Roddy is a leading light for Warwickshire under-20s

Roddy, taking part in the men’s under-20 race held over 8k, had a fantastic run to finish 75th overall in 27:21 and lead Warwickshire to 18th out of the 27 competing counties.

By the time McCarthy took part in the day’s finale - the 12k senior men’s race - the nine previous races had taken their toll on the course, which had degenerated into a mudbath.

The conditions combined with a lack of full training in the run-up to the event meant McCarthy finished down in 213th and was the fourth of six counters for Cheshire.

Kenilworth Runners’ Matthew Kingston-Lee headed to Grantham to take part in the eighth Newton’s Fraction Half Marathon, named after the town’s most famous son Sir Isaac Newton who was born in neighbouring Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth.

After a slightly over-enthusiastic start, Kingston-Lee was forced to settle for sixth position, coming home in 1:22:10.

The race winner was Royal Air Force runner Sam Mitchell, who led from the start and won by over four minutes in 1:11:13.

Kenilworth Runners’ Marie Voice headed to Staffordshire to take make an excellent debut at the Florette Fradley 10k.

Voice ran an even-paced race, clocking 21:26 at 5k and 21:34 for the second 5k to clock 43:00 (42:55 chip time) and claim second position in the ladies’ race and 85th overall.

Runners’ duo Dave Pettifer and Neil Smith took part in the Asics Stafford 20 mile race.

Pettifer ran another strong race to clock 2:29:48, which was seven seconds quicker than he ran at the same race in 2012. This earned him 86th position overall and third in the M60 age category.

Smith, meanwhile, ran well to finish 93rd in 2:32:06.