LSARRC News 4th / 5th October 2014

LSARRC members at Lytham Hall 5k -
Left to right: Julia Rolfe, Dawn Bloor, Pamela Hardman, James Whitworth, Neil Tate,
Joe Greenwood, Willie Richmond, Graham Webster, Wade Agar and Ella Moulding 

As might be expected with a race on their doorstep, Lytham St. Annes Road Runners were out in good numbers at the Lytham Hall 5K.  Fourteen including two from the Junior Section were competing and several more had come to shout on friends.

Mild sunshine and the lovely autumnal surroundings of Lytham Hall made this an attractive race.  It was also a gainful one for the Club with members taking away one overall race prize and four age group prizes. 

Ella Moulding, third
woman

Youngest Lytham runner Ella Moulding, in one of her first road races, beat many much older runners to take the overall third women's prize.  Moulding, just 13 years old, revealed real future potential with an under 20.00 minute finish in 19:23 and 24th place, just 43 seconds behind seasoned winner Caroline Betmead of BWFAC.

Men's age category prizes went to Graham Webster, 20th in 19:12, first MV60 and well clear of the next in his age group and Willie Richmond, MV50, 37th in 20:32.

Pam Hardman celebrated her
birthday with a win in the FV55

Successful Lytham women were Dawn Bloor, who won first FV45 with a PB of 23:35 in 63rd place and Pamela Hardman, celebrating her birthday with a win in the FV55 where she finished 76th in 24:57, 25 seconds better than her 2013 time for the same course.

 Joe Greenwood was Lytham's first finisher with a 9th placing and a time of 17:34.  Neil Tate was 17th in 18:56 and also running well was Richard Storey in 43rd place and 21:27.  James Whitworth, MV65, continues to make a steady improvement on his 5K times and finished in 25:58, 86th.  Felicity Wolohan also achieved a PB of 21:59, 49th.  Fiona Geldard, another cutting her standard times, finished in 23:06, 56th, bettering her existing PB by over 30 seconds. 

Wade Agar, second MJ ahead of
Alex Wiggins

The Club's other junior runner was Wade Agar, who was 2nd Junior Man in very good PB of 24:00, 67th.  Alex Wiggins was 69th in 24:05 and Julia Rolfe, FV50, 85th in 25:49.  Potential LSARRC runner Austin Burrows finished a promising 56th in 22:25

 Those who appreciated the autumn colours and atmosphere of Lytham Hall are likely to enjoy the Green Drive Five.  This well-known race similarly starts and finishes in a leafy environment a stones throw away in Green Drive off Park View Road on 19th October.  Doubling as the Lancashire Five Mile Championship it's a must for members of local clubs.  There's still time to make postal entries or enter on line in advance or just turn up on the day in time for the 11am start.     

Other Lytham members ranged further afield.  Simon Denye and Louisa Ruman ran the Congleton Half Marathon.  It's a hard Half Marathon with undulating route that is rarely flat and tests competitors with a demanding climb in the twelve mile.  Denye, MV40, finished 35th in a field of 500 in 1:23:21 and Ruman, FV35, with an impressive improvement, knocked a full six minutes from her previous best with 1:56:14 for 367th place.  A day earlier Greg Oulton travelled to the Saddleworth Edges Fell Race for this 13km race with 350m of climb.  Saddleworth Moor provided testing conditions with steep climbs and a variety of obstacles and under-foot conditions which took their toll on competitors with Oulton himself, slowed by a tumble and a stop to aid an injured competitor, finishing 78th in 1:45:42.

Joanna Goorney, British Female Vet
Lead Climbing Champion 

Liz Boon and John Wild with  fellow runner
following the successful completion of the
ChesterMarathon

 Liz Boon and John Wild went for the endurance running, contesting the huge Chester Marathon and finishing respectively 2063rd in 4h 44:26 and 2144th in 4h 50:53.

Taking a rest from running, Joanna Goorney showed her talent and versatility by retaining her Female Veteran British Lead Climbing Championship at Sheffield climbing wall at the weekend.