LSARRC News 6th February 2018

Sophie Bohannon impresses at the Lancashire Schools Cross Country championships held at Witton Park, Blackburn, on Saturday 3rd February.

Sophie Bohannon at Lancs Schools XC

Sophie Bohannon and Rebecca Fisher of Lytham were both selected to represent Fylde in the year 7 race.  Bohannon ran an excellent race to finish second in a time of 9:18 with Fisher also running well to finish 60th in a time of 11:58. Morgan Pritchard was selected to represent Fylde in the year 7 boys race and ran a good race to finish 26th in a time of 9:49.  In the intermediate girls race Emily Balshaw (in a rare cross country outing) and running for Wyre finished in a respectable 29th place with a time of 21:29.
On Saturday 3rd February 19 LSARRC members attended the Lytham Hall 5K parkrun.  The first 4 places went to Joe Greenwood, Neil Tate, Alex Tate and Paul Veevers of Lytham, Greenwood rant the course in under 18 minutes.  Graham Webster was first home in the age category VM65-69 and Gill Draper was the female home for the club, and 3rd female overall.

Full Results: Joe Greenwood 17:53 (1st), Neil Tate 18:18 (2nd), Alex Tate 18:43 (3rd), Paul Veevers 18:52 (4th), Graham Webster 20:52 (14th), Gill Draper 20:53 (16th), Kevin Murray 22:17 (24th), Joanna Goorney 23:24 (30th), G Browne 23:45 (31st), James Buckley 23:59 (34th), John Graeme Bertenshaw 25:04 (49th), Stephen Tate 26:54 (67th), Kirsten Burnett 27:40 (76th), Laura Byrne 28:58 (92nd), Paula McCandless 31:54 (109th), Jeremy McCandless 31:56 (110th), Sarah Bagshaw 32:41 (118th), and volunteer/tail walker was Roy Stevens.

Several other Lytham members travelled around the country to attend other parkruns.   Close to home at the Blackpool 1st birthday parkrun 3 Lytham members completed the course, Heide Haigh, Mark Hughes and Finlay Hughes came 22nd, 33rd and 34th respectively. Felicity Wolohan completed the Princes parkrun at Liverpool and was the first female home, and 19th overall in a time of 20:17. 
Much further afield Bob Cough completed the Mosman parkrun in New South Wales, Australia, he came 66th with a time of 34:12.

Sylvia Gittins and Kirsten Burnett ran the Blackburn Winter Warmer 10K on Sunday 4th February.  The race began with a tough uphill climb for the first couple of km.  Runners were however rewarded with stunning views across the East Lancashire countryside on a crisp morning; perfect running conditions.  Welcome downhill stretches followed in what was an enjoyable and very well-organised event.  Burnett was first home for the club in 57:19 while Sylvia, with a time of 1:03:21, took home a prize as 1st FV70 runner.  Jessica Ramsden, sole Lytham junior athlete, ran the 2K course in a fantastic time of 9:49 taking 38th place in a field of 185 and 7th of 38 in her age group.

Heidi Haigh

Terry Hellings, Greg Oulton and Heidi Haigh opted for a weekend away in the Lakes and attended the Montane Grizedale Forest Trail Races.  Conducted in perfect conditions, blue sky, not too hot, not too cold, no wind or rain, a great day was had.  Terry Hellings did the Half Marathon, finishing 36th place in 1:51:55.  Heidi Haigh did the Marathon, finishing in 47th place in 4:43:05, and Greg Oulton finished the course in 100th place in 5:46:32.

The Half Marathon covered the same route as the first half of the Marathon, starting at Grizedale Visitor Centre and heading out on a circuitous trip round the trails within Grizedale Forest with a brief spell onto the fells, before returning at the start.  The Marathon then continued along the paths, bogs, roads and river beds of High Dale Park and Claife Heights.  The final distance covered was approximately 26.7 miles with about 4000 feet of ascent.

Park View junior parkrun

 Also, on Sunday 4th February it was the 1st anniversary of the setting up of the junior parkrun at Park View in Lytham.  Youngsters were encouraged to dress up as their favourite superheroes and refreshments were available at the finish line.  There was a great turn out of 112 runners, 20 of who were LSARRC members.  The first 4 spots went to Lytham runners with Sophie Bohannon first home, followed by Morgan Pritchard, Charlie Ormerod and then Frankie Bell.  Well done to Rosa Gill for achieving a personal best time of 11:12.

Full Results:  Sophie Bohannon 07:45 (1st), Morgan Pritchard 07:53 I2nd), Charlie Ormerod 07:55 (3rd), Frankie Ball 08:00 (4th), Eric Wrigley 08:46 (7th), Archie Tate 08:52 (8th), Jayden Richardson 08:28 (10th), Clemmie Tierney 09:11 (12th), Finlay Hughes 09:14 (13th), Amara Thorpe 09:28 (17th), Lucy Bohannon 09:36 (19th), Charlotte Fisher 09:46 (21st), Ella Wiseman 10:02 (25th), Rebecca Fisher 10:10 (29th), Max Walker 10:14 (30th), Blair Selbie 10:16 (31st),Jack Greaves 10:27 (34th), Leoma Gill 10:45 (39th), Rosa Gill 11:12 (41st),  and Sebastian Koth Wragg 12:24 (57th).