City of Stoke AC were out in force in what is regarded as the one of the best 5 mile road races in the country. The appealing flat tour of Alsager helped draw some of the country's best road runners such as Great Britain internationals Chris Davies (Telford), Ben Noad (Bristol), Dave Anderson (Belgrave) and promising local junior Tom Humphries (Cannock & Staffs) all in search of the £250 first prize.

Despite changes to a course that has created a huge depth of fast times, this tradition was continued as the first 20 finishers all went under 25 minutes. The club was lead home by double Potteries Marathon Champion Mike Proudlove who showed no fear in such distinguished company to clock an impressive 24.31, which backed up by good runs from fellow marathon runners Ray Plant and Andy Allen resulted in a highly credible fourth place in the team event.

Full results at SportSoft Race Results: www.race-results.co.uk