It was a very busy weekend for Barking Road Runners with members at two half marathons, a 10k and an ELVIS race.

The club had runners at several venues due to rescheduling of different events after cancellations during the Covid pandemic.

Unfortunately this meant they had a very depleted squad at the ELVIS race, in fact they only had two competitors in Trevor Cooper (40.22) and Cristina Cooper (47.57) and both performed admirably.

Barking and Dagenham Post: Jack Nixon finished in second place in 35:08 at Clacton 10kJack Nixon finished in second place in 35:08 at Clacton 10k (Image: Barking Road Runners)

At the Clacton 10k Jack Nixon finished in second place in an excellent time of 35.08 and was followed home by Ron Vialls (52.12), Dennis Spencer-Perkins (1:08.17) and Alison Fryatt (1:08.18).

In the half marathon, the first finisher for Barking was Faye Spooner in 1:53.37, ahead of Joyce Golder (1:58.22), Isobel Pinedo Borobio (2:26.41) and Rob Courtier (2:48.48).

Barking and Dagenham Post: BRR first finisher in the Clacton Half marathon Faye SpoonerBRR first finisher in the Clacton Half marathon Faye Spooner (Image: Barking Road Runners)

In the weekend's other big event, the Vitality Big Half in London, Paul Withyman led they way finishing in 1:29.15 followed by Nehal Patel (1:49.02), Daniel Plawiak (1:49.42), Gopal Myilsamy (1:51.58), Rory Burr (1:53.25), Jason Li (2:30.00), Gary Harford (2:38.33) and Ken Summerfield (3:15.37).

Barking and Dagenham Post: Jason Li And Gopal Myilsamy on Tower Bridge at the Vitality Big Half MarathonJason Li And Gopal Myilsamy on Tower Bridge at the Vitality Big Half Marathon (Image: Barking Road Runners)

Jess Collett finished first in her category at the Brett Lydd 20 mile race in a time of 2:51.38.