Shephard leads Stratford AC home at Ilmington
Shephard finished third overall, while Stratford team-mates Oscar Barbour (6th) and Neil Wicks (7th) also secured a top-ten finish.
Hannah Spriggs, in 54th overall, was Stratford’s first lady runner home, which was enough to finish third in her category.
Spriggs was followed by Charlotte Ramsey (64th, 2nd FV35) and Maureen Birch (157th, 1st FV65), who continued to dominate her age group.
Stratford AC times: 3 Richard Shephard 36:32, 6 Oscar Barbour 38:02, 7 Neil Wicks 38:54, 13 Wayne Vickers 41:15, 17 Rob Ford 41:31, 20 Johann Breytenbach 42:00, 32 Tim Tandy 43:19, 34 Graham Taylor 43:30, 36 Waleed Agabani 43:35, 37 Sam Weaving 43:37, 49 Sam Nicholson 45:11, 54 Hannah Spriggs 45:33, 64 Charlotte Ramsay 46:27, 78 Paul Jefferies 47:48, 87 Emma Vickers 48:24, 95 Fern Hordern 48:55, 101 Anthony Howell 49:22, 112 Luke Watkins 50:08, 119 Paul Saunders 50:56, 128 Lisa Dallisson 51:16, 129 Anna Watson 51:20, 136 Sarah Odell 51:50, 142 Phil Brennan 52:06, 149 Nadezhda Svetlakova-Doyle 52:23, 157 Maureen Birch 53:15, 168 Jason Ramsay 54:26, 178 Karl Harris 55:10, 191 Rebecca Pridham 56:21, 233 Allan Coldicott 01:00:18, 235 James Wiginton 01:00:19, 249 Alan Wright 01:00:58, 253 Mary Pritchard 01:01:13, 286 Oliver Spicer 01:03:39, 296 Neil Robertson 01:04:48, 309 Sheila Smith 01:06:34, 363 Natasha Watkins 01:16:09.