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
Race report by Gareth: Yesterday another monster turnout of TWENTY Lostockers took part in the penultimate race on this years road/trail champs, the Worsley Woods 5 mile trail race. It’s definitely a stretch calling this lovely event a trail race as you’re on tarmac for about 4 miles of the 5 miles lol. Starting bright … Worsley Woods 5 Mile Trail Race
Lostock AC were honoured to win the Unsung Project of the Year award at the England Athletics Regional Volunteer Awards. The award recognises a project or initiative that delivers meaningful impact within the club or wider community. Lostock were rewarded for the Lostock Community Project that commenced in 2026. The project involved working with Primary ... England Athletics Regional Volunteer Awards
It was an international outing for two Lostockers as Gill and Chris headed to Denmark to take part in the World Athletics Road Running Championship taking place in Copenhagen. Gill took on the 5k race on the Saturday afternoon, enjoying the atmosphere and excitement of race day as she represented Lostock on the streets of ... World Athletics Road Running Championship Copenhagen
Amager Strandpark Chris Baker 25:37 Gill Baker 32:28 Bolton Parkrun Brian Halton 25:11 (2nd in age category) Andy Laycock 25:44 Lee Burns 27:31 Mary White 28:53 (1st in age category) Heather Soden 29:59 (3rd in age category) Ian Burns 32:34 Katie Edern 32:41 (100th Parkrun) Sally McCoy 32:42 Janet Rhodes 32:43 Lynda Hardman 35:10 Rachel ... Katie’s 100th Parkrun
