Bermuda road runner Geoff Blee took first place in his age group and set a lifetime best in the ING Miami Half-Marathon on Sunday, where he clocked one hour 20 minutes and 57 seconds.In recent months Blee, from Smith’s, has been running some of the fastest times of his life. He went into the event intent on blasting out a fast opening 10 miles and then looking to maintain some of that pace in the final three miles.“I wanted to do a sub-62 for the first 10 and went through in 61.25. So I was pleased with that. The last 5K was a little slower than I would have liked but I’ve no complaints,” said Blee. He ran the race with fairly even mile splits and was 40 seconds faster than his previous best time, set last September in Montreal.His finishing time in Miami put him 38th overall in a race field of almost 13,000 finishers, and top of the 45-49 age group. The race was won by Ethiopia’s Kumsa Adugna in 1.07.04.Blee attributes his improved racing performances in part to lunchtime training runs with May 24 Half-Marathon Derby multi-champion Chris Estwanik.Joining Blee in Miami were five other Bermuda athletes, with Steve Conway next across the line in 2.04.35, followed by Danielle Bezant in 2.05.38, Caroline Conway in 2.06.47, and Sharon and Keith Fenn in 2.10.37 and 2.11.04 respectively.Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the Atlantic, Bermuda’s Otis Robinson was within 10 seconds a lifetime best when he competed in a five-mile race in Wolverhampton, England.The Southampton runner, who is currently based in the Birmingham area of the UK, took part in a Turkey Trot 10K event on Sunday and came seventh overall in 28.31.In cold conditions, Robinson went into the race having set his personal course best time the previous day in the Cannon Hill 5K park race in Birmingham, where he ran 17.17 for sixth place.His opening mile was 5.34 and he kept in close contact with the lead pack, but slowed in the fourth mile as the course went uphill. In the final mile he felt rejuvenated and picked up his pace, running his fastest mile of the five with a 5.28 which brought him home seventh.