LSARRC News 31st May 2016

Barbara Holmes - 2016 Lisbon ETU Triathlon European Championships

With the addition of a bank holiday weekend and the light evenings, there was a huge amount of races to choose from this last week. And strangely for a bank holiday weekend, there was a lot of very warn weather to contend with.

Wednesday night saw the first race of four of the Harrock  Hill Fell Race Series over near Parbold.  With 217 finishers, Joanna Goorney was the club's sole representative for this delightful 5.2 mile race.  Conditions were perfect with gentle drizzle keeping the runners cool.  First home was Karl Steinegger from Ambleside in a time of 33:34.  Joanna was pleased to run a PB for the course in a time of 39:59 finishing 47th overall, 3rd lady and 1st vet 45.

Chris McCarthy had an excellent win at the Promenade 10 Miler on Saturday morning in 1:01:32.  Starting from the Middle Walkway, North Promenade, the race attracted 157 runners.  Ross McKelvie was 2nd home for the club in 5th place and 1:06:10,  Michelle Hook was 38th in 1:22:27 and Sylvia Gittins was 105th in 1:37:57.

Joanna Goorney was back in action again on the fells on Saturday afternoon at the Hutton Roof Fell Race, near Kirkby Lonsdale.  This was also used as the first race in the Inter Club Fell Race series and so attracted a number of runners from the local clubs.  The 7 mile race had 1302 feet of ascent mainly on good mud free tracks and provided great views towards the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District in the fine sunny conditions. Joanna was 37th overall out of the 297 finishers, 4th female and 2nd vet 45 in a time of 1:03:26.

Hyndburn was the location for the 3rd Mid Lancs Track and Field meet of the season also on Saturday afternoon.  Junior Ella Moulding was the club's sole representative on the track winning the under 17 girls 1500m race in 4:49:40.  Rachael Wignall was first in action in the senior ladies long jump finishing 6th with 3.26 and then threw 5.46 in the shot putt for 6th place.

Ella Moulding

Jeremy McCandless and Greg Oulton were both out in the senior men's throwing events. Both competed in the shot putt with Jeremy throwing 6.20 for 12th place and Greg 5:62 for 14th place.  In the discus, Jeremy threw 15.94 for 13th place and Greg threw 13:12 for 14th place.  The javelin was Greg's final event where he threw 12:20 for 8th place whilst Jeremy competed in the hammer finishing 7th with a throw of 14:97.

Richard Storey - Catforth Canter 5k

Saturday night saw the first of the three Catforth Canter 5k races over the summer.  This flat course around the village of Catforth attracted 85 runners and was won by Rob Danson of Wesham RR in a time of 15:20.  Richard Storey finished in 44th place in a time of 21:38 whilst Claire England was 56th in 23:46.

The Liverpool Rock'n'Roll Marathon and Half Marathon took place on Sunday.  71 year old Pam Binns took just 4:40:26 in the warm weather to complete the Marathon course finishing 1st vet 70 and 1556th overall.  Felicity Wolohan ran in the Half Marathon completing the course in 1:36:29 for 368th place out of the 7143 finishers.

Mark Selby

There was another big marathon going on also on Sunday up in Scotland.  Mark Selby  completed the Edinburgh Marathon in 3:41 on a very hot Scottish day.  He was a little disappointed with his time but with the relentless heat and hills, he wasn't complaining! It was also a PB, shaving 57 minutes off.

Over in Portugal, Barbara Holmes took part in the 2016 Lisbon ETU Triathlon European Championships.  Barbara competed in the sprint race which consisted of a 750m open water swim, 20km on the bike and a 5km run to finish. She finished 2nd taking the silver medal in the vet 55 category in a time of 1:16:24.  A superb achievement.


The 25th Lytham Hall parkrun took place on Saturday morning with a total of 166 runners in the warm sunny conditions.  Paul Muller of Horwich RMI was first to finish in a time of 17:51.  Roy Stevens and junior Francis Morrison both recorded PBs along with Alex Tate and juniors Hebe Tierney and Clemmie Tierney.

Roy Stevens

Full results: Terry Hellings 13th 21:13; Neil Bayntun-Roberts 14th 21:33; Morgan Pritchard 27th 23:10; Graham Webster 28th 23:11; Roy Stevens 33rd 23:53; Francis Morrison 34th 23:55; Alex Tate 81st 28:02; Hebe Tierney 89th 28:58; Clemmie tTerney 90th 28:58;

Camperdown parkrun, Dundee combines sections through open park land, and wooded areas of Dundee's largest park on a one lap course.  Gerry Browne joined 150 other runners for the 5k course finishing in 31st place in a time of 24:12

Felicity Wolohan was in Liverpool for the Princes Park parkrun.  She finished in 28th place and 4th female in a time of 21:19 out of 228 finishers.

Thursday night saw the Club's monthly handicap race, the second in this year's series.  There were some excellent runs with the first three finishers all recording PBs and the next 4 getting seasons bests.  Especially notable among them was Debbie Cooper who's previous PB was way back in 2007. Neil Tate was first back with 26:10 for the 4.35 mile summer course whilst Joe Greenwood had the quickest run with Chris McCarthy not far behind.  The club was also pleased to welcome two newcomers to the handicap, Chris McKay and Stuart Gornall.

Full results: 1 Neil Tate 26:10 PB; 2 Justin Allitt 26:55 PB; 3 Gerry Brown 31:46 PB; 4 Richard Storey  31;49 SB; 5 Greg Oulton 36;05 SB; 6 Sylvia Gittins  38;58 SB; 7 Jeremy McCandless SB; 8 Claire England 33:33; 9 Colin Laidlaw 32:37 SB; 10 Sue Hawitt 35:40; 11 Joe Greenwood 24:27; 12 Debbie Cooper  33:52 PB; 13 Chris McCarthy 24:41; 14 Karen Lanigan 42:26; 15. Dawn Lock  58:19; 16 Tom Howarth 28:02; Est. Andy Unsworth 26:36; Est. Chris McKay 33:19; Est. Stuart Gornall 33:27; Est. Mark Selby 31:57;