Twenty members of Kenilworth Runners took part in either the annual Stratford Marathon or Half Marathon yesterday and as a result continued to pick up prizes at this prestigious race. The weather during the race was cool with a blustery wind and in these reasonable running conditions Kenilworth Runners men retained the Warwickshire Half Marathon team title for the fifth consecutive year. The fastest four runners count in this event and it was Wayne Oakes who lead them in with a superb run to finish in 79 minutes 48 seconds in 11th position. He was followed by Mick Williams (81:26, 19th), Simon Vine (83:46, 27th) and Matthew Kingston-Lee (84:57, 38th). Kenilworth Runners stars on the day were Wayne Oakes, who not only lead the team in to win the team award but also won the bronze medal in the Warwickshire Half Marathon Championship which was an outstanding achievement given the high quality of the competition, Pauline Dable who tackled the tough Marathon challenge of 26.2 miles and put in a most impressive performance by finishing in 4 hours 25 minutes and 12 seconds and new member Karen Holland who cracked the magic 100 minute boundary in the Half. Anybody who has been around the route of the race will appreciate that it is not an easy course. The race stars outside the Shakespeare Theatre in Waterside. The route takes the race once around the Town Centre before heading out along the Evesham Road to Stratford race course where it turns into the road to Luddington and after going through the village turns up the hill to come out onto the Evesham Road again. Two left turns brings the race to the start of the long two mile drag through Welford on Avon up the hill and sharply down to turn left into the lane leading to Milcote and so onto the Greenway. At the end of the Greenway the race passes up the by-pass and back to enter the Park and so to the finish. Marathon runners go around this course twice.