LSARRC News 21st March 2017

Jacqui Murray and Laura Byrne - Trimpell 20

Lytham’s under 15 athlete Alicia Middlehurst was selected to represent Lancashire in the English Schools Cross Country Championships held at Norwich Show Ground on the 18th March.  All English counties are represented and the event attracts some of the best athletes in the country including the likes of Mo Farah and Paula Radcliffe in their early athletic careers.
Alicia ran well to complete the 3250m junior girls course in 12:07 for 125th place from a field of 344 and was 5th counter for the Lancashire team who finished 13th from the 44 counties represented.

Last week Fiona Geldard and Graham Webster completed the Silverstone Half Marathon. Fiona finished her race in 2hours and 12 minutes, whilst Graham finished his race in an impressive 1:31:52. Well done both of you.

This week was Lytham Hall 64th Parkrun, Lytham Had 15 runners competing in this race all completing their race within 33 minutes! The first lytham runner back was Paul Veevers in an impressive 17:41. Next back was Chris McCarthy in 19:25, Andrew Draper was next in 19:26, Morgan Pritchard in 21:57 and Graham Webster in 21:58. Gill Draper was next to finish in 22:51, Eric Wrigley and Terry Hellings both finished in 23:27, Kirsten Burnett in 24:16, earning her a new PB! Greg Oulton finished in 27:18, Stu Wharrier in 27:19, Pat Bullen in 28:01 and Jeremy McCandless in 29:20. Next to finisd was Penny Morrison in 32:02 and Sarah Bagshaw completed the Lytham Road Runner set in 32:46.

Joanna Goorney also competed in the Huddersfield parkrun in 20:09, coming in as first female! Neil Bayntun- Roberts also ran in Aldersham, finishing his race in 22:29.

Also on Saturday was the Cartmel 18k Trail Challenge. Two Lytham Runners ran this trail run. This was a very difficult course with steep hills, lots of mud and big puddles! Barbara Holmes was 2nd Female Vet 50 and finished her run in 1:54:02. Gerry Brown also ran finishing his run in 2:05:47.

Mike Toft - Trimpell 20

On Sunday was the annual Waters Wilmslow Half Marathon. The British weather typically took a turn for the worse towards the latter end of the week which meant the tail end of Storm Stella was hanging around for the race. 15mph winds and rain from about 30 mins into the race made for a chilly and challenging run on the ‘fast and flat’ course – which was anything but flat with a few nasty hills and a 387ft elevation gain across the 13.1 miles.

4 Lytham runners represented the club in the race. Chris McCarthy and Andy Draper, both in contention for the Lytham men’s club championship spot, had a superb race, with Chris achieving a 1 second personal best in 1:15:15 for 32nd place overall out of a field of 3114 runners. Chris was closely followed by Andy in 58th position overall and a time of 1:18:51. Great running guys!

The women were represented by Michelle Hook who achieved a 5+ minute PB in 1:36:25 for 51st female out of 1080, and Felicity Wolohan using the race as a last marathon-paced training run before the Manchester Marathon but still completing the course in a fantastic time of 1:37:20.

Mel Koth - Tirmpell 20

Also this Sunday was the Trimpell 20 mile race. This race is a fairly flat race, which is often used as a training run for marathon runners. This year Lytham had 8 runners, braving this long run in the miserable British weather. Mike toft was first Lytham runner back in 2:09:54, Neil Tate finished in 2 hours and 12 minutes, Graham Webster was next in 2:27:51 and Melanie Koth in 2:35:32, finishing 3 minutes faster than last year. Louise De-gier Flood finished in 2:54:59; Jacqui Murray and Laura Bryne both finished in 3:34:16 and Michelle Sheridan completed her race in 4:33:14.