Rachel Stevens

Race report by Antony: Completed my first half marathon today at the Manchester Half in 1 hour 39 minutes much quicker than I was expecting! I think the spectator encouragement got me round and playing catch the 1 hour 40 pacer for the majority of the race. Brilliant race really well organised I would recommend … Manchester 1/2 Marathon by Antony

Race report by Emma: Ran Manchester Half Marathon this morning. It was my first time running this course, and I  got a  personal best  of 02:05:39, beating my previous  half marathon PB from March this year, which was 2:19:45. The weather conditions were brilliant. It had forecast sun but the mist from early morning seemed … Manchester 1/2 Marathon by Emma

Race report by Sally: Today Janet and I took part in the West Coast Half Marathon organised by the Fylde runners. We registered bright and early at the finish in Lytham on the side of Fairhaven Lake. Then took the bus that the tannoy kept telling us to board asap and do not wait for … West Lancashire Half Marathon

Race report by Gareth: An absolutely tremendous turnout of twelve Lostockers took on the final race in this year’s road/trail champs, the beautiful, at times stunning and always challenging Rivington Trail Half Marathon. An annual fundraiser for Chorley Ladies Football Club, this is an always friendly and well organised event with smiling & encouraging marshals … Rivington Trail 1/2 Marathon

Rachel Stevens headed to Bangor to compete in the Festival of Racing. The weekend was hampered by Storm Amy. Rachel had hoped to run the local Parkrun on Saturday but this was cancelled. Rachel had also initially entered the ½ marathon, but this was sadly cancelled due to debris on the route following the storm. … Bangor 10k

Race report by Rachel H: Evan Burrell & myself took part in the Wilmslow Autumn Triathlon Yesterday, despite a late swim start, Evan was strong on the swim overtaking several people, we battled winds on the bike but managed to put in stong performances, I missed a turn off so ended up doing 3 more … Wilmslow Triathlon

Race report by Paul: Chester Marathon with Phil. Unfortunately I didnt manage to find phil before the race, and I knew i wasn’t going to see him on course. A bit to fast for me. Training was going well and then it wasn’t, I was 50/50 all week if I was going to do it … Chester Marathon

Race report by Sheila: Yesterday I ran one of the Cartmel Lakeland Trail Races with my daughter Sarah. It was supposed to be the 18k Challenge at 1pm but was changed to the amended 10k route just before the start due to the high winds and intermittent very heavy rain of Storm Amy. It was … Cartmel Lakeland Trail

Race report by Emma: Heaton Park 10k  (Garmin reckons it was 6.86 miles)  this morning- chip time 01:04:28. Was 5th in age category out of 17. Didn’t run this for a PB, used it as training run and managed to beat my course time from 2023,  which was 01:06:41. It was a busy day with … Heaton Park 10k

Haigh Woodland Parkrun Andy Laycock 26:11 Brian Halton 26:41 (1st in age category) Greg Kilshaw 28:52 Rachel Hancock 30:58 (2nd in age category) Ian Burns 31:25 (2nd in age category) Lynda Hardman 32:03   Heaton Park Jay Smith 25:08