On Saturday 19th October, The Great Langdale Marathon and Half was held. The marathon consists of a two lap course, billed as the hardest UK road marathon. In good conditions, John Naylor completed the course and his 93rd marathon in a time of 04:07:14. Shane Cliffe followed, with a time…
News Round Up 14.10.19
It was an eventful weekend for running. On Saturday, we witnessed Eliud Kipchoge make history to become the first person ever to run the marathon distance in less than 2 hours : 1:59:40.2, to be precise on a lapped course in perfect conditions in Vienna. Equally impressive on Sunday, Brigid…
C25K September 2019
Know someone who wants to start running? Our next Couch to 5k Beginners Course starts on the 19th September, 7pm at the Poachers. REGISTRATION REQUIRED as places limited. Email pogrady@sky.com Please note – this is not an improvers course. Please share and use the poster at work etc. and lets…
News Round Up – 12.8.19
On Tuesday 6th August Anneke Crosby took on the (very hilly) Dalbeattie 10k and finished in 49.57. This got her an age category win! On Wednesday 7th, the first race in the Ice Lolly 5k series was held in Bolton. It was a more challenging than anticipated by some…
Provisional Date for the 2019 AGM
We hope to hold the AGM on Monday 28th October at 7:00 pm. The venue is still to be confirmed but it is worth saving the date. This is an important event in the life of the club. We need to go through the formalities and we need members to…
Red Rose News Roundup 15th July 2019
On Tuesday Evening, there was another installment of the Caldervale Supper Run. Below are the results achieved by our members in this 4 mile race. Position Actual Time Race No Surname First Name Club Name Category Sex 49 00:30:47 144 Wiseman John Red Rose Road Runners V55 M 85 00:34:33…
Red Rose News
The fourth Red Rose Championship race was the Wesham 10k held last Wednesday evening from the BNFL site, in Lea. This was an excellently hosted race by Wesham Road Runners with close on 400 runners. Red Rose were well represented with over 90 runners. So many of our club achieved…
Red Rose News
Look out for an in depth report about this great event. Meanwhile , these are the results. http://bit.ly/joescuphillraceresults2019 [Weekly roundup 6 May 2019] category race reports]
Red Rose News
The Standish Hall Trail Race over 10k was the latest race in the Red Rose Grand Prix. In bright conditions and drier than normal conditions, 35 of our runners lined up. We had success with our first three men Michael Oddie 44.36, Barry Wheeler 45.25 and David Brunton 45.30 taking…
Emails and Spam
It is membership renewal time and emails have gone out to let everyone know. Have you had yours yet? It is increasingly likely that your email provider has and will continue to upgrade the anti spam protection they provide. In many cases that will be a welcome move but it…