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WEEKEND FELL ROUND UP by Josie On Saturday, the penultimate race on our Fell Calendar was none other than Tour of Pendle. For a hill that covers a relatively small area, it manages to pack in a distance of 16.8 miles and 4833ft of climb making it a tough category A-Long race. Starting at the … Week Fell Round Up

Paul Lacey completed the Cumbrian Cracker, this is a 60 mile bike ride which starts and finishes in Grasmere village. The is a tough race and climbs Red Bank within the first mile, over the course cyclists cover an elevation gain of a dizzying 4,450ft. The route continues round the back of Coniston Water to … Cumbrian Cracker

Rachel Hancock and Janet Rhodes completed the 4th week of the Sunnywood Project’s Stranger trails series. This week’s run started at Helmshore and runners discovered the story of the Mystery of the Man in the Barn. Please visit the Sunnywood Project’s website for further details of these amazing events – https://www.thesunnywoodproject.co.uk/

Lockstock AC member Johanna McManus travelled to Conway to take part in the annual half marathon. This is a gruelling 13.1 mile with an epic elevation gain of 850ft. It was a wet and miserable day when runners set off from Conway, across the river towards the Great Orme. Runners loop the Great Orme enjoying … Conway Half Marathon

Lostock AC headed to Haigh Woodland Park to stage a Parkrun takeover. Lostockers marshalled, scanned bar codes, were time keepers and tail walkers. Due to a tree being down on route A, runners were required to complete the more challenging route B. This route starts in front of Haigh Hall and is a steady down … Haigh Parkrun Takeover

The Lostock 6 is back in February 2024. The race will take place on Sunday 25 February 2024, the race will start at 10am. Race headquarters will be Barnstomers, Lostock Lane, Lostock, Bolton BL6 4BL. The Lostock 6 will form part of the Central Lancashire Grand Prix. To enter, please go to https://www.madbullevents.com/events-1/lostock-6-road-race-2024 The race … Lostock 6

Lostock AC member Hazel Hatfield completed an epic challenge on Saturday 11 November 2023 by completing the Warrington Way. The race, organised by Lymm Runners, is a 40-mile trail ultramarathon that starts and finishes in the lovely Cheshire village of Lymm, Warrington. Runners follow a route which is mostly on tracks, footpaths, field crossings and … Warrington Way Ultra Marathon

Rachel Hancock and Janet Rhodes took part in the third of the Sunnywood Project Stranger trails series. As part of the trail run, runners learned about the Gristlehurst Boggart. Runners enjoyed the stunning trails through woodlands and fields in search of the precise location for where the boggart is said to have been laid to … The Sunnywood Stranger Trails Part 3

Lostock AC member Jo, who despite the awful weather on Sunday, completed the Windmill Remembrance Day 10k in Lytham St Anne’s. This is a fast and flat course on the coastal front of Lytham, starting on Lytham Green next to the Windmill itself. A two minute silence is observed before the start of the race … Windmill Remembrance Day 10k

Mark Shuttleworth and Josie Greenhalgh travelled to the Lake District to compete in the Grisedale Horsesh0e Fell Race. This race is organised by Achille Ratti Climbing Club of which some Lostockers are also members. The race starts from Glenridding Village Hall in the Lake District and takes in the peaks of Catstye Cam, Helvellyn, St … Grisedale Horseshoe Fell Race