MALVERN Buzzards duo Paola Sestito and Lindsey Goodrum registered personal best times in the Gloucester Half Marathon.

Sestito finished in one hour, 39 minutes and nine seconds and Goodrum in 1.45.10 while Jamie Adams came home in 2.24.45.

Malvern Joggers’ Suzie Lane continued her marathon training with an impressive showing in Gloucester last weekend.

Lane completed the half marathon in 1.51.17. The runners started from Severn Vale Sports Centre before an out-and-back stretch, two laps of a five-and-a-half mile larger loop and a final one-mile stretch.

There were also Buzzards members competing in the Buff Winter Trail Wales which is a half marathon route that goes across the Coed y Brenin Forest Park.

Sam Burnage came 38th in 1.47.28, one place ahead of Matt Downes who finished in 1.48.09.

Andrew Brown enjoyed a night run by torchlight with the Rogue Run Night Race five-mile event in The Forest of Dean, finishing in 48.40.

Elsewhere, Buzzards’ Holly Kent raced in the Doynton Hard Half Marathon, a tough cross-country race, and clocked 2.23.