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Athletics: Christa Cain wins half-marathon league

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Read retains marathon title during No Rest For The Wicked series

Manx athlete Christa Cain has won this year's No Rest For The Wicked half-marathon league title. 

Cain becomes the first woman to win the series outright with an aggregate time of three hours, 27 minutes and 32 seconds.

Joel Smith came second (three hours, 32 minutes and 36 seconds), and Liam Parker finished in third (three hours, 34 minutes and 42 seconds).

The series consisted of six races in six days. 

Elsewhere, James Read retained the marathon league title with a total time of five hours and 36 seconds, the second fastest time in the competition's history. 

David Williams finished in second place (five hours, 10 minutes and 47 seconds), while Matt Callister (five hours, 11 minutes and 12 seconds) came third. 

Meanwhile, Katherine Cubbon was the fastest female marathon runner as she crossed the final line in Peel to total six hours, 15 minutes and seven seconds. 

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