The big race of the weekend for Red Rose was the Roddlesworth Roller. Stuart Cann led the team home and took the 3rd V50 position in 39.03. John Naylor ran 40.00 with Phil Butler next in 41.15. Fred Lynch took the V60 honours with a time of 41.50. There wasn’t…
Weekly Roundup 7th March 2016
Alison Parkinson was our only runner at the Haweswater Half Marathon held at Bampton. Although the road had suffered a landslide in recent months the repairs were quickly carried out ensuring that this excellent race could take place. From Bampton village this an out and back course which although unusual…
Weekly Roundup 29th February 2016
Six Red Rose Runners took part in the unusual 6 mile distance at the Lostock 6. A cold but fine day was in store for the runners on a course which includes the old ’orrible ’ill followed by a long drag on the main road in the final couple of…
Weekly Roundup 22nd February 2016
The first Grand Prix fixture of the year for Red Rose Road Runners was the Standish Hall trail Race. An excellent turn out of 29 from the club swelled the field of174 runners. Dan Hughes had a brilliant run finishing 5th overall in a time of 40.52 over the 10k…
Weekly Roundup 8th February 2016
At the Mad Dog 6, ‘Raiders of the lost Bark’,Red Rose Runners had a couple of our little red rose pups braving the winds in the ‘crazy pups’ 2K fun run. Lucie Clipston was the first back in an impressive time of 9:59. We also had Lexie Colquhoun out in…
Weekly Roundup 1st February 2016
A few hardy people who went off to do the Hoofstone Fell race were met with a very tough run in wet, cold and windy conditions together with horizontal hailstones. The race is a navigational challenge which takes in the highest point around Todmorden – Hoofstones Heights Trig Point. The…
Weekly Roundup 4th January 2016
Red Rose Road Runners Vicky Gore (25:51, 29:43), John Allen (24:50, 28:56), Chris Brown (22:22, 25:15) and Philip Davidson (21:28, 23:35) ventured South on the parkrun tourist trail to complete the New Years Day double of South Manchester parkrun at 9am followed by Stretford parkrun at 10.30am, both on revised…
Weekly Roundup 21st December 2015
Red Rose Road Runners scooped a good share of the prizes at the annual Rudolf Red Nose race from Blackpool Fire Station. Carla Davies was first Female overall in a time of 35:48 with Ray Taylor first Male Vet 65 (37:52) and Joan Gouldthorpe first Female Vet 60 (44:41). Evelyn…
Weekly Roundup 7th December 2015
Red Rose Road Runners didn’t appear to notice the bad weather this weekend. 34 runners out of 99 and over a dozen volunteers at Cuerden Valley Parkrun were from the club. With the weather stopping runners travelling to races and some races being cancelled, this was an impressive show of…
Weekly Roundup 16th November 2015
The Preston 10 miler was the big event of the weekend and in spite of the prospect of strong winds to hamper chances of great performances, over 400 runners turned up for this local classic race. The two lap course held a few surprises for the runners with head on…