On Sunday, 3 Harriers shunned the limelight, glitz and glamour that is the Brighton 10km and headed to Marden to run the local half or 10km.
This is a new venue for an old event, the relocation of the Mid-Kent Half from Hollingbourne.
The event certainly had a very low-key atmosphere to it with a small number of runners tackling the 2 lap route for the half and single lap for the 10km. The course was on quiet country lanes with little traffic and even less elevation.
Lovely little event with a good warm HQ serving rather dodgy smelling bacon rolls and tea & coffee ( with only 1 communal teaspoon to Hadda’s disgust!!) Given it was 2 laps it was made easier by the second lap of approximately 9 Kms having a detour to make it more interesting and shorter..
102 runners completed the half with the winner 8 minutes ahead of the field. Matt Clements and Steve Wellstead finishing 7th and 45th respectively.
177 runners took on the 10km route with Dave Hadaway coming in at a very respectable 8th.
Marden Half Results
| Pos | Bib | Firstname | Lastname | Club | ChipTime | GunTime |
| 1 | 1099 | Mark | Bruce | Petts Wood | 01:12:09 | 01:12:09 |
| 7 | 1024 | Matt | Clements | Tunbridge Wells | 01:26:51 | 01:26:52 |
| 45 | 1113 | Steve | Wellstead | Tunbridge Wells | 01:47:13 |
Marden 10K Results
| Pos | Bib | Firstname | Lastname | Club | ChipTime | GunTime |
| 1 | 86 | Ben | Hughes | Medway & Maidstone | 00:34:48 | 00:34:49 |
| 8 | 68 | Dave | Hadaway | Tunbridge Wells | 00:39:52 | 00:39:05 |
Matt Clements