LSARRC News 22nd June 2022

LSARRC at Preston InterClub

LYTHAM St Annes Road Runners' ladies swept the board yet again as local clubs met to race this season's third Interclub.

Preston Harriers were the host for last Wednesday's race, which took place over a 3.7mile in the city's Avenham Park.  Racing against athletes from Wesham, Blackpool, Thornton-Cleveleys, Preston, Chorley and Red Rose, the ladies in green romped to victory for the third successive race.

Gill Draper at Preston IC

Gill Draper led the charge, finishing fourth lady overall in 24:22, followed by Michelle Chadwick – sixth in 24:30 – Jo Goorney in 25:30 for seventh and Jennifer Hill eight in 25:51.  Mel Koth completed the team, running 26:07 for 9th.

Ross McKelvie was the club's first finisher, fourth overall in 20:15.

The ladies' vet 40 team also performed well, finishing a close second to Wesham, with Louise Cox (13th in 27:06), Claire Markham (34th 30:35) and Ruth Williams (53rd 33:41) joining Goorney and Koth in the veterans team.

And there was a junior victory for Maddy Markham – competing while in the middle of her A-Levels - who finished 10th lady overall in 26:12.

On the track, Alistair Leivers raced in the 5000m at the Loughborough BMC meet and recorded a new personal best – winning his race in 15mins and 44secs.

Pam Hardman headed over to the North East for the 30th Durham Dales challenge – a 14 mile race which she completed in 2hrs 59mins.

And there was a half marathon for Mel Koth, who was in Cumbria for the Lakesman half triathlon.  The race is a half Ironman distance triathlon in Keswick, with a mass start and 600 swimmers all tackling the open water simultaneously, followed  by a 54-mile bike ride and a three-lap half-marathon distance run to finish.  Despite injuring herself on her penultimate lap of the run, Koth performed well to completed the race in 5hrs 50mins and 32secs – coming 251st overall and seventh V45 out of 48.

LSARRC at Freckleton HM

Closer to home, the UK's oldest half marathon was stage din Freckleton on Sunday – dating back to 1965 it has an unusual afternoon start time and while Sunday's event was by no means the hottest in recent history, the emergence of the afternoon sun added to the challenge.

Michelle Chadwick

Joe Greenwood was first back for the club and 4th overall in 1:29:42, followed by Michelle Chadwick in1:34:03 to take the prize for third lady.  Roy Stevens was third M70 (2:09:21) and Pam Binns first F75 (2:23:03).  James Whittle smashed his personal best with a time of 1:36:07, closely followed by Alex Tate (1:37:50) and Tom Howarth (1:39:53).  Also running for LSARRC were Chris Cottam (1:46:50); Chris Bowker (1:59:40); Neil tate (2:02:46), Kev Murray (2:08:24), Kirsten Burnett (2:17:53), Sue Henry (2:17:54) and Derek Appleton (2:30:46).

And in the junior two mile race there was a comfortable victory for Jayden Richardson – fresh from his first place junior parkrun of 7mins 5secs – with team-mate Ava Fiddler putting in an excellent sprint finish to finish second girl in only her second race for the club, just ahead of Georgina Andrews.

Full LSARRC Interclub results: Dom Kirby 24:40, Dominic Garrett 24:46, Thomas Howarth 25:54, Chris Cottam 25:52, James Whittle 25:55, Dan Gregson 27:20, Graham Webster 27:54, Mark Hughes 28:23, John Bertenshaw 28:49, Lewis McAfee 29:06, Steve Wise 30:23, Ian Tate 32:34, Peter Thomson 33:07, Julia Rolfe 33:56, Kirsten Burnet 34:03, Elizabeth Canavan 34:26, Catherine MacLachlan 34:49, Lia Murphy 35:31, Julie Wiseman 36:24, Pam Binns 37:33, Jacqui Murray 39:35, Sue Henry 42:29, Laura Byrne 42:30, Sarah Cook 45:55.