LSARRC News 30th January 2018

Lytham runners impress at the St Anne’s 10 miler on Sunday 28th January 2018.

LSARRC runners at the St Anne's 10 Miler

Lytham had two top ten finishers in the 10-mile race on Sunday, with Joe Greenwood in 61 minutes and Andrew Draper just under 62 minutes.  Neil Tate ran well to come 12th and Jennifer Hill was 13th female.  The course was won by Rob Danson of Wesham who ran the course in 00:52:59. LSARRC was well represented, with lots of runners braving the cold and breezy conditions, which made for very tough running conditions. Even with difficult conditions Michelle Sheridan ran 3 minutes faster than she did last year.

Full Results:  Joe Greenwood 01:01:00 (6th), Andrew Draper 01:01:54 (9th), Neil Tate 01:02:44 (12th), Alex Tate 01:05:21 (27th), Thomas Howarth 01:06:42 (35th), Ross McKelvie 01:18:14 (40th), Neil Baynton Roberts 01:10:11 (58th), Graham Webster 01:11:24 for (64th), Jennifer Hill 01:14:04 for (81st and 13th female), Terry Hellings 01:14:19 for (83rd), Gavin Stanfield 01:15:08 (88th), Darran Ames 01:15:42 (92nd), Kevin Murray 01:16:21 (94th), James Buckley 01:18:04 (106th), Richard Storey 01:22:01 (130th), Kathy Gaunt 01:22:03 (131st, 26th female), Roy Stevens 1:22:11 (132nd), Chris Bowker 1:23:04 (140th), Peter Reid 01:25:05 (156th), Louise De-Gier Flood 1:28:37 (183rd overall, 43rd female), Susan Hawitt 01:28:41 (186th overall, 46th female), Matthew Hill 01:29:33 (193rd), Greg Oulton 01:31:16 (213rd), Ian Balshaw 01:33:45 (228th), Jacqui Murray 01:36:35 (250th), Laura Byrne 01:39:44 (272nd overall, 86th female), Kirsten Burnett 01:39:59 (275th overall, 87th female), Christine Walker 01:41:18 (290th overall, 98th), Julie Wiseman 01:41:40 (293rd), Pam Binns 01:43:58, (304th, 107th female), Sylvia Gittins 01:48:18 (331st overall, 125th female), Michelle Sheridan 01:51:34 (334th overall, 136th female), Penny Morrison 01:53:21 (348th, 140th female), Sarah Bagshaw 01:53:35 (349th overall, 141st female) and Amy Fletcher 02:22:57 (363rd overall, 154th female).

At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday 27th January, the first 3 spots went to Lytham runners, Chris McCarthy was first home, followed by Alex Tate and then Andrew Draper.  Graham Webster was the first in his age category to finish and Jennifer Hill of Lytham was the first female overall.  Two juniors Frankie Ball and Leoma Gill gained new personal best times.

Full Results:  Chris McCarthy 18:05 (1st), Alex Tate 18:58 (2nd), Andrew Draper 19:25 (3rd), Graham Webster 20:57 (9th), Frankie Ball 21:11 (12th), Neil Tate 21:12 (14th), Jennifer Hill (21:21), Terry Hellings 21:37 (16th), Kevin Murray 21:57 (18th), Darran Ames 22:00 (19th), Richard Harry Storey 22:22 (25th), Morgan Pritchard 22:42 (26th), Eric Wrigley 23:48 (35th), G Browne 23:59 (38th), Greg Oulton 26:08 (64th), Stephen Tate 27:07 (74th), Leoma Gill 28:26 (93rd), Jeremy McCandless 30:12 (115th), Ruth Bye 30:24 (118th), Rosa Gill 33:16 (134th), Julie Wiseman 43:18 (volunteer) and Nicola Wiseman 43:19 (volunteer).

Three Lytham members completed the Blackpool parkrun at Stanley Park.  Mark Hughes ran 22:24 for 23rd position, Heidi Haigh ran 22:56 for 30th position overall, and 2nd female, and Olivia Johnson Allen ran 28:47 for 92nd position overall, and 14th female spot.

Also on Sunday 28th January, 6 junior members of the club ran the 2k parkrun at Park View, in Lytham.  Finlay Hughes was the first to finish, in a time of 8:46 for 6th place overall.  Jayden Richardson finished the course in 9:17 for 11th place, Blair Selbie ran 10:44 for 24th, Ella Wiseman ran 11:12 for 30th, Jack Greaves was 32nd in 11:24 and Sophie Tate completed the course in 14:00 for 50th

LSARRC News 23rd January 2018

A new club record for Mike Toft at the Inskip Half Marathon and the men’s team prize.

Mike Toft at Inskip HM

 
Sunday 21st January saw 13 LSARRC runners taking on the Inskip Half Marathon. This is a popular event that starts and finished at HMS Inskip, near Preston. Conditions were awful with freezing temperatures, sleet and snow at the start and a strong headwind for parts of the course. Despite the challenging weather there were some very impressive times recorded. The race was won by Stuart Robinson of Salford Harriers in 1:10:59, with Sarah Jarvis of Barlick Fell Runners first lady in 1:24:23. Taking pride of place for LSARRC was Mike Toft whose time of 1:14:47 for 6th position was a new Senior Men’s club record. Not far below him was Chris McCarthy in 1:15:44 for 10th place with Andy Draper in 1:16:55 finishing in 15th place to help LSARRC take the Men’s Team prize. Other notable performances came from Gill Draper and Darran Ames who both set new personal best times. Full list of LSARRC finishers:  6th 1:14:47 Mike Toft, 10th 1:15:44 Chris McCarthy, 15th 1:16:55 Andy Draper, 25th 1:21:13 Joe Greenwood, 32nd 1:23:09 Tom Howarth, 54th 1:26:39 Gill Draper, 119th 1:36:05 Darran Ames, 182nd 1:45:34 Kevin Murray, 190th 1:46:05 Richard Storey, 217th 1:49:05 Roy Stevens, 262nd 1:57:32 Kirsten Burnett, and313th 2:09:50 Jacqui Murray.

Gill Draper at Inskip HM

On Saturday 20th January 2018, 22 LSARRC members completed the Lytham Hall parkrun.  Ross McKelvie was first home with Neil Tate not far behind.  In the ladies 2nd, 3rd and 4th places went to Felicity Wolohan, Emily Balshaw and Jennifer Hill.  Graham Webster ran well and was 1st in the VM65-69 category.  There were also a couple of personal best times achieved by Felicity Wolohan and junior member Rosa Gill.

Full Results: Ross McKelvie 18:46 (1st), Neil Tate 18:52 (2nd), Felicity Wolohan 20:18 (12th), Graham Webster 20:53 (18th), Andrew Draper 20:56 (20th), Terry Hellings 21:39 (24th), Emily Balshaw 21:41 (25th), Jennifer Hill 21:59 (27th), Chris Bowker 22:28 (31st), Kev Murray 22:38 (33rd), G Browne 23:33 (43rd), James Buckley 25:47 (65th), Stephen Tate 27:13 (85th), Leoma Gill 28:56 (115th), Jeremy McCandless 29:24 (121st), Julie Wiseman 29:54 (127th), Jacqui Murray 30:14 (129th), Rosa Gill 30:37 (137th), Ruth Bye 31:10 (147th), Sarah Bagshaw 33:40 (163rd), Joanna Goorney 43:51 .

Heidi Haigh of Lytham ran the Blackpool parkrun and was 3rd female, 16th overall in a time of 22:23.

Also, on Sunday 21st January 2018 several junior members of the club braved the cold at the Park View junior parkrun. Frankie Ball a new personal best time of 7:45 to come 2nd, he was closely followed by Morgan Pritchard who ran 7:48 for 3rd.  Charlie Ormerod ran well and came 6th in 8:51 and Jayden Richardson was 9th in a time of 9:15. First girl home for Lytham was Clemmie Tierney in 9:29 for 13th position overall, and 2nd female.  Blair Selbie ran 10:41 on her 32nd parkrun for 21st position overall and Jack Greaves ran 10:47 for 23rd.

LSARRC News 16th January 2018

Under 11 girls at Mid Lancs cross country

Senior men’s team finish 4th at the Mid-Lancashire cross country fixture, in Burnley and McKelvie impresses at the Lancaster 5K.
The fourth Mid Lancashire Cross Country fixture took place at Townley Park, Burnley on Saturday 13th January 2018.  LSARRC sent 11 male competitors falling just short of a complete B team.  Conditions underfoot were good with just mainly surface mud in places, due to not much rain that week.  The senior men’s race was approximately 9.8K running laps round the perimeter of playing fields.  The results were as follows:  Mike Toft 18th in 34:40, Joe Greenwood 19th in 34:46, Andy Draper 24th in 35:20, Thomas Howarth 56th in 37:32, Paul Veevers 60th in 37:57, Neil Tate 75th in 38:54, Graham Webster (V60) 155th in 43:16, Terry Hellings (V60) 157th in 43:24, Gavin Stanfield (V40) 178th in 44:55, Chris Bowker 205th in 47:54 and Greg Oulton (V50) 229th in 55:15.  LSARRC finished 4th out of 24th in the team results.

In the Ladies race, Lytham was well represented.  Catherine Carrdus finished 23rd in 23:13. Next home was Melanie Koth in 24:31 for 44th, then Alexandra Everest in 28:36 for 99th and Kirsten Burnett in 30:01 for 117th.  The team finished 16th overall.  The Ladies over 35 team of Carrdus, Koth and Burnett finished in 11th overall.

In the under 15 girl’s 3K race Laura Bremner finished 25th in 12:51 and Lucy Bohannon 39th in 14:40.
Morgan Pritchard was the only Lytham runner in the Under 13 boys race.  In an exciting finish Pritchard finished the course in 11:58 for 31st position overall.

The Under 13 girls team of Sophie Bohannon, Brogan Murphy and Rebecca Fisher all ran superbly to secure 7th position, an improvement of 2 places on her last run.  Bohannon was the first to finish in 9:49 for 7th, Murphy finished in 10:49 for 33rd, and Fisher in 12:42 for 60th.

Eric Wrigley and Lewis Bentley represented Lytham in the Under 11 boys race.  Wrigley came 47th in 7:48 and Bentley was close behind in 7:50 for 50th, going neck and neck for the whole race.

In the Under 11 girls race Lytham fielded 5 competitors.  First home for the club completing the 2K course, in a time of 8:26 was Jessica Ramsden.  Close behind was Clemmie Tierney in 8:31 for 38th, and Amara Thorpe was 46th finishing in 8:47.  The team of Ramsden, Tierney and Thorpe came 10th overall.  The fourth runner for the club was Leoma Gill (58th in 9:18) and her 8-year-old sister Rosa, the youngest in the race and making her cross country debut finished in 10:59 for 76th place.

On a busy Saturday, Several Lytham runners ran the Lancaster 5K.  The course was flat, out and back course alongside the river.  Conditions were pretty good for January, although quite breezy.  Ross McKelvie had a great run, working with a group at the front of the race and he came 3rd overall with 17:32.  Gill Draper was next back for the club, 9th overall and 3rd lady in a personal best time of 19:50 taking nearly 2 minutes off her previous 5K.  Emily Balshaw had a fantastic run and was delighted with her sub-21 personal best of 20:36, finishing 11th overall and 4th lady.  Ian Balshaw was back next in 24:13, 17th position and only narrowly outside the club bronze standard by 3 seconds.  Christine Walker finished in 20th position in 27:50 and 8th lady and Jake Balshaw followed close behind in 28:32 for 23rd.

At the Lytham Hall Park parkrun on Saturday there weren’t quite as many LSARRC present as there usually is, due to the cross-country fixture.  However, 14 members completed the course, and the first two positions went to Neil Tate and Alex Tate, respectively.  Graham Webster was first in the age category VM65-69, and Darran Ames wasn’t far behind Webster in 12th position overall. Brian Porter achieved a personal best and Susan Hawitt was the first female in the age category VM50-54.

Full Results:  Neil Tate 18:19 (1st), Alex Tate 18:43 (2nd), Graham Webster 20:47 (9th), Darran Ames 21:10 (12th), James Buckley 22:24 (25th), Kev Murray 22:44 (30th), Brian Porter 23:47 (43), Roy Stevens 24:40 (48th), Susan Hawitt 26:00 (65th), Stephen Tate 27:39 (91st), Jeremy McCandless 29:40 (133rd), Gillian Oliver 29:44 (134th), Michelle Sheridan 31:28 (156th), and Sarah Bagshaw 32:32 (161st).

Several Lytham members attended other parkruns around the country.  Ian Tate ran the Warrington parkrun and came 12th.  At the Barrow parkrun Neil Bayntun-Roberts came 7th.  Jennifer Hill and Olivia Johnson Allen attended the Blackpool parkrun and came 15th and 116th.

LSARRC at Garstang 10k

Sunday 14th January saw 6 LSARRC participants in the Garstang 10K. This is a well-established race that starts and finished at Garstang High School. The course has a few ups and downs as it takes in some of the rural lanes out towards Caldervale before heading back to Garstang. There were 447 finishers who enjoyed the good, if chilly, conditions. The race was won by Rob Webb of Rossendale Harriers in 32:16, with Amanda Crook of Southport Waterloo AC the first lady in 35:19. First home for LSARRC was Ian Tate in a new personal best of 41:58 for 56th place overall. 

Full Results:  Ian Tate 41:58 (56th), Richard Storey 47:53 (151st), Kirsten Burnett 59:41 (336th), Laura Byrne 59:42 (337th), Michelle Sheridan 01:05:57 (399th), and Penny Morrison 1:07:02 (412th).

Also on, Sunday 14th January 2018 Felicity Wolohan ran the Brass Monkey Half Marathon in York.  The race started at York Racecourse and took the runners through Bishopthorpe, Acaster Selby, Appleton Roebuck and back through Bishopthorpe to finish behind the Racecourse grandstands.  Wolohan ran a personal best of 1:25.49 and was 9th female, 199 out of 1485 overall.
As usual a number of juniors ran the junior parkrun in Lytham, on Sunday.  Seven junior attended and 2nd overall position went to Charlie Ormerod and first girl was Clemmie Tierney, for the second week running.  Full Results:  Charlie Ormerod 8:04 (2nd), Eric Wrigley 8:48 (4th), Jayden Richardson 9:03 6th), Clemmie Tierney 9:14 (8th), Charlotte Fisher 9:45 (16th), Archie Tate 9:59 (17th), and Blair Selbie 11:01 (29th)

LSARRC News 9th January 2018

Central Lancs New Year Half Marathon

Joe Greenwood impressed at the Central Lancs New Year Half-Marathon on Sunday 7th January 2018.

Several LSARRC runners competed at the Half Marathon which was a rural, undulating rout through country roads.  The runners were faced with frosty conditions, the 13-mile race took the runners round the villages of Salwick, Cartforth and Inskip.  Cold but still conditions which would have been perfect if the route hadn’t been a little icy in many places.  Greenwood finished the course in a superb time of 01:22:39 to finish 7th overall.   Alex Tate finished the course in a respectable 01:25:42 or 16th, followed by Neil Tate 01:27:10.  Other finishers for the club were Ian Tate who achieved a persona best of 01:33:37, and Adrian Sargent who also ran a personal best time of 01:46:08.  Mel Koth finished 3rd VF40 in a time of 01:46:22, followed by Kev Murray in 01:49:02 and Chris Bowker in 01:50:32.  It was his first Half-Marathon and Jason Sheridan achieved a time of 01:58:04, next to finish was Kirsten Burnett in 02:13:33 and then Jacqui Murray in 02:13:35.

On the previous day the Lancashire Cross Country Championships took place at Witton Park, Blackburn on Saturday 6th January 2018.  A few Lytham runners competed in difficult, chilly weather conditions.  Christopher McCarthy finished in 36:55 for 47th position.  Neil Tate secured 83rd place in 40:23. Terry Hellings ran the course in 45:25 to gain 5th V60 place.  Chris Bowker came 147th in 48:56 and Greg Oulton came 24th in the V50 age category in a time of 58:34.  Dawn Lock was the sole female competitor for Lytham, she came 2nd in her age category L70 in 57:01.

In the under 13 girls race Lytham had two runners Sophie Bohannon and Rebecca Fisher.  Bohannon was 13th overall in a time of 13:02 and given this was her first year in this age rang, this was a great performance.

Rebecca Fisher also ran well and achieved a time of 17:28 for 55th.  Eric Wrigley ran in the under 11 boys race and finished in 7:49 for 37th. Jessica Ramsden ran in the under 11 girls race and achieved a good time of 8:17 for 25th.

Also on Saturday 6th January 2018, 22 Lytham runners braved the cold and attended the Lytham Hall Park 5k weekly park run.  First home for the club, and first overall was Alex Tate in a time of 18:22, 25 seconds shy of his personal best.  Second female spot went to Gill Draper who ran the course in 20:54, for 11th overall.  Not far behind was Darran Ames who achieved a new personal best time of 21:05.  Six seconds later saw Emily Balshaw, a junior member of the club finish in a new personal best time of 21:11.  Another Lytham junior, Leoma Gill also achieved a personal best time of 28:55, coming 107th overall out of 222 runners.
Full Results:  Alex Tate 18:22 (1st), Gill Draper 20:54 (11th), Darran Ames 21:05 (13th), Emily Balshaw 21:11 (14th), Kev Murray 22:18 (19th), James Buckley 22:45 (23rd), Morgan Pritchard 23:11 (29th), G Browne 24:17 (37th), Susan Hawitt 26:41 (72nd), Stephen Tate 27:54 (88th), Leoma Gill 28:55 (107th), Jacqui Murray 29:21 (116th), Jeremy McCandless 29:40 (121st), Laura Byrne 29:44 (125th), Michelle Sheridan 31:24 (148th), Rosa Gill 32:40 (165th), Sarah Bagshaw 34:11 (177th), Ella Wiseman 37:59 (204th), Julie Wiseman 38:02 (206th), Nicola Wiseman 38:09 (208th), Kirsten Burnett (tail walker 46:20).

Several other Lytham runners completed parkruns around the country.  Ian Tate ran the Warrington parkrun in 20:36 for 13th position. Neil Bayntun-Roberts ran the Barnsley parkrun in 21:00 for 17th position.  At the Princes parkrun in Liverpool Felicity Wolohan was the first female home in a time of 20:14. At the Blackpool parkrun Olivia Johnson Allen was the sole Lytham runner, she achieved a time of 30:03 for 84th.
On Sunday 7th January 2018 Greg Oulton of Lytham ran the Scout Fell race.  The course consisted of five miles, entirely off road, not a single track or road to be seen.  Starting just to the west of Kendal on frozen ground, it was almost constant climb or descent with barely any flat surfaces, a total climb of 700 feet.  Oulton finished the course in 48:46.

The junior parkrun at Park View in Lytham took place as usual, and checks were mad to make sure the course was safe.  Eight juniors completed the course.  Morgan Pritchard was the first to finish, in 7:57 for 2nd.  Other Results: Finlay Hughes ran 9:07 for 6th, Jayden Richardson 9:51 for 13th, Charlotte Fisher 9:58 for 14th, Leoma Gill 10:12 for 15th, Rebecca Fisher 10:17 for 15th, Jack Greaves 11:09 for 23rd and Rosa Gill 11:35 for 24th.

LSARRC News 2nd January 2018

LSARRC at Ribble Valley 10k

On 31st December 2017 the Ribble Valley 10K took place and was attended by 7 Lytham runners.  The race goes back over 30 years to the early 1980s when Clayton Le Moors Harriers, Ron Hill’s club, first organised the race in the winter as the Clitheroe 10K in parallel with their Clitheroe 10-mile road race held in spring.  Sadly the 10 miler fell by the wayside but the 10K race survived.

The Ribble Valley 10K now has everything a road racer wants out of a road race.  The competition at the front increased in quality and times came down to regular sub 30-minute timings for the men and Olympian Helen Clitheroe herself regularly going under 33 minutes for the women.  The women’s course record is now held by her at 32mins 30 secs and in the men’s race by Jonny Mellor at 29mins and 10 secs.  He set the record in 2011 outsprinting Alistair Brownlee the soon to become Olympic triathlon champion.  The race now attracts over a thousand runners, catering very much for the casual runner and jogging fraternity and encourages runners of all abilities to compete.  The Ribbe Valley 10K road race incorporates the Northern 10K road championships.  This year there was GB international runner Marc Scott, Olympic silver champion Johnny Brownlee and Ben Fish a local GB runner on the start line.  The weather was perfect, sunshine and dry.  In some parts the wind blew quite strong.  The winner completed the course in under 30 minutes and Johnny Brownlee finished second.

Neil Tate at Liverbird Marathon

Mike Toft was first home for LSA in a superb time of 34:53 for 66th, he was closely followed by Chris McCarthy in 35:51 for 84th and Andrew Draper in 36:12 for 92nd.  A couple of minutes later Paul Veevers crossed the finishing line in 37:48 for 136th, Thomas Howarth was next in a time of 38:22 for 152nd.  The first female for the club was Melanie Koth who ran the course in a time of 45:46 for 419th and Kirsten Burnett finished in a respectable 51:35 for 722nd.   Koth reported that she struggled for the first 3 miles with her breathing (asthma) which may have been aggravated by the change of weather during the week.  However, she found the second half of the race much better and she was able to pick up the pace.

Also on New Year’s Eve Neil Tate ran the Liverbird Marathon in Liverpool.  Tate described the conditions as “brutal, with Storm Dylan ensuring that runners were made to suffer on the 4-lap curse along the docks”.  Tate finished in 8th place out of 177 finishers, and ran an incredible time of 3:06:35 in his 5th marathon.

Joanna Goorney and Greg Oulton did the Auld Lang Syne Fell Race from Penistone Hill Country Park on the moors above Haworth on New Years Eve.  The race was about six and three-quarter miles with 984 foot of ascent, an out and back course to Top Withins.  Many ran in fancy dress with Greg donning a Father Christmas outfit.  Double Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee of Bingle Harriers was 1st home in 44:54.  Joanna finished in 105th place in 58:05 and Greg was 331st in 85:07.  Altogether there were 368 finishers.

Greg Oulton and Joanna Goorney at the
Auld Lang Syne Fell Race (courtesy of woodentops.org.uk)

Joanna Goorney of Lytham completed the Nine Standards Fell Race on New Years day.  The race from Kirby Stephen was 8 miles long with 1801 feet of ascent up to the Nine Standards Rigg on the summit of Hartley Fell and then back.  Joanna finished 47th in 1:11:53, she was 4th female and 2nd vet 40, all together there were 133 finishers.

On Saturday 30th December several Lytham members completed 5K parkrun across the country.  Terry Hellings completed the Basildon parkrun in 22:40, coming 13th overall and 1st VM60-64.  Julia ROLFE travelled to Preston and completed the Preston park run coming 100th overall, and 9th female in a time of 26:02.  Felicity Wolohan completed the Princes parkrun in Liverpool in 20:48 for 17th overall and first female.  Further afield, junior Laura Byrne completed the Penrith parkrun coming 151st overall and 60th female.  Eric Wrigley, another junior completed the Witton parkrun and came 50th overall.  At the Stretford parkrun Graham Webster completed the course in 20:41 coming 1st in the VM65-69 category.  Paul Veevers completed the Crosby parkrun and came 2nd overall with a fantastic run of 19:31. Several Lytham runners completed the Lytham parkrun:  Ross McKelvie, Alex Tate, Susan Samme, Neil Bayntun-Roberts, Joanna Goorney, Gill Draper, Darran Ames, James Buckley, Kevin Murray, Greg Oulton, Neil Tate, Stephen Tate, Julie Wiseman, Jacqui Murray, Pat Bullen, Jeremy McCandless, Ruth Bye, Rebecca Fisher and Sydney Ramsden.  Special mention to Susan Samme who was first female to finish the parkrun in 19:50 which is her fastest run for many years.

As usual the junior parkrun at Pak View Lytham took place on Sunday, this was attended by 6 Lytham juniors, there were some great performances.  Clemmie Tierney ran fantastically well and gained the first female spot and Rosa Gill achieved a new personal best time.

Full Results:  Eric Wrigley 8:48 (4th), Clemmie Tierney 9:32 (5th), Jayden Richardson 9:42 (6th), Finlay Hughes 9:47 (7th), Leoma Gill 10:15 (11th), and Rosa Gill 11:32 (19th).

There was an exceptional turn out for the Lytham Hall Park parkrun on 1st January 2018, with 256 runners in all.  Twenty-one LSARRC members completed the course on the cold, brisk, morning.  Joe Greenwood was first to finish for the club in a time of 18:01 for second place overall, and 21 seconds later Andrew Draper finished in 18:22 for third.  Chris McCarthy ran 19:40 for 7th and Graham Webster was 1st VM65-69 in 20:42. An impressive run by Emily Balshaw led to her gaining the second female spot in 22:07.

Full Results:  Joe Greenwood 18:01 (2nd), Andrew Draper 18:22 (3rd), Chris McCarthy 19:40 (7th), Graham Webster 20:42 (17th), Mark Selby 21:37 (23rd), Darran Ames 21:45 (25th), Emily Balshaw 22:07 (35th), James Buckley 23:40 (56th), Gill Draper 24:54 (79th), Chris Bowker 25:11 (85th), Morgan Pritchard 25:32 (92nd), Brian Porter 25:56 (99th), Jake Balshaw 27:37 (117th), Neil Tate 27:38 (118th), Ian Balshaw 27:40 (120th), Julie Wiseman 30:34 (176th), Leoma Gill 30:35 (177th first timer/junior), Jacqui Murray 31:03 (186th), Rosa Gill 32:28 (206th first timer/junior), and Penny Morrison 33:00 (211th).

The Lytham parkrun started earlier than usual and on the same day the Blackpool parkrun stated later, so in theory some people could complete both parkruns f they wished, challenging themselves on the first day of the year.  Chris McCarthy did just that, and went on from Lytham to do the Blackpool parkrun in a time of 18:58 coming 4th overall.  He was chased by Paul Veevers of Lytham who ran the course in 19:03 for 5th.  Darran Ames also completed both parkruns, he managed the Blackpool course in a time of 21:44 for 23rd place.  James Buckley also headed over to Blackpool form the Lytham parkrun and managed the course in a great time of 25:06 for 50th place.  Likewise, Ian Balshaw completed the run in 26:13 for 61st place.  Julie Wiseman also completed both parkruns and she managed the course in 30:04.  Well done to all the double parkrun runners on New Year’s day!!