadrunners held round three of their Summer Handicap Series on Thursday night, with Richard Dudman taking the honours.
Although Dudman crossed the line third on the night, he was declared the winner after first finisher Tia was competing off a handicap time in her first event, while second-placed George was running as a guest and was therefore ineligible for the official result.
At the weekend, BRR members also took part in a Smartphone Orienteering event at Hainault Country Park.
The course used 10 permanent marker posts and measured approximately 5km in a straight line.
However, with competitors required to navigate between checkpoints, the challenge was to complete the course while covering the shortest possible distance rather than recording the fastest time.
Emma Paisley proved the most efficient navigator, completing the course in 6.9km to take first place.
Dawn Curtis finished second after covering 7.3km, while Alison Fryatt was third with a distance of 7.9km.
Dagenham 88 Runners were also out in force across a variety of events over the weekend, including a challenging self-navigation trail half marathon, the Essex Championships and several parkruns.
A group of club members took on the Ridley Round Trail Self-Navigate Half Marathon, a 14.4-mile challenge which started and finished at The Compass pub.
Completing the route in 4:15.00 were Lorraine Hilton, Yolanda Ceveira, Kresh Veerasamy, Peter Grant, Sarah-Jo Capon and Timi Veerasamy.
Rob Sargent represented the club at the Arthur Whiston Five Mile race, which incorporated the Essex Championships, recording a time of 46.18.
At Valentines parkrun, James Byers was the fastest Dagenham 88 runner home in 25.33.
Manji Gami clocked 32.23, while Kara Byers finished in 53.58.
Sam Veerasamy crossed the line in 54.33, followed by Ronnie Waller in 55.30, Sonya Byers in 57.18 and Joanna Smith in 57.19.
There was also strong representation at Harrow Lodge, where David Lacey led the club's runners home in 36.20.
Savitri Bouffe finished in 38.48, with Kian Lacey recording 42.19 and Allan Lacey 42.27.
Simon Childs ran 29.56 at Raphael and David O'Brien finished Queensway parkrun in 53.19.
At Barking, Nils Hollmann posted the club's quickest time of the weekend, finishing in 25.31.
He was followed by John Hughes in 28.07, Carole Adams in 29.55, Tracey Sheehy in 30.07 and Abigail O'Shea in 33.52.
Further afield, Caroline Tuck completed the Jersey parkrun in 28.29.
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