LSARRC News 24th June 2013

Two hundred and thirty-two runners turned out for the annual running of the Sotos 10K on Sunday, a profile and fund raiser to sponsor research into the cause and treatment for the medical disorder after which the race is named. Proud organizer, Wesham RR's Simon Eaton, announced on the start line that a total of £2,100 had been raised by this year's race. For a race that is historically run in sweltering temperatures, this year cold and buffeting weather came as a surprise to all, particularly at the three mile point when runners turned into the wind and in addition were drenched by spray whipped up by the strong winds. Considering the conditions, the six Lytham runners did well to maintain their times.  First back of the Club was Peter Cruse, 23rd 39:33, who won the prize for first MV50.  Following him in was MV60 winner Graham Webster, 32nd in 41:30.  In 68th place Steve Quarmby finished 3rd MV50 in an age group field of 20, in 46:39. Other senior members were Brian Porter, MV45, 153rd in 54:57, Silvia Gittins, WV65, 178th in 56:44 and Pam Binns, 195th in 60:05.

6 Lytham Juniors at Sotos 10k

Six hardy young Lytham athletes were a put to the test at the same event when they lined up for the 2k fun run. With those strong winds and a route that was to take the 58 runners on to Fleetwood promenade it was always going to be more tough than fun but the eager competitors showed great resilience to the conditions and they all got off to a fast start with a trailing wind for the first 800m. Lytham’s Simon Holt showed his experience with great pace judgement throughout the race finishing very strongly in 3^rd place and 1^st M8 in 7:21. Not far behind him was novice Archie Dowds whose hard work at training paid dividends with a great run to finish in 7^th and 2^nd M8 in 7:35. Nine year old Rebecca Tate showed great character in such adverse conditions and ran superbly to finish 10^th and 2^nd F9 in 8:06. Harry Fellows, who only started training with the club, a fortnight ago, ran a very strong race to finish 12^th and 2^nd M11 in 8:08. Olivia Aberra who has only recently celebrated her eighth birthday, showed great strength when she turned into the wind for the second half of the race and finished very strongly in 19^th and 1^st F8 in 8:58. Keira Bowman, running her first ever competitive race, was understandably a little nervous before the start but, as soon as they were off the pre-race nerves disappeared with wind and she had a great race to finish 32^nd and 4^th F9 in 10:40.

Hill enthusiast Julia Rolfe raced in the Horwich Jubilee 5 mile roads race last Wednesday on a warm and humid evening. The scenic, undulating route followed the reservoir at Rivington and the surrounding roads. Rolfe was 3^rd Lady V50 finisher.