What better way to see out 2017 than at Roystons Runner's Buntingford 10 miler? There to put down a marker for the coming year was Richard Springall who was first for Freedom in 41st place with 1:05:25; followed by James Parsons 57th in 1:08:16; Chris Clark 66th in 1:09:18; Jenny Cotter 121st in 1:16:32; Angela Phillips 250th in 1:27:12; Gregor Bowie 267th in 1:28:36; Sara O'Callaghan 408th in 1:45:07 and Sarah Taylor 409th also in 1:45:07.