LSARRC News 26th January 2016

LSARRC at Lytham Hall parkrun

On Saturday afternoon, Greg Oulton ran the Ashurst Beacon Fell Race from Prince William Inn, Dalton near Skelmersdale.  He found the 5.9 mile course with 951 feet of ascent tough.  After the first mile on the road, the rest was on trail or field, all of it muddy, some very muddy apart from the last mile which was half on road followed by half on a steep, muddy field leading up to the Beacon.  Although 6 minutes down on his time from 2 years ago, finishing in 155th place in  68:39, Greg was still pleased with his performance given his medical circumstances and the muddy conditions.

Ruth Wheatley had a Christmas present of a weekend in York and whilst there ran the Jolly Holly Jog in Ripon organised by Ripon Runners.  It turned out that the Jolly Holly Jog was actually a 10k trail race.  It was supposed to have been run in December but has been postponed twice due to flooding.  The weather conditions were beautiful, about 7 degrees with no wind.  It was, however, pretty boggy in places as it had poured the evening before.  It was an undulating (hilly!) course with some slipping and sliding up and down rocky paths and through some fields.  The total field was 526 and Ruth came 324th and 113th female in a time of 1:02:12.

Richard Storey and Greg Oulton marshalling at the parkrun

The Lytham Hall parkrun attracted a record number of participants, 199 in total, on Saturday probably helped by the calm, sunny weather.  First home overall by a clear margin of over a minute was Luke Minns of Blackpool Wyre and Fylde in 16:42.  Lytham St Annes Road Runners were out in force both as marshals and runners.  Andy Draper was first home for the club in 7th place with a PB for the course of 18:47.  Joanna Goorney was 11th and 1st  lady in 20:04.  Making his parkrun debut was Alan Elstone finishing 13th in 20:31.  There was another PB for Felicity Wolohan who was 2nd lady in 20:39.  Graham Webster was 18th in 20:55 whilst just behind was Sue Samme in her first race in over 18 months recording an 20:55, an excellent time for a vet 50 which got her an age graded performance of 83.13%.  Terry Hellings was 21st in 21:07, Mel Koth was 33rd and 5th female in 22:19, Ian Tate was 34th in 22:21, Barbara Holmes was 35th and 6th female in 22:38, Dawn Bloor was 48th in 23:38, Debbie Cooper was 51st in 23:38, Gerry Browne was 54th in 23:55, Claire England was 68th in 24:49, Sue Hawitt was 71st in 25:25, and Rebecca Willetts was 101st in 27:20.  There were also 4 juniors taking part: Georgia Norman was 93rd in 27:01, Chloe Norman was 95th in 27:06, Spencer Unsworth was 99th in 27:18 and Ellis Goddard was 132nd in 30:32.

Terry Hellings following by Felicity Wolohan and Sue Samme