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Lostock AC held their annual Treasure hunt this week. This is always a fun event, with members racing around West Houghton and Aspull trying to find the answer to clues prepared by Member Mark Smith. Members covered distances of over 5 miles and many got lost, including one team that spent time wondering around a … Treasure Hunt

Race report by Gareth: The midweek champs kicked off in style last night with the first race in the ever popular Astley Park Series. Another great turnout of 17 Lostockers out of a field of 124 toed the line (16 finished but that’s a different story lol) at 7:30 on a perfect evening for racing. … Astley Park Trail Series – Race 1

Race Report by Shutters: This race is organised by Ambleside AC, is an AM category race, is 10 miles long, 3100 ft of ascent and takes in the peaks of Nab Scar, Great Rigg, Fairfield and Dove Crag. I ran this race last year in scorchio weather and suffered on the final few miles as … Fairfield Horseshoe

Bolton Parkrun Rachel Hancock 28:49 (first in age category) Melonie Crompton and her son Ben 40:26 Fell Foot Parkrun: Tony Maxwell 24:41 (new Fell Foot PB and first in age category) Sheila Garewal 30:10 (third in age category) Haigh Woodland Parkrun: Anthony Sutton 22:28 Andy Laycock 24:03 (second in age category) Brian Halton 24:28 Jo … Parkrun Results 10 May

Race report by Gareth: The Lap! They call it “the beautiful ultra” and it absolutely does not disappoint. 47 miles, 8,800ft of elevation on a glorious sunny day in the Lake District, what’s not to like? The race is a pretty new one, first held in 2019, is a clockwise lap of Windermere (they do … The Lap!

Race report by Jon: A 2hr drive down to the England leg of the Fur Nations international event at Shipley Country Park this morning rewarded us with a new 5k canicross PB of 25:56. That was enough to place us 5th in the 2 dog category, so we earned really good England points too. Even … Fur Nations International Event

Race report by Jo: Chorley 10k race report. There was a fantastic turnout from the team at this year’s Chorley 10K, with runners tackling the challenging course and delivering some brilliant results along the way. The route is a local classic, starting and finishing in Chorley town centre, weaving through residential streets before heading into … Chorley 10k

Race report by Checkers: Coniston Fell Race Early at Marks this morning forgot about the loud door bell and promptly woke everyone up including me😮 sorry. Waited for Tom to arrive. We arrived nice and early. So time for a natter and loads of cake and be quite chilled out. Josie and Rachael came up … Coniston Fell Race

Race report by David W: Yesterday I did the Horwich Triathlon, described as The Kona of the North! This year they have added an ‘aquathon’ ( swim/ run ) which had 2 distances to choose from as well as a standard and sprint triathlon. So something for everyone and a great way to get started … Horwich Triathlon

Exeter Riverside Parkrun Janet Rhodes 22:33 (9th female and 1st in age category) Haigh Woodland Parkrun Andy Laycock 23:50 (3rd in age category) Matt & Grainne Carney 26:33 Rachel Stevens 27:13 (2nd in age category) Markus Stevens 31:57   Morecambe Prom Parkrun Jeanette Brandon 29:53 New Forrest Parkrun Sally McCoy 25:36 (new PB and first … Parkrun Results 3 May 2025