Jo McManus headed to Preston to take part in the rearranged Central Lancashire New Year Half Marathon. This is a lovely half organised by Fylde Coast Runners, taking in scenery around Inskip and Catford. McManus had a fantastic race, finishing as 12th female in 1:47:16 and winning her age category.
Race report by Janet: Three Lostockers completed the Two Crosses Challenge event on Sunday in glorious running weather. Greg Kilshaw, Sally McCoy and Janet Rhodes completed the 18 miles together in 3 hours and 43 minutes and finished joint 25th out of 254 competitors. The event is organised by the East Lancashire Long Dustance Walkers ... Two Crosses Challenge
Race report by Kerry: Mike and I completed the Haworth Hobble yesterday in glorious sunshine 32 miles with just over 5000 feet of climbing. Always a tough run this one and we haven’t been getting much longer running in recently so both chuffed to get round.
Report by Checkers: What a brilliant day. Lake District fells with no rocks usual steep climb to start. Just a few rocks on Carrock Fell top then a longish meander to High Pike negotiating the boggy bits a bit like the fells near Howarth. Then what seems like a long descent to the finish. It ... Carrock Fell Race