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| 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.
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| 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.
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