LSARRC News 20th August 2014

The main event of the week was the 5th summer interclub race hosted by Chorley Athletic club.  In almost perfect conditions, the 4.8 mile race encompasses 3 hilly laps in and around Astley Park in Chorley.  The race was won by Rob Affleck of Preston Harriers in a time of 25:40 whilst Joanna Goorney of LSARRC was first lady in 31:18.  The ever improving Joe Greenwood had his best interclub result to date finishing as first Lytham St Annes athlete home in 7th place and in a time of 28:11.  LSARRC finished 6th club overall with the ladies finishing 4th team, vets, 4th, vet 50s 4th and vet 60s, 3rd.

Mel Koth

Pam Hardman followed by Julia Rolfe

Individual results:Joe Greenwood 7th 28:11; Simon Denye 21st 30:01; Peter Cruse 26th 30:40; Joanna Goorney 34th 31:18; Graham Webster 38th 31:50; Neil Tate 43rd 32:16; Kevin Ashworth 73rd 34:29; Terry Hellings 76th 34:37; Willie Richmond 78th 34:55; Ian Tate 89th 35:44; Melanie Koth 95th 36:27; Alex Wiggins 109th 37:56; Laura Ashworth118th 38:55; Nigel Simpkin 121st 39:41; Debbie Cooper 126th 39:58; Julia Rolfe 128th 40:05; Pamela Hardman 139th 41:28; Louisa Ruman 148th 42:18; Greg Oulton 149th 42:23; Sylvia Gittins 166th 45:18; Bill Lock 181th 51:30; Dawn Lock 188th 62:17.

On Saturday night, it was the 3rd and final race of the Catforth 5k series.  Mel Koth finished 32nd with a time of 21:38.

Greg Oulton was out on the fells on Saturday afternoon for the Darwen Gala Catherine Dowdall Memorial Fell Race.  The race which starts from Bold Venture Park in Darwen is 4.7 miles with 928 feet of ascent.  With a long steep hill at the start, the route heads up to Darwen Tower.  Greg completed the course in 53 minutes dead.

Joanna Goorney at the Sedbergh Hills Fell Race
(courtesy of athletesinaction.co.uk)

On Sunday, Joanna Goorney was also out on the fells at the Sedbergh Hills Fell Race which was part of the English Championships Fell Race Series.  The race starts in Sedbergh and heads out over the Howgill Fells covering a distance of 14 miles with 6000 feet of ascent.  The weather was quite wild with heavy showers and high winds on the tops providing challenging conditions.  Joanna was 178th out of 262 finishers in a time of 3:10:12.

Mark Willett at the finish of Race the Train

Mark Willett was back at his 40th year challenges for The Christie Charity.  This time it was the Race the Train race at Tywyn where runners try beat the train as makes its way up the Talyllyn railway line to Abergynolwyn and back, a return trip of 14 miles running along grassland and footpath.  Mark completed the run in 1:57:38 finishing 313th out of 770 runners.