Hardman of LSARRC completes Lakeland 50 for charity
Pamela Hardman competed in the Lakeland 50 on Saturday 27th July 2019. The Lakeland 50 being one of the greatest ultra-trail challenges in Europe, indeed the world, this was a great achievement for Pamela. Run over the second half of the Lakeland 100 Ultra Tour of the Lake District, completing the final 50 miles of the 100 course.
The Lakeland 50 is ‘half of the course’, it’s almost double the distance of a marathon, it’s on rough terrain and there’s approximately 3100m of ascent to deal with. The route started from the Northern end of Ullswater within the grand Dalemain Estate before following the Eastern shore line as far as Howtown. A quick climb and descent followed by a trek along the banks of Haweswater sees you at Mardale Head. The route from that point visits Long Sleddale, Kentmere, Ambleside, Langdale and Tilberthwaite before the final climb and descent to the finish at Coniston. Hardman said It is a truly amazing route and places which are ignored by the masses.
Pamela raised funds for ‘JacobsJoin’.
Pamela commented that the weather never stopped raining making conditions very wet under foot & unstable downhill and had to be taken with caution, luckily the ferns had grown to 4ft so I had something to grab when slipping. The support from the volunteers at the checkpoints were amazing and a special thanks to Rebecca Willetts –my superb support person, thanks to Mark Willet for the encouragement to go and smash it and I promised I would do it for Jacob. The last 3-4miles was a climb up Jacob’s ladder lots of stone steps taking you up and over the fell to Coniston, there I thought of Jacob took a deep breath and went for it. With the medal went around my neck I could not wait to jump in my sleeping bag.
Finish time 16hrs 44 mins - 2hrs 24mins faster than last year, truly chuffed. No I am not having another go in 2020, twice is enough for me.
At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday 27Th July Alistair Leivers ran the course in 20:55, the first finisher for LSARRC, his time earning him 11th pace overall. 15 seconds later Ross McKelvie crossed the finishing lie in 21:10 for 13th, and hot on his heels in 21:11 junior athlete Sophie Bohannon, finishing 14th overall and first female. Darran Ames was also in the top 20 finishes coming 17th overall in a time of 21:37. Lewis McAfee broke the 22 minutes mark by 6 seconds running the parkrun in 21:54 coming 21st and Gavin Stansfield managing 22:04 for 23rd.
Other results: Dan Gregson 23:02 (34th), Clemmie Tierney 25:58 (75th), G Browne 26:22 (84th), Greg Oulton 27:22 (93rd), Bob Clough 28:16 (100th), Jeremy McCandless 28:22 (101st), Karen Lanigan 29:05 (111th), Sylvia Gittins 29:30 (114th), Elizabeth Canavan 29:43 (120th), Kathy Gaunt 30:33 (139th), Susan Hawitt 32:24 (171st), Maria Tierney 33:52 (191st), Claire England 34:15 (196th), and Michelle Sheridan 34:17 (198th).
4 runners from the clubs Couch to 5K group also graduated on Saturday at the Lytham Hall parkrun.
Sue Henry of Lytham was a tourist park runner at Richmond Park, Sue completed the course in 35:58 coming 203rd overall and 67th female. The Eden Project parkrun was visited by Julie Wiseman and she was 160th female finisher in a time of 42:29. Junior Laura Byrne completed the Penrith parkrun in under 30 minutes (29:40) and she was rewarded with 54th female spot. Another tourist park runner Rebecca Willetts attended the Keswick parkrun finishing in 28:48, 29th female finisher.
Closer to home Catherine MaClachlan and Jennifer Hill completed the Stanley Park parkrun in 32:01 (50th female) and 32:43 (54th female), respectively. Andrew Draper visited the Fleetwood Promenade parkrun and he managed the course in 22:14t for 13th place overall.
On a very wet Sunday morning Jayden Richardson was first home at the Park View junior parkrun in 7:55 and James McAfee ran the course in 11:10 for 9th.
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
LSARRC News 23rd July 2019
Club record for Barbara Holmes at the Windmill Half.
On Sunday 21st July Barbara Holmes of Lytham completed the Windmill Half marathon. A fast and flat course around Lytham St Anne’s and Fairhaven Lake. Traffic free and great for runners of all abilities and ages. Holmes was the 1st FV55 with a new club F55 record of 1:46:33:86 and a Personal best time.
It was a tough night at the Interclub race held on Monday 22nd July, as it was very hot and humid however there were some fantastic performances.
The ladies again performed fantastically well, even without Liz Abbott our top performer.
Four Lytham ladies were in the top five which is an exceptional achievement! The ladies also won the ladies v40 category.
Again, we had some of our juniors running, Maddy Markham, Oliver Thomson and Ben who all ran extremely well.
Lots of Lytham runners completed parkruns, 4 were visitors to Heaton parkrun, they were Neil Tate, Julie Wiseman, Michelle Sheridan and Sue Henry.
G Browne completed the Finsbury parkrun in 23:45. Cuerden Valley parkrun was visited by Kirsten Burnett (29:42), Greg Oulton (31:09), and Sylvia Gittins 34:18. Lancaster parkrun was attended by Alistair Leivers coming 4th in 19:40.
Blackpool parkrun was attended by Darran Ames (22:08), Kev Murray (24:05), Mathew Holton (26:53), Jen Trohear (27:40), Rebecca Willetts (28:42), Pamela Binns (29:05 1st FV 70-74 ), Laura Byrne (30:36), and Jacqui Murray (30:36).
Armley parkrun was attended by Stephen Wise of Lytham who completed it in 24:04 coming 38th overall and Maria Tierney travelled to Fleetwood as was the 16th female finisher in 29:49. Storthes Hall parkrun was completed by Joanna Goorney who was the first lady finisher in 23:42.
On Sunday 21st July Barbara Holmes of Lytham completed the Windmill Half marathon. A fast and flat course around Lytham St Anne’s and Fairhaven Lake. Traffic free and great for runners of all abilities and ages. Holmes was the 1st FV55 with a new club F55 record of 1:46:33:86 and a Personal best time.
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| LSARRC at Wesham Inter Club |
It was a tough night at the Interclub race held on Monday 22nd July, as it was very hot and humid however there were some fantastic performances.
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| Mike Toft |
The ladies again performed fantastically well, even without Liz Abbott our top performer.
Four Lytham ladies were in the top five which is an exceptional achievement! The ladies also won the ladies v40 category.
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| Debbie Cooper and Jason Sheridan |
Again, we had some of our juniors running, Maddy Markham, Oliver Thomson and Ben who all ran extremely well.
Lots of Lytham runners completed parkruns, 4 were visitors to Heaton parkrun, they were Neil Tate, Julie Wiseman, Michelle Sheridan and Sue Henry.
G Browne completed the Finsbury parkrun in 23:45. Cuerden Valley parkrun was visited by Kirsten Burnett (29:42), Greg Oulton (31:09), and Sylvia Gittins 34:18. Lancaster parkrun was attended by Alistair Leivers coming 4th in 19:40.
Blackpool parkrun was attended by Darran Ames (22:08), Kev Murray (24:05), Mathew Holton (26:53), Jen Trohear (27:40), Rebecca Willetts (28:42), Pamela Binns (29:05 1st FV 70-74 ), Laura Byrne (30:36), and Jacqui Murray (30:36).
Armley parkrun was attended by Stephen Wise of Lytham who completed it in 24:04 coming 38th overall and Maria Tierney travelled to Fleetwood as was the 16th female finisher in 29:49. Storthes Hall parkrun was completed by Joanna Goorney who was the first lady finisher in 23:42.
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
LSARRC News 16th July 2019
7th July ETU Middle Distance European championships in Targu Mures, Romania
After 10 months of hard training, race day for LSARRC athlete Mel Koth finally arrived.
SWIM- 1.2 miles (no wetsuit through warm water temperature 26C), weakest discipline but managed to get through it and actually enjoyed it without struggling.
BIKE- 56miles, beautiful roads (no potholes), very technical and hilly 4 lap course, lots of locals out to support, temperature was rising (34C)
RUN-13.2 miles, finishing the bike downhill in a little village called Sangeorgiu de Padure, it was going on another 4 lap route, this time on foot. The sun still out with the max temperature of 36C, athletes struggling and a lot dropping out. Mel stuck to her plan, keeping it steady and making sure she kept hydrated.
Mel managed to run the 2nd fastest time in her age group (1:38:02) finishing in a time of 5:23:14, and came 8th out of 45 in her age group.
Lytham road runners competed in the annual hilly 4 mile Caldervale supper run. Alex Tate was on top form finishing third (24:20) in a field of 160 runners. Brother Neil Tate was 5 places behind in 8th (25:43) third back for Lytham was Lewis Mcafee in 25th (28.44)
Other Lytham runners: Chris Bowker 31st, 29:08; Dan Gregson 33rd, 29:28; Peter Reid 59th, 31:40; Sue Hawitt 60th, 31:41; Pam Hardman 69th, 32:16; Jason Sheridan 79th, 33:31; Michelle Sheridan 155th, 45:25; Kathy Gaunt 156th 45:25.
All ran well and collected their prize of a pie and peas !
After a fantastic Lytham Festival inspired run brief at Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday Morning , 22 runners ran from LSARRC, 1st and 2nd place going to Alistair Leivers (18:31), Maddy Markham (19:53). Joanna Goorney (20:34), Ben Gregson (21:54), Darran Ames (21:55), Adhamh Holton (22:20), Gill Draper (22:29), Dan Gregson (22:36), G Browne (23:26), Kev Murray (24:00), Claire Markham (24:49), Greg Oulton (27:26), Matthew Holton (27:54), Jeremy McCandless (28:22), Maria Tierney (29:06), Karen Lanigan (29:37), Ruth Bye (31:46), James McAfee (33:06), Lewis McAfee (33.06), Rebecca Willetts (49:52), Juli Wiseman (49:530, Sue Henry (49:56)
Junior News
On Sunday sisters Rebecca and Charlotte Fisher travelled to Shropshire for the 133rd Wenlock Olympian Games. The first Wenlock Olympian Games were held in 1850 and are still held every July in Much Wenlock (after which the London Olympics mascot Wenlock was named). Under 15 girl Rebecca picked up a bronze medal in the discus finishing 3rd with a throw of 21:87 and also equalled her personal best in the high jump with a leap of 1.35m. In her first ever high jump competition under 13 girl Charlotte cleared 1.25m for 2nd place and a silver medal.
On Wednesday under 17 girl Maddy Markham was Lytham’s only junior athlete in Blackpool’s Race for Life. Markham ran well to finish 4th overall in a time of 44:30.
Maddy Markham was competing again at the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday and ran well to finish 2nd overall, 1st in her JW15-17 age group and as 1st female in a time of 19:53. Ben Gregson, returning from injury and in his 1st parkrun for 6 weeks finished 17th overall and 1st in his JM15-17 age group in a time of 21:54. Also representing Lytham were brothers Adhamh and Matthew Holton finishing 24th and 117th in 22:20 and 27:54 respectively and James McAfee 194th in 33:06. On
Sunday, Lytham had 7 of their junior athletes at the Park View junior parkrun. First home for Lytham was Archie Belfield finishing 3rd overall and equalling his pb with a time of 8:07. Freddie Markham finished 7th overall in a time of 8:28 reducing his pb by an impressive 24 seconds. Also flying the Lytham flag were Lytham Bobby Hastwell (9th in 8:42), Jessica McNiven (16th in 9:14), Joe Alker (18th in 9:37), Evie Alker (27th in 10:30) and Joshua McAfee (49th in 13:21)
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| Mel Koth in Romania |
After 10 months of hard training, race day for LSARRC athlete Mel Koth finally arrived.
SWIM- 1.2 miles (no wetsuit through warm water temperature 26C), weakest discipline but managed to get through it and actually enjoyed it without struggling.
BIKE- 56miles, beautiful roads (no potholes), very technical and hilly 4 lap course, lots of locals out to support, temperature was rising (34C)
RUN-13.2 miles, finishing the bike downhill in a little village called Sangeorgiu de Padure, it was going on another 4 lap route, this time on foot. The sun still out with the max temperature of 36C, athletes struggling and a lot dropping out. Mel stuck to her plan, keeping it steady and making sure she kept hydrated.
Mel managed to run the 2nd fastest time in her age group (1:38:02) finishing in a time of 5:23:14, and came 8th out of 45 in her age group.
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| LSARRC at Caldervale |
Other Lytham runners: Chris Bowker 31st, 29:08; Dan Gregson 33rd, 29:28; Peter Reid 59th, 31:40; Sue Hawitt 60th, 31:41; Pam Hardman 69th, 32:16; Jason Sheridan 79th, 33:31; Michelle Sheridan 155th, 45:25; Kathy Gaunt 156th 45:25.
All ran well and collected their prize of a pie and peas !
After a fantastic Lytham Festival inspired run brief at Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday Morning , 22 runners ran from LSARRC, 1st and 2nd place going to Alistair Leivers (18:31), Maddy Markham (19:53). Joanna Goorney (20:34), Ben Gregson (21:54), Darran Ames (21:55), Adhamh Holton (22:20), Gill Draper (22:29), Dan Gregson (22:36), G Browne (23:26), Kev Murray (24:00), Claire Markham (24:49), Greg Oulton (27:26), Matthew Holton (27:54), Jeremy McCandless (28:22), Maria Tierney (29:06), Karen Lanigan (29:37), Ruth Bye (31:46), James McAfee (33:06), Lewis McAfee (33.06), Rebecca Willetts (49:52), Juli Wiseman (49:530, Sue Henry (49:56)
Junior News
On Wednesday under 17 girl Maddy Markham was Lytham’s only junior athlete in Blackpool’s Race for Life. Markham ran well to finish 4th overall in a time of 44:30.
Sunday, Lytham had 7 of their junior athletes at the Park View junior parkrun. First home for Lytham was Archie Belfield finishing 3rd overall and equalling his pb with a time of 8:07. Freddie Markham finished 7th overall in a time of 8:28 reducing his pb by an impressive 24 seconds. Also flying the Lytham flag were Lytham Bobby Hastwell (9th in 8:42), Jessica McNiven (16th in 9:14), Joe Alker (18th in 9:37), Evie Alker (27th in 10:30) and Joshua McAfee (49th in 13:21)
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
LSARRC News 9th July 2019
Lytham St Annes Carnival 5k
Lytham Road Runners organised their annual St Annes Carnival 5k, attracting a high-quality field of some of the best local athletes. Mike Toft was first back for LSARRC in 3rd place and a time of 16:33, Liz Abbot was first female in 6th place in a time of 17:32, breaking the clubs age category record. Joe Greenwood 17:03; Alistair Leivers 18:31; Paul Veevers 18:38; Alex Tate 18:44; Catherine Carrdus 19:01; Thomas Howarth 19:26; Ross McKelvie 19:51; Neil Tate 21:38; John Bertenshaw 21:55; Lewis Mcafee 21:58; Louise Cox 22:26; Dan Gregson 22:35; Peter Reid 23:01; Kev Murray 23:11; Claire Markham 23:25; Roy Stevens 24:44; Stephen Tate 25:53; Ruth Wheatley 27:08; Liz Canavan 29:04; Rachael McAfee 29:05; Pam Binns 29:21 also breaking the clubs age category record; Sue Henry 33:43. The event was sponsored by local businesses ‘Le Roti’ and St Ives Hotel.
Lytham took to hills on Tuesday for the Don Ashton Memorial Tockholes fell race. Liz Abbott (40.57) competing in her first fell race was first lady and 7th overall narrowly missing out on the course record by 30 secs. Neil Tate (43.43) and Lewis Mcafee (53.00) were next home for Lytham to Help take the overall team prize. Dez Appleton (55.10) Ben Mccabe (55.34) Pam Hardman (58.59) Sue Hawitt (61.30) Greg Oulton (65.49) and Adrian Sargent (68.32) completed the line-up for LSARRC.
The evening of Friday the 5th July saw the 4th annual Lytham Beer Run take place, a fun and extremely well organised event and a great way to visit the sights and sounds of Lytham at a quicker pace than normal. Registration at The Fairhaven pub to collect both the running t-shirt and first drink and then a short stroll or warm up for the more serious competitors to the Spitfire at Fairhaven Lake for the start of the race. Our 18 brave LSARRC runners rose to the challenge of visiting a further 5 hostelries along the 5K course and certainly didn’t disappoint either with their running or drinking abilities. First, Second and Third placed men and overall race positions went to LSARRC’s Mike Toft, Paul Veevers and Thomas Howarth respectively. Second place lady was awarded to LSARRC’s Barbara Holmes and 3rd place to Sue Hawitt, to top it all off we also came 1st overall Team. At the end of the run all competitors were awarded a fantastic memento; a Robinsons Dizzy Blond pint glass which will be put to good use by all.
Lytham Hall parkrun
13 LSARRC members ran at Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday. Paul Veevers was in 5th place in 18:30; Alistair Leivers 19:30; Darran Ames 21:25; Kev Murray 23:38; Matthew Holton 25:48; Adrian Sargent 26:10; Sylvia Gittens 28:37; Pam Binns 28:59; Karen Lanigan 29:05; Jeremy McCandless 29:15; Julie Wiseman 29:24; Jacqui Murray 30:06; Sue Henry 36:38.
Michelle and Jason Sheridan ran the 5 lap hilly Clitheroe parkrun.
Junior News
A busy weekend for Lytham St Annes RRC junior athletes started with the 4th fixture of the Mid Lancs Track &Field at Lancaster. First on the track for Lytham was 12 year old Amara Thorpe finishing 5th in her heat of the 100m in a personal best time of 14.6s. Thorpe went on to produce 2 more personal best performances in the long jump with a leap of 3.61m and 31.4s in the 200m for 4th place in division 2 for both events. Under 15 boy Oscar Holmes was making his debut on the track and ran a good race in the 800m to finish in 2m 47.8s for first place in division 2. Under 13 boy Oliver Thomson ran a personal best of 5m 26.3s in the 1500m followed by his first ever 200m race finishing 2nd in division 2 in 31.2s. Under 17 girl Maddy Markham dropped down to the 1500m from her usual 3000m and ran well to take 3rd place in 5m 20.2s. Under 13 girl Sophie Bohannon ran an excellent 1500m race to finish 2nd in 5m 10.4s. Meanwhile at the other end of the country in Chelmsford, Essex Rebecca Fisher was competing in the finals of the English Schools track and field cup. In a very competitive field Fisher finished 3rd in her heat of the 75m hurdles in a personal best time of 13.2s picking up 23 points for her team. Fisher also competed in the discus and although disappointed with her throw of 18.26m picked up a further 17 points for her team.
Sunday saw 5 Lytham junior athletes take part in St Annes Road Runners annual Carnival 5k race. At just 13 years old Sophie Bohannon in her 2nd race of the weekend ran an excellent race to finish 15th overall and as 3rd female in a time of 19m 49s just beating team mate 15 year old Maddy Markham one place behind in 19m 51s. Also representing Lytham juniors were 13 year old Morgan Pritchard (24th in 21m 37s) Adhamh Holton (36th in 22m 37s) and Laura Bremner (37th in 22m 38s.
Lytham’s junior athletes made up 23 of the 41 finishers in the St Annes Carnival 1500m fun run filling the 1st 8 places. 1st home was Jayden Richardson in 5:17 followed by Oliver Thomson in his 2nd 1500m race of the weekend finishing in 5:22. Also representing Lytham were Finlay Hughes (3rd in 5:26), Matthew Holton (4th in 5:32), Archie Belfield (5th in 5:34), Joe Alker (6th in 5:47), Max Alker (6th in 5:48), Archie Tate (8th in 5:56), Charlie Higgins (10th in 6:11), Clemmie Tierney (12th and 1st junior girl in 6:14), Eric Wrigley (13th in 6:15), Jack McNiven (14th in 6:18), Freddie Markham (15th in 6:30), Amara Thorpe (17th and 2nd junior girl in 6:36), Jessica McNiven (18th in 6:39), Kiefer Richardson (22nd in 6:58), Darcey Tate (23rd in 7:03), James McAfee (25th in 7:27), Evie Alker (26th in 7:30), Freya Thorpe (29th in 8:26), Maggie Belfield (31st in 8:27), Lewis Ames (32nd in 8:37) and Aimee Wrigley (37th in 12:37).
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| LSARRC volunteers and runners at the St Annes Carnival 5k |
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| Don Ashton Memorial Tockholes fell race |
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| Lewis, Neil and Liz collectin their prizes |
The evening of Friday the 5th July saw the 4th annual Lytham Beer Run take place, a fun and extremely well organised event and a great way to visit the sights and sounds of Lytham at a quicker pace than normal. Registration at The Fairhaven pub to collect both the running t-shirt and first drink and then a short stroll or warm up for the more serious competitors to the Spitfire at Fairhaven Lake for the start of the race. Our 18 brave LSARRC runners rose to the challenge of visiting a further 5 hostelries along the 5K course and certainly didn’t disappoint either with their running or drinking abilities. First, Second and Third placed men and overall race positions went to LSARRC’s Mike Toft, Paul Veevers and Thomas Howarth respectively. Second place lady was awarded to LSARRC’s Barbara Holmes and 3rd place to Sue Hawitt, to top it all off we also came 1st overall Team. At the end of the run all competitors were awarded a fantastic memento; a Robinsons Dizzy Blond pint glass which will be put to good use by all.
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| LSARRC at Lytham Beer Run |
Lytham Hall parkrun
13 LSARRC members ran at Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday. Paul Veevers was in 5th place in 18:30; Alistair Leivers 19:30; Darran Ames 21:25; Kev Murray 23:38; Matthew Holton 25:48; Adrian Sargent 26:10; Sylvia Gittens 28:37; Pam Binns 28:59; Karen Lanigan 29:05; Jeremy McCandless 29:15; Julie Wiseman 29:24; Jacqui Murray 30:06; Sue Henry 36:38.
Michelle and Jason Sheridan ran the 5 lap hilly Clitheroe parkrun.
Junior News
A busy weekend for Lytham St Annes RRC junior athletes started with the 4th fixture of the Mid Lancs Track &Field at Lancaster. First on the track for Lytham was 12 year old Amara Thorpe finishing 5th in her heat of the 100m in a personal best time of 14.6s. Thorpe went on to produce 2 more personal best performances in the long jump with a leap of 3.61m and 31.4s in the 200m for 4th place in division 2 for both events. Under 15 boy Oscar Holmes was making his debut on the track and ran a good race in the 800m to finish in 2m 47.8s for first place in division 2. Under 13 boy Oliver Thomson ran a personal best of 5m 26.3s in the 1500m followed by his first ever 200m race finishing 2nd in division 2 in 31.2s. Under 17 girl Maddy Markham dropped down to the 1500m from her usual 3000m and ran well to take 3rd place in 5m 20.2s. Under 13 girl Sophie Bohannon ran an excellent 1500m race to finish 2nd in 5m 10.4s. Meanwhile at the other end of the country in Chelmsford, Essex Rebecca Fisher was competing in the finals of the English Schools track and field cup. In a very competitive field Fisher finished 3rd in her heat of the 75m hurdles in a personal best time of 13.2s picking up 23 points for her team. Fisher also competed in the discus and although disappointed with her throw of 18.26m picked up a further 17 points for her team.
Sunday saw 5 Lytham junior athletes take part in St Annes Road Runners annual Carnival 5k race. At just 13 years old Sophie Bohannon in her 2nd race of the weekend ran an excellent race to finish 15th overall and as 3rd female in a time of 19m 49s just beating team mate 15 year old Maddy Markham one place behind in 19m 51s. Also representing Lytham juniors were 13 year old Morgan Pritchard (24th in 21m 37s) Adhamh Holton (36th in 22m 37s) and Laura Bremner (37th in 22m 38s.
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| Start of the St Annes Carnival 1500m fun run |
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
LSARRC News 2nd July 2019
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| Liz Abbott |
Liz Abbott was first lady home for Lytham coming, and Joe Greenwood was first male home. Mel Koth had a very good run too, finishing 4th lady, 1st vet lady in 32:36 which is a 1min 10sec PB.
On Saturday 29th June Heidi Haigh took part in the Lakeland Trails Ultra 100km. Starting at midnight from Ambleside the route took in 5 mountain passes across the central Lake District, including over 3100m of elevation/descent. Once the sun has risen the day became increasingly warmer and more humid, adding to what was an already challenging event. Haigh completed the event 85th out of the 140 starters, in a commendable time of 21hr 12mins 56s.
Also, at the weekend, Lytham runners ventured to Southport on Sunday to take part in the 10k and Half Marathon, the races were attended by over 2000 runners. It was a well organised event with a traffic free route due to closed roads allowing runners to run through the heart of this famous seaside resort. Live music/bands played at the start and finish of the races. The weather was dry but, on the turn, back it was very windy which was a bit of a challenge. Runners received a medal and t shirt.
Half Marathon times: Thomas Howarth 1:27:50 position 58, Lewis McAfee 1:53:29 position 546 and Susan Hawitt 1:53:41 position 551. 10 K times were as follows: Kathy Gaunt 53:03 position 132, Juli Wiseman 1:03:59 position 345 Michelle Sheridan and 1:14:30 position 501.
At the Lytham Hall parkrun Joe Greenwood was first home for the club in 17:16 for 2nd position overall. Liz Abbott was 1st female and 3rd overall with a time of 17:44 (pb). Alistair Leivers, Ross McKelvie and Mark Selby were 5th, 6th, and 8th the times being 19:30, 19:31 and 19:52. Joanna Goorney was 4th female in 20:54, Dan Gregson ran 22:46 for 39th. Other results:Gill Draper 22:52 (41st, 7th female), Stephen Wise 22:59 (44th), Claire Markham 24:11 (58th), Peter Thomson 26:01 (86th pb), Jen Trohear 26:35 (94th), Adrian Sargent 27:10 (103rd), Jennifer Hill 27:18 (103rd), Greg Oulton 27:49 (118th), Bob Clough 28:10 (125th), Jeremy McCandless 28:29 (130th), Pamela Binns 28:32 (133rd), Mathew Holton 28:50 (136th), James McAfee 29:15, Lewis McAfee 29:15 (145th), Sylvia Gittins 29:37 (149th pb), Karen Lanigan 29:51 (154th), Maria Tierney 30:39 (170th), Jacqui Murray 31:48 (187th), Jack Greaves 32:42 (197th), Darran Ames 33:39 (218th), Sue Henry 33:44 (220th), Julie Wiseman 42:13 (226th), and Michelle Sheridan 34:15 (227th), and Sarah Bagshaw 39:47 (260th).
Kirsten Burnett was the sole LSARRC who attended the Fleetwood Promenade parkrun, Kirsten managed to complete the course in 57:22 for 32nd female spot.
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| LSARRC June Handicap - 27/06/19 |
Junior News
Lytham junior athletes were out in force in the Fylde Schools Track and Field Championships and competed with considerable success with 5 Fylde Schools Champions. Maddy Markham finished 1st in the under 17 1500m to become Fylde schools champion. Under 14 Sophie Bohannon had a busy afternoon finishing 5th in the 200m in 29.5s, helping her relay team into 4th place and then in her preferred event comfortably taking the Fylde Schools Championship finishing 1st in the 1500m in a time of 5:07. Rebecca Fisher claimed 2 Fylde School championships winning the 75m hurdles in 13.1s and the discus with a distance of 22.05m. 14-year-old Brogane Murphy produced an excellent sprint finish to finish 1st in her heat of the 800m in 2:40 and 2nd overall missing out on 1st place by less than a second. Also representing Lytham junior girls were Amara Thorpe who finished 1st in her heat of the 150m and 2nd in the long jump with a personal best performance of 3.66m and helped her relay team into 2nd place. Olivia Bielec finished 2nd in her heat of the 100m, ran a personal best of 2:37 in the 800m and helped her team into 4th place in the relay.
Several of Lytham’s junior boys were also competing. Under 15 boys Frankie Ball and Jeremy Noblett both competed in the 300m with Ball comfortably winning his heat and finishing 4th overall and Noblett also comfortably winning his heat and finishing as Fylde Schools Champion in an impressive time of 41.1s. Under 13 boys James Andrews, Morgan Pritchard and Arran Miller all competed in the 1500m finishing 4th in 5:33, 6th in 5:378 and 7th in 5:47 respectively.
7 Lytham juniors took part in the Lytham Hall parkrun and 1st home for Lytham juniors was 13-year-old Sophie Bohannon finishing 11th overall in 20:15 and 1st in her J11-14 age category. Oliver Thomson 14th in 20:22 and Maddy Markham 21st in 21:05 both finished 1st in their age JM11-14 and JW11-15 age categories. Also representing Lytham junior were Brogane Murphy (46th in 23:08) and brothers Adhamh and Matthew Holton finishing 45th and 136th in 23:07 and 28:50 respectively.
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| LSARRC juniors at Park View Junior parkrun |
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