LSARRC News 7th July 2014

Sue Samme donned her Great Britain track suit to present the awards at the club’s junior presentation evening last Thursday night. Sue, who it still a prolific club runner, ran at the highest level as a junior herself, holding junior national records and competing for Great Britain in 1986 at the World Road Relay Championships in Japan. Hollie Winstanley, Rosie Taylor, Rebecca Tate, Georgia Norman, Olivia Aberra, Simon Holt, Farron O’Higgins, Harry Booth, Ella Moulding and Chloe Norman were all presented with Mid Lancs Cross Country League Badges. Cross Country Club Champions were; U11B Simon Holt, U11G Hollie Winstanley and U13G Ella Moulding. Track & Field Club Champions were; U11B Simon Holt, U11G Georgia Norman, U13B James Nicholas, U13G Hollie Winstanley, U15G Chloe Norman and U20G Layla Foley. Winner of the Junior Handicap Trophy was Spencer Unsworth with Charlotte Thomson in 2nd and Kallum Illingworth 3rd. The Coaches Cup, awarded by the club’s coaches to the athlete who has shown outstanding dedication to athletics during the year, was presented to Chloe Norman.

On Saturday night, Simon Denye ran the 2nd race in the Catforth 5k series. After a tiring week of training, Simon completed the course in 18:36 for 13th place. The winner was Stuart Robinson of Salford Harriers in a time of 15:30 and there were 70 runners.

Start of the St Annes Carnival 5k

The big event of the weekend was the eighth running of the St. Anne's Carnival 5K and 1500m Fun Run, held under peerless blue skies with bright sunshine enhancing the colourful holiday scene. Host club Lytham St. Annes RRC had ten members running in the 5k, nearly half of them members of the Junior Section under the age of twenty and fifteen of the younger junior members in the Fun Run.

Andy Draper in the Carnival 5k

Neighbouring clubs provided the winners. Wesham's impressive Rob Danson took first place sixteen seconds ahead of second and Blackpool Wyre & Fylde had a clean sweep of the women's competition and the team prizes. Emily Japp finished a clear winner in 16th overall and a good 18:45.

Andrew Draper was Lytham's first finisher in 11th place putting in a strong run to finish in 18:17. Next in and second team member, rapidly climbing through the results lists, was Neil Tate nearly achieving his aim of an under 19 minute finish with 19:06 and 23rd place. Three places back was Lytham's exceptional sixty-year old Graham Webster, 26th in 19:34 who also took the MV60 prize. Draper, Tate and Webster made up Lytham's team that was third.

Arriving at the line in a storming finish was LSARRC's fourth finisher Mark Selby in 30th place and 20:38. Second sixty-year old was Terry Hellings, 37th in 21:52, who was followed in by two MV50s Steve Quarmby, 39th in 22:04 and Russ Chew, 41st in 22:15. Also running well were Greg Oulton, pleased with his continuing improvement, 22:44 in 46th place, Richard Stanier, 51st in 23:04 and Jeremy McCandless, 84th with a PB of 27:15, cutting 1:14 from his previous best.

Most remarkable about this race was the prominence of young talent. A very young Lytham team consisting of thirteen-year old Ella Moulding, seventeen-year old Layla Foley and eighteen-year old Phillipa Wood finished second team to BWFAC. Ella Moulding finished stylishly after an excellent race in a good-for-age time of 20:47, 32nd. Layla Foley, took the U20 prize in 40th position and 22:15. Phillipa Wood St Annes Carnival 1500m Fun Run had 69 finishers and was also well represented with Juniors from LSARR. Simon Holt was the first home for the club in 5th place with a time of 5:49, closely followed by Lius Eunson in 6th place in 5:42 and Harry Fellows in 7th place in 5:55. First junior female home for LSARR was Chloe Norman in 10 place and a time of 6:01. Rebecca Tate was 12th in 6:01, Georgia Norman 15th in 6:56, Isla Gordon 16th in 6:51, Olivia Aberra 18th in 6:53, Luke Tate 19th in 6:55, Redford Boulton-Baines 20th in 7:12, Carmen Cole 23rd in7:26, Sydney Ramsden 25th in 7:28, Connor Norman 27th in 7:40, Stuart Wharrier 36th in 8:15 and Charlotte Thompson 41st in 8:28.

Also on Sunday, was the Southport Half Marathon which attracted nearly 900 runners. Sylvia Gittins had a good run finishing in 553rd place in a time of 2:00:30.

LSARRC News 30th June 2014

On Wednesday, it was the 2nd race in the Harrock Hill Fell Race series. Greg Oulton completed the 5.2 mile course with 900ft of climb in 51:49, almost one minute faster than he did last month and finishing in 129th place. The course was a lot less muddy and it was much warmer than the previous month.

Thursday night saw the club's monthly handicap run over a 4.35 mile rural course around Lytham. It was the third successive win for Jeremy McCandless in the June race and is the first time someone has won three successive races in the history of the club's handicap.

McCandless’s notable run was the only personal best recorded but there were further good times for third-placed Kevin Ashworth, who moves up to second behind McCandless in the overall competition, and fourth finisher Debbie Cooper who had her quickest run of the year.
June Handicap results: 1, Jeremy McCandless 39.43; 2, Brian Porter 35.02; 3, Kevin Ashworth 30.06; 4, Debbie Cooper 34.57; 5, Neil Tate 27.32; 6, Karen Lanigan 41.09; 7, Joe Greenwood 24.25; 8, Tom Howarth 26.18; 9, Greg Oulton 34.42; 10, Jennifer Waterworth 37.46; 11, Fiona Geldard 34.09; 12, Dawn Lock 54.25; 13, Graham Webster 28.54; 14, Laura Ashworth 34.26; 15, Alex Wiggins 36.03. Non-competitors: Joanna Allitt 40.12; Justin Allitt 34.57.

The 3rd Mid Lancs Track and Field Meet of the year was held at Litherland on Saturday afternoon. Chloe Norman was the only junior athlete competing but made an excellent show of herself coming 3rd in her heat in the Under 15s 800m with a time of 2:34.5 and a PB, 2nd in her heat in the 300m in a time of 49.3 and 11th in the Long Jump recording 3.58m. Joanna Goorney was 3rd in the 800m in 2:35.4, 2nd in the1500m in 5:12.9 and 6th in the Long Jump recording 3:54m.

Jeremy McCandless, Greg Oulton and Tony Norman at Litherland

LSARR men were very active in the throwing events. Tony Norman, making his debut for the club, threw 8.68 m (5th) in the shot putt while Jeremy McCandless threw 5.84m (7th) and Greg Oulton threw 5.68m (8th). In the Javelin, Jeremy threw 13.98m for 11th place and Greg 13.56m for 12th place and in the discus Jeremy threw 16.43m for 10th place and Greg threw 15.05m for 12th place.

Graham Webster was also in Liverpool at the Corporate Games where he competed in the 5k, He was 14th overall and 2nd vet 60 in a time of 19:18. Laura and Kevin Ashworth headed up to Lancaster on Saturday night for the second race in the Lancaster 5series. Kevin finished in a time of 19:40 while Laura making an excellent return from injury in 23:21. Adding to the evening's race, was the free bottle of beer & crisps at the end.

Sunday was a busy morning for LSARR athletes, with both Juniors and Seniors heading over to Fleetwood for the Soto's 10k and Soto's 2k Fun Run. There were 5 LSARR juniors in the in the Fun Run. Simon Holt was 3rd, Louis Eunson 4th, Hollie Winstanley 5th, Rebecca Tate 6th & George Winstanley 8th.

Neil Tate at the Soto's 10k

In the 10k, Joanna Goorney was on fine form and finished first lady in a time of 38:59 and in 23rd place. Peter Cruse was first home for the LSARR and 1st Vet 50 in a time of 38:05 and 17th place. The ever improving Neil Tate just missed out on breaking the 40 minute barrier in 40:25 and 42nd place. Graham Webster followed in 41:08 and 49th place. Fiona Geldard was 136th in 49:56, Pamela Hardman ran 51:44 for 154th place, Rebecca Willetts 55:56 for 193rd place and Jeremy McCandless was 204th in 57:38.

LSARRC News 23rd June 2014

LSARRC runners at Aggies Staircase Fell Race

Six members of Lytham St. Annes RRC contested the second round of the Inter-Club Fell Series at Aggies Staircase on a glorious sunny evening.  A third of the 145 runners were competing in the Inter-Club making for an interesting fight between the six clubs.

Competitors faced a challenging three climbs to Darwen Tower.  Bunching on the narrow start slowed runners but once on the widening lanes, winner Joe Mercer of Horwich powered away to finish in 28:17, nearly a minute ahead of second.  Best Inter-Club runner Jon Green of Preston Harriers came in fifth in 30:37.  The notorious Aggies Staircase of the race title is encountered in the latter stages of the race and precedes an easy final sprint back to the finish.

First counter for Lytham was Joanna Goorney, second women both in the race and the Inter-Club in a good 36:20, 43rd overall and 14th in the Series.  Next was experienced fell racer Debbie Cooper, 101st and 28th in 43:58.  Julia Rolfe, finishing 116th and 34th in 46:54, completed Lytham's most successful team; just one place short of winning the women's competition.  Fast-improving and enthusiastic fell runner Greg Oulton was 104th and 30th in 44:43.  Richard Storey was 130th and 39th in 52:10 and Dawn Lock, 142nd and 46th in 65:02, took first FV60 prize.

At the halfway stage LSARRC retains second in the women's and Vet50s; good results for the Club.     

The popular Freckleton Half Marathon celebrated it's fiftieth anniversary this year with a huge entry including a fourteen-strong contingent of Lytham runners.  Local celebrity Ben Fish notch up a record eighth win equalling his 2013 time of 1:10:30.  First woman was Salford Harriers' Tessa Walker, 22nd overall in 1:23:41

Two Lytham winners made their mark.  Joanna Goorney maintained her excellent record taking the Stephen Garratt Trophy for first Fylde women for the second time and the Joe Beck Trophy for the fist Freckleton resident for the twelfth time in thirteen years with a time 1:28:50, 38th overall.  Fourth club member back was the Club's second prize-winner Graham Webster, first MV60, 49th in 1:31:34.

First Lytham member in was Joe Greenwood with 1:21:36 and a great 15th place in a field of 660.  Five places later Simon Denye managed 1:22:39. Fiona Geldard was third in her FV50 class in 2:00:24, 317th overall.
Other Results: 55th Neil Tate, 1:32:41: 133rd Oliver Hirsh, 1:43:28; 151st Mark Willett, 1:44:16;  229th Roy Stevens, 1:52:15; 257th Willie Richmond, 1:54:31; 196th Nigel Simpkin, 1:58:16; 315th Greg Oulton, 2:00:00; 318th Felicity Wolohan,2:00:24; 408th Louisa Ruman, 2:06:38.

The previous weekend saw Melanie Koth compete in the Keswick TriHard Triathlon, a 400m open water swim in Derwent Water followed by a scenic bike ride around the Lake and a 5k run with low lake water levels resulting in an uncomfortable bare foot run to the transition point. Koth finished very creditably in 1:28:08, 13th woman, 6th FV40, and 67th out of 210.

LSARRC News 16th June 2014

Preston Inter-Club

 It was the third race in the inter-club series on Wednesday night.  Preston Harriers hosted the 4 mile race starting at Vernon's social club in Penwortham, Preston, taking in 2 laps of Avenham Park.  Lytham St Annes had a fantastic turnout with 39 runners.  Notable performances were Joe Greenwood who was first man home for LSARR in 13th place and a time of 22:53 and Joanna Goorney who was first lady in 36th place and a time of 24:47.  There were many PBs including ones for Greg Oulton and Jeremy McCandless.  It was also great to see the return of former international Sue Samme in her first road race after being out through long term injury.  There were 239 runners.
LSARR results: Joe Greenwood 13th 22:53; Andy Draper 28th 24:12; Joanna Goorney 36th 24:47; Peter Cruse 37th 24:51; Simon Denye 50th 25:50; Neil Tate 52nd 25:53; Graham Webster 53rd 25:56; Oliver Hirsh 61st 26:20; Kevin Ashworth 71st 26:59; Willie Richmond 76th 27:06; Terry Hellings 79th 27:14; Mark Selby 84th 27:27; Sue Samme 94th 27:56; Mel Koth 105th 28:30; Richard Storey 111th 29:11; Dave Dunn 114th 29:16; Chris Blackburn 117th 29:20; Greg Oulton 138th 31:00; Roy Stevens 143rd 31:21; Laura Ashworth 146th 31:29; Nigel Simpkin 148th 31:47; Fiona Geldard 149th 31:51; Alex Wiggins 153rd 32:06; Julia Rolfe 154th 32:07; Des Heron 157th 32:17; Pamela Hardman 159th 32:27; Debbie Cooper 161st 32:39; Jennifer Anderson 171st 33:13; Brian Porter 172nd 33:15; Rebecca Willetts 186th 34:36; Louisa Ruman 188th 34:44; Jen Waterworth 196th 35:26; Pam Binns 198th 35:34; Sylvia Gittins 199th 35:36; Louise Charnock 206th 36:54; Bill Lock 211th 37:42; Jeremy McCandless 212th 38:14; Tony Holt 222nd 40:22; Dawn Lock 235th 46:24.

Preston Parkrun attracted 2 LSARR runners on Saturday morning.  Sue Samme in her first ever Parkrun was 32nd overall and  2nd lady in 21.21.  Mark Willett was 38th in 21:43.  There were 193 runners.

Blue Light 5 mile

On Sunday morning, Lytham St Annes runners were out again in force at the Blue Light 5 mile race organised by Lancashire Fire A.C and run along the promenade around Bispham.  Although there was no wind, conditions were very close in the sea mist.  First home for LSARR was Joe Greenwood who was 3rd overall in a time of 29:22.  Peter Cruise was next in 8th   place in 30:56 and was 1st vet50.  Joanna Goorney was 9th in 31:09,2nd lady and 1st female vet45 followed by Graham Webster in 14th  place,31:45 and 1st vet60.  Kevin Ashworth was 18th in 32:40, Russ Chew 40th in 37:45, Greg Oulton 43rd in 38:10, Laura Ashworth 55th in 39:13, Julia Rolfe 60th in 40:22 and Sylvia Gittins 67th in 43:08 and 1st female vet65.

LSARRC News 2nd June 2014

Wednesday night saw the first race of four in the Harrock Hill Fell Race Series.  Representing LSARR was Greg Oulton.  Although the course was quite muddy, Greg still knocked 12 seconds off his last year's finishing time to finish in  52:26.

Also on Wednesday night, was the Levens 10k, the second in the Kendal race series.  Peter Cruse made the trip up north to finish in 21st place, 39:48 and 2nd Male Vet 50.
The May race of the Club’s monthly handicap competition on Thursday night was a closely fought contest as usual.

With a two minutes improvement over his previous best time for the 4.35 miles summer course Jeremy McCandless was a convincing winner while last year’s champion Oliver Hirsh continued his fine form of last winter in second place.  Elsewhere there were further notable runs and personal bests by Fiona Geldard in 5th place and 7th finisher Neil Tate. 

With wins in the first two races over the 4.35 miles summer course Jeremy McCandless is emphatically the pacesetter for the new annual series and successive personal bests for McCandless, who also won in April, have given him a significant early lead of 11 points ahead of the rest of the competitors currently led by scratch runner Dawn Lock.

May Handicap Results:1, Jeremy McCandless, 51.19, PB; 2, Oliver Hirsh, 51.38; 3, Tony Holt, 51.57; 4, Laura Ashworth, 52.15; 5, Fiona Geldard, 52.28, PB; 6, Kevin Ashworth, 52.57; 7, Neil Tate, 52.59, PB; 8, Pam Hardman, 53.01; 9, Dawn Lock, 53.07; 10, Tom Howarth, 53.19, 11, Julia Rolfe, 53.34; 12, Graham Webster, 53.52; 13, Richard Storey, 54.07; 14, Joe Greenwood, 54.08; 15, Alex Wiggins, 54.33;16, Greg Oulton, 54.45; 17, Bec Willetts, 54.57; 18, Karen Lanigan, 55.22; 19, Pam Binns, 55.22; 20, Debbie Cooper, 55.54; N/C Peter Cooke, 53.09; N/C Roy Stevens, 54.24.

On Saturday morning, Richard Storey headed to Avenham Park in for the Preston Parkrun completing the course in 22:24 for 39th place.  This parkrun is becoming more and more popular with 212 finishers in this race.

Brian Porter at the Blackpool Prom 10 mile race

It was also the first race of three in the Catforth Canter 5k Series on Saturday evening.  First home for LSARR was Simon Denye in 18th place and 17:38.  Next was Peter Cruse in 18:52, 27th place and 2nd Male vet 50 followed by Greg Oulton in a personal best of 22:42 and 57th place.


Sunday saw the inaugural Blackpool Promenade 10 mile race.  Neil Tate finished in 19th place in 1:07:14 while Brian Porter was pleased to finish sub 90 minutes in 106th place in 1:27:40

The Edenfield Fell Race near Rawtenstall was also on Sunday.  This 6.4 mile course with 1565 ft of ascent and a very steep climb at mile 5 attracted Greg Oulton who finished in 1:14:58.

LSARRC News 26th May 2014

Lytham St. Annes RRC celebrated its sixteenth annual awards ceremony this week with the presentation of trophies and medals to its most successful members.

Andy Draper and Joanna Goorney took the top awards, the Club's Men's and Women's Championships as well as their own age categories.  In a hard-won battle Draper gained 594 points in the Championship to runner-up Simon Denye's 579 with third placed Joe Greenwood on 571 edged out in the closing stages of the competition.  Goorney won the women's championship with 502 points against runner-up Mel Koth's 412.  Koth was also the FV35 winner.

Other age category winners were: Felicity Wolohan , Senior Woman (291 points), Kevin Ashworth, MV45, (459), Fiona Geldard, V45 (214), Oliver Hirsh, MV45 (454), Julia Rolfe, FV50 (237), Willie Richmond, MV50 (396), John Bertenshaw, MV55 (442), Graham Webster, MV60 (494) and Pamela Binns, FV65 (128).  Sylvia Gittins and Pam Binns achieved Diamond Standard in the FV65.

Several special awards were also presented including the Monthly Handicap Plate to Oliver Hirsh, the cross-country based Winter Handicap Shields to Dawn Bloor and Greg Oulton and the Summer Award for best total performance in five Inter-Club Grand Prixs, to Mel Koth and Joe Greenwood.   The Bill and Marjorie White Trophies for most improved over the year went to Greg Oulton and Pamela Binns.  Mark Willett won the Michael Crowe Trophy for the most races and Graham Webster won the Founder's Trophy for the highest age-related WAVA score.  The Windmill Plate for services to the Club, the only trophy awarded on a members' vote, went to Terry Hellings.

Both junior and senior members of LSARRC took part in the two-day Lancashire Track and Field Championships at Stanley Park.  Day 1 turned from good morning conditions to trying continual rain in the afternoon while Sunday competitors were treated to drier and warmer weather.

Best placed of the seniors was Joanna Goorney who was second women and awarded vet's silver in the well-attended 5000m finishing 8th overall in a very good time of 18:44:60.  Graham Webster followed, 9th in 18:49:10 and Kevin Ashworth, trying track athletics for the first time, in 10th.

Five junior members also competed.  Sam Ludlam, competing on the track for the first time, made a superb debut, reaching the finals of the U13B 100m and 200m.  He finished 6th overall in the 100m in 15.6 and 7th in the 200m in 32.6. He also ran his first 800m race and finished 6th in 2:53.7.  James Nicholas also made the final of the U13B 100m and ran a good race to finish 5th in 15.1.  Hollie Winstanley and Rosie Taylor, both novices in the U13G 1500, were unperturbed by the heavy rain and produced spirited performances; Hollie finishing 7th in 5:46.4 and Rosie 10th in 5:58.6.  Chloe Norman took on the challenge of two events on each day starting with the U15G Long Jump on Saturday in which she finished 17th with 3.45m and later  ran a personal best in the 300m to finish 8th in 48.00.  On the Sunday in the 800m she narrowly missed out on a place in final with another PB of 2:36.8 to finish 5th in her heat.  In the 200m she ran her third PB to finish 5th in her heat in 31.2.

A day later, the bank holiday Monday Open Meeting at Trafford allowed the U11s, not eligible to compete at the Lancashire Championships, and the more active U13s and U15s a further opportunity to compete.  Simon Holt, U11B, finished 2nd in his 600m heat and 4th overall in a PB of 1:52:43 and jumped 3.64m for 7th.  Georgia Norman, U11G, ran 2:01:66, 6th and a PB for 600m and notably in the long jump earned a silver medal and a PB of 3.64m.  Elder sister Chloe, U15G, produced a long jump PB even after two days of competition at the Lancashire Championships, 4.06m, 5th longest and ran 2:41.38, 6th overall, in the 800m.

Elsewhere members were running on the roads.  Webster followed up his 5000m track run with a 5K at Salt Ayre on the same day taking only slightly longer, 18:51, 28th overall and first Vet 60.  Also running and setting PBs were Simon Denye, 12th in 17:10, Neil Tate, 29th in 18:56, Greg Oulton, 61st in 22:50 and Louisa Ruman, 71st in 24:49.  A day later some of the same runners were at the Great Eccleston 4 Mile; Denye was 9th in 22:56, Peter Cruse, 12th, 23:34, first V50, Mark Willett, 27th, 25:39, Ruman, 22nd, 33:14, first Vet 35 and James Whitworth, 90th, 38:01.

Felicity Wolohan running in Liverpool's Rock and Roll Half Marathon was another to achieve a PB, finishing 440th out of 3485 in 1:42:19.

The annual Fishwick Five Trail Race, moving from its midweek evening slot to the bank holiday, attracted three Lytham runners.   In hot sunshine and with several steep climbs Willett was 12th in 36:07, Mel Koth, 21st in 40:02 and Oulton, 26th in 43:57.

Debbie Cooper and Oulton were active on the fells this week.  Cooper tackled the very challenging Montane Howgills 26 Trail, a marathon-distance race with a six mile climb from the start and a hard river side finish into Sedbergh and finished creditably 10th women, 66th overall in 5 hours 16 mins 08.  Oulton tried the evening Stanhill Fell Race at Oswaldtwistle for the first time finishing in 36:37 and 22nd position.

LSARRC News 19th May 2014

Lytham St Annes Ladies at Inter-Club

Lytham St Annes Road Runners hosted the 2nd race of the 2014 Inter Club Series on Thursday night.  Conditions were perfect for this 5 mile race which starts and finishes by St Annes swimming pool and heads out for a loop around Fairhaven Lake.  The race attracted 216 runners with LSARR having 26 runners and nearly as many marshalls around the course.  Rob Affleck of Preston Harriers was the first man home in 25:52 whilst Joanna Goorney from the host club was the first lady in 31:06 and 35th place overall.  The evening was finished off by the host club providing a superb buffet for all the runners at its headquarters at Lytham YMCA.
LSARR Results: Andy Draper 29:38 (23rd), Peter Cruse 30:23 (29th), Joanna Goorney 31:06 (35th), Graham Webster 31:23 (38th), Neil Tate 31:54 (46th), Oliver Hirsh 32:04 (49th), Willie Richmond 33:07 (69th), Nigel Thompson 33:21 (73rd), Mark Willett 33:41 (79th), Kevin Ashworth 33:44 (80th), Roy Upton 34:16 (86th), Mark Selby 34:21 (87th), Terry Hellings 34:24 (88th), Mel Koth 35:02 (97th), Colin Laidlaw 35:12 (100th), Felicity Wolohan 36:24 (109th), Laura Ashworth 38:23 (132nd), Fiona Geldard 38:30 (134th), Alex Wiggins 38:51 (138th), Dawn Bloor 38:54 (139th), Nigel Simpkin 39:05 (142nd), Brian Porter 40:33 (159th), Jim Whitworth 43:58 (186th), Jeremy McCandless 47:01 (195th), Karen Lanagan 48:04 (196th), Greg Oulton acting as the sweep 69:20 (216th).

Fiona Geldard at St Annes Triathlon

It was the St Annes Triathlon on Sunday and Fiona Geldard made her debut at the 3 stage event thoroughly enjoying the experience  She completed the swim in 13:14, bike in 43:56 and run in 27:30 finishing in 247th place and in a total time of 1:24:40.

The Great Manchester Run through the streets in Manchester city centre attracted thousands of runners despite the heat and strong winds. Simon Denye, starting in the fast paced club runners just behind the elites and in his first race since the London marathon completed the 10km course in 37:07 in 132nd place while Mel Koth ran 45:47 for 1538th place.

2 LSARR runners ventured north for the undulating but beautifully scenic Kirkby Stephen 10k.  Hosted by the friendly Howgill Harriers, the experience was enhanced by the cake and tea at the finish.  Despite the heat, hayfever and flies, Pam Hardman had a good run to finish 35th in 55:33 followed by Rebecca Willetts, hindered by injuries, in 1:06:49 and 50th place.

More local, was the Worden Park 10k in Leyland . Peter Cruse finished 15th in 39:48 while Greg Oulton was 112th in 53:21 suffering in the heat.  There were 207 finishers.