In spite of prolonged rain early on conditions were good with little wind and bright sunshine for the last race of the day, the men's 4 x 5K.
The women’s race was on the same 5k course but with three stages rather than four. Lytham's fastest runner Mel Koth made a good start for the team finishing in 23:00, 20th overall. Linda Baxter, a relatively newcomer to the Club, took on second leg which she completed in 24:58. Bringing in LSARRC's "A" team was Laura Ashworth who ran hard to finish in 24:18. The team was 20th overall and sixth Lancashire team.
The men's team “A” team consisted of Joe Greenwood, Andy Draper, Sam Banner and Graham Webster. On first leg Joe stormed home to beat a competitor on the run-in and finish in 20 minutes. Second leg runner Andy Draper raised the pace to finish just inside Joe's time in 19:47. The fastest Lytham leg was Sam Banner's in 19:29 and he handed over to veteran athlete Graham Webster who brought the team in 20:12 to record an excellent total team time of 79:29. The team were the sixth on the Lancashire list and 32nd overall.
Lytham women's "B” team of Pamela Hardman, 30th in 27:09, Fiona Geldard, who put everything into her 26:54 run and Gill Murphy, 28:06, finished 29th overall and 8th Lancashire.
Terry Hellings led off the men's "B” team finishing in a good 22:00 before handing over to Roy Upton who put in the fastest leg in 21:34. Roy Stevens finishing in 24:04 and men's captain Colin Nelson back in 23:22 completed the team.
Lone "C” team representatives were Dawn Lock, 35:56, and Tony Rudd, who was pleased with his 5k time of 26:12 to complete a most satisfactory and enjoyable day out for Lytham.
The Garstang half marathon took place on Sunday in perfect weather conditions for road racing. The earlier heavy rain led to a section of the course being flooded at 8.5 miles but that didn’t stop he four Lytham runners, two of whom had taken part in the relays the previous day.
Mel Koth knocked over three minutes off her best time for this race to finish in 1:34:13 earning the position of fifth lady and second vet 35. Linda Baxter chose this tough, hilly course to make her half marathon debut. She was rewarded with the position of 4th vet 45 lady and 124th overall with a time of 1:55:26.
Peter Cruse was the first Lytham runner in with a superb time of 1:22:44 to finish fifth overall and the first vet 45. Robert Miller was the forth of the quartet in 128th with a time of 1:58:01.
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