For Lytham St Anne’s Road Runners this week’s theme was
winning age categories, whether junior or veteran. Firstly in Austria one of
the club’s leading juniors, Alex Stanier (pictured), represented the club in the Leogang
under-15 2k race. Having narrowly missed out on winning last year Alex was
determined from the start to do better this time. And so he did, winning by
nearly two minutes in 6:53.
Then on Saturday in the Catforth Canter 5k Graham Webster
and Sue Samme again excelled to win their age categories. Vet 60 Webster was
eighth overall with an excellent time of 18:40 on this flat course while vet 45
Samme was just a minute behind. Elizabeth Walton also had a good run to finish
31st.
The following day it was the turn of Vet 65 Sylvia Gittens
at the Wagon and Horses 10. This is a ten-mile race mostly run along the scenic
banks of the river Lune from Lancaster. Not only was Sylvia the first in the
vet 65 and vet 60 categories she also achieved 123rd position
overall out of the 175 competing, beating many half her age.
Also running at this event was Julia Rolfe who was 108th
overall. New to the vet 50 category Rolfe also ran on Thursday in the Cuerden
Valley Badger 10K Trail race. This is a tough trail run with hills, kissing
gates, stiles and flights of steps to be negotiated. Rolfe ran in as the second
vet 50 with a time of 55:13.
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