Thursday was Lytham St Anne’s Road Running Club’s Christmas Handicap race (a 3.45-mile race around South Park, Lytham) and 3 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part. 14-year-old Sophie Bohannon defied the handicapper running exceptionally well in windy conditions to comfortably finish 1st in a time of 23:19 making her the 7th fastest all-time female athlete on the course and breaking the 9-year-old junior record by 15 seconds. Also making his 1st appearance was 12-year-old Oliver Thomson (14th in 25:33) with 16-year-old Maddy Markham (9th in 26:36).
Senior, Kirsten Burnett ran the Lancaster Christmas Cracker 10k on Saturday in 59:13. This was a friendly and festive event over a flat route starting and finishing on St. George's Quay.
At the Lytham Park Christmas parkrun there were still numerous Lytham runners who made the time, to attend the event. Alistair Leivers was 3rd to finish, and first for the club in 18:37. Paul Veevers was 5th in 19:03. Chris Bowker and Neil Tate were 13th and 14th respectively, in the same time 21:17. Other finishers included: Gavin Stanfield Dan Gregson, Andrew Mullaney, Jen Trohear, Charlie Ormerod, Maria Tierney, Claire England, Jacqui Murray, Kev Murray, Bob Clough, Karen Lanigan, Archie Belfield, Ruth Bye, Darran Ames, Jeremy McCandless, Sue Henry, Graham Young and Jennifer Hill.
Other parkrun news, Julia Rolfe was a tourist parkrunner at Preston. Completing the difficult 3 lap course in 26:27 for 16th female spot. Joanna Goorney impressed at the Huddersfield parkrun in 20:28 for 2nd female spot. Rebecca Willetts attended the Lancaster parkrun and finished the course in 34:15. Peter Thomson completed the Fleetwood Promenade parkrun with his son Oliver, and Jack Greaves ran the Bear Creek Greenbelt parkrun.
6 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part in Saturday’s Lytham Hall parkrun. Oliver McIntyre and Ben Gregson were first home of Lytham’s juniors finishing 10th and 16th and 1st and 2nd in the JM15-17 age group respectively in 20:26 and 21:52. Maddy Markham finished 70th and 1st JW15-17 age group in 25:40 with her younger brother Freddie Markham not far behind in 72nd and 2nd JM10 in 25:42. Also representing Lytham were Charlie Ormerod (100th in 27:48) and Archie Belfield (140th in 30:20).
Sunday’s Park View junior parkrun saw 11 of Lytham St Anne’s RRC young athletes take part. First to finish was Jayden Richardson in 7:34. Archie Belfield and Freddie Markham were both in their 2nd parkruns of the weekend finishing 3rd and 7th in 8;5 and 8:45 with Joe Alker separating them in 6th place (8:25). 4 of Lytham’s juniors produced personal best times. Roman Holmes was 10th in a personal best time of 9:11, Georgina Andrews finished 12th in 9:42 (her 4th consecutive personal best at parkrun), brothers James and Joshua McAfee bots produced personal best times of 10:27 and 11:27 to finish 16th and 28th. Also representing Lytham were Bobby Hastwell (8th in 9:03), Jessica McNiven (13th in 9:53) and Finlay Hughes (19th in 10:53).
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| Lewis McAffee and Sue Hawitt at the Rudolph 5 miler |
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| Claire Markham at the Rudolph 5 miler |
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