LSARRC News 18th October 2016

Green Drive 5 junior mile race

Last Sunday was the Northern Vets 10,000 meters track championships. Lytham St Annes Road Running club was represented by Graham Webster, in a field of 21 runners aged between 35-80 graham finished 11th overall and, was 1st vet 60 so received a gold medal. Well done Graham!

This Saturday held the 44th Lytham Hall parkrun with 183 runners competing. The first Lytham runner was Chris McCarthy who completed his 5K in 18:22. The next Lytham runner was Paul Veevers in 18:36. Felicity Wolohan, Alan Elstone and Terry Hellings all finished their race in close succession to each other, 21:11, 21:17 and 21:22.  Morgan Pritchard earned a new PB and finished in 22:44, Neil Tate in 22:46, Charlie Wiltshire in 24:17 and Gill Draper, who also earned a new PB in 24:58. Greg Oulton in 25:05, Rachael Wignall in 28:26, Gillian Oliver in 29:20, Paula McCandless in 33:01 and Jeremy McCandless in 33:02.

Graham Webster ran in the Exeter parkrun and earned a new PB, finishing in 19:54. 
Graham Webster also completed the Great West Run on Sunday. This is a 13.1mile undulating race that has two log steep hill midway round the course, that goes through country lanes leading to the heart of Exeter. Graham ran this race well and finished with a very respectable time of 1:31:49. 

This Sunday Pam Binns competed in the Manchester half marathon. The race started at 9 am, along with the rain, but fortunately this didn’t dampen the spirit of the day! Approximately 12000 runners ran in this race and Pam finished in a very impressive 2:10:36 and was 1st FV70. Brilliant work Pam!

Also this Sunday was the Great Birmingham half marathon which Julia Rolfe raced. Julia was a bit more fortunate with the weather, the rain stopped just as the runners were about to set off and stayed out all race.  The race went around the streets of Birmingham, past Cadburys world and the Edgbaston Cricket ground.  The course was undulating with a very tough hill from mile 11 to 12. Unfortunately Julia had been suffering an illness before the race, but this was not shown in her time, finishing in 2:01:33 and 50th FV50.


Green Drive 5

Felicity Wolohan

This Sunday was the 17th Green Drive Five and the 4th Green Drive Junior 1 mile. 257 runners took part in the Green Drive Five and 55 in the Green Drive Junior 1 Mile. The day started as a wet and drizzly one, which is fine too run in but not so great to spectate or marshal in, so thank you to everyone who stood for hours in the cold and rain cheering us runners on!
The races started at the very beginning of green drive, so we were all at least sheltered under the trees for a while. The Green Drive Mile started at the beginning of green drive and then turned so the juniors finished and started at the same position, all the finishers received a medal.

55 juniors took place in the race and 12 were Lytham St Annes Road Runners. The first Lytham Road runner to complete the race was George Denye, who came 5th overall in the race in 5:49. The next Lytham Junior back was Morgan Pritchard in 6:35, Laura Bremner in 6:44, Lewis Bentley in 6:52 and Sydney Ramsden in 6:52. Francis Morrison was next back in 7:12, Jessica Ramsden in 7:33, Lucy Whiteside in 7:48, Holly Anderson in 8:04 and Luke Cosgrove in 8:08. Esther Thompson completed her race in 8:27, Charlie Stephenson in 8:36, Sophie Tate in 9:39, Rebecca Tate in 9:52 and Sebastien Koth-Wragg in 10:32.

George Denye

The Green Drive Five Mile also started at the beginning of Green drive and headed over Saltcotes Bridge and on towards Warton coming back along country lanes. 257 runners competed this year and all said how much they had enjoyed the race despite the weather conditions! This years winner was Luke Minns from Blackpool Wyre and Fylde AC who finished the race in 26:03. The womens winner, who created a new race record, was Emily Japp also from Blackpool Wyre and Fylde AC who completed the race in 28:08. Lytham St Annes Road Runners had 17 runners for this race and many helpers and marshalls. The fist Lytham runner to arrive back in Green Drive was Chris McCarthy who ran the five miles in 27.53, well done Chris! The next Lytham runner was Alex Tate with an impressive time of 30:23, Neil Tate was next with 30:53, Thomas Howarth with 31:08 and Felicity Wolohan in 34.33. Alan Elstone was the next runner back in 34:46, Colin Laidlaw in 37.33, Gerry Browne in 37:36, Louisa Denye in 39:38 and Steve Quarmby in 41:14. Alexandra Everest was next back in 41:40, Kirsten Burnett in 42:15, Stephen Tate in 44:42, Patricia Bullen in 46:19 and Sophie Bradshaw in 48:51. Karen Lannigan in 49:18 and Sarah Bragshaw Julie Oldrid crossed the finish line together with a time of 50:40. 

The Tate family was out in force again this year with Grandad Steve and sons Neil and Alex running in the Green Drive Five. Rebecca, Sophie, Darcie and Archie running in the junior race. As well as this Neil’s wife, Annette Tate supported the race by giving out T-shirts and Ian Tate helped marshal a section of the race!

A huge thank you needs to go to Lytham C of E School, for letting us use them as a race HQ and Mark Selby. These races would not have been possible without race director Mark Selby, who made sure the events ran seamlessly.