LSARRC News 21st November 2017

Graham Webster at the Myprotein Preston 10 mile Road Road

Sunday 19th November saw the Myprotein Preston 10-mile Road Race which included the Lancashire 10-mile championship, take place.  The fast, flat 2 lap course with almost perfect conditions, cool and no wind resulted in some exceptional performances by Lytham runners, several personal bests were achieved and it was the best performance of the club to date at this event.  LSARRC runners ran superbly and came away the Lancashire 10 mile men’s team champions and Lancashire 10 mile women’s team champions.  Graham Webster ran a great race and was the 1st V65 runner, making him 10 mile Lancashire champion and gold medalist.  Graham also set a new MV65 club record at the race, his time beat the previous record of 1:27:51 by 19.24 seconds which was a huge improvement.  This is the 6th club MV65 record Graham has broken since turning 65 in April.  Neil Tate knocked off 59 seconds off his personal best, other personal bests were achieved by Kirsten Burnett, Jennifer Hill, Gill Draper, Thomas Howarth and Darran Ames.  Well done to all involved.

Andy Draper

Results:  Mike Toft 00:57:03 (10th), Andrew Draper 00:58:54 (15th), Thomas Howarth 01:02:15 (35th), Neil Tate 01:02:18 (36th), John Bertenshaw 01:08:27 (115th), Catherine Carrdus 01:08:29 (116th), Graham Webster 01:08:34 (118th), Gill Draper 01:10:20 (144th), Darran Ames 01:11:22 (155th), Jennifer Hill 01:11:23 (156th), Kevin Murray 01:15:49 (221st), Chris Bowker 01:21:16 (295th), Kirsten Burnett 01:25:57 (351st) and Jacqui Murray 01:35:51 (465th).

Kevin Murray at the Myprotein Preston 10 mile Road Road

Also on Sunday Ruth Wheatley ran the Conwy Half Marathon in 1:57:39, which was a personal best time.  The scenic half marathon starts and finishes on the quayside in front of Conwy Castle.

The previous week Julia Rolfe ran in the Grand Union half marathon from Uxbridge to Watford on Sunday 12th November.  On a cold but sunny morning, on a muddy route with lots of puddles Julia ran a time of 2:00:06 coming 4th in the FV 50 category.  To celebrate his 50th birthday Greg Oulton travelled to Las Vegas and completed the Vegas Rock ‘N’ Roll Half Marathon.  Starting at 2100 feet above sea level in the middle of a dry desert Greg didn’t expect a personal best time.  He ran the course in 2:09:58.

Weekend parkruns.
On Saturday 18th November 8 LSARRC members completed the Blackpool parkrun, which is more than usual as the Lytham parkrun was cancelled due to an event taking place at Lytham Hall.  Andrew Draper ran superbly and managed to finish first in 17:54. Third spot went to Chris McCarthy of Lytham, in 18:20 and the next to complete the course from Lytham was Neil Tate, who came 11th in 20:36.  Other runners included:  Darran Ames (22:16, 36th), Kev Murray (22:34, 46th), James Buckley (24:18, 61st), Roy Stevens (25:10, 72nd) and Penny Morrison (31:51, 158th).  Congratulations to Roy Stevens who ran a new personal best time and to Neil Tate, Darran Ames, James Buckley, and Penny Morrison for completing their 50th parkrun.

Further afield Graham Webster ran the Folkestone parkrun in 20:51 coming 15th out of 212 runners, and 1st vet 65.  Joanna Goorney of Lytham travelled to the Huddersfield parkrun and finished the course in 20:11, and Neil Bayntun-Roberts ran the Ayr parkrun in 21:57. Felicity Wolohan gained first female spot at the Huntington parkrun in a time of 20:42 and Julia Rolfe ran the Shrewsbury parkrun in 25:12. Also Rebecca Willets of Lytham completed the Harrogate parkrun, and Kirsten Burnett ran the parkrun at Cuerden Valley in 27:25 gaining a new personal best.

At the junior parkrun in Lytham on Sunday 4 juniors attended.  Eric Wrigley was first home for the club in 8:29 coming 3rd, Blair Selbie ran 10:38, Ella Wiseman 11:08 and Holly Anderson 11:37.