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Thornton Cleveleys Running club hosted the 6th running of the Fairclough 5 race. The race is named in honour of our first treasurer Bob Fairclough who unfortunately died in a motorcycle accident in 2009. Men’s team captain Andrew Fairbairn, in his second race in two days had a top 10 finish in 29.48, pushed all the… Continue reading Report: 27/10/2015

An extremely busy weekend for Thornton Cleveleys Running Club saw members competing locally, in Cumbria, Yorkshire, and internationally in Holland and Majorca. The Green Drive 5 was the latest race in the road championship and Caroline McLaughlan ran 36.02 to become TCRC’s Ladies open champion for 2015. Daisy Seville continues to show real promise and came… Continue reading Report 20/10/2015

There were some outstanding performances on the road from TCRC members this past weekend. Roy Tomlinson and Martin Boswell both travelled to York to compete in the Plusnet Yorkshire marathon and came away with excellent times. Roy and Martin ran together in 3.10 with Roy finishing second vet 55. Nearer to home the Valiant half… Continue reading Report 13/10/2015

Several TCRC members travelled to Chester to compete in the MBNA Chester marathon and Metric marathon. Leon Flesher had an excellent run just missing out on a sub 3 hour marathon in 3.01.17. Andrew Fairbairn continues to seek that bit extra to break the mark and finished disappointed in 3.07.54. Peter Waywell came home in an impressive… Continue reading Report 06/10/2015

A busy weekend for TCRC saw some members competing in two races over two days, but that was child’s play compared to the effort put in by Peter Waywell who tackled the Cumbria way Ultra event. A 73 mile race over 10,000 foot of ascent from Ulverston in the south to Carlisle in the North.… Continue reading Report 22/09/2015

At the Airshow 10K alongside marshalling, we sold tea, coffee and cakes to raise money for Trinity Hospice. We were able to raise £125.92.

Super Sarah Scott tackled the Sundowner Half Ironman Triathlon in York and showed that the recent hard training has paid off with an excellent 6.47.00 finish for the 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile cycle and 13.1 mile run. John Laird had a fantastic event with splits of 41.07 swim, 2.56.13 bike, and 1.53.11 run for… Continue reading Report 09/09/2015

David Barras was the quickest on the night in the August handicap, finishing in 22.52. Newcomer Sarah Wetherill had an excellent run in 24.07. There were personal bests from Steve Watson 28.19, Kieron Chadwick 29.06 and Kirsty Waywell 32.20. Roy Tomlinson contested the St Begus Ultra race from Bassenthwaite to St Bees via the Honister… Continue reading Report 03/09/2015

The latest race in the road championship was the Catforth Canter 5k. Andrew Fairbairn produced an excellent top 10 finish in 17.34, followed by recent newcomer Steve Brooks in 18.56. Tony Codling looks the favourite for the vet 50 title finishing in 19.12. Andy Whitlam 25.46, David Jones 26.15, Mike Walsh 31.30 and lone TCRC… Continue reading TCRC Report 20/08/2015

We have been invited to join Garstang running club for a social run on Thursday 27th August at 7 pm. They are organizing great off road runs to suit all abilities. The plan after the run is to go to the Royal Oak in Garstang for sandwiches and chips ( the odd pint too for… Continue reading Run With Garstang Running Club