A triathlete has shaved around 19 seconds off the 5km Jersey running record – and broken the Channel Island record in the process.
Luke Holmes was competing at the Guernsey Easter Running Festival over the bank holiday weekend.
He won the EY Easter Running Festival 5km race in 14 minutes and 15 seconds – shaving 19 seconds off of Sam Maher’s Jersey record.
Holmes also smashed Guernseyman Chris Bain’s Channel Island record of 14:23 to claim the course, island and Channel Island record for 5km in one go.
Bradley Andrews-Callec was next over the line in the Good Friday race to seal the top two spots for the Jersey Spartans.
Andrews-Callec clocked a time of 14:26 to also beat Maher’s island record and match the previous course record.
He returned to the start line on Easter Saturday for the Keith Falla Memorial 4.75-mile cross country race.
The men’s race was hotly contested between Andrews-Callec, Jack Rees and Callum Tharme of Cambuslang Harriers.
It was Tharme who pulled away to claim victory with a time of 24:29, while Andrews-Callec came in closely behind to secure a second-place time of 25:07 after a strong sprint finish.
After the lively and social atmosphere of Easter Sunday’s 4 x 1 mile races, Easter Monday’s highly anticipated 10k wrapped up festivities – offering a flat, fast and predominantly coastal route with a strong reputation for producing personal-best performances.
Andrews-Callec delivered a composed and commanding run to defend his title, breaking the tape in style with a strong time of 30:43 to win his second consecutive Easter 10k title, while also sealing the overall men’s title for the festival as a whole.