Fifty-nine-year-old Judith Bradshaw had little trouble taking double honours in Athletics Northland 5000 metres championships, running 12 laps of the Kensington track in her economical style.
Hatea's Bradshaw was the first woman to the line and took gold in the 55-59 masters' grade.
"I was pleased with my time of 23min 31sec and there was a headwind there [on the back straight] but it was nice and cool," she said. "I don't normally run in the evening, so I wasn't looking forward to it, but I found it all right."
LJ Hooker Athletic Whangarei's Ian Calder also took double honours, winning the senior men's title and coming home first in his masters age-group of 50-54 years.
"I used this as a trial run for the NZ Masters track and field championships [at Hastings next month]," Calder said.
"I was hoping to do 80sec a lap but I was a little bit over, but it was quite windy down the back straight. I'm quite happy with how I went."
The 53-year-old has entered in four events - 800m, 1500m, 5000m and 10,000 - in the NZ Masters championships and will face the extra challenge of competing in the 800m and 10,000m on the same day.
Hatea's Greg Morris and Whangarei's Richard Blogg contested second place overall in the early stages, but the more experienced Blogg drew ahead of a tiring but determined Morris in the latter stages.
Blogg won gold in the 45- 49 grade, while Morris won gold in the 40-49 grade.
Other title winners were Morris Gray (50-54 years), Whangarei, and Fred Needham (60-64 years), Whangarei.
Bradshaw makes it a double
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