Race report by Josie: Beater Clough Fell Race – 6.8mi/2070ft Myself, Mark S & Mark C headed over to Todmorden this morning for this superb little race. Formally a midweek race that proved difficult for many to get to, race organiser Dan Taylor moved it to Saturday for a better turnout. With 82 runners on … Beater Clough Fell Race
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
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
Bolton Parkrun Tony Maxwell 27:08 (first in age category) Lynda Hardman 31:47 (second in age category) Gillian Caldwell 32:53 (first in age category) Rachel Hancock 34:35 Haigh Woodland Parkrun Andy Laycock Brian Halton Katie Edern Karen Taylor Pennington Flash Parkrun Hazel Hatfield 26:27 (9th female and second in age category) Mark Checkley 32:11 Sutton … Parkrun Results 8 March 2025
Bolton Parkrun Rachel Hancock 33:19 Haigh Parkrun Dave Wilkes 22:33 (New Haigh PB and second in age category) Andy Laycock 23:56 (third in age category) Brian Halton 25:23 Greg Kilshaw 27:10 Matt Carney 29:22 Pennington Flash Mark Checkley 29:55 Sale Water Parkrun Tony Maxwell 25:51 (second in age category)
Andy Ginty competed in the Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round Fell Race. Starting at Barley Village Hall, the race begins with a mile of road to the fell before a lungbusting climb to the summit of Pendle Hill. It then takes an unmarked course along trails and open moorland to several checkpoints and covers 9.4mi/1788ft. Andy had … Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round Fell Race
Josie competed in the Saddleworth 10 Reservoirs race. The event organised by Craggrunner provides participants with the choice of visiting 5, 10 or 15 of the local reservoirs along a set, unmarked route. Josie opted to visit 10 and the course covered 27 miles of high moorlands and valleys around the Saddleworth area with an … Saddleworth 10 Reservoirs
Despite a night of celebrations at the annual Awards celebration, this did not deter members from running across the weekend. 13 Lostockers headed to Smithills Sports Centre to compete in Burden Road Runner’s Trotter Trails Race. This is the third race in this seasons Central Lancashire Grand Prix series.   The race saw a … Trotters Trail Race
Race report by Gareth Palma marathon race report! Sunday saw Chris, Paul & myself tackle the warm & toasty Palma de Mallorca marathon. I think it’s fair to say we were all quite nervous about the weather, on the lead up to race day it was forecast storms (rubbish weather for running a marathon) only ... Palma Marathon
Race report by Jon: Had a fantastic weekend of bikejor racing at Thetford Forest at the 4 Paw Challenge. The format was 4 races over 3 days – Friday night (3.6k), Saturday morning (same 3.6k), Saturday night (2.2k) and Sunday morning (the 3.6k in reverse). Remarkably, the course organisers managed to find the only hill ... Thetford Forest 4 Paw Challenge
Race report by Andy K: On Sunday four Lostockers headed to Chester to tackle the 16th annual MBNA Chester Marathon. This course is a favourite for a number of team green and it was easy to see why. Janet, Greg, Dan, and Andy joined 5776 other runners gathered at Chester Racecourse for 9am to be ... Chester Marathon