20th November
Penmaenmawr Fell Race
10+ miles

7th Lawrence Eccles 01:22:15

I did this race as an alternative to the classic Tour of Pendle as it is one I've been meaning to try for years. It is only a B class fell race in that there's not too much climbing per mile. There was talk of a waist deep bog section that required negotiating. It was sounding like something from Mordor, but turned out to be barely ankle deep, if that. It was a dry day and visibility was good. Maybe if the mist was down it would be much more challenging. The race then goes on a fast Roman road and back along an optional flagged route back to the start. Some local runners had their own lines to potentially save time here. I had hoped for a mug as it was pictured on the Facebook page, but the mugs were reserved for category winners and, oddly, 'local' runners. I did get a bottle of beer and post race soup.

20/11/21
parkrun round-up

Phoenix parkrun

20 17 Joe MCGLYNN Penny Lane Striders 00:24:23
42 32 Vincent HESSEY Penny Lane Striders 00:31:55

Harrogate parkrun

224 47 Rebecca BANCROFT Penny Lane Striders 00:29:04

Southport parkrun

27 2 Gabrielle O'GARA Penny Lane Striders 00:22:12
93 74 Jonathon MORRIS Penny Lane Striders 00:26:07
132 97 James ROBERTS Penny Lane Striders 00:28:06

Princes parkrun, Liverpool

5 5 Dan THOMAS Penny Lane Striders 00:18:37
14 13 Matthew ELAND Penny Lane Striders 00:19:31
25 21 Colin DOBBS Penny Lane Striders 00:20:30
29 24 Andrew KEELEY Penny Lane Striders 00:20:41
62 5 Holly BROWN Penny Lane Striders 00:22:19
63 53 Stephen WATKIN Penny Lane Striders 00:22:20
65 55 Andrew BIDDLE Penny Lane Striders 00:22:22
69 59 Mark DICKINSON Penny Lane Striders 00:22:51
79 65 David LYNAN Penny Lane Striders 00:23:27
88 74 John JENSEN Penny Lane Striders 00:23:37
92 9 Kathryn BRADLEY Penny Lane Striders 00:23:45
97 82 Stephen John PEMBERTON Penny Lane Striders 00:23:53
118 100 Tony PEACOCK Penny Lane Striders 00:24:50
120 13 Kathryn SHARKEY Penny Lane Striders 00:24:55
122 102 Jak NEWBY Penny Lane Striders 00:24:56
142 17 Mary HEERY Penny Lane Striders 00:25:33
145 119 Neil HANNETT Penny Lane Striders 00:25:36
146 120 Richard STAFFORD Penny Lane Striders 00:25:37
155 127 Trevor ASTELL Penny Lane Striders 00:25:43
159 21 Kerry QUINTON Penny Lane Striders 00:25:54
168 135 John BROWN Penny Lane Striders 00:26:05
175 142 Gregory HOCKING Penny Lane Striders 00:26:18
177 143 Gareth LYONS Penny Lane Striders 00:26:20
209 40 Anna WATKIN Penny Lane Striders 00:27:27
224 47 Laura PORTER Penny Lane Striders 00:28:18
231 164 Graeme BACK Penny Lane Striders 00:28:35
235 166 David JOHNSON Penny Lane Striders 00:28:41
238 54 Rebecca PRICE Penny Lane Striders 00:28:54
244 59 Jo BRUCHEZ-CORBETT Penny Lane Striders 00:29:09
245 169 Nigel FOO Penny Lane Striders 00:29:09
251 62 Joanne SUTHERLAND Penny Lane Striders 00:29:37
253 64 Sheetal SHARMA Penny Lane Striders 00:29:44
259 173 Brian HIGGINS Penny Lane Striders 00:29:55
280 80 Catherine Elizabeth NEVIN Penny Lane Striders 00:31:00
283 81 Samantha BENTALL Penny Lane Striders 00:31:28
288 85 Joanne EDWARDS Penny Lane Striders 00:31:32
289 86 Soraya MEAH Penny Lane Striders 00:31:38
292 88 Sarah MEYERS Penny Lane Striders 00:31:51
293 89 Cheryl PACE Penny Lane Striders 00:31:51
301 95 Susan TOWNER Penny Lane Striders 00:32:27
311 101 Vicki WITHERSPOON Penny Lane Striders 00:33:18
328 108 Jane CUNNINGHAM Penny Lane Striders 00:35:06
330 194 Steve BENNETT Penny Lane Striders 00:35:14
338 117 Rachel RICK Penny Lane Striders 00:35:53
339 118 Johanna ROBERTS Penny Lane Striders 00:35:56
369 197 Mal BALMER Penny Lane Striders 00:40:21

Mile End parkrun

47 38 Leon DIXON Penny Lane Striders 00:21:24

Citypark parkrun, Craigavon

76 64 Michael MCDONALD Penny Lane Striders 00:25:32

Penrith parkrun

45 4 Isobel LEASON Penny Lane Striders 00:23:24

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge

119 52 Jo GIBSON Penny Lane Striders 00:39:21

Widnes parkrun

12 12 Paul RILEY Penny Lane Striders 00:19:46
23 17 Michael Edward CONNOR Penny Lane Striders 00:20:48
33 25 Stephen DIPPLE Penny Lane Striders 00:21:29
36 28 David JONES Penny Lane Striders 00:21:40
75 61 Mark FINCH Penny Lane Striders 00:24:16
203 62 Lisa MITCHELL Penny Lane Striders 00:32:26

Croxteth Hall parkrun

69 6 Myka HEARD Penny Lane Striders 00:23:19
114 90 Jamie STEEL Penny Lane Striders 00:24:44
140 18 Alice SPOONER Penny Lane Striders 00:25:39
199 139 Matthew QUINTON Penny Lane Striders 00:28:09
243 62 Anne OXBROUGH Penny Lane Striders 00:30:24
244 63 Carolyn HOLT Penny Lane Striders 00:30:24
329 104 Jane WOODS Penny Lane Striders 00:34:43

Narin Beach parkrun

2 2 Martin HIRRELL Penny Lane Striders 00:25:33

Jesmond Dene parkrun

15 14 Colin WALSH Penny Lane Striders 00:22:13
110 34 Jill WRIGHT Penny Lane Striders 00:32:19

Conwy Half Marathon - 21 Nov 2021

Brilliant day out, as always. I have tried to find all PLS runners in the results, which was quite tricky. Sorry if I have missed anyone!

Julien Tour - 1:25:19
Andrew Grimshaw - 1:28:28
George Aylward - 1:31:26
David Lynan - 1:31:38
Les Schofield - 1:33:29
Kathryn Bradley - 1:34:15
Richard Costain - 1:36:34
Lenka Vidamour - 1:38:05
Ian Sadler - 1:38:50
Terry Lynch - 1:41:19 .
Charlotte Rawcliffe - 1:41:44
Greg Hocking - 1:42:19
Jonathan - 1:46:24
Sarah Jackson - 1:46:52
Trevor Astell - 1:48:40
David Williams - 1:49:19
John Brown - 1:53:19
Neal Butterworth - 1:54:26
Donna Mckenna - 1:54:27
Michael Devereux -2:00:00
Jane Nicholson - 2:00:50
Kam Dosanjh -1:59:18
Leslie Edwards - 2:07:40
Karen Culshaw - 2:11:58
Michaela Bishop - 2:15:20
Alan Moore - 2:15:20
Tilly Brown - 2:15:27
Marie Motley - 2:22:06
Rachel Rick - 2:22:07
Mal Taylor - 2:23:01
Anne Oxbrough - 2:23:00
Lynsey Laing - 2:22:41
Eamonn Brady - 2:22:42
Jude Blackmore- 2:23:20
Inma Ruiz - 2:35:21
Val Anderton - 3:20:15

Thanks, Lenka I think Jonathon is Jonny Laber-Craig. I know Lynsey Laing's time was a PB

ORC race
Tour of Pendle Fell Race
Sat 20th Nov 2021 at 10:30
Category: AL
Distance: 27km / 16.8m
Climb: 1473m / 4833ft

207 Michael O’Rourke 410 M Penny Lane Striders 03:40:09
And
161 Simone Capponi 224 M45 Bowland FR 03:26:02

The village of barley was very busy due the race coinciding with the FRA 50th anniversary, some questionable parking was undertaken by myself after driving round the village a few times looking for a space.

The weather started off fairly pleasant for the time of the year, and I was only hampered by a stone in my shoe which didn’t go away despite my positive thinking. Eventually I had to stop and take my shoe off which cost me very little time but was slightly annoying.

The hills however did cost me a lot of time, one particular decent Geronimo is very steep and my fellow competitors mainly chose not to follow the path and barrel straight down the side, which I am still trying to master the technique.

The race takes you to what must be all of the steep parts of Pendle hill, and I last saw Simo disappearing up one of these hills referred to locally as the Big Dipper towards the Cairn at CP8 in his still newly luminous Bowland vest.

The final climb takes you back up to the top of Pendle hill Big End and by this time clag had closed in a bit and I couldn’t see the wall line to aim at which leads to the final CP11, so I just had to follow someone and hope they were going the right way.

Runners got a t shirt, no beer or no mug, but then who would run a race just for a mug anyway.

27/11/21
parkrun round-up...

Widnes parkrun

3 3 David JOHNSON Penny Lane Striders 00:19:17
22 19 Paul RILEY Penny Lane Striders 00:21:31
27 24 David JONES Penny Lane Striders 00:22:18
35 31 John JENSEN Penny Lane Striders 00:23:11

Sefton Park XC

A very cold day (wind was particularly biting) but conditions underfoot were some of the best seen in years. As ever, one of the few chances where we get to rub shoulders with the 'elites'.

Senior Ladies 8.1k

Kathryn Bradley 35:23 129th place
Sarah Jackson 37:23
Lucie Michaelson 37:43
Becky Varnouse 44:20

for reference the winner was Jess Judd in 26:29 !


Senior Men 9.8k

Sean Jones 35:17 220th place
Alex Cowin 36:49
Phil Riding 37:36
Mike O'Rourke 39:34
Phil Gray 40:41
Andy B 41:24
Andy K 42:37
Rob-John Cooper 43:24
Terry Lynch 44:16
Steve Dipple 45:10
Mike Connor 45:41
John Brown 51:29

The male winner was Jack Rowe in 28:05...

Wilmslow 10k, 28/11. Chip time 55.28. Also could you add ToM Thurstaston 10k, 28/6, chip time 68.38

21st November - Preston 10m and 5m

10 Mile

Sean Jones 55:50
Christine Grant 1h 28:54

5 Mile

Nigel Grant 33:34
Jackie Anderson 46:15
Chris Anderson 46:16
Mike Devine 49:01

28th November 21 - Wilmslow Festive 10k

John Bampton 44:46
Eunice Nopondo 1:03:53

28th November
Wilmslow 10k

Lawrence Eccles 00:35:39
Ian Sadler 00:43:55
John Bampton 00:44:46
Kam Dosanjh 00:52:09
Joanne Edwards 00:55:28
Leslie Edwards 00:56:06
Eunice Nopondo 01:03:53

It is a fast course after all. I wasn't sure if the advertising was true after being mislead by a few other 'flat' courses like Garstang. Wilmslow was very cold though, especially in the first three miles downhill, but it didn't seem to slow times like hot weather can.