MORE than 450 runners lined up for the start of the 17th Repro Workshop Alton 10 Road Race, won this year by City of Portsmouth veteran runner, David Thomson in 0:55:08.
Alton was also the venue for this year's Hampshire AA 10 Mile Road Race championship and despite the heat, some 385 competitors completed the new 10-mile circular route
A full version of this story will be found in the Alton Herald of May 19, 2000.