Three Red Rose runners headed up the motorway to the Lancaster Evening 5k race and in strong winds all three came back happy with good times and PB’s. First home in 9th place was John Shepherd in 17:38 closely followed by team mate Shane Cliffe in 17th place with a time of 18:31. A great run from Sally Cape improved on her previous time by half a minute finishing in 26.02.
At the Preston Parkrun a quieter than normal turnout of 78 was won by Joe Swarbrick in a time of 19.02. Dan Robinson improved his PB by 90 seconds to finish in 29.11. Other results: John Allen 24.22, Yvonne Johnson 26.30 and Gavin Beetham 32.43. The first Jeffrey Hill 10k was won by Jason Parker but two Red Rose runners finished in the first ten. Jose Pinon Shaw finished the hilly course in 43.09 for fifth place and Phil Darwen was seventh in 45.12.