Race report by Gareth: Yesterday saw 17 Lostockers (would have been more but his race sold out 2 months ago) head to Gods own country for the 6th instalment of this years road/trail champs…the Wigan Trail 10K. The race takes place through the trails of Wigan’s beautiful Greenheart Amberswood Park, situated between Spring View & … Wigan Trail 10k Race
Race report by Shutters: Nicky Nook Fell Race Date & time: Thu 7 May 2026 at 19:00 Category: BS Distance: 8.1 km / 5 miles, Climb: 313 m / 1027 ft I’d heard of this race from Checkers but never made any real attempt to go to it before, maybe cos its a midweek … Nicky Nook Fell Race
Race report by Gareth: A whopping turnout of 25 Lostockers out of a field of 126 once more headed to Chorley for the first of this years Astley Park race series. Seeing as we do this race 3 times a year (for the last 3 years) I won’t go into too much detail on the … Astley Park Race 1
Race Report by Gareth: Sunday saw another mega turnout of 19 Lostockers taking part in the 5th instalment of this year’s road champs, the Chorley 10K. This belter of a town centre 10K has gone from strength to strength in recent years and this year’s iteration brought another sellout, 3000 runners across the 2K & … Chorley 10k
Fountains Abbey Parkrun Matt Carney 25:19 Haigh Woodland Parkrun Greg Kilshaw 22:34 Nikki Hamerton 25:04 (4the female and 1st in age category) Sally McCoy 26:28 (first in age category) Matt Withers 27:12 Lee Burns 28:23 Ian Burns 29:34 (second in age category) Rachel Stevens 29:51 Bev Atherton McKenna 29:52 Janet Rhodes 29:52 (2nd in age … Parkrun Results – 2 May 2026
Race report by Paul: Known as Kona of the north Horwich Tri is a challenging course with a hilly bike route and a run to the pike what’s not to like about that. Race number collected, Bike Racked and transition set up its a pool swim with a short run to T1. I was feeling … Horwich Tri
Race report by Greg: 26.04.26. The London Marathon This blows my mind and just to top it of I’m now part of the Guinness world record for the largest number of finishers in a Marathon to date 59,830. Let’s go back to Bonfire night at Ian’s farm where I found out by a text from … London Marathon
Haigh Woodland Parkrun Jay Smith 24:54 (Haigh PB) Matt Carney 27:41 Katie Edern 29:59 Terri Aldred 30:08 Emma Chadwick 31:19 King’s Lynn Tony Marlow 21:17 (first in age category) Krakow Parkrun, Poland Andy Laycock 24:32 Newborougha Forest: Chris Taylor 29:45 Queen’s Glasgow: George Iveson 29:49 Worden Parkrun: Matt Withers 24:52 Jo Withers 33:41
Race report by Chris: This weekend was the Blackpool festival of running. On Saturday there was a 2k, 5k &10k races. Today was the Marathon and half Marathon. It was an early start setting off with my support crew of Gillian Baker and Luke at around 7am. Both races started just north of north pier, … Blackpool 1/2 Marathon
Race report by Janet: What an experience. Boston has been amazing. I get it now. This city loves the marathon and embraces all who run it. After arriving last Thursday we spent 4 days exploring the city, visiting Harvard and eating our way from one place to the next. Lobster rolls, stuffed clams, Boston cream … Boston Marathon
The Cheshire Half Marathon, described as the North West’s answer to the Great North Run, took place at the beautiful Capesthorne Hall near Macclesfield. The event is renowned for its fast course and is a popular choice for runners chasing a personal best. The scenic one-lap route follows closed rural roads around Siddington and Lower ... Cheshire Half Marathon
Report by Josie: A Special Legacy – 26 Lakes, Meres and Waters Challenge Some running challenges carry a little more meaning than others, and this one was certainly special for three Lostock AC members who supported Rob Green in completing the 26 Lakes, Meres and Waters Challenge at the weekend. The challenge has a very special ... 26 Lakes Support
Race report by Terri: Jay and I took on the Defeat Delamere 16k yesterday. We got there early to register, which was lucky because after trekking back and forth to the car park 4 times to drop things off, pick things up, get ready etc. we’d already clocked 6k before the race even started. If ... Defeat Delamere 16k
