Three Lytham members made the journey to Coniston on Saturday. Gillian Oliver ran her first ever trail race, the 10k, in 1:35:54, Chris Bowker and Greg Oulton opted for the longer 15k race, Chris finishing in 1:22:06 and Greg in 1:46:34.
The 10k started and finished along the same route as the 15k, diverting somewhere along the way for the shorter route and approximately 1000 feet of climb. For the 15k... Starting by Coniston Old Hall and running up through the town before going off road for most of the route, the race included some steep climbs and a total of just over 1400 feet of elevation gain. Finishing along the lakeside, with some stunning views and lots of run able stretches a race worth considering again next year.
Locally, four Lytham members ran the inaugural Blackpool Music Run 10K on Sunday 23rd September. It was a beautiful sunny September day with a headwind on the way back to the finish. The bands on route provided a great atmosphere to run too. The results for the four Lytham runners were as follows: Sue Hawitt 51:33:93, Kirsten Burnett 54:40:33, Sue Henry 1:01:48 her first 10k Race and Nicola Wiseman 1:10:33.
At the Lytham parkrun a number of Lytham runners attended, the highlight being the first 3 females to finish were from Lytham, the second and third spots went to 2 juniors who both gained new personal best times, Maddy Markham and Sophie Bohannon.
Full Results: Catherine Carrdus 19:13 (3rd overall, 1st female), Andrew Draper 19:34 (3rd), Maddy Markham 20:20 (7th overall, 2nd female), Sophie Bohannon (20:48, 10th overall, 3rd female), Ross McKelvie 20:49 (11th), John Graeme Bertenshawe 20:52 (12th), Graham Webster 20:55 (14th), Darran Ames 22:11 (26th), Neil Tate 22:12 (27th), Stephen Tate 23:59 (43rd), Claire Markham 24:15 (50th), Susan Hawitt 24:42 (60th), Gill Draper 24:43 (61st), Trevor Roberts 26:30 (84th), Laura Byrne 27:18 (93rd), Finlay Hughes 27:48 (100th), Mark Hughes 27:50 (102nd), Karen Lanigan 29:07 (122nd), Bob Clough 30:29 (131st), Julie Wiseman 32:00 (142ns), Sarah Bagshaw 33:20 (151st), and Michelle Sheridan 33:20 (151st).
Jennifer Hill ran the Preston parkrun and completed the course in 21:58. Ian Tate was a tourist park runner at the Pennington Flash parkrun and finished in 22:08, at the Princes parkrun Felicity Wolohan was 2nd female and James Buckley ran the Blackpool parkrun and Jessica Ramsden the Fleetwood Promenade parkrun.
At the junior parkrun in Lytham on Sunday 5 Lytham runners took park. First home for the club was Archie Belfield in 8:27 coming 2nd overall. Finlay Hughes was 7th in 9:07, other runners included James and Joshua McAffe and Sophie Tate.
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
LSARRC News 18th September 2018
Success for Graham Webster of Lytham at the World Masters.
With over 8200 athletes from all over the world descending on Malaga in Spain for the World Masters Athletics Track and Field competition, it was always going to be a challenge.
Graham Webster V65 took part in 5 races in total, over the 2 weeks from the beginning of September, starting with the cross country in which temperatures were high, in the 80s. Webster ran the undulating course of 8K to count as third team place to win a team bronze, even after taking a fall 2k from the finish line.
3 days later Webster competed in the V65 800m and finished in 2:41 to come 3 seconds short of qualifying for the final. Next was the 5000m race which took place in very humid conditions (84 degrees) at 9.30p.m. As there were 60 runners there were 3 finals Webster was in the fastest A race coming in 16th and 17th from 60 runners in 20:40:04.
On the last day of the competition was the half marathon which on a flat, windy course around Malaga’s roads saw over 1500-2000 runners’ race around the town, lots of runners dropped out however Webster managed to finish in 1 hour 42 minutes which meant he came 6th V65 for Great Britain.
Three hours later ester was asked by the Team Manager to compete in the 4x400m relay. With just 30 minutes to prepare Webster was asked to do the first leg and ran against USA, Poland, Germany, Australia and Spain. Coming in 5th in 74.4 seconds his team mates improved to finish 3rd, which was unexpected and a great achievement, only being beaten by USA and Germany.
Closer to home on Sunday, 16 Lytham runners taking part at the new Fairhaven Flyer 10k.
As typical it was heavy rain and very windy, but it didn’t put 267 runners off to take part.
It was a lap around Fairhaven lake before setting off towards St. Anne’s pier and running past the beach huts. Heading back to Fairhaven was running against the wind. It is a fast course.
Melanie Koth had a great run, finishing First Lady and first Lytham runner in a diamond standard time.
Results were as follows: Melanie koth 9th Overall, 1 Lady, 42:05, Darran Ames 10th OV. 42:09, C:41, Jennifer Hill 26th ov, 4th Lady, 45:27, Kev Murray 31hris Bowker 21st OV. 44st Ov, 46:24, Lewis Mcafee 32nd ov, 45:53,Ben McCabe 33rd ov, 46:54,James Buckley 38th ov, 48:09,Roy Upton 49th ov, 48:449,Gill Draper 63rd ov, 50:38,Mathew Hill 74th ov, 51:31,Susan Hawitt 77th ov, 51:44
Adrian Sargent 85th ov, 52:29, Jacqui Murray, 109th ov, 54,41,Juli Wiseman 148th ov, 58:40 and Sarah Bagshaw 199th ov, 1:05:07.
As usual lots of senior club runners and some juniors completed park runs over the weekend, with Lytham parkrun not taking place not as many runners took part. However, at the Fleetwood Promenade park run Neil Tate was 5th and at the Liverpool Parkrun Felicity Wolohan was first lady to finish the course. At the junior parkrun on Sunday Jayden Richardson and Morgan Pritchard secured the first 2 spots. With Oliver Thomson in 4th and Archie Belfield in 5th.
With over 8200 athletes from all over the world descending on Malaga in Spain for the World Masters Athletics Track and Field competition, it was always going to be a challenge.
Graham Webster V65 took part in 5 races in total, over the 2 weeks from the beginning of September, starting with the cross country in which temperatures were high, in the 80s. Webster ran the undulating course of 8K to count as third team place to win a team bronze, even after taking a fall 2k from the finish line.
3 days later Webster competed in the V65 800m and finished in 2:41 to come 3 seconds short of qualifying for the final. Next was the 5000m race which took place in very humid conditions (84 degrees) at 9.30p.m. As there were 60 runners there were 3 finals Webster was in the fastest A race coming in 16th and 17th from 60 runners in 20:40:04.
On the last day of the competition was the half marathon which on a flat, windy course around Malaga’s roads saw over 1500-2000 runners’ race around the town, lots of runners dropped out however Webster managed to finish in 1 hour 42 minutes which meant he came 6th V65 for Great Britain.
Three hours later ester was asked by the Team Manager to compete in the 4x400m relay. With just 30 minutes to prepare Webster was asked to do the first leg and ran against USA, Poland, Germany, Australia and Spain. Coming in 5th in 74.4 seconds his team mates improved to finish 3rd, which was unexpected and a great achievement, only being beaten by USA and Germany.
Closer to home on Sunday, 16 Lytham runners taking part at the new Fairhaven Flyer 10k.
As typical it was heavy rain and very windy, but it didn’t put 267 runners off to take part.
It was a lap around Fairhaven lake before setting off towards St. Anne’s pier and running past the beach huts. Heading back to Fairhaven was running against the wind. It is a fast course.
Melanie Koth had a great run, finishing First Lady and first Lytham runner in a diamond standard time.
Results were as follows: Melanie koth 9th Overall, 1 Lady, 42:05, Darran Ames 10th OV. 42:09, C:41, Jennifer Hill 26th ov, 4th Lady, 45:27, Kev Murray 31hris Bowker 21st OV. 44st Ov, 46:24, Lewis Mcafee 32nd ov, 45:53,Ben McCabe 33rd ov, 46:54,James Buckley 38th ov, 48:09,Roy Upton 49th ov, 48:449,Gill Draper 63rd ov, 50:38,Mathew Hill 74th ov, 51:31,Susan Hawitt 77th ov, 51:44
Adrian Sargent 85th ov, 52:29, Jacqui Murray, 109th ov, 54,41,Juli Wiseman 148th ov, 58:40 and Sarah Bagshaw 199th ov, 1:05:07.
As usual lots of senior club runners and some juniors completed park runs over the weekend, with Lytham parkrun not taking place not as many runners took part. However, at the Fleetwood Promenade park run Neil Tate was 5th and at the Liverpool Parkrun Felicity Wolohan was first lady to finish the course. At the junior parkrun on Sunday Jayden Richardson and Morgan Pritchard secured the first 2 spots. With Oliver Thomson in 4th and Archie Belfield in 5th.
Wednesday, 12 September 2018
LSARRC News 11th September 2018
Junior Maddy Markham wins a silver at Blackpool Athletics meeting, along with other impressive performances by the junior athletes.
Five Lytham juniors made the short trip to Stanley Park to compete in the Blackpool Open Track and Field meeting on Sunday 9th September.
On a very wet and windy day not conducive to good performances under 11 girl Clemmie Tierney reaped the rewards of her hard work in training performing very well in the long jump taking 5th place with a personal best distance of 3.34m beating her previous best by 59cm. Clemmie went on to finish 5th in her heat of the 80m with a time of 13.1s.
Under 13 girl Rebecca Fisher ran an excellent 70m hurdle race to finish in 4th place just 0.1s away from a bronze medal. Rebecca withdrew from the high jump with an injury and competed in the discus instead. With no under 13 competition Rebecca had to compete in the under 15 event and did exceptionally well to finish 3rd with a distance of 17.63m, a personal best distance using the heavier under 15 discus. In what is proving to be her most successful event Rebecca went on to take gold in the shot with a distance of 17.63m. Under 13 girl Amara Thorpe jumped 3.31m in the long jump for 11th place with team mate Olivia Bielec making her debut for Lytham and in her first ever track and field competition did well with a best jump of 3.22m for 14th place. Amara and Olivia both went on to compete in the 100m finishing 3rd and 5th in their heats with a times of 15.4s and 15.8s respectively. Amara also ran well to finish 4th in her heat of the 200m with a time of 32.8s.
Under 15 girl Maddy Markham also in her first track season ran well in the 1500m to finish 2nd in a time of 5m 38.3s. Maddy also ran in the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday and finished 17th overall and 1st in her age group at in a time of 22m 27s
Lytham had 5 athletes running the Park View junior parkrun taking third (Jayden Richardson, 7m 55s), fourth (Oliver Thomson, 8m 38s) and fifth (Archie Bellfield 8m 44s). Brothers James and Joshua McAfee finished 37th and 38th in 14m 06s and 14m 07s with Joshua improving his personal best by over a minute.
Not to be out done 5 senior runners completed the Great North Run over the weekend. Kevin Murray was first home for Lytham in 1:56:31, followed by Sue Hawitt in 2:00:12. Not far behind was Kathy Gaunt in 2:00:35, Nicola Wiseman in 2:09:24 and Jackie Murray in 2:15:17.
Hawitt said it was a tough run because the weather was so warm for this time of year, however the support in terms of showers on route was very welcome. The crowds in Newcastle to South Shields were amazing lining the streets with jelly babies, orange segments and ice pops.
The race accommodated 57,000 people (approximately) and from my experience was so well organised.
As usual several Lytham runners completed the Lytham parkrun, and other club members were tourist park runners elsewhere.
At the Lytham Hall parkrun the first 3 spots were achieved by Lytham runners Joe Greenwood, Chris McCarthy and Alistair Leivers. Trevor Roberts ran a personal best time.
Full Results: Joe Greenwood 17:33 (1st), Chris McCarthy 17:45 (2nd), Alistair Leviers 18:34 (3rd), Neil Tate 19:38 (6th), James Buckley 21:12 (12th), Maddy Markham (22:27), Jennifer Hill 23:07 (24th), Claire Markham 24:39 (39th), Trevor Roberts 27:12 (73rd), Michelle Sheridan 34:54 (11st) and Julie Wiseman was the tail walker (volunteer who completed the course in 44:49.
Roy Stevens was 78th overall at the Ballincollig parkrun in a time of 26:01. Another parkrun tourist Neil Bayntun-Roberts ran the Bedgebury Pinetum parkrun in 22:41 for 14th. Two Lytham runners completed the Lancaster parkrun on Saturday, Catherine Carrdus and John Bertenshawe. Both ran great times and Carrdus was first female home in 20:55 and Bertenshawe was 25th overall in 22:52.
At the Fleetwood Promenade park run Darran Ames attending coming 14th overall with a time of 20:59. Closer to home at the Blackpool parkrun held at Stanley Park Olivia Johnson Allen of Lytham attended, running the course in 28:44, for 72nd overall and 16th female.
At the Hazlewood parkrun Gerry Browne finished the course in 22:37 and Julia Rolfe ran the Wyre Forest parkrun in 26:19.
Five Lytham juniors made the short trip to Stanley Park to compete in the Blackpool Open Track and Field meeting on Sunday 9th September.
On a very wet and windy day not conducive to good performances under 11 girl Clemmie Tierney reaped the rewards of her hard work in training performing very well in the long jump taking 5th place with a personal best distance of 3.34m beating her previous best by 59cm. Clemmie went on to finish 5th in her heat of the 80m with a time of 13.1s.
Under 13 girl Rebecca Fisher ran an excellent 70m hurdle race to finish in 4th place just 0.1s away from a bronze medal. Rebecca withdrew from the high jump with an injury and competed in the discus instead. With no under 13 competition Rebecca had to compete in the under 15 event and did exceptionally well to finish 3rd with a distance of 17.63m, a personal best distance using the heavier under 15 discus. In what is proving to be her most successful event Rebecca went on to take gold in the shot with a distance of 17.63m. Under 13 girl Amara Thorpe jumped 3.31m in the long jump for 11th place with team mate Olivia Bielec making her debut for Lytham and in her first ever track and field competition did well with a best jump of 3.22m for 14th place. Amara and Olivia both went on to compete in the 100m finishing 3rd and 5th in their heats with a times of 15.4s and 15.8s respectively. Amara also ran well to finish 4th in her heat of the 200m with a time of 32.8s.
Under 15 girl Maddy Markham also in her first track season ran well in the 1500m to finish 2nd in a time of 5m 38.3s. Maddy also ran in the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday and finished 17th overall and 1st in her age group at in a time of 22m 27s
Lytham had 5 athletes running the Park View junior parkrun taking third (Jayden Richardson, 7m 55s), fourth (Oliver Thomson, 8m 38s) and fifth (Archie Bellfield 8m 44s). Brothers James and Joshua McAfee finished 37th and 38th in 14m 06s and 14m 07s with Joshua improving his personal best by over a minute.
Not to be out done 5 senior runners completed the Great North Run over the weekend. Kevin Murray was first home for Lytham in 1:56:31, followed by Sue Hawitt in 2:00:12. Not far behind was Kathy Gaunt in 2:00:35, Nicola Wiseman in 2:09:24 and Jackie Murray in 2:15:17.
Hawitt said it was a tough run because the weather was so warm for this time of year, however the support in terms of showers on route was very welcome. The crowds in Newcastle to South Shields were amazing lining the streets with jelly babies, orange segments and ice pops.
The race accommodated 57,000 people (approximately) and from my experience was so well organised.
As usual several Lytham runners completed the Lytham parkrun, and other club members were tourist park runners elsewhere.
At the Lytham Hall parkrun the first 3 spots were achieved by Lytham runners Joe Greenwood, Chris McCarthy and Alistair Leivers. Trevor Roberts ran a personal best time.
Full Results: Joe Greenwood 17:33 (1st), Chris McCarthy 17:45 (2nd), Alistair Leviers 18:34 (3rd), Neil Tate 19:38 (6th), James Buckley 21:12 (12th), Maddy Markham (22:27), Jennifer Hill 23:07 (24th), Claire Markham 24:39 (39th), Trevor Roberts 27:12 (73rd), Michelle Sheridan 34:54 (11st) and Julie Wiseman was the tail walker (volunteer who completed the course in 44:49.
Roy Stevens was 78th overall at the Ballincollig parkrun in a time of 26:01. Another parkrun tourist Neil Bayntun-Roberts ran the Bedgebury Pinetum parkrun in 22:41 for 14th. Two Lytham runners completed the Lancaster parkrun on Saturday, Catherine Carrdus and John Bertenshawe. Both ran great times and Carrdus was first female home in 20:55 and Bertenshawe was 25th overall in 22:52.
At the Fleetwood Promenade park run Darran Ames attending coming 14th overall with a time of 20:59. Closer to home at the Blackpool parkrun held at Stanley Park Olivia Johnson Allen of Lytham attended, running the course in 28:44, for 72nd overall and 16th female.
At the Hazlewood parkrun Gerry Browne finished the course in 22:37 and Julia Rolfe ran the Wyre Forest parkrun in 26:19.
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
LSARRC News 4th September 2018
Two Lytham members shone in 20 miler in Lancaster.
Andy Draper and Felicity Wolohan ran the Golden Ball 20 Mile race in Lancaster on Sunday as preparation for October's Yorkshire Marathon. Andy was first male with 2:05:07 and Felicity was 1st female with a new PB of 2:20:12, a fantastic achievement. Also, on Sunday, Neil Tate, Alex Tate, Ian Tate, Jennifer Hill, Pamela Hardman, Jacqui Murray and Kirsten Burnett all did the Garstang half, an undulating but enjoyable event. Neil was 8th overall. Hardman was the first in FV55. The weather was humid with no wind.
On Saturday Melanie Koth of Lytham completed the sundowner middle distance triathlon near York. It's called sundowner as it starts at 12pm and you finish when the sun goes down. Koth finished 207th overall (out of 468), 21st lady and 3rd V45 in a total time of 05:51:57 hours.
It started with a 3-lap swim (1.2 mile) and you had to get out of water after each lap to run 20m to go back into the water. Koth said it was a brutal swim as a lot of swimmers in different waves tried to get the best position and there was a lot of kicking and dunking. most tiring was to get out of water and back in. The Bike was 2 laps in total of 56 miles. The course was flat, but there was a permanent head or side wind. It was a very warm and the sun was burning, the course was very open without shade.
It finished with the Run of 3 laps and 13.1 miles. The run was the most supported part but tricky as well. There were several steep off-road hills, gravely lake paths and with tired legs some long road straights. The support was fantastic! unfortunately the water stations struggled with the high demand on water through the heat and run out quite quickly but lots of people/supporters came with buckets of water and helped out.
A number of Lytham runners completed park runs on Saturday. Neil Tate and Andrew Draper were 5th and 6th in just over 20 minutes. Darran Ames was 10th with a new pb of 20:38. Julie Wiseman and Pamela Binns also gained new personal best times. Liz Abott ran the Inverness parkrun and was the first female and 4th overall. At the Dalby Forest parkrun Stephen Tate came 69th. Olivia Johnson Allen completed the Blackpool parkrun in just under 30 minutes and Paul Veevers was 4th at the Fleetwood Promenade parkrun.
Sunday saw several junior members complete the parkrun at Park View Lytham. Jayden Richardson was first home for the club, coming 4th, James and Joshua McAffee also completed the course.
Andy Draper and Felicity Wolohan ran the Golden Ball 20 Mile race in Lancaster on Sunday as preparation for October's Yorkshire Marathon. Andy was first male with 2:05:07 and Felicity was 1st female with a new PB of 2:20:12, a fantastic achievement. Also, on Sunday, Neil Tate, Alex Tate, Ian Tate, Jennifer Hill, Pamela Hardman, Jacqui Murray and Kirsten Burnett all did the Garstang half, an undulating but enjoyable event. Neil was 8th overall. Hardman was the first in FV55. The weather was humid with no wind.
On Saturday Melanie Koth of Lytham completed the sundowner middle distance triathlon near York. It's called sundowner as it starts at 12pm and you finish when the sun goes down. Koth finished 207th overall (out of 468), 21st lady and 3rd V45 in a total time of 05:51:57 hours.
It started with a 3-lap swim (1.2 mile) and you had to get out of water after each lap to run 20m to go back into the water. Koth said it was a brutal swim as a lot of swimmers in different waves tried to get the best position and there was a lot of kicking and dunking. most tiring was to get out of water and back in. The Bike was 2 laps in total of 56 miles. The course was flat, but there was a permanent head or side wind. It was a very warm and the sun was burning, the course was very open without shade.
It finished with the Run of 3 laps and 13.1 miles. The run was the most supported part but tricky as well. There were several steep off-road hills, gravely lake paths and with tired legs some long road straights. The support was fantastic! unfortunately the water stations struggled with the high demand on water through the heat and run out quite quickly but lots of people/supporters came with buckets of water and helped out.
A number of Lytham runners completed park runs on Saturday. Neil Tate and Andrew Draper were 5th and 6th in just over 20 minutes. Darran Ames was 10th with a new pb of 20:38. Julie Wiseman and Pamela Binns also gained new personal best times. Liz Abott ran the Inverness parkrun and was the first female and 4th overall. At the Dalby Forest parkrun Stephen Tate came 69th. Olivia Johnson Allen completed the Blackpool parkrun in just under 30 minutes and Paul Veevers was 4th at the Fleetwood Promenade parkrun.
Sunday saw several junior members complete the parkrun at Park View Lytham. Jayden Richardson was first home for the club, coming 4th, James and Joshua McAffee also completed the course.
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