LSARRC News 11th October 2016

Kirsten Burnett

This Saturday was the 43rd Lytham Hall parkrun with 209 runners competing. First Lytham runner to complete the run was Joanna Goorney, who came 6th, with an impressive time of 20:09. The next Lytham runner to cross the finish line was Mark Selby with a time of 20:47, Graham Webster 23:55, Greg Oulton 25:23 and Luke Tate in 25:33. Bob Clough completed the 5K in 28:30, Graham Young in 29:18, Karen Lanigan in 29:42, Sarah Bradshaw in 30:32 and Sarah Bragshaw in 31:15. Paula McCandless received another PB finishing her race in 32:18, Jeremy McCandless in 32:30 and Kirsten Burnett acting as sweep finished the race in 48:31.

Sunday is always race day for runners and, this Sunday was no different with Lytham runners competing in three very different and challenging events taking place on the same day.
This Sunday, 9th October, was the West Coast Half Marathon. The runners met at the Fairhaven Lake and were taken in a shuttle bus to the start of the race at Preston Docks. The runners then ran through Freckleton, Warton and down the sea front towards Lytham before eventually finishing where they were picked up at the Fairhaven Lake. 212 runners took part in this race, 8 were Lytham Runners which is a great turnout considering the size of the club! The first Lytham runner back, 5th in the race, was Joe Greenwood with a time of 1:21:56, Alex Tate was 6th runner back with a time of 1:23:21, Neil Tate completed the race in 1:25:00. Alan Elstone was next back with a 3:29 minute PB and an impressive time of 1:36:56. Richard Storey also received a PB and completed the 13.1-mile race in 1:37:17. Gerry Brown finished in 1:48:04, Claire England in 1:59:19 and Kirsten Burnett in 2:01:27. Well done to all that competed!

Joanna Goorney

Also on Sunday was the Withins Skyline Fell Race. The course started at Penistone Hill Country Park near Howarth and is about 10km with 300 metres of ascent.  Although it was a perfect autumn morning, the first half of the route was particularly boggy and having got her leg stuck last year in a bog just before the summit, Joanna ended up running quite conservatively with an air of paranoia.  Joanna completed the race in 85th Place out of 290 finishers, was 11th Female back and 3rd V40 with a very impressive time of 54:47!

The third event Lytham runners competed in was the 2nd race of the junior championship, Vernon’s fun run. This race was a quite challenging 2k run with a few unexpected hills thrown in; a thing Lytham runners are not used too! There were 35 junior competing in this race, 13 of which were Lytham Runners! A brilliant turnout from a relatively small club! It was a great team effort as all the runners pushed each other and all cheered on the youngest runner who was last to finish the race. An act of great sportsmanship, well done!