LSARRC News 21st July 2015

On Wednesday night, it was the Lancaster 10k organised by Lancaster and Morcambe AC.  The race which started from Salt Ayre Sports Centre in Lancaster takes in mainly quiet country roads and cycle tracks.  Stuart Robinson of Salford Harriers was first home by over 2 and half minutes in a time of 31:19.  2 LSARRC athletes made the trip up to Lancaster.  Tom Howarth was 12th in 36:30 whilst Colin Laidlaw was 82nd and 1st vet 60 in 44:57.

LSARRC runners and supporters at the Calder Vale Supper Run

13 members of the club were to be found in the  charming archetypal Lancashire village of Calder Vale on Thursday night for the Calder Vale 4 mile Supper Run.  Nominally a fun run, its four-mile length and hilly nature makes this by no means an easy race.  From the village centre there are two challenging climbs in the first couple of miles to reach the high point from where tail-enders are treated to distant views of race leaders climbing the third hill beyond Oakenclough Mill.

In spite of its low-key nature, there was still some quality running at the front end of the field with Chris Tully of Preston Harriers finishing in 21:09 with time to spare to feed other's results into the computer.  Lancaster & Morecambe AC provided the winning women: Maria Snell 10th in 23:34.  Neil Tate was the best of Lytham finishing 8th in 23:30 with Alex Everest the Club's first woman back, 57th in 31:41.  New recruit Claire Critchley in her first race for Lytham finished 71st in 34:15.
Other Lytham runners finished as follows: Richard Storey,V40, 30th in 27:52; Ian Tate, 36th in 28:43; Greg Oulton,V45, 51st in 31:09; Brian Porter, V50, 38th in 31:43; Pamela Hardman, F55, 59th in 31:46; Jeremy McCandless,V50, 68th in 33:36; Hannah McCandless, 70th in 33:42; Pamela Binns, F70, 79th in 35:20; Bill Lock, V70, 95th in 37:45 and Dawn Lock, F70, 111th in 45:35.

LSARRC at Warton Crag Fell Race

The Elswick Express 10 mile race on Saturday morning was held in warm and very breezy conditions.  Starting and finishing at Elswick Village Hall, the flattish course took in Inskip and Great Eccleston with a bag of fruit, a medal and a Bond's ice cream for the 132 finishers.  The race was won by Shaun Livesey of Blackburn Harriers in 1 00:57 with Louise Cumber of Halifax Harriers being the first lady back in 1:03:10.  Simon Denye had an excellent run to finish in 5th place in 1:02:01 whilst Joanna Goorney was 20th and 3rd female in 1:07:20.

Joe Greenwood heading towards 3rd place

Warton Crag Fell Race on Saturday afternoon provided the next race in the club's fell race championship.  Lee Parrington of Barlick Fell Runners was first back on the 9.3 km course (ascent 270m) in a time of 39:58.  Lytham's ever improving Joe Greenwood wasn't far behind to finish in 3rd place in 40:22.  Mark Selby was 27th in 50:23, Greg Oulton was 49th in 58:51, Pam Hardman was 57th in 61:36 and Jeremy McCandless was 66th in 65:43.

LSARRC at Lytham Windmill Half Marathon

Sue Hawitt in her first half marathon

Sunday morning saw the Windmill Half Marathon starting and finishing by Fairhaven Lake.  In windy conditions, first home was Conrad McKee of Blackburn Harriers in 1:18:21.  Tom Howarth was first home for LSARRC in 11th place and 1:24:29.  Neil Tate was 21st in 1:26:35. Mel Koth was 162nd in 1:45:08 and Felicity Wolohan was 322nd in 1:58:21.  For Sue Hawitt, it her first ever half marathon.  She smashed her target of 2:11 (bronze standard for her age) finishing in 377th in 2:04:03.

The previous Saturday (11th) Dawn Bloor ran the Stanley Park 5 mile race organised by Blackpool Wyre and Fylde AC.  She was very pleased to finish in 37:47 which was 28th overall,  4th lady and first vet 50.