The main local event of the weekend was the 34th Preston 10 mile road race from Hutton Grammer School, Preston on Sunday morning. Despite the wet and windy conditions, this popular race still had over 400 finishers over the flat 2 lap course. As well as hosting the race, the home club also provided both the 1st male and 1st female finishers. Dave Rigby was first home in 55:53 whilst international Helen Clitheroe was first female home in 58:18 and was 7th overall finishing just seconds outside the female course record.
Lytham St Annes Road Runners had 5 athletes out. First home for the club was Neil Tate in 29th place and an excellent 1:03:05. Tom Howarth was next in 74th place and 1:06:46. Nigel Simpkin was 259th in 1:24:07, Steve Ashton was 289th in 1:27:38 and Julia Rolfe was 295th in 1:28:15.
Felicity Wolohan's trip south included a Saturday morning run at the Hackney Marshes parkrun. The course consists of a ‘out and back’ route around Hackney Marshes and has spectacular views of the Olympic site and a lovely stretch following the River Lea navigation channel. Felicity's venture paid dividends with her 2nd pb in a week. She completed the 5k course in 21:06 knocking 20 seconds of her pb finishing 2nd female and 24th overall from 119 finishers.
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