The popular Wesham 10k once again took place on the same day as the X challenge taking place at Sefton Park Liverpool. This didn’t stop Ben Brennan, Colin and Janine Denney and Sandra Gilchrist taking part in both events.
Ben was first TCRC runner at Wesham in 46.58 followed by Paul Evans 51.26, who held off Colin Denney 51.52. Sandra Gilchrist ran 55.03. Kirsty Waywell 57.0 ran well as did Karl Lucas 60.55 and. Janine Denney 61.13. Super vet Mike Walsh once again takes the TCRC men’s Vet 80 category with a 68.57 finish and Lisa Young’s 73.52 was her best 10k for a good while.
Over at Liverpool in testing conditions men’s captain Andy Fairbairn took the honours for TCRC, covering the 6 mile course in 39.39. David Barras continues to progress and ran an impressive 42.45. Joseph Tyldesley once again worked extremely hard for the team and came home in 46.31, followed by Alex Ingham 51.43. Ben Brennan 52.04 and Colin Denney 60.44 worked hard to complete the team after their mornings run at Wesham.
Sarah Wetherill making her debut on the country for the club had an excellent race in 37.55 for the 5 mile course closely followed by Jenny Clark 38.11 who manages to smile in all conditions. Julie Sherwood enjoys the X country and had a strong run in 46.54 to score for the team. Unfortunately Sandra 61.20 and Janine 66.04 were held up in traffic in Liverpool, after the morning’s exertions’ and missed the start of the women’s race but still ran the course and finished.
23 runners competed in the November handicap with David Barras finishing fastest on the night in 21.48 for the 3.5 mile course. New member Jon Gardiner ran the course for the first time, finishing in 24.04. There were 4 personal best times, Tom Woods 24.18, Daisy Seville 24.23, Kirsty Waywell 31.28 and Karl Lucas 31.46.
Leon Flesher and Terry Poole recently competed in the Hell of a Hill marathon’s at Horwich. The series is run over 5 consecutive days. Each race is 8 laps up to and round Rivington Pike. On the Wednesday Leon completed the race in 4.48.32 for 3rd place, Terry 7.18.10. Thursday saw Jenny Clark and Steve Livesey also take part for the day. Leon finished in 4.57.23 and Terry 7.42.16. Jenny finished an excellent 5.02 44 for 2nd lady. Steve ran 5.29.23. Friday’s times were Leon 5.13.23 and a suffering Terry 6.50 49. Saturday Leon covered the course in 5.09.29 and Terry 7.33.25. The final day is Sunday and Leon finished in 5.37.27 for a combined time of 25.46.14 and a 5th place finish. Terry 7.41.44 for 37.06.24 and a top 25 place.
The first running of the Lytham Hall Park run took place last weekend. Husband and wife team Roy and Michelle Tomlinson took part with Roy covering the 5k course in 21.56 and Michelle 37.24. Also taking part were sisters Bev and Melanie Foster with Bev taking the honours in 31.12 just ahead of Melanie’s 31.15.
News has just come through that Brian Cumpsty finished the ultra tough Everest marathon in 9 hours 28 mins. An superb achievement for Brian.
