LSARRC News 24nd May 2016

George Denye - 2nd place Junior Great Manchester Run

Sydney Ramsden

Jessica Ramsden

The big event in the north west was the Great Manchester 10k Run on Sunday but on Saturday, the juniors had their chance in the Junior Great Manchester Run 2016.  The outstanding performance of the day was from George Denye who finished 2nd in the boys 9-10 category in a time of 8:45.  Sydney Ramsden also had an excellent run in the girls 11-12 category finishing 18th in 10.  Younger sister, Jessica Ramsden ran in the mini race where she finished 6th

Mel Koth ran in the Great Manchester 10k and, in a race won by multiple Olympic gold medallist, world champion and world record holder Kenenisa Bekele, Koth finished in 2679th place with a time of 47:35

There were 526 finishers in the hilly Brathay Windermere Marathon on Sunday mornings.  In warm conditions, the race was won by Scott Harrington of Otley by over 11 minutes in a time of 2:36:33.  Tom Howarth was the club's sole representative finding the conditions tough.  He finished in 33rd place in 3:20:56 after completing the first half in about 1:26 but slowed in the second.

Luckily the rain just held off for the 24th Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday morning.  Two first timers to the course were first male and first female finishers of the 174 runners.  Steven Henderson of Sale Harriers was the first male finisher in 17:15 whilst Jennifer Rich was the first female in 6th place in 18:22.  Chris McCarthy was 2nd finisher in a PB of 17:38 whilst Joanna Goorney was 2nd female and 7th overall in a PB time of 19:35 closely followed by Ross McKelvie in 8th in 19:39.  There were also superb PBs for Mark Selby breaking the elusive 20 minute barrier in 10th place with 19: 45 and Gerry Browne going under 23 minutes for the first time with 22:56 in 26th place.  Barbara Holmes acted as a pacer for the run for anyone aiming for 26 minutes and did a pretty impressive job finishing in 25:51!

Morgan_Pritchard, Neil Tate and Gerry Browne - Lytham Hall parkrun

Full Lytham results: Chris McCarthy, 2nd, 17:38 PB; Joanna Goorney, 7th, 19:35 PB; Ross McKelvie, 8th, 19:39; Mark Selby, 10th, :19:45 PB; Felicity Wolohan, 16th, 00:21:25; Terry Hellings, 17th, 00:21:30; Richard  Storey, 25th, 00:22:47; Gerry Browne, 26th, 22:56 PB; Morgan Pritchard, 30th, 23:28; Neil Tate, 32nd, 23:31; Claire England, 37th, 23:59; Laura Bremner, 46th, 24:22; Barbara Holmes, 61st, 25:51; Graham Young, 88th, 28:40; Gillian Oliver, 92nd, 29:10; Jeremy Mccandless, 113th, 31:26; Katie Bremner, 133rd, 32:51; Clemmie Tierney, 134th, 32:58;

Meanwhile a 1000 miles south Lytham members Graham Webster and Greg Oulton travelled to Vila Real de Santo Antonio in Portugal to compete in the European Masters championships, an event that attracts the best veteran athletes from all over Europe. Three races in three days started with a 10k road race on Friday with Webster finishing in a time of 42.20 for 189th overall from 356 finishers and 22nd M60.  Oulton completed the course in 55.58 in 323rd place.  Saturday was the cross country relay.  In the M60 race Webster ran for the British M60 B team finishing in 6th place with the A team taking 3rd.  Oulton competed in the M45 race and finished as part of the British M45 team in 6th place.  Just a day later prolific race Webster was toeing the line for his third race in as many days in the Half Marathon Championship.  Webster finished in a time of 1.34.53 for 201st of 373 finishers, 25th M60 and part of the British M60 team finishing in 6th place.