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.
No comments:
Post a Comment