divisions of the Yamaha 5-K road race in Hamilton on Sunday.

In both instances the duo broke records, which were set two years ago, Fisher bettering the time of 17:39 that was established by Anna Eatherley while Perry broke his own record of 15:28. Fisher's new record is 17:30 while Perry's is 15:20.

Perry was first overall in Sunday's race and Fisher 13th among a large field that saw 206 complete the course, which saw the runners start on Par-La-Ville Road in Hamilton and travel north to Serpentine Road, over Cox's Hill to the North Shore Road, up Berkeley Hill on to St. John's Road and then to Woodland's Road before finishing just past The Royal Gazette.

Both Fisher and Perry were satisfied with their performances with the former particularly surprised to break the record because she regards herself as only being 70 percent fit at this stage.

"I have a slight knee injury and haven't been training that much. I went into the race with a relaxed attitude, and to be honest I did not know what time I would finish up with,'' said Fisher.

"I was running third over the first mile and then Anna went ahead and took the lead until we reached the roundabout at Woodlands Road. When I saw that she wasn't about to go for it as we closed in on the finish line I put everything into it and grabbed the lead,'' she added.

Fisher said that she is only running 15 to 20 miles a week and has not been able to increase it to the customary 35-40 she does when in peak form.

However the sterling performance follows closely on the heels of her fine outing during the American Airlines Miami mile race on January 24 when she recorded a personal best of 5:02.05, breaking her own Bermuda record of 5:05 and more significantly, English resident Karen Adams' 5:02.6 in the Bank of Butterfield Mile in January.

Fisher said that she will continue to use road running as a means of stamina training and will once again this year be concentrating on track events featuring distances between 1,500 and 5,000 metres.

Perry in sharp contrast regards himself as being in top physical condition and reckoned that his time may have even been faster had Kavin Smith entered the field.

"If there was a better field with somebody like Kavin around, the pace would have certainly been pushed along faster and made it much more exciting,'' said Perry.

Perry led from start to finish and was pressed over the first mile by the third-place finisher Barrie King, who dropped off just after the Green Lantern Restaurant.

JENNIFER FISHER MARK PERRY -- Wire to wire.