A RUNNER proved that reaching 60 is just a number, as she stormed to first place in her age-group in the Stroud Half Marathon.

Forest of Dean AC’s Jackie Green powered home in 1hour 50minutes 7seconds as 13 club members joined nearly 1,500 other runners in the 13.1-mile race.

Jackie, from Coleford, was 3minutes 41seconds ahead of nearest rival Desiree Beer from Cheltenham.

FoDAC’s Marcus Bennetto took seventh place out of 114 runners in the Senior Men’s group with 1.20.01 while Dave Lothian finished fifth out of 77 in the M50-59 class with 1.25.15.

Among the other FODAC runners Catherine Roberts and Anna Freeman achieved PBs for the distance with 1.36.43 and 1.56.30 respectively, while Nicola Meek completed her first half marathon for the club with a respectable 2.05.00

Other times were Walter Leach 1.39.8, Alan Robertson 1.41.14, Jim Storrer 1.41.40, Patrick Rennison 1.43.12, Jason Collins 1.43.33, David Price 1.52.42 and Karen Barnett 1.59.56.