Weekend News Round Up In Blackpool, on Saturday and Sunday, we saw the Stanley Park 10k being run. Well done Ben Smithers and Gina Biggs for running both 10Ks. Predictably they also ran Blackpool parkrun as a warm up! On Saturday, Carol Douglass won her age category with 54:08.…
New Round Up – 18.2.20
‘Storm Dennis’ Weekend Race Report Saturday saw the start of ‘Storm Dennis’ and increasingly nasty weather conditions. The morning’s parkrunners escaped the worst of it, however the same could not be said for the small band of brave souls who ventured up the A6 to the Bleasdale Circle fell…
Red Rose News
The Mid Lancs cross country season continued this weekend with the event being held in Blackpool. With the early stages of Storm Ciara making her presence felt Red Rose put out a hardy set of runners. In the Under 11’s race Archie Finch had a great run finishing the 2k…
Runner’s Runner of the Year 2019 – The Nominees
Voting has now closed for Runner’s Runner of the Year. The winner will be announce at the Presentation Evening on Friday 13th March, Bamber Bridge Football Club, from 19:30. Thank you for taking the time to nominate and vote. __________________ Below are the nominations for the Runner’s Runner…
Red Rose News
There was a good turnout from RRRR for the Blackburn Winter Warmer 10k.This popular, well organised event by Blackburn Road Runners always provides a stern test for the runners but the weather was mainly dry and good for the runners. Jill Jefferson picked up the F60 prize with a time…
Red Rose News
Well done to these 4 rosebuds at Avenham junior parkrun today- and a special shout out to Jack who earned his half marathon wristband for 11 parkruns. Tegan Bentley won her full marathon distance wristband. Abigail toured to Kew Woods on Saturday and completed the 5k parkrun there. The main…
Fell Championship 2020 – Dan Hughes
The Fell Championship Hi everyone, the Fell Championship begins in February and I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself, Dan Hughes, as your new fell captain. You probably know me better as one half of ‘Team Hughes’ (Nic and Dan Hughes), and whilst I’m the main contact for…
Red Rose News
A good turnout form Red Rose at the Inskip Half Marathon saw Michael Oddie finish in great time of 1.28.09. Steve Murphy crossed the line just ahead of Ian Croft, their times being 1.39.44 and 1.40.04. Lynne Kenyon had a great run with a time of 1.48.04 followed by Helen…
Red Rose News
The main road race for Red Rose this weekend was the Garstang 10K. Each year this provides everyone with a benchmark time for the following months. This year overnight rain gave way to cool but favourable conditions. Our success came in both team and individual prizes. Matt Holmes posted yet…
Red Rose News
The first Championship race of the year was the Central Lancs Half Marathon. Getting the year off to a great start many of our runners posted good times and PB’s. Simon Croft won the race by a considerable distance in a time of 1.12.59. Kristian Lowe finished 15th in 1.25.31.…