The Welcome Tavern 10K attracted nearly 300 runners who had to brave cold and windy conditions. Due to previous days downpours the course was re routed to steer clear of the many muddy parts of the course. Some excellent personal bests were achieved but it was a day for the hardy runners to compete against the elements.
Ken Addison collected the V55 prize with a time of 39.55 overall 24th position. Richard Oakley ran an excellent 40.56 to be second V60. Janine Needham was comfortably the first Red Rose woman in 44.42. Matt Ashton ran a steady time of 48.05. Anneke Crosby ran well to finish in 48.36 with another good performance from Rob Mather finishing in 51.29. A pleasing PB for Warren Hoyle of 53.42 showed that the course was well suited to some of our runners. George Fletcher V70 ran an folexcellent 54.33 lowed closely by Debbie Porter in 54.47. Colin Manning was pleased with a new PB of 58.09 with David Wilkinson breaking the hour mark in 59.19. The performance of the day must have been Helen Orsen’s who improved her PB by 10 minutes in 59.27. Steady performances from Carole Williams (59.55), Lisa Hyde (61.30) Pita Oates (61.32) and Dave Aspin 67.29 completed an excellent turn out of Red Rose runners.