LSARRC New 2nd June 2015

On Bank Holiday Monday was the Fishwick Five Trail Race in Preston.  Neil Tate was 7th finishing in 32:58 whilst Greg Oulton was 37th in 43:47 knocking 10 seconds off his time from last year.

Also, on Monday, Colin Laidlaw , took park in the Rigg Race in Balerno on the outskirts of Edinburgh.  The 6 mile course starts in Malleny Park, home of Currie RFC and heads up through the village of Balerno and up towards the Pentland hills.  Colini finished 53rd out of 150 runners in a time of 43:12.

The ever popular Harrock Hill Fell Race series started last Wednesday with the first race in the series of four.  The race was also used as the first race in the Inter Club Fell Race Championship and as a result attracted quite a number of Lytham St Annes runners.  The race was won by Daniel Miller of Endurance Store in a time of  34:04 while the first lady, Lindsey Brindle of Horwich finished in 26:45, only a few seconds outside the ladies course record.

First home for Lytham, was Joe Greenwood in 8th place in 36:02.  Joanna Goorney was 2nd lady and 1st vet 45 in 44th place and 40:19.  In his first fell race in nearly 30 years, Graham Webster was 77th and 2nd vet 60 in 43:29.  Next home was Terry Hellings in 97th and 44:52.  Greg Oulton was 171st in 52:24, Fiona Geldard, in her first ever fell race was 172th in 52:32, Julia Rolfe was 193rd in 55:06. Pamela Hardman was 201st in 57:42 and Dawn Lock was 230th in 78:52.  There were 232 finishers.

Thursday night saw the second race in the club's monthly handicap series.  Sue Hawitt, one of the newer club members repeated her win in the previous month and has taken an early lead in the annual competition. Sue made her club training pay off handsomely with a time two minutes better than her previous race over the 4.35 miles course. Last year's champion Jeremy McCandless remained in fine form with successive PBs while Karen Lanigan, who narrowly missed winning a medal last season, ran well in third place to move up to second on the points table.

May Handicap results: 1, Sue Hawitt, 38.21, PB; 2, Pam Binns, 41.01; 3, Karen Lanigan, 41.12; 4, Roy Stevens, 33.06; 5, Jeremy McCandless, 37.51, PB; 6, Tom Howarth, 25.49; 7, Derek Caborn, 39.50; 8, Roy Upton, 31.22; 9, Neil Tate, 27.15; 10, Greg Oulton, 35.17; 11, Dawn Lock, 60.54; N/C Brian Porter, 34.12; Steve Quarmby, 32.46; Graham Young, 39.28. Leading Scores: Sue Hawitt 62 points; Karen Lanigan 52; Greg Oulton 48; Jeremy McCandless 48; Dawn Lock41; Derek Caborn 41.


On Saturday night, it was the Catforth Canter 5k.  The race was won by Rob Danson in 15:34 and had 112 finishers.  First home for LSARRC in 8th place, was Simon Denye in 17.41.  Greg Oulton was 66th in 23:17 (despite being hit in the eye about half way round by a fly and leaving him running the second half with one eye closed), Jim Whitworth was 84th in 25:58 and Louisa Ruman was 86th in 26:27.

On Sunday, Greg Oulton was back out on the fells completing the Edenfield Fell Race and his 5th race in a week.  The ground was boggy and muddy with the path turning into a babbling brook in places not helped also by the cold and windy conditions.  Despite having tired legs, he completed the 10.3km with 477m of ascent in 1:15:06 and 31st place, only 8 seconds slower than last year.

Mel Koth took part in the Outlaw Half Triathlon from National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham on Sunday.  The event consisted of a 1.2km swim 56 mile bike ride and finished with a 13.1 mile run. Despite brutal weather conditions, Mel completed the course in 5:50:47.