LSARRC News 4th October 2016

Lytham Ladies

A busy week for Lytham St Annes RRC saw athletes from age 8 to 70 racing over distances form 1 mile to 26.2 miles.  The priority for Lytham was the first of six fixtures of the Mid Lancs. Cross Country League held in Astley Park, Chorley and Lytham’s flourishing junior section were out in force.  First race of the day was the under 11 girls 1600m race where Lytham were represented by five athletes all making their cross country debut.  First three home for Lytham were Hebe Tierney (50th in 7:59), Jessica Ramsden (52nd in 8:00) and Amara Thorpe (54th in 8:03) all finishing within 4 seconds of each other.   Clemmie Tierney was not far behind in a time of 8:19 for 62nd place with Sophie Tate (80th in 10:05) fifth finisher for Lytham.  The under 11 girls finished as 10th team.  Under  11 boys were next and also ran 1600m and in which Lytham were again well represented with George Denye continuing last season’s good form finishing  2nd (Lytham’s best finish of the day) in 6:13.  Completing the team were Morgan Pritchard (47th in 7:30) and eight year old Eric Wrigley who despite losing a shoe in thick mud half way into the race managed to complete the race in 8:28 for 70th place ensuring Lytham had a full team which finished as 8th under 11 boys team.  The under 13 girls were next in a 2500k race in which Lytham were represented by Sydney Ramsden (31st in 12:07) and Rebecca Tate (62nd in 14:01).  Louis Eunson was Lytham’s only representative in the 3000m race and in his first race as an under 13 athlete did well to finish 18th in 12:51.

Lytham Juniors

Next race involving Lytham athletes was the Senior Women’s 6200m race.  Joanna Goorney was first home for Lytham in 26:33 for 9th place and 2nd FV45.  Team captain Als Everest (68th in 32:29) was next with Loiuse Denye (76th in 33:41) completing the team and taking 5th place in division 2.  Claire England (104th in 35:39) brought the FV35 team home in 11th place.  Pam Hardman (111th in 36:46) completed the FV45 team of Joanna Goorney and Claire England who finished in 6th place.  The FV 55 team of Pam Hardman, Pam Binns (137th in 39:26) and Dawn Locke (176th in 50:43) finished as 2nd  FV55 team.

Final race of the day was the 10000m senior men’s race.  A depleted Lytham men’s team did well to finish 3rd in division 3.  First home for Lytham was Neil Tate (61st in 43:00) closely followed by XC debutant Paul Veevers (69th in 43:31).  Ross McElvie (97th in 45:24) and Alex Tate (105th in 45:44) were also making their first appearances for the Lytham cross country team. Self-confessed mud lark Terry Hellings (150th in 48:27) was next home for Lytham and did well to finish 4th MV60.  Greg Oulton (261st in 63:32) completed the team.

Sue Hawitt in her first marathon

Four Lytham athletes competed in the Chester Marathon on Sunday 2nd with Andy Draper first home in a time of 2:46:03 and 21st place from 2142 finishers just missing out on a championship start time for next year’s London Marathon.  Thomas Howarth finished in 114th in a time of 3:03:33.  Sue Hawitt in her first marathon just 2 years after taking up running ran an excellently judged race to finish 1394th (21st FV50) in 4:23:55 a time which also sets the FV50 club record for the marathon distance.  Final finisher for Lytham was John Wild in 1809th place in a time of 4:54:18. New recruit Pat Bullen ran in the Chester Metrics Marathon (26.2km) on the same day and finished 727th of 1113 finishers (10th FV55) in a time of 2:57:03.

Ross McKelvie headed north on Sunday for his second race of the weekend,  the Great Scottish Run a 10k race taking place in Glasgow.  Ross finished in 159th from nearly 27,000 finishers place with a time of 39:52.

LSARRC News 27th September 2016

Northern Athletic Road Relay Championships

This Saturday was the 41st Lytham Hall parkrun with 182 runners competing. First finisher this week was Chris McCarthy with a very impressive time of 17:28, a new PB! 5th runner back was Neil Tate in a time of 18:31. Jo Goorney was the first lady back in 20:00, Graham Webster 20:05, Neil Bayntun- Roberts 20:52, Graham Young 29:05 and Bob Clough in 29:13. Sarah Bradshaw was 29th women with a time of 29:51, Pamela Binns earned a new PB with a time of 30:09, Rachael Wignall 30: 24, Des Heron 30:34. Paula McCandless also earned a PB concluding her race 33:45, Jeremy McCandless 33:46.

Sunday 25th September was a busy day for Lytham Road Runners. The first event of the day was the Run Preston events. 3 of our runners represent LSARRC at the annual Run Preston 5k & 10k races. The 5k race took 371 runners around Avenham Park before finishing in the Preston Market. The race was well spectated and supported for 9am on a Sunday morning, with Michelle Hook over the line in 21:07 for second place female, and Olivia Johnson-Allen finish in 29:21. Great effort girls!

The 10k race followed with 1150 runners and was represented by Michelle Hook and Lorna Cragg for a scenic but very slippy route around Avenham and Miller Park. Again, a very well supported race and resulted in Michelle finishing in 48:18 and Lorna in 1:20:31 respectively.

Also on Sunday six Lytham Men competed in the Northern Athletic Road Relay Championships and came 83rd overall.  The race was an undulating relay course of around 6K each in Manchester around the Etihad Stadium.  With Terry Hellings completed the first leg in 23:50 and came in 111th place. Andrew Draper completed his leg in 19:16, Thomas Howarth in 20:14, Neil Tate in 20:28, Alan Elstone in 23:02 and Graham Webster in 22:13.

Another event on Sunday that Lytham Road runners competed in was the Fleetwood Tri.  This was a very windy flat, fast sprint triathlon on quiet country lanes and around the Fleetwood Promenade. The runners had to swim 400m, bike 20k, and run 5k.  Barbara Holmes completed her Triathalon first with a 06:29 swim, 38:15 bike, 21:55 run, with an impressive overall time of 1:06:38. She was also 1st female!  Bec Willets was next back with an overall time of 1:32:36. Bec completed her swim in 09:45, her bike in 54:50 and her run in 28:01, Bec came 41st in her category. Louise Charnock completed her race in 1:36:57, a 09:57 swim, 54:54 bike and 32:07 run. Pam Hardman ran her race in 1:45:03, a 15:51 swim, 59:28 bike and 29:44 run. Well done girls!

Also on Sunday Roy Stevens ran the Rochdale half marathon in 1:42:26 and was 2nd vet 60. Brilliant work Roy!

Lastly one of our club runners is flying out to Barcelona to complete her very first ironman on 2nd October. Good Luck Fiona!

LSARRC News 20th September 2016

Barbara Holmes on her way to victory

Another busy week for Lytham St Annes Road Runners had athletes competing from Lytham to Mexico.  The undoubted highlight was Barbara Holmes participation in the World Triathlon Championships in Cozumel, Mexico on Thursday.  Barbara competed in the female 55-59 age group consisting of a 750m swim, a 20k bike ride followed by a 5k run.  Holmes finished the swim in 13m 11s just 3 seconds behind Australian rival Sally Musgrove but gained 28 seconds in transition and a further 31 seconds on the 20k bike ride completed in 33m 49s to leave her with a 59 second lead.  Barbara gained another 28 seconds in transition 2 leaving her 1:27 lead going into the 5k run.  Barbara completed the run in 23:37 to finish 53 seconds clear of second place to become World Champion in her age category. 

On Saturday and closer to home Debbie Cooper, a regular competitor in Ultra events who has previously completed a 100m race, headed to Derbyshire to run the High Peak 40.  A tough 40 mile run with 4600 feet of climbing around the hills of Buxton.  Debbie completed the race in 8 hours 1 min and finished as 2nd woman. 

The English Half Marathon and 10k road races took place in Warrington on Sunday 19th.  Lytham had 2 representatives in the Half Marathon, Ian Tate finished in a personal best time of 1:37:03 for 236th place from 2182 finishers with Michelle Hook not far behind also running a personal best time of 1:41:58 for 382nd place and 31st female.  Andy Draper, returning to form, ran in the 10k and performed well to finish in 4th place in a time of 35:05 which is also good enough to take him into the lead in the club road race championship.

Mel Koth ran in the Yarrow River Splash, a scenic one lap race through woodland, following the river Yarrow, starting and finishing in the Yarrow Valley Country Park, Chorley and including a crossing of the river Yarrow.  Mel finished 26th and 3rd female in 54:16.

Two of Lytham’s 10 year old athletes George Denye and Eric Wrigley both competed in the 2k Avenham Park parkrun with George finishing 2nd in 758 and Eric 15th in 9:42.

Gerry Browne at Lytham Hall parkrun

Lytham also had their usual good turn out in the Lytham Hall parkrun with 16 members taking part and many more marshalling.  Kirsten Burnett and 10 year old Charlie Wiltshire both ran personal best times of 27:14 (93rd) and 24:28 (58th) respectively.  First home for Lytham was Joanna Goorney in 12th place with a time of 19:53.  Other Lytham finishers were Neil Baytun-Roberts (14th, 20:01), Neil Tate (16th, 20:20), Gerry Browne (36th, 23:04), Claire England (43rd, 23:44), 10 year old Morgan Pritchard (48th, 24:04), Graham Webster (50th, 24:05), Louise Denye (68th, 25:14), Rachael Wignall in her first parkrun (98th, 28:04), Gillian Oliver (115th, 29:12), Jeremy McCandless (119th, 29:36), Sarah Bradshaw (122nd, 29:43), Des Heron (142nd, 32:04) and Lorna Cragg (173rd, 36:45).

LSARRC at Malham

This weekend also saw a depleted squad of 6 Lytham athletes head to Malham for the latest of their biannual training weekends.  A tough training weekend of 5 runs of varying distances over 2 days and all of them hilly!  Hard work but enjoyable and all done in glorious weather with the beautifully rugged countryside of the Yorkshire Dales as a backdrop.  Lytham are already making plans for their next training weekend in Grasmere in spring 2017.

LSARRC News 13th September 2016

Juniors and coaches at North West Counties Road Relays

In a busy week for Lytham St Annes Road Runners, the highlight was undoubtedly the North West Counties Road Relays held at Delamere Forest in Cheshire on Saturday.  Lytham entered seven teams, two senior men’s, one senior woman’s and four junior teams (a best ever turn out for the flourishing Lytham junior section).

Amara Thorpe sprinting to finish

First race was the under 11 boys and girls racing together over a 3 legs of 1.6km each.  George Denye was on the first leg for Lytham boys and finished in second place with a time 6:06 the fourth best time of the day in the under 11 boys race.  Morgan Pritchard ran the second leg in 6:52 with 8 year old Eric Wrigley in his first race for the club bringing the team home in 7th place overall and 2nd Lancashire team.  Amara Thorpe ran the first leg for the under 11 girls finishing in 7:34 (2nd Lancashire team) handing over to Jessica Ramsden who competed the course in 7:47 unfortunately a late injury to the 3rd leg runner meant the team was incomplete. The under 13 girls were next to race for Lytham.  Sophie Bohannon ran the first leg and despite taking a fall in the crowded start and competing with girls up to 3 years her senior finished the 3.2km course in 7th place overall and 2nd from Lancashire recording a time of 14:24 (the 8th quickest time of the day from 97 competitors).  Rebecca Tate (18:40) and Sydney Ramsden (16:21) brought the team home in 24th place overall and 4th Lancashire team.  Final junior team for Lytham was the under 15 girls’ team of Laura Bremner (16:27), Lucie Bohannon (18:17) and Hollie Anderson (19:13) all making their debut for the club and each running a 3.2km lap of the lake finished 23rd overall and 4th Lancashire team. A great turnout from Lytham juniors and some good performances.

Under 15 Lucie Bohannon

Both the men’s and women’s race was advertised as 6.4km per leg but was nearer 7km.  The women’s race was over 3 legs and Lytham’s senior women’s team of Mel Koth (31:11), Louisa Ruman (35:37) and Sylvia Gittins (42:22) all ran well to finish in 59th position overall and 12th Lancashire team.  The men’s race was over 4 legs of the same 2 lap course and Lytham had two teams. The A team was led off by Chris McCarthy  who finished the 2 lap course in 25:00,  Second leg runner Ross McKelvie finished in 25:57 with 3rd and 4th leg runners Tom Howarth (26:42) and Neil Tate (27:43) bringing the team home in 34th place overall  and 8th Lancashire team in a total time of 1:45:22.   The B team of Terry Hellings (30:24), Richard Storey (31:29), Greg Oulton (36:57) and Graham Webster (28:45) finished 70th  team overall and 13th Lancashire team.

Mel Koth returned to Delamere Forest on Sunday for the tough Mondane Trail half marathon a hilly course with several streams to negotiate.  Mel ran well to finish 55th of 219, 5th female and 3rd FV40.

Nine Lytham members made it to the Lytham parkrun with Neil Baytun-Roberts first Lytham member home in 20:01 for 10th place.  Charlie Wiltshire, (66th in 26:22), Freddie Wiltshire (108th in 30:33) and Pam Binns (110th in 30:40) were all making their parkrun debut with Pam setting a new VW70 record for  the Lytham parkrun.  Other Lytham finishers were Gerry Browne (34thin 23:19), Sue Hawitt (43rd in 24:43), Graham Young (78th in 27:59), Sarah Bradshaw who ran a new pb of 29:19 for 93rd place and Jeremy McCandless (104th in 30:20).  Ian Tate ran in the Warrington parkrun taking 25th place in a new pb of 21:07.

LSARRC at Red Rose Inter Club

Wednesday was the seventh and final race in the inter club road race series hosted by Red Rose
Road Runners and run in and around Worden Park, Leyland.  Nineteen Lytham made trip for the 4.3m race and Joe Greenwood first home for Lytham in 24:59 for 7th place.  Chris McCarthy was next in 12th place in 25:54 closely followed by Ross McKelvie (18th, 26:12).  Graham Webster (58th, 4th MV60 in 29:01), Terry Hellings (86th, 7th MV60 in 30:42)) and Roy Stevens (131st, 10th MV60in 33:56) made up the vet 60 team and finished 3rd team in the Vet 60 category.  Other Lytham finishers were Thomas Howarth (28th, 27:07), Michelle Hook (81st and 9th female in 30:34), Ian Tate (91st, 30:46), Melanie Koth (99th, 31:50), Richard Storey (118th, 32:58),  Colin Laidlaw (145th, 34:38> Greg Oulton (168th, 36:39), Jeremy McCandless (198th, 29:53), Pat Bullen (215th, 42:39), Ruth Bye (225th, 44:52), Sarah Bradshaw (233rd, 45:39), Sarah Bagshaw (240th, 48:06) and Dawn Lock (247th, 53:10).

New member Kirsten Burnett headed to the North East to join Mo Farah and over 40,000 other athletes to take part in the Great North Run, Kirsten finished in 2h 22m 20s for 23329 place from 42,000 finishers.

LSARRC News 6th September 2016

Roy Stevens and Sue Hawitt

Two Lytham athletes, Roy Stephens and Sue Hawitt ventured to Lancaster on Sunday 4th to compete in the Golden Ball 20 mile race.  Roy finished in 33rd place with a time of 2:48:30 and Sue in 3:17:07 for 56th place.  Both are preparing for Autumn marathons Roy Stevens an old hand at marathons will tackle Dublin while first time marathon runner Sue Hawitt will toe the line at Chester marathon.

Richard Storey opted for UKFast Salford City 10k and was the sole LSARRC representative.  The race uses a flat course around Salford Quays starting and finishing just outside the BBC building at Media City and passing the Old Trafford football stadium along route. It's also popular, with this year's event attracting just under 3000 runners. Conditions were good for fast times with the first 97 finishers all going sub 40 minutes. The race was won by Mohammad Aburezeq of Altrincham & District AC in 30:03. Richard had a good run, recording his fastest 10k time for a number of years to finish in 265th position with a time of 43:46.

Sarah Bagshaw with a parkrun PB

Saturday was the 38th Lytham Hall parkrun and Lytham were well represented with 14 members taking part and many more marshalling.  Two Lytham athletes achieved personal best times.  Sarah Bagshaw (a graduate from the Lytham beginners group) finished in 31:35 (135th) knocking nearly 40 seconds off her previous best with Karen Lanigan finishing in 29:50 (107th) also improving on her previous best by 40 seconds.  First home for Lytham was Ross Mcelvie in 7th place with a time of 18:33. Lytham also took 8th and 9th positions with Neil Tate (18:46) and Chris McCarthy (18:56).  Other Lytham finishers were Alan Elstone ((21:22, 22nd), Terry Hellings (21:26, 23rd), Gerry Browne (22:10, 31st), 10 year old Morgan Pritchard running and his regular pacemaker were both timed at 23:36 for 43rd and 44th places, Graham Young 28:00(88th),  Gillian Oliver 29:08 (101st), Sarah Bradshaw (31:26 (131st) and Lorna Cragg 29:0 (195th).  

Mel Koth

Meanwhile Mel Koth took part in the Lakeland Trails Keswick 15k.  Bad weather meant the course had to be changed for safety reasons and the 15k race ended up as 16.5k with an extra 100m of climbing.  Mel, an experienced athlete with many tough races under her belt (including several marathons) said this was one of the toughest races she had ever done.  Underfoot conditions were very wet with deep mud Mel was pleased to finish unscathed in 108th place in a time off 1:38:57 (unlike several athletes forced to retire with broken bones).

The following day 10 year old George Denye and 8 year old Eric Wrigley were fyling the Lytham flag at the Preston junior 2k parkrun.  George finished in 2nd place in a time of 7:59 only being beaten by Preston athlete Joseph Gaughan 4 years his senior.  Eric ran very well to finish in 6th place with a personal best time of 9:29.

LSARRC News 30th August 2016

Helen Clitheroe with Rebecca and Sophie Tate

Wednesday saw five Lytham members head to Parbold for the last in this year’s series of Harrock Hill fell races.  Joe Greenwood was first home for Lytham in a time of 36:08 for 8th place picking up one of the traditional prizes on offer at Harrock Hill – a box of fresh fruit and vegetables.  Terry Hellings was next home in 46:33 for 94th place followed by Debbie Cooper (50:50, 134th), Greg Oulton (56:40, 178th) closely followed by Pam Hardman (56:57, 180th).   This was also the final race in the club fell racing championship leaving Greg Oulton and Julia Rolfe as the club fell racing champions.

Local Olympian Helen Clitheroe and GB international pole vaulter Max Eaves were guests at this week’s Lytham parkrun.  Helen started the event and both Helen and Max went on to take part in the 5k run.  Lytham were well represented with Neil Tate first home in 18:48th for 10th place with Joanna Goorney 1st lady in 19:55 for 13th place. 10 year old Morgan Pritchard ran a pb time of 23:00 for 49th place with his regular pacemaker Graham Webster immediately behind.  Other Lytham results were Greg Oulton (25:21. 85th), Jeremy McCandless (26:36, 104th), 8 year old Eric Wrigley (26:49, 109th), Bob Clough (29:30, 149th), Gillian Oliver (29:48, 155th),  Sarah Bagshaw (32:50, 189th) with 11 year old  Rebecca Tate and her younger sister Sophie acting as sweep and finishing in 39:34.  

8 year old Eric Wrigley with his dad

Saturday evening saw the first Blackpool Illuminations 5k & 10k events, previously known as the Hilton 10k. Four members of the club headed down for the races out of a total of 780 runners across the 2 races, in near perfect running conditions with no wind - an unusually lucky occurrence for a Blackpool race!

Michelle Hook

Claire England and Ross McKelvie entered the 5k, while Colin Laidlaw and Michelle Hook ran the 10k race. It was a great night for the club results wise, with Ross coming second place overall in 17:37 and Claire winning her age category in 23:32. Great effort from both!
In the 10k race on a undulating course (for the second half!), Michelle achieved a personal best of 43:48 coming 6th female overall, and Colin came home in 48:13 and achieved 2nd place for his age category.

The medal meeting of the Mid Lancs. track and field league took place at Leigh Sports Centre on Saturday afternoon with senior lady Rachael Wignall in her first season for Lytham the club’s only representative.  Rachael competed in the long jump (5th, 2.60m), shot (4th, 4.41m) and discus (6th, 12.67m).

Saturday afternoon saw Greg Oulton as the only Lytham member brave enough to take on the challenge of the Chipping fell race a tough 7.75 mile race with 1800 feet of climbing.

On Thursday 22 athletes (including 7 first timers) took part in the LSARRC monthly handicap. Sarah Bagshaw (36:55), a graduate from the Lytham beginners group, was first home in the competition proper but was beaten to the winning post by fellow beginners group graduate Sarah Bradshaw (36:20), a testament to the success of the Lytham beginners group.

Other finishers were Julia Rolfe (28:13), Dawn Lock (45:10), Greg Oulton (28:22), Roy Stevens (26.34), Gerry Brown (25:28), Hannah McCandess (30:17), Jeremy McCandless (30:30), Neil Tate (21:16), Claire England (26:52), Karen Lanigan (33:41), Joe Greenwood (20:00), Debbie Cooper (27:36), Pam Binns (34:03), Sylvia Gittins (32:49), Julie Oldrid (36:55), Pat Bullen (32.12), Gillian Oliver (33:41), Kirsten Burnett (32.05), Ingrid Oravcova (32.24) and Kim McGuire (32.24).

LSARRC News 16th August 2016

Julia Rolfe at Chorley Inter Club

Chorley AC were the hosts for the latest inter club race, based in the grounds of Astley Hall in Chorley on 10th August, this is not only one of the most scenic of the inter-club road races but one of the toughest, with two unforgiving long steady climbs.

The unrelenting rain made it unsteady underfoot in places, but helped some athletes to faster times on the undulating 4.8 mile course. Despite running 85 miles in training in the previous few days, Thomas Howarth led the Lytham team finishing in fifteenth place, with a time of 29:36, knocking 10 seconds off his previous years’ time..

There were good team performances by Lytham’s female vet 40 ladies of  Joanna Gourney (finishing first lady overall), Melanie Koth, Debbie Cooper, (who managed to beat her time last year by a staggering three minutes), Julia Rolfe and Pam Binns, all helping to place Lytham female vets 40 in third place.

Terry Hellings at Chorley Interclub

The men’s vet 60 team did equally as well, finishing third with a great effort by Graham Webster, Terry Hellings who still had plenty in the tank for a sprint finish at the end and Colin Laidlaw.

FULL RESULTS: Tom Howarth, 15th, 29:36; Justin Allitt, 30th, 30:45; Joanna Goorney, 40th and 1st woman, 31:56, Graham Webster, 54th, 33:13, Terry Hellings, 87th, 35:40; Melanie Koth, 96th, 36:18; Colin Laidlaw, 124th, 38;38; Derek Heron, 133rd, 39:34, Debbie Cooper, 134th, 39;35, Roy Stevens, 137th, 39;43, Nigel Simpkin 144th, 40;38, Julia Rolfe, 145th, 40:40, Alexandra Everest, 153rd, 41;04, Greg Oulton, 159th, 41;59, Jeremy McCandless, 185, 45;09, Hannah McCandless, 189th, 45;32, Pamela Binns, 197th, 47;31, Sarah Bagshaw, 219th, 55;07, Dawn Lock, 229, 60;50.

The next Inter Club Road Race is the last one for 2016, hosted at Worden Park in Leyland in September.

Last Saturday saw Lytham Road Runners stage their second running club ‘Takeover Day’ of the Lytham Parkrun.  Numbers were strong as Preston Parkrun had been cancelled with 222 runners taking part.  The Takeover event was a chance for Lytham Road Runners to promote the club whilst staging the 35th Lytham Parkrun.  Many of the members were volunteering by marshalling or acting as pacemakers, but LSARRC still managed to field 25 athletes.   Jo Goorney was 1st home for Lytham , 1st lady and 9th overall in a time of 20.01.   Andy Draper paced Lytham junior George Denye to 14th in 21.19 with senior Andy immediately behind.  10 year old Morgan Pritchard ran with his regular pacemaker Graham Webster finishing in 50th and 51st place respectively.  10 year old junior girl Amara Thorpe knocked over 3 minutes off her pb to finish in 26.04 for 134th place.  10 year old Jessica Ramsden (108th, 27.55) and senior Des Heron (69th, 25.06) also ran pb times. Other Lytham athletes were Neil Tate (41st, 23.01), Michelle Hook incorporating parkrun as part of a longer training run (59th, 24.10), juniors Frances Morrison (70th, 25.07) , Sydney Ramsden (74th, 25.14), Eric Wrigley (85th, 26.00), Jessica Ramsden (108th, 27.55), Clemmie Tierney (130th, 29.00), Rebecca Tate (133rd, 29.03) and Sophie Tate acting as sweep (221st, 44.25), Als Everest in her first parkrun (82nd, 25.53), Louisa Denye (109th, 27.56), Graham Young (115th, 28.14), Alan Elstone (131st, 29.01) and Sue Hawitt (138th, 29.10) both on pace making duties and returning from a long term injury Bob Clough (144th, 29.43).

Not one to miss an opportunity to race Graham Webster headed to the Catforth 5k Saturday evening for his second 5k race of the day.  Graham finished in 19.57 for 31st place and 2nd MV60.  First home for Lytham was Chris McCarthy in 17.16 for 7th with Andy Draper not far behind in 17.23 for 7th and 9th places respectively.  Also representing Lytham were 41 00:21:23 271 Storey Richard (41st, 21.23), Claire England (50th, 22.58) and Greg Oulton (72nd, 25.47).

Sunday saw Greg Oulton heading off to Penrith for the Lowther Lakeland Trail Half Marathon.  A tough trail race with 1650 feet of climbing and including fording the Lowther river.  Greg finished in 2:27:10.