LSARRC News 2nd June 2014

Wednesday night saw the first race of four in the Harrock Hill Fell Race Series.  Representing LSARR was Greg Oulton.  Although the course was quite muddy, Greg still knocked 12 seconds off his last year's finishing time to finish in  52:26.

Also on Wednesday night, was the Levens 10k, the second in the Kendal race series.  Peter Cruse made the trip up north to finish in 21st place, 39:48 and 2nd Male Vet 50.
The May race of the Club’s monthly handicap competition on Thursday night was a closely fought contest as usual.

With a two minutes improvement over his previous best time for the 4.35 miles summer course Jeremy McCandless was a convincing winner while last year’s champion Oliver Hirsh continued his fine form of last winter in second place.  Elsewhere there were further notable runs and personal bests by Fiona Geldard in 5th place and 7th finisher Neil Tate. 

With wins in the first two races over the 4.35 miles summer course Jeremy McCandless is emphatically the pacesetter for the new annual series and successive personal bests for McCandless, who also won in April, have given him a significant early lead of 11 points ahead of the rest of the competitors currently led by scratch runner Dawn Lock.

May Handicap Results:1, Jeremy McCandless, 51.19, PB; 2, Oliver Hirsh, 51.38; 3, Tony Holt, 51.57; 4, Laura Ashworth, 52.15; 5, Fiona Geldard, 52.28, PB; 6, Kevin Ashworth, 52.57; 7, Neil Tate, 52.59, PB; 8, Pam Hardman, 53.01; 9, Dawn Lock, 53.07; 10, Tom Howarth, 53.19, 11, Julia Rolfe, 53.34; 12, Graham Webster, 53.52; 13, Richard Storey, 54.07; 14, Joe Greenwood, 54.08; 15, Alex Wiggins, 54.33;16, Greg Oulton, 54.45; 17, Bec Willetts, 54.57; 18, Karen Lanigan, 55.22; 19, Pam Binns, 55.22; 20, Debbie Cooper, 55.54; N/C Peter Cooke, 53.09; N/C Roy Stevens, 54.24.

On Saturday morning, Richard Storey headed to Avenham Park in for the Preston Parkrun completing the course in 22:24 for 39th place.  This parkrun is becoming more and more popular with 212 finishers in this race.

Brian Porter at the Blackpool Prom 10 mile race

It was also the first race of three in the Catforth Canter 5k Series on Saturday evening.  First home for LSARR was Simon Denye in 18th place and 17:38.  Next was Peter Cruse in 18:52, 27th place and 2nd Male vet 50 followed by Greg Oulton in a personal best of 22:42 and 57th place.


Sunday saw the inaugural Blackpool Promenade 10 mile race.  Neil Tate finished in 19th place in 1:07:14 while Brian Porter was pleased to finish sub 90 minutes in 106th place in 1:27:40

The Edenfield Fell Race near Rawtenstall was also on Sunday.  This 6.4 mile course with 1565 ft of ascent and a very steep climb at mile 5 attracted Greg Oulton who finished in 1:14:58.