‘100 Marathon Club’ runner Gina Biggs excelled herself this weekend by ripping up her PB and posting an amazing time of 4.18.35 at the Brighton Marathon, nearly an hour faster than any of her century of marathons. A group of Red Rose enjoyed the atmosphere of the Paris Marathon. Lee…
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The inaugural Worden Park 5k and Fun Run proved a great event. Red Rose success was claimed by Matt Holmes who came second in 17.41 and Sophie Pilkington 2nd lady in 20.29. Dan Smith was the first Junior runner in 25.27. All the other results appear below. 2. 128 Matthew…
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The Coniston 14 is a highlight of the race calendar with its challenging hilly course set against fabulous views of the lake and mountains. This year nine of our runners made the journey to take part. Richard Barnes 1.54.45 and Lynne Kenyon 1.57.35 were our first runners with Doug Bryden…
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The Garstang Gallop is a 7 mile route over an undulating route and this weekend subject to some strong winds. The race winner was Red Rose Runner, Phil Marsden in a great time of 41.15. Equally impressive was the performance of one of our new members, Sophie Pilkington, who was…
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Amazing achievements this weekend. Spare a thought for Pita whilst out running this week. Read her story on http://id-coaching.net/fell-dog-run-never-happened/?fbclid=IwAR1Bjxf3C_HvTkQ6v_L9O4XcUMkAbs-PqZ5hJh04hjCpfhHGtr0WsJ6tYtk The Fell (Dog) Run That Never Happened ID Coaching So it turns out killing two birds with one stone isn’t always as productive as you might think. Tuesday the 12th…
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Gareth Bell did the West Pennine Moors ultra marathon. It should have been 30 miles, but with it being self-navigating he did 31.5 miles with 4500 feet of elevation. There was lots of snow, hail, gale force winds and some serious mud. He was unnecessarily disappointed with his time but…
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The club’s main focus after a very successful Presentation Night was hosting the latest Mid Lancs cross country event in Cuerden Valley. As ever the club members provided excellent marshalls and loads of encouragement for all the runners. The Red Rose women had six runners, led home by Nicola Hughes…
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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…
Red Rose Fell Running Weekend 2019 – Expressions of interest
This year’s Fell Running weekend is arranged for 13th – 15th September 2019. This has been a really popular event in the last few years. We have 32 places in Shackleton Lodge at Brathay Hall. The cost per person is £30 for the two nights of self catering accommodation. We…