It was a quieter week for athletics in the Fylde region as the holiday season kicked off but there were still plenty of Wesham members out running and racing.
Paul Lancashire completed the Lakeland 50 over the weekend with a time of 12:04:03 having started out at 11:37 on Saturday morning and finishing in the last light at 20 to midnight/. It was very poor ging underfoot with a morning of rain. Russell Mabbett returned to ultra running in fine fettle clocking 17:15:03 for the 50 miles to place 903rd and 49th M60.
Sue Coulthurst ran the Preston Docklands Marina 5K, finishing 6th woman and 1st W55 in 21:31, a cracking performance, to place 13th overall.
There were three Wesham runners in the Beetham Sports Fell Race, 5.8 miles and 928ft of climb culminating with the ascent through the Fairy Steps. Jen Salt finished 67th in 1:09:40 with Sharon Cooper 70th in 1:11:35. Iann Nichols Hogg was 80th in 1:21:50. Tom Crabtree ran the Bliscoe Dash from the Dungeon Ghyll in Great Langdale up the Pike, a tough race of 4.3 miles with 1998ft of climb in a British Championship race on Saturday afternoon. There are no results available yet, more next week.
The third Harrock Hill Race of the series of four races took part on Wednesday evening in Bispham Green under the shadow of Parbold Hill, also forming the next round of the Wesham Fell and Trail Running Championship. Dan Hounslea may have the trophy wrapped up as he finished 26th in 42:30 for the 6 miles and 800ft of climb. Ian Nichols Hogg, an aficionado now or off-road running came in 62nd in 46:47 with Steve Myerscough 79th in 48:54, 7th M50. George Kennedy put in a strong performance to place 128th in 57:41 for 5th M65 with Martin Bates 166th and 9th M65 with 66:41.
Martin Bates ran the latest Salford Quays Run Media City 5km on Thursday evening, clocking 25:14 for the 2-lap circuit in 57th place, coming in 2nd M65.
Mick Edge competed in the Salford Quays Triathlon in a week of activity at the site. In good weather conditions he completed the 800m swim in 12:21 as first M60 having had clear water to make his own pace unobstructed. Then with 300m to run to transition he had had to borrow a bike as his own one was again disqualified due to illegal disc wheel and aerobars, so he pedalled 40 mins with a group of three with drafting allowed, so he placed 3rd after the 13.5 miles at 20mph and 5 laps. Into the run he was tired, and it was warm but he finished in 25:13 for the 3.5 miles to give him an overall finish time of 1:22:06, 2nd M60 having neaten all the M50s as well, placing 20th overall.
In ten parkruns from Lytham Hall to Anglesey and Jersey there were 30 Wesham members running a 5km time trial at 9am on Saturday morning. John Naylor was in Hyde in Tameside for the run in the town’s park to run 23:10 for an M40 age graded performance of 60.29% of world record pace. The other side of Manchester in Worsley Woods parkrun Martin Bates clocked 25:55 for an M65 graded 65.92%. In the northeast in Chester-Le-Street Emma Brook ran her local run at Riverside to record 27:39 for W40 55.64% while in Penrith parkrun in the Frenchfield Sports Centre at the Hunter Hall School Adam Wilding ran the second fastest time of the day with 17:07 to record an age graded percentage of 76.24%. Will Parkinson timed in at 20:12 for an M35 65.68%. At Jersey’s Les Quennevais sports centre in St Brelade Emma Wright ran 29:19 for W45 54.69% while there were five members in Lytham Hall. Dan Eyre was 9th fastest with a time of 20:28 for M45 69.79% and Bradley Flatt 11th in 20:55 for an age graded 61.83%. Ian Nichols Hogg came in with 24:30 for 53.06% with Mary Lois Cortes returning 37:21 for W35 40.52%. Phil Leaver recorded 49:18 for an M70 graded 36.21%. In neighbouring Stanley Park in Blackpool Chris Haines ran 22:06 for M35 61.31% with Jonathan Lawson on 22:37 for M55 68.53%; Mark Renshall clocking 23:41 and returning an M50 62.77%. Tom Nicholson clocked 25:31 for 50.82%; Finlay McCalman ran 27:35 for M60 58.13%; Jo McCaffery was on 28:17 with a W45 56.69%; and Martin Allison came in at 35:32 for M40 38.70%. Bowling along Fleetwood Promenade David Taylor ran the fifth fastest time of 19:19 for M35 69.11% with Nigel Shepherd running 21:07 for M65 80.19%. George Kennedy recorded 23:21 for M65 72.52% with Vicky Gore in great form to clock 24:25 for W45 67.03%. James Danson ran 25:30 for M55 62.35% with Steven Gore on an easy run for a time of 31:20 for M40 44.57%. Going further afield again Mike and Helen Eyre were in the Nant y Pandy Nature Reserve in Llangefni in Anglesey to run 25:39 and 51:00 for M60 63.61% and W60 37.52% respectively. The Wesham parkrun Tourists were in the Centre Vale parkrun in Todmorden where Carl Groome ran 27:18 for an M55 age graded 56.29% and Andy Moore 29:14 for M60 55.82%. Michelle Pitt recorded 42:07 for W40 37.08% and Sue Rigby ran 43:12 for W50 38.81%.