LSARRC News 13th November 2018

Toft breaks 10K club record at Arley Hall.

At the Arley Hall 10K in Cheshire on Saturday Mike Toft shaved 4 seconds off the previous Senior Men’s 10K record, finishing in 33:45.  Graham Webster also impressed with a finish time of 43:11, the first V65, coming 205th overall out of 1347 runners.  Other runners who attended the event were Catherine Carrudus and Tom Howarth.

LSARRC at Windmill 10k

The Windmill 10k took place on Sunday, a local race starting with a moving 2-minute silence beside Lytham Windmill. The race is a fast and flat one and with great weather conditions saw some excellent performances from club runners.

Andrew Draper ran exceptionally well to finish 5th in a time of 35:18:17. Paul Veevers wasn’t far behind in 13th in a time of 38:11:66.  Neil Tate of Lytham came 28th in 40:42:92.  James Hartley ran 44:00:86 for 72nd place and Alan Elstone was 99th in 45:01:83.  James Hartley is the first junior member to complete the 10k course.

Other results included:  Mark Hughes (46:09:33, 122nd), Gerard Browne (46:21:38, 131st), Susan Hawitt (49:32:08, 22nd – first female to finish of Lytham and a new personal best time), Kathy Gaunt (50:22:59, 254th), Kirsten Burnett (50:28:54), Gill Draper (50:45:82, 273rd), Jason Sheridan (52:19:81, 273rd), Laura Byrne (56:25:01, 511th and a new pb), Ruth Wheatley (56:28:32, 514th), Louise De Gier Flood (59:39:02, 667th), Olivia Allen (1:28:45, 700th), Julie Wiseman (1:42:98, 744th), Graham Young (1:04:21, 842nd), Michelle Sheridan (1:12:05, 1061st), and Nicola Wiseman (1:14:20, 1103rd).

At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday there were several runners who completed the course.  Andy Unsworth was first to finish for Lytham, coming 3rd overall in a time of 18:59.  Chris McCarthy from Lytham managed 5th overall in 19:27 followed by junior Maddy Markham who was second female, and 7th overall in 20:16.  Ross McKelvie was 8th in 20:17, followed by Ben Gregson (20:39, 10th), and Andrew Draper (20:42, 11th).  Ben Gregson, Oliver Thomson and Stephen Tate all gained new personal best times. Darran Ames was 16th, 1st VM40 in 21:01.

Other runners included:  James Buckley (21:50, 23rd), junior Oliver Thomson (21:56, 25th), Neil Tate (21:56, 26th), Kev Murray (22:54, 35th), Stephen Tate (23:25, 40th), G Browne (23:41, 47th), Finlay Hughes (24:39, 70th), Mark Hughes (24:41, 72nd), Claire Markham (24:57, 77th), Adrian Sargent (26:05, 92nd), Greg Oulton (26:31, 100th), Jacqui Murray (26:46, 107th), Pamela Binns (28:41, 140th), Jeremy McCandless (29:18, 146th), Bob Clough (29:24, 147th), Sarah Bradshaw (32:51, 179th), Claire England (32:52, 180th), Maria Tierney (35:26, 202nd), Jason Sheridan (36:57, 208th), Pamela Hardman (37:42, 211th), Michelle Sheridan (38:30, 215th), Daniella Neggiora (46:03, 223rd), Ruth Bye (46:06, 225th), Laura Byrne (01:10:29, 227th), and Julie Wiseman (1:10:30, 228th).

Paul Veevers and Rae Willougby made the short journey to Stanley Park to complete the parkrun.  Veevers ran the course in 18:49 for 3rd place.   Terry Hellings attended the Princes parkrun and came 74th in 22:35. Joanna Goorney was a tourist park runner at Hyndburn and she managed to be the first female finisher in 22:40.  Finally Alistair Leivers completed the Coventry parkrun in 18:49 for 5th.
On Sunday a number of junior completed the Lytham parkrun.  Jayden Richardson finished first in 8:02.  Archie Belfiled was 3rd in 8:43, Finlay Hughes was 4th in 8:49.  Leoma Gill ran the course in 9:53 for 10th and sister Rosa Gill managed 11:26 for 23rd.  Other runners for Lytham included Sophie Tate, James McAfee, and Joshua McAfee.

On a different note the club held its annual ballot for the London Marathon and Sue Hawitt is representing the club in 2019.  There were 7 members who met the criteria and Lauren Burnett did the draw which was recorded live at the club for members to watch.