LSARRC News 8th June 2022

LSARRC at the Carnival 5k

IT WAS a welcome return for the Carnival 5k this weekend, as Lytham St Annes Road Runners welcomed dozens to the seafront.

The club-organised summer race takes runners from St Annes Promenade down to Fairhaven Lake, before doubling back to finish at the Pier.  And 14 LSARRC members joined the field for the senior 5k, with 10 club juniors in the 1.5km fun run.

Alistair Leivers

Alistair Leivers ran a strong race to finish the 5k second overall, his time of 15:51 was just one second outside the club record.  The holder of that record, Ross McKelvie, finished fourth in 16:15, followed by Joe Greenwood in 10th (18:09), Chris Cottam (13th, 20:07), and Mark Selby (14th, 20:26).  Neil Tate finished in 22:18, Peter Reid in 23:49, Barry Broughton in 24:42 and Steven Jones in 25:23.

Ruth Williams was the first club lady to finish in 26:01, followed by Pam Binns who broke the club’s V75 record with her time of 28:27, Julie Wiseman finished in 28:30 and Lia Murphy in 28:38.

Bob Clough was one of four members of his family running in the race, and finished in 31:08 - narrowly pipped by his wife.

In the fun run, 12-year-old Jayden Richardson was first boy and second overall in 05:24, followed by Joe Alker (05:50), Jessica McNiven (06:23) and Reuben May (06:24).  Georgina Andrews finished in 06:25, Ava Fiddler in 06:28, Kiefer Richardson in 06:46, Jack McNiven in 06:50, Evie Alker in 06:57 and Arthur May in 07:52.

Mel Koth

There was a very different run for club members Mel Koth, Mark Johnston and Emma Johnston, who took on the Montane Ullswater Trail Race.  Mel opted for the 10-mile loop between Pooley Bridge and Glenridding, and knocked an impressive 22 minutes off her time from last year.  She finished in 1:36:06, 11th overall, third lady and first V40.  Husband and wife team Mark and Emma opted for the arduous 20-mile race at Ullswater, finishing the challenging course in 06:07:45.

Mark and Emma Johnston

Joanna Goorney, Claire Markham and Pam Hardman kicked off the Bank Holiday weekend with the Leo Pollard Memorial Fell Race on Thursday, finishing in 1:02:24, 1:18:42 and 1:22:23 respectively.

Lytham Ladies at the Leo Pollard Memorial Fell Race

Finally three juniors and three seniors travelled to Hyndburn’s Wilson Playing Fields for the third fixture of the Mid Lancs Track and Field League.

Senior man Ross McKelvie comfortably took first place in both the 1500m in 4:23.1s and the 3000m in 9:27.3s.  Seventy year old Graham Webster - having already completed Witton park parkrun in 24:19 - completed his day’s athletics by taking part in three events finishing fifth in the 800m in 2:57.9 and eighth in both the 400m and 3000m in 77.1s and 13:01.5s respectively.

In the field events Paul McAlister had a successful day finishing third in the senior men’s long jump with a leap of 4.01m., second in the triple jump with 8.35m second in the shot with 8.55m.

Under 15 boy Joe Alker ran well on a windy day to finish fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:37.5s. Also in the under 15 boys was Jayden Richardson who opted for the 1500m and in his first ever track race put in an excellent performance to finish fifth in 5:03.2s.  Under 17 Oliver Thomson continues to improve with every race producing two personal best performances to finish third in the 1500 in 4:50.8s and for fourth in his heat of the 200m in 28.3s.