Michelle Ross ran superbly at the Great BUPA 10km road race held in Manchester on the 20/05/2007 finishing in a time of 32:41 and smashing her personal best by 1:40.  In a high quality elite womens field Michelle finished 8th and 3rd British finisher behind Jo Pavey and Kate Reed. This performance rates as her best of season so far and elevates Michelle to 4th on the 2007 UK rankings just ahead of Liz Yelling who also followed Michelle to the line in Manchester.  

 

Coupled with a 6th ranking position in the half marathon performances this year these performances show that Michelle is on target for a position in the Great Britain team for the World Half Marathon Championships later in the year for which she has already achieved the team qualifying time.  

 

Michelle has been with City of Stoke for over 20 years since she was 12 years old, and although she now qualifies as a veteran her recent performances should be an inspiration to all female athletes as they demonstrate that it is possible to continue their athletics careers whilst raising a young family and working.

Race Report at http://www.greatrun.org/onrunning/news_article.asp?id=4063