LSARRC News 28th June 2016

LSARRC at Lytham Club Day procession

 Thornton Cleveleys Running Club hosted the 4th Inter Club race of the summer on Tuesday night.  The 5 mile course from Little Bispham up to Gynn Square and back attracted 293 runners.  The weather was warm and sunny making for much more pleasant conditions than last year's heatwave conditions.  A excellent buffet was provided by the host club afterwards.

Richard Storey - Thornton IC

First home was Rob Danson of Wesham RR in 26:23 with Rob Affleck of Preston Harriers just over 40 seconds behind.  Nichola Jackson of Preston Harriers was 1st lady in 31:20.  LSARRC had an excellent turnout despite a few member missing from tired legs after the previous weekend's races and injuries.  Most notable of performances was Joe Greenwood who had another great run to finish 5th in 28:30.

Full LSARRC results: Joe Greenwood 5th 28:30; Thomas Howarth 21st  30:18; Neil Tate 34th 31:25; Alex Tate 40th  31:52; Graham Webster 64th  33:34; Mark Selby 66th 33:36; Terry Hellings 79th 34:48; Ian Tate 96th 36:07; Richard Storey 115th 37:13; Colin Laidlaw 135th 38:09; Melanie Koth 137th 38:17; Claire England 153rd 39:44; Debbie Cooper 154th 39:45; Susan Hawitt 183rd 42:04; Julia Rolfe 186th 42:10; Stephen Tate 186th 42:13; Jeremy McCandless 217th 44:54; Pamela Binns 234th 47:27; Hannah McCandless 237th 47:55; Sylvia Elisabeth Gittins 240th 48:17; Rachael Wignall 242nd 48:34; Dawn Lock 293rd 65:33;

Sue Hawitt - Harrock Hill Fell Race

The second Harrock Hill Fell Race of the season took place last Wednesday night.  It was also used by the club as a race in the club's fell race championship.  The race was won by U23 Luke Betts of Sale who finished in 33:39.  6 members took part with Sue Hawitt running her first ever fell race covering the 5.2 mile course (902 feet of ascent) in 197th place and a time of 59: 44.  Terry Hellings was first home for the club in 86th place and 46:52, Julia Rolfe was 172th in 55:54, Greg Oulton was 195th in 59:25 and Pam Hardman was 196th in 59:44.  There were 225 finishers.

Felicity Wolohan - Rhyl 5k

Felicity Wolohan had a very successful weekend of running.  She did the RunFest Wales 5km in Rhyl on Saturday and got a PB of 20.30 finishing 4th lady, 20th overall and on Sunday, she did the Penny Lane 10km  in Liverpool and despite the windy conditions still got a PB of 43.41 and 5th Lady, 92nd out of 398 runners.

Olivia Johnson Allen

On Sunday morning, Olivia Johnson Allen ran the Morecambe Half Marathon.  The race was won by Shaun Livesey of Blackburn Harriers in 1:18:06 by over 2 minutes and had 80 finishers.  Olivia completed the course in 2:08:30 - not quite a PB but it was a tough course with blazing sun in one direction and strong wind in the other, along with a fair few hills.

There was no Lytham Hall parkrun this last Saturday morning due to it being Lytham Club day with related activities at Lytham Hall.  Instead Lytham St Annes Road Runners joined other Lytham Hall parkrunners in the Lytham Club Day procession under the banner of Lytham Running Community.

LSARRC at Lytham CLub Day Procession

Meanwhile 10 year old Eric Wrigley took park in his first parkrun at Cuerden Valley where there were 190 finishers.  He finished 84th in at time of 27:27.

Roy Stevens was still on the other side of the world in Sydney, Australia where he is seeing his first grandchild.  For the second week in succession he joined 365 other runners in the St Peters parkrun in Sydney Park, St Peters, Sydney.  Roy managed to run the one lap course 18 seconds quicker than last week finishing in 96th place but still couldn't catch his daughter, Emma.