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Lostock fell runners travelled to the Beautiful Bronte Country for the Withins Skyline Fell Race. Starting at the quarry bottom of Penistone, the race covers 6,2mi/830ft of rough moorland up onto the Pennine Way above Haworth.   Mark Checkley, Josie Greenhalgh and Rob Sharkey paid their £5 entry, collected the complementary CurlyWurly and headed down to … Withins Skyline Fell Race

Seven Lostock members headed to Manchester to compete with 12,976 people taking part in the Manchester Half Marathon. The 13.1 mile race starts at Old Trafford and runners head along Bridgewater Way towards Manchester City Centre. Following a U-turn on Deansgate, participants head back towards Old Trafford, passing the stadium and travelling through Stretford and … Manchester Half Marathon

Bolton: Anthony Maxwell            25.59    1st in his age category Rachel Hancock               27.59 Shelia Garewal                31.22 Stephen Hancock            36.39   Haigh Woodland Park Andy Laycock                   24.06 Gareth Pratt                     27.29 Ian Burns                          28.28   Worden Parkrun Tony Marlow                   24.03

As part of our Wednesday night social run, we ran to meet the fantastic people of the @boltonmountainrescue to present them with a cheque for £400. This was the money raised at the Leo Pollard Fell Race. All the money raised from this race is donated to this vital charity.

Tony Maxwell, Sheila Garewal and Mark Checkley took part in the Gin Pit 5. The race starts and finishes at the Marker Stone for the Gin Pit mine in Tyldesley. The race is three laps around Nook Pits Wood. Again, this was a muddy race making racing conditions difficult. Anthony Maxwell crosses the finish line … Gin Pit 5

Johanna McManus and Dave Parry took part in the West Coast Half Marathon. The race started at Preston Docks and headed down Preston New Road through Freckleton into Lytham and finishing at Fairhaven Lake in Lytham St Anne’s. A lovely flat point to point half. Parry was the first back in an impressive time of … West Coast Half Marathon

Cross County season started on Saturday 8 October 2023 and saw 9 members travel to Heaton Parks for a hot and muddy start to the season. The ladies completed their race first, covering 4.2 miles with an elevation gain of 463ft. Melanie Crompton-Goodall was the first Lostocker home in 439.22. She was followed by Heather … First Cross Country Race of 2023

Gareth Pratt, Rachel Hancock, Andy Laycock and Janet Rhodes completed the Rivington Half Marathon. This is an extremely tough half marathon with an elevation gain of over 1,300ft. This is a marathon of mix terrain with hills, mud, ankle deep water, fields, steps, styles, gates and rocky trails making this an interesting and challenging race. … Rivington Half Marathon

Lostock members had an epic weekend of racing. Paul Lacey travelled to Chicago, Illinois to take part in the prestigious Chicago Marathon. This is a beautiful marathon, starting and ending at the Chicago lakefront. Participants run north following Lake Michigan for a long run to Pine Grove. Runners then head back towards Chicago and through … Paul Lacey runs the Chicago Marathon

Fellrunning duo Tony Marlow and Josie Greenhalgh travelled to Snowdonia to compete in the 55th Original Mountain Marathon better known as The OMM. Held at the end of every October since 1968, ‘The OMM’ is a self-reliant 2-day race over some of the UK’s toughest mountain terrain, a true test of mountain craft and resilience.  … Original Mountain Marathon