LSARRC News 21st March 2016

LSARRC at Grasmere YHA club training weekend

Sylvia Gittins and Richard Storey represented the club at the Coniston 14 mile road race on Saturday.  Conditions were perfect as over 1100 runners set off from the village for a circuit of the stunning lake.  Sylvia was 1st WV70, 790th overall, in 2:14:10, Richard coming 381th overall in 1:54:09. The race was won by Sam Stead of Keswick AC is 1:16:27.

LSARRC at the Trimpell 20

Steve Ashton and Rachael Wignall

The big attraction for Lytham St Annes athletes this weekend was the Trimpell 20 on Sunday morning.  Starting from Lancaster Castle, this very popular 20 mile race is a great warmup for anyone with a spring marathon approaching with a number in the club preparing for London.  The race was comfortably won by Iraitz Arrospide, over 3 minutes clear in 1:52:36.  Andy Draper was first home for LSARRC in an excellent 16th place and 2:07:57 with Tom Howarth not far behind in 19th with 2:09:11 followed by Neil Tate in 30th place and 2:10:48.  Graham Webster was 1st vet 60 in 143rd place with 2:30:16, Mel Koth was 213th in 2:37:59, Ian Tate was 293rd in 2:48:21, Steve Ashton was 522nd in 3:15:51, Ruth Wheatly was 561st in 3:23:37 and Rachael Wignall was 651st in 3:43:04.  There were 718 finishers


The Fleetwood Rotary 10k was held on Sunday morning.  Starting on the promenade behind the Marine Hall and finishing in the Marine Gardens, the race was held in perfect spring conditions.  Paul Muller of Horwich RMI was first home in 36.17.  There were 2 representatives from LSARRC.  Joanna finished 1st lady and 4th overall in 39:33 whilst Dave Dunn was 20th in a time of 46:10.

Morgan Prichard at the Lytham Hall Parkrun

The 16th Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday morning was won by Paul Muller of Horwich RMI in 17:29 and more significantly with an superb age grade percentage of 90.94.  With 164 runners, LSARRC was well represented.  Chris McCarthy was 2nd in 17:40, Andy Unsworth  was 7th with a new course PB of 19:13, Joanna Goorney was 9th and 1st lady in 19:50, Alan Elstone  was 13th in 20:35 and Neil Bayntun-Roberts was 18th in 21:28.  10 year old Morgan Pritchard was 30th in only his 2nd parkrun running a course PB of 23:14.  There were also course PBs for Claire England in 35th place with 23:31, Rebecca Tate in 46th with 24:39, Sue Hawitt in 50th with 24:52, Hebe Tierney in 133rd and  35:17 and Clemmie Tierney in 138th 35:46.

Joanna Goorney followed by Alan Elstone

 Over in Liverpool, Felicity Wolohan ran the Princes parkrun.  She finished 3rd lady in 36th place overall in 21:12, a new course PB. There were 231 finishers.

Over on the other side of the world, Bob Clough ran in the Maitland parkrun in Walka Recreation & Wildlife Reserve, Oakhampton Heights, New South Wales, Australia.  With 384 runners, Bob finished in 114th place in 27:17

Training weekend

Eleven members of Lytham St Annes RRC headed off to the Lake District for the weekend with a return to Grasmere YHA for their latest biannual training weekend and 2 days of hard activity.

The weekend’s training included a short run before dinner on Friday.  Saturday started with an early morning pre-breakfast run, followed by a 6.7 mile late morning run across Loughrigg Terrace with spectacular views of Grasmere and Rydal lakes and the surrounding hills then back along the lakeside.

Sunday started again with the pre-breakfast run followed by a mid-morning undulating run again taking in Loughrigg Terrace and a full loop around Loughrigg Fell covering 10 miles and over 1200 feet of hill climbs.

Sunday lunch time was a final get together at YHA hostel for lunch before heading back to the real world.  The weather was very kind and everyone enjoyed the weekend and are looking forward to the next trip which is planned autumn 2016.