The spell of fine weather may have ended on Sunday here but it was still very warm in Exmouth where Lytham St Annes Road Running veteran Graham Webster ran the BMAF 10K. The competition was stiff from the high-class field that ran the fast but undulating course along the Exmouth sea front. Graham managed a season’s best time of 38:54 to finish 68th and 8th vet 55.
Closer to home Linda Baxter and Fiona Geldard both set personal bests in the Southport 10k. Despite the sharp turns in the course Linda knocked over two minutes off her previous best to finish in 47:14 and achieved the 21st lady position. Fiona’s time was 51:47, an improvement of 1.5 minutes.
Another personal best was set by Pam Hardman in the Blackpool to Fleetwood ten miler on Sunday. Finishing in the top half of the field at 95th Pam knocked over a minute off her previous best with a time of 01:25:54. Peter Cruse, as ever, ran a superb race to finish ninth and forth vet in just over an hour.
A good field of 26 took part in the club’s handicap race on a balmy Thursday evening. There were many excellent performances in a close race with club champion Nigel Thompson the actual fastest. The first eleven all achieved personal or season’s best times but pride of place goes to a junior, Sam Banner. Sam improved by over a minute on his previous run to finish first. In the process he set a new summer course record for a junior by knocking off six seconds off the previous record set in 2008.
At the halfway stage in the year Kevin Ashcroft extended his lead at the top of the table with a PB and a fifth place finish while Linda Baxter’s third place in the race moves her up to second overall.
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