Lostock AC members said goodbye to 2024 by taking part in the Madbull Events Trails and Ales New Year’s Day Fell Race.
The race takes place at Rivington and is started to the sound of the bag pipes. This is a challenging race that covers 7 miles and 1,200ft elevation gain. Participants run along Roynton Road up to Lower House car park, then head towards Rivington Pike. After scaling the Pike, it was downhill and along George’ Lane. Runners were then greeted by another tough climb up Two Lads. Despite being advised that the remainder of the race was downhill, it was an undulating dash to the finish. Parts of the course were muddy and uneven making the conditions difficult but thankfully the rain stayed away.
The first Lostock AC member to cross the finish line was Louise in an impressive 1.14.16, followed by Andy in 1.14.46, Rachel H in 1.19.55, Mary in 1:26:47 (winning her age category), Greg in 1.28.46, Janet in 1.31.08 and Rachel S in 1.37.42.
The race ended with a pint and a pie at the Crown in Horwich and was a fantastic way to end 2023.
Checkers headed to Cracoe, north of Skipton, to compete in the Cracoe (BOFRA) Fell Race. This is a short but tough race covering 2.5miles of undulating fells with an elevation gain of 900ft. The conditions were extremely wet, and Checkers would refer to the first part of the run as a swim rather than a ... Cracoe (BOFRA) Fell Race
15 Lostockers headed to Radcliffe to complete in the Radcliffe AC Multi Terrain 5k. This is a tough race, starting at Sedgley Park Rugby Club, the race heads along Philips Park Road, before turning on to trails as Waterdale. The first mile of the race is all down hill and participants use this to their ... Radcliffe Multi-terrain 5k
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