Over 40 Red Rose Runners braved the wind and rain at the Boxing Day 10k held in Worden Park. An excellent 4th place for Simon Croft in 34.18 was our top finisher. Janine Needham was our leading female athlete in a very competitive field with a time of 44.03. Phil Darwen and Jonathan Finch were evenly matched with times of 42.32 and 42.42. Other close competitive finishes came with Ben Smithers 46.58, Antony Walton 47.02 and David Raynor 47.03. Throughout the field, plenty of races within the race encouraged our runners towards good times and a benchmark for the year to come .John Naylor 41.24,Scott Jackson 43.50, Philip Davidson 44.10, Richard Hally 45.17, Chris Corrigan 47.41, Steve Taylor 48.11, Anneke Crosby 48.20, Peter O’Grady 48.26,Pauline Moorcroft 49.38, Laura Houghton 49.50,Brent Whybro 49.55, Lynne Kenyon 50.11, Becca Burns 50.24, Paula Plowman 50.29, Samantha Edwards 51.24, Richard Crompton 51.38, Bernie Mitchell 52.00, Steven Moon 53.07, Austin Trelfa 53.13, Paula Stell 53.27, Paul Gardner 56.17, Leanne Finch 56.34, Louise Withnell 59.18, Gareth Fairey 59.39, David Wilkinson 61.09, Marion O’Grady 63.30, Lesley Renshaw 63.39, Faisal Ali 64.13, Katy Cleece 64.15, Christine McCullough 65.07, Jenny Bradley 66.13, Kate Clipston 66.15, Arthur Green 72.28, Alison Dick 73.48, Denise Almond 73.49, Ruth Watkinson 76.02.
At Preston Parkrun Amanda Cutler ran a new PB of 25.47 and Jo Roberts continued her improvement with a time of 30.48.
The results for the Rudolf Red Nose 5 mile were David Parkinson 31.49, Ben Smithers 39.34, Alison Parkinson 41.31, Pauline Moorcroft 43.02, Michelle Griffiths 43.41, Catherine Karn 47.30,Alison Mercer 47.44, Anees Shaikh 48.36, Anneke Crosby 48.36, Cat Holden 49.52, Mary Conway 52.02, Wendy Ward 52.03,Sarah Runcie 52.11, Katy Cleece 53.19, Ros Crompton 53.22, Arthur Green 56.27.