At last week’s New Longton 10k, we had a great turnout and some excellent performances. In 5th place, Phil Marsden ran 36.22 to take 1st V45 with Dave Parkinson 1st V50 in 37.58. Our next runners were James Darkin 41.45, Chris Bibby 41.57, Andrew Stell 44.06, Andrew Doublett 44.59, Pete…
Red Rose News
The main event for Red Rose this weekend was the 32nd Roddlesworth Roller, a well established 9k undulating and scenic multi-terrain race around Abbey Village. Our first runner home in 9th place was Simon Croft in 34.58. Stuart Smith had a great run finishing in 39.43 well clear of a…
Red Rose News
Scott Jackson took part in the Chester Ultra. Weather conditions forced organisers to revise the route due to another storm. In spite of this the course was still 44 miles. Scott was placed a well earned 30th. Two brave U11 Boys took part at the Lancaster cross country. Archie Finch…
Junior Runner of the Year 2019
Junior Runner of the Year 2019 Please find below the nominations for Junior Runner of the Year 2019. Voting is open to junior members only (or their parents/guardians on their behalf). As we have, in some cases, multiple juniors registered with the same email address, please specify the name…
News Round Up – 25.02.20
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…
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…
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…