LSARRC News 21st April 2015

Mid Lancs Cross Country Vet 45 Champions

LSARRC's individual prize winners

On Friday night, it was the presentation evening for the 2014-2015 Mid Lancs Cross Country League.  This was held at Bamber Bridge CCM Club in Preston.  Lytham St Annes were particularly successful over the season especially considering the size of the club.  Enthusiasm and team spirit helped the club pick up a number of team and individual awards. The women were crowned Vet 45 Champions while in Division 2, they were runners up.  Individually, Ella Moulding finished first in the Under 15 girls, Joanna Goorney was first vet 45 and second vet 35, Graham Webster was second vet 60 and Sylvia Gittins was second vet 65.

Division 2 Runners Up

Simon Denye

It was the first of the big marathons on Sunday with the Greater Manchester Marathon in it 39th year and 4th year in its current format finishing outside Manchester United Football Ground.  Conditions were good for the 9am start although the wind picked up around 11am causing the less sheltered last few miles to be even tougher.  The race was won by Paul Martelletti  who finished in 2:17:47 while the women's race was won by Georgie Bruinvels of Aldershot Farnham and District AC who had never run a marathon before in a time of 2:37:16.

First home for Lytham was Simon Denye who had a fantastic race going through half way in 1:20:50 and then finishing in 2:44.42, good enough to get under the magic 2:45 barrier and a AAA championship entry into the London Marathon for the next two years.  Also completing the course for LSARRC was Felicity Wolohan in 3:49:01 who knocked 3 minutes of her PB.  For Bob Clough, it was his first ever marathon and with a target of 4:45, he was very pleased to finish in 4:39:12.  Joining him, was his son who flew over especially from Australia to do the race with him.   John Wild also smashed his PB by nearly 10 minutes to finish in 4:40:55.

Fiona Geldard

Fiona Geldard completed the Clitheroe Triathlon on Sunday.  This well organised event which was held in overcast conditions included a 400m swim, a 30k very hilly and challenging cycle course including going over the infamous Jeffrey Hill and finished with a 6.5k run.  Fiona completed the swim in 11:59, the bike in 1:22:45 and the run in 41:07 giving a finishing time of 2:15:52.  She finished 12th female overall and 3rd vet 50 which was her best position in a triathlon especially in a quality field.

On Saturday morning, Mark Willett did the Preston Parkrun in 23:00 for 163rd place.