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Johanna McManus headed to Newcastle to take part in the iconic Great North Run. She joined 60,000 people on the start line in Newcastle on Tyne to complete the half marathon, running the exciting course out to South Shields. Due to the hot weather, McManus decided to enjoy the atmosphere of the race and the … Great North Run

On Wednesday 6 September 2023, Lostockers held a joint race with Cutacre Running club. Participants completed a 5k run around Cutacre Country Park. It was an extremely hot run but Lostock members put in a fabulous performance. Paul Edwards crossed the finish line in pole position in 20.01, followed by Tom Grundy in 22:52. Third … Cutacre 5k

Anthony Maxwell and Sheila Garewal headed to the Lakes to take part in the Ulleswater Lakeland 14k Trail Challenge. This is a beautiful and scenic run, starting in Howtown, runners enjoy stunning views of Ullswater as the head along the Lake to Glenridding. Despite the scenery this is a tough race with runner achieving an … Ulleswater Lakeland 14k Trail Challenge

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