Wesham Road Runners

The fourth round of the Inter Club Series took place on Tuesday evening on a 5-mile loop along the Bispham cliff tops and back along the Lower Promenade as England were kicking off in the Euros. Adam Wilding was the first finisher again for Wesham in 5^th place in a time of 27:25, his second fastest time at the distance. He was followed up by Tom Bamber with a good run for 2^nd M40 in 8^th position with 27:55. Jamie Houghton was 15^th in 29:11 with Mark Belfield close behind in 29:23 for 16^th place, 5^th M40. David Taylor finished 17^th in 29:40; Chris Banks was 23^rd in 30:30; Tom Crabtree 25^th with 30:36; Dan Bolton was 33^rd in 31:02; Chris Haines 39^th with 31:44; and Dan Hounslea was 44^th in 31:57 to finish second team overall, a good result. For the ladies Sue Coulthurst finished 11^th in 36:11, with Carmel Sullivan 17^th and 8^th vet with 37:10. Natalie Mulrooney placed 18^th in 37:21; Lisa Minns came in 39^th with 41:46; Alona Versinina was 40^th in 42:36; Bev Wilding 46^th with 44:03; Dawn Biggs finished 61^st in 47:42; and Liz Sharrocks placed 67^th in 50:27. The Wesham ladies were 5^th team while the Lady Vets were third with Sue Coulthurst 4^th; Carmel Sullivan 8^th; Natalie Mulrooney 9^th; Lisa Minns 21^st; and Bev Wilding 27^th. ). The overall vets were 4^th with Bamber 2^nd; Belfield 5^th; Lee Barlow 29^th (68^th in 34:08); Carl Groome 30^th (69^th in 34:13); Mick Edge 43^rd (90^th with 35:37); and Nigel Shepherd 44^th (91^st in 35:39. The Vet-50 and Vet-60 teams were both 3^rd, with Barlow 8^th; Groome 9^th;  Edge 16^th; and Shepherd 17^th; and Edge 5^th; Shepherd 6^th and George Kennedy 15^th (125^th in 39:05). In the series overall Wesham are lying 2^nd team, 5^th in the ladies but leading the Ladies Vets; the overall Vets are 3^rd with the Vet-50s also 3^rd but the Vet-60s 4^th.

The St Annes Carnival 5k took place on the Sunday of the weekend Gala with 73 runners. Ian Nichols Hogg finished 17^th in 20:35, with Phil Quibell 19^th and 2^nd M65 in 21:00, with Geoff Dawson of Bowland Fell Runners literally running away with the age category win 1min 50secs ahead with a surprise appearance. Sue Coulthurst was 3^rd woman and 1^st W55 in 21:46 with Jonathan Lawson 39^th and 1^st M55 with 23:51. Agness Woods was 3^rd W55 and 14^th woman, 50^th overall in 26:27. 

James Danson ran the Trawden 7 on Sunday and finished 179^th and 20^th M55 in 1:10:11 over an undulating countrified route.  In the Salford Media City 5k round the Quays Mick Edge ran 21:25 for 25^th position and 1^st M60 while Carmel Sullivan clocked 22:49 for 5^th woman and 34^th overall, to take first W55.

Wesham fielded two teams in this year’s Endure24 in Bramham Park over an 8km multi-terrain course though parkland and woods. The Wackadoodles finished 38^th overall and 16^th in the Mixed Large Team category, with Adam Wilding running 6 laps with his fastest time at 28:50. Mark Belfield also completed 6 laps, his fastest in 31:13; Will Parkinson ran 5 laps his fastest being 35:17. Antionette Holton completed 4 laps, her fastest being 48:34. Catherne Holton ran 4 laps, her fastest 47:20, with Clare Belfield (3 laps, 51:46); Julie Rooney (3 laps, 66:49); and Peter Rooney ran one lap in 39:49. The team completed 32 laps in a total time of 24:09:58. The second team “parkrun psheds” ran 23 laps in 24:11:49 to finish 186^th and 43^rd in their category Mixed Small Team (5 runners), with Carl Groome completing an epic 11 laps with his fastest at 36:45. Elliot Costello ran 5 laps his fastest in 42:34, with Michelle Pitt on 3 laps (67:55), Tracey Clare 3 laps (64:35), and Sue Rigby 2 laps in 79:07.

There were 26 Wesham members running a parkrun on Saturday morning. At the Woodhouse Moor parkrun in Hyde Park in Leeds John Naylor ran 22:58 for an M40 age graded performance of 60.81%. Preston’s parkrun in Avenham and Miller Parks saw Nigel Shepherd finish in 21:53 for an M65 graded 77.38% with Vicky and Steven Gore both on 25:00 for W45 65.47% and M40 55.87%. Andy Moore clocked 27:36 for M60 59.12% and Paul Carter returned 32:22 for M50 47.06%. On The Stray in Harrogate around 3 laps Mark Renshall recorded 24:12 for an M50 grade of 61.43%, and in Roundhay Park in Leeds the Endure24 team warmed up with Michelle Pitt and Sue Rigby running 48:15 and 48:16 for W40 32.37% and W50 34.74%. Carl Groome and Elliot Costello recorded 50:03 and 50:04 for M55 30.70% and an SM30 graded 25.90%. Alan and Carly Edgar ran the Barrow parkrun in 24:57 for M40 55.98% and 32:21 with a W40 graded 47.91%. Mary Lois Cortes was in London to embrace the Mile End event, running 38:13 for W35 39.60%, and at home in Chester-Le-Street Emma Brook ran the Riverside run in 27:16 for a W40 56.42% and another personal best performance by 6 seconds for the second week in a row. In the Haigh Woodland run Alona Versinina clocked 27:22 for W35 54.99% while on home ground 5 Wesham members were in the Lytham Hall event, with David Taylor recording the second fastest time of the morning in 19:28 for M35 68.58%. Jonathan Lawson clocked 23:37 for M55 65.63% with Ian Nichols Hogg in at 24:57 for an age graded 52.10%. Liz Sharrocks returned 31:11 for W60 64.03%. Jo McCaffery and Martin Allison were in Ludlow and took in the run in Mortimer Forest from Vinnalls car park, recording 30:19 and 39:45 for a W45 52.89% and M40 34.34%. At home in Blackpool Lee Barlow ran 21:08 for M50 70.90% and George Kennedy 24:06 for M65 70.26% with a 3-minute improvement on his previous run here. In the Bowling Park run in the East Bowling area of Bradford Mike Eyre ran 25:10 for M60 64.83% and Helen Eyre 32:16 for W60 59.30%.