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| LSA Ladies at Townley Park |
Saturday saw the second Mid Lancs cross country meet of the season from Townley Park, Burnley, resplendent in Autumn colours and with the beautiful Townley Hall as a backdrop. Unfortunately for the juniors, the forecast rain came but luckily it had ceased by early afternoon for the senior races. With the dry conditions of the last couple of months, the course was fairly firm with very little mud around.
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| Louis Eunson |
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| Rebecca Tate |
There were five juniors in action from the club. In the Under 11 girls, Sydney Ramsden was 48th in 9:00. There were 66 runners in the under 11 boys with Louis Eunson having an excellent run to finish 4th in 7:00 whilst George Denye was not far behind in 19th place and a time of 7:46. Rebecca Tate was 43rd in 14:12 whilst Simon Holt was 38th in 13:14 in the under 13 boys out of a field of 66.
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| Dawn Lock |
Lytham St Annes had 7 ladies out in the Senior Womens race which was a distance of just under 4 miles. The race was won by Emily Japp in 22:44, over half a minute clear of 2nd place. First home for LSARRC was Joanna Goorney in 10th place and 1st vet 45 in a time of 25:07. Julia Rolfe was 108th in 31:30 closely followed by Alex Everest in 111th place and 31:36. Pam Hardman was next in 128th place and 33:45 whilst Ruth Wheatley made an excellent cross country debut in 138th and 34:14. Sylvia Gittins was 161st in 35:48and Dawn Lock was 189th in 47:55. There were 190 runners. In the team results, the ladies finished 21st in the open category, 15th in the over 35s, 9th in the over 45s and 4th in the over 55s.
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| Steve Ashton |
The senior men's race was over a course of about 6 miles and attracted 304 runners. The race was won by Phil Waite of Barrow and Furness Striders AC in a time of 31:37, just 3 seconds ahead of Luke Minns of Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde. Tom Howarth was 1st home for the club in 75th place and 37:59. Neil Tate was next in 94th place and a time of 38:52, Terry Hellings was 166th in 42:17, Nigel Simpkin was 272nd in 49:41 and Steve Ashton, in only his 2nd cross country event, was 293rd in 52:56. With LSARRC were a little down on numbers with only 5 men (needing 6 for an open team), they only managed a full team in the over 50 category where they were 20th.
On Saturday morning, Mel Koth ran the Cuerden Valley parkrun. She finished in 22nd place in 23:19, a new PB for the course.
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| Neil Tate - PB at Fairclough 5 |
Sunday morning saw the annual Fairclough 5 mile from Stanah Country Park, Thornton. Excellently organised by Thornton Cleveleys Running Club, the local, friendly race is dedicated to the life of Bob Fairclough, a founder member of the club. Taking in a 2 lap course, the race was won by Liam Craine of Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde in 27:11 and had 109 finishers. Neil Tate was first home for Lytham St Annes in a PB of 30:08 for 11th place. Richard Storey was 32nd in 35:05, Pam Hardman was 75th in 43:37, Sylvia Gittins was 83rd in 33:25 and Dawn Lock was 108th in 1:02:28.
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| Fiona Geldard |
Fiona Geldard travelled overseas to Belek on the Antalya coast in Turkey for her first ever half Ironman Triathlon and did herself proud. She completed the 1.9km swim in 52:50, the 90.2km bike ride in 4:00:12 and the 21.1km run in 2:21:12 giving a brilliant overall time of 7:29:30. Fiona is hoping to complete the full Ironman in Florida in November 2016 in memory of her mum who she lost earlier this year and from this performance, is on track.
Thursday night was the club's annual “Run the Lights” with a large contingent from the club heading down to South Shore for an evening run through the Blackpool Illuminations. The hungry runners then headed to the Starr Gate chippy for Fish and Chips.
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| Illuminations run |
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| Fish and Chips |
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