The Lytham St
Annes runners have been taking wintry conditions in their stride and displaying
their usual zest in a range of events this week. On Sunday seven members took
on the Guy’s 10 mile challenge starting from Bilsborrow near Garstang, hosted
by Garstang RC. The course followed one flat, fast scenic lap progressing along
St Michaels Road, Pinfold Lane, Preston Road, and returning through Woods
Lane/Sowerby Road back to St Michael’s Road. In a field of 318, Peter Cruse’s
performance won him first place back for both the club and his MV50 age
category, finishing in 23rd position overall in 1:01:43. Tom Haworth
was next home, 29th finisher overall in 1:03:01, followed by Steve
Quarmby, 124th in 1:36:37 and Trevor Willoughby 198th,
1:22:15. Andy Sneddon hit a good PB with
his 1:36:37 time, 286th finisher, which concluded a remarkable
fortnight for him in which he achieved four personal bests including a 10k, a
half-marathon and the club handicap. Janice Cobley and Bec Willetts ran for the
women, Willetts as 225th finisher in 1:25:46 and Cobley finishing in
a creditable 1:36:30 in 282nd place achieving her a high silver in
Lady’s race standards.
A line-up of the first 5 finishers in the November club handicap, from left,
Jeremy McCandless, Janice Cobley, Derek Caborn,Pam Binns, and Andy Sneddon.
Also on Sunday Colin Laidlaw and Graham Webster travelled to
Leigh for the Northern Veterans Athletics Club annual time prediction race.
Distinguishing this event is that prior to racing, runners declare their
predicted finishing time and the winner is the person whose actual time is
closest to their predicted time. The 35 entrants ran either a 5k or a 10k
course, almost entirely along parkland trails. Webster opted for
the 10k and was first over the finish line in 38:50, positioning him
15th in the competition finishing 50 seconds quicker than his predicted time.
Laidlaw also running completed the course in 42:40, 60 seconds quicker than his
predicted time for 16th place.
Club
member Greg Oulton made his half marathon debut in Las Vegas this weekend,
finishing in a good time of 2:03:58.
Thursday’s
frosty November evening brought out a number of good performances amongst
regulars at the clubs monthly handicap fixture, seven of them running PB’s. Of particular note were those of Andy
Sneddon, who won the race, and Laura Ashworth. Records show Laura’s previous
best to have been set way back in November 2006 and, as she has competed in
almost every handicap since, it was a remarkable run. Another PB for Rob Goodall keeps him at the
top of table with an increased his lead over nearest challengers Alex Wiggins
and Joe Greenwood.
Two new
runners took part, Carla Robinson and Barbara Holmes, along with Derek Caborn
returning after a long absence.
Lytham's mature ladies are topping the Mid Lancs League cross country tables after last week's event at Liverpool. Finishing second to Southport Waterloo AC and Red Rose Runners in the first round, they now head the WV55's table with 18 points and stand in good stead for a medal at the April Presentation. Pleasing results also for the gents, who find themselves top of the Mid Lancs cross country table (Division 4) after 2 fixtures. Club members are preparing to produce more inspired performances at the next stage of the competition on Saturday at Kendal.
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