LSARRC News 30th March 2022

It was a busy weekend of racing for Lytham St Annes Road Runners, with hills, mountains and continental marathons all on the agenda.

Pam Hardman headed to Rome to tackle the Italian city’s marathon, taking on the 26.2 mile course alongside her son.  The first spring marathon in the city for three years was held in warm conditions, and Hardman finished in 4hrs 45mins.

Closer to home were half marathons for senior runners in both Sheffield and Liverpool.

And over in Yorkshire an exceptionally hilly course greeted Ross McKelvie at the Sheffield City Half Marathon, which heads out of the city centre and into the Peaks.  Despite the testing elevation, McKelvie ran well to finish 15th in 1hr 17mins.

Meanwhile in Liverpool, Mick Widdop completed the city’s half marathon course in 1hr 58mins.

Going one mile further in the Lakes on Saturday were Catherine Carrdus and John Bertenshaw.  Taking on the Coniston 14, Bertenshaw finished in 1hr 54 with Carrdus just behind in 1hr 55mins.

Back in the Peaks, Jo Goorney raced her first long distance fell race since March 2019, tackling the Don Morrison Edale Skyline Fell Race.  The 21-mile race involves a difficult 4300feet of ascent, taking in some of the area’s classic hills, and Goorney completed the challenge in 4hrs 15mins.

For the juniors there were some excellent performances at Lytham’s junior parkrun on Sunday.  Jayden Richardson finished first in 7:20 with Reuben May running his third personal best in four weeks to finish second in 8:22.  Georgina Andrews finished third overall and as first girl in 8:25.  Evie Alker finished seventh overall in 9:528 with club  mates Joshua and James McAfee just behind in eighth and ninth both achieving personal bests of 9:41 and 9:43 respectively.  Lewis Ames (17th in 12:07) was Lytham’s final representative.

For some of the juniors it was their second parkrun of the weekend, having already joined the senior runners at Lytham Hall’s 5k event on Saturday.  Ross McKelvie led the club home with a first place 17:32 finish, with junior Jayden Richardson 7th in 19:40 - a new personal best for the youngster.  Reuben May ran his first 5km parkrun and finished in 24:36.