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.
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