Oxford City AC’s David Bruce won the first race of the Mota-Vation Summer Road Race Series by five seconds at Charlton-on-Otmoor.

Bruce completed the four-mile route in 21mins 1sec, beating Wimbledon Hercules’ Kieran White and Paul Fernandez from Abingdon AC.

Just 11 seconds covered the top three, while James Bolton of Woodstock Harriers was fourth.

Bruce, White, Fernandez and Bolton broke early and remained together for the first two miles.

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By the third, Bolton, the only one to have run the London Marathon, started to drop back.

Oxford City’s Ciaran Birch (U19), Robert Story (V50), from Eynsham, and Aylesbury's Paul Gregory (V60) were winners in their respective age groups.

Kidlington’s Michael Collins was the first vet 70 to finish.

In the ladies event, Jessica Webb, from Woodstock, ran a perfect race to win by more than 30 seconds.

Vet 35 Liz Barker (Headington) came through to finish in second place, with Allison Hirst (V45) and 16-year-old Fiona Bunn, from Abingdon, third and fourth respectively.

Katherine Bates (Woodstock) won the V55 division, and Kate Williamson (Eynsham) was the first V65.

The next race is on June 4 at Bletchingdon (7.30).

Oxford City’s Simon Fisher won the Chalgrove Festival 10K, with Dan Blake of Witney in second.

Sally Howard (Witney) was the third female home.

Woodstock’s Sophie Carter, running for Belgrave Harriers, finished third at the Milton Keynes half-marathon.

She completed the route in 1hr 18mins 55secs.

RESULTS (senior unless stated) MOTA-VATION SUMMER ROAD RACE SERIES – CHARLTON-ON-OTMOOR (RACE 1) Men – 1 D Bruce (Oxf) 21mins 1sec, 2 K White (Wim) 21.06, 3 P Fernandez (Abn, V40) 21.12, 4 J Bolton (Wds, V40) 21.41, 5 T Wright (Ban) 22.00, 6 J Richardson (Oxf, V40) 22.07, 7 T Jones (Wit) 22.15, 8 J Davis (Ayl) 22.18, 9 L Newell (Oxf) 22.25, 10 C Birch (Oxf, U19) 22.43.

Women – 1 J Webb (Wds) 23.57, 2 L Barker (Hed, V35) 24.34, 3 A Hirst (Una, V45) 24.36, 4 F Bunn (Abn, U19) 24.44, 5 J Craft (Hed, V35) 24.45, 6 H Greenwood (Kid, U19) 25.07, 7 R Campbell (Hed) 25.32, 8 S Rendell (Alc, V35) 26.05, 9 C Ridewood (Abn, U19) 26.05, 10 S Usher (Alc, V35) 26.16.

CHALGROVE FESTIVAL 10K Men – 1 S Fisher (Oxf) 34.54, 2 D Blake (Wit) 35.33, 3 S Sikora (Mar) 35.37, 4 T Lock (Wit, V40) 35.49, 5 G Petts (Una) 35.50, 6 R Dean (Tha) 36.03, 7 S Kerr (Hed) 36.23, 8 M Pearce (Hed) 36.45, 9 G Hope (Kid) 37.12, 10 M Richards (Hed, V50) 37.39.

Women – 1 C Hallissey (Bri) 36.18, 2 M Kaminsekiene (Una, V35) 41.43, 3 S Howard (Wit, V35) 43.29, 4 A Finnigan (Kid, V35) 44.11, 5 Z Pearce (Hed) 44.17, 6 C Goodall (Hed, V35) 44.26, 7 L Salisbury (Una) 44.37, 8 O Underhill (Una) 44.38, 9 B Hibbert (Una) 44.38, 10 N Golunska (Una, V35) 45.03.

MILTON KEYNES HALF-MARATHON 3 S Carter (Wds, SW) 1.18.55, 220 L McGill (Abn, SW) 1.41.20.

MILTON KEYNES MARATHON 124 R Sharp (Did, V45) 3.18.59, 131 A Wood (Hed, V50) 3.20.07, 433 M Luff (Hed) 3.50.06, 565 S Howes (Did, V40) 3.57.32, 581 T Moss (Wit, VL35) 3.58.22, 582 A Church (Wit, V50) 3.58.22, 808 I Smith (Wit, SL) 4.15.00, 833 J Mackenzie (Wit, SL) 4.17.07, 876 D Eggleton (Did, V40) 4.20.00, 892 K Davies (Wit, SL) 4.20.02, 897 L Jones (Wit, VL35) 4.21.25, 994 N Moss (Wit, V40) 4.27.43, 1021 U Neale (Hed, V40) 4.31.17, 1040 P Rushby (Wit, V50) 4.31.02, 1147 J Jones (Wit, SM) 4.41.54, 1345 M.Rogers (Kid, V50) 5.09.14.

KEY TO CLUBS Abn=Abingdon, Alc=Alchester, Ayl=Aylesbury, Ban=Banbury, Bri=Bristol and West, Hed=Headington, Kid=Kidlington, Mar=Marlow Striders, Oxf=Oxford City, Tha=Thame Runners, Una=Unattached, Wds=Woodstock Harriers, Wim=Wimbledon Hercules, Wit=Witney Road Runners.