Man v Horse - Sat 10 June: 21 miles, going was soft to very boggy!

2:57:44 Ste Mc, Marty H, Neil K (7th team)
3:34:31 Rob H
3:41:45 Dave Cain
3:54:26 Susan Cain (3rd F50)
3:59:06 Frank M
4:06:28 Christina P, Maria K, Sam D
4:13:34 Tony M
4:21:02 Gill D (5th F50)

Well done to to everyone for surviving the mud, raging river crossings and extra 3/4 mile diversion at the end! What a day, roll on next year eh!

Halewood 5K Results:

Saturday 2nd June

3. Derek Ashcroft 19:16
4. Graham Halsall 19:38
7. Steph Bullock 20:02
11. Mark Finch 20:56
20. Michelle Kelly 25.50
25. Rachel Rick 32.16

Birkenhead Park 5m

Wednesday 13th June

Pos Name Gun
9 Nigel Grant 29:32
15 Paul Riley 30:24
32 Mary Kelly 32:00 PB
46 Timothy Warn 34:42
47 John Jensen 34:56 PB
51 David Hood 35:21 PB
58 Steve Pemberton 36:29
59 Ceredig Cattanach-Chell 36:42
67 Valerie C Desborough 38:52 PB

Sorry if I've missed off any PBs..

Wirral Seaside Run - June 20th (results just published)

21:25 Russell Burnham
26:30 Marie Motley

I'm very impressed with the organisers of the Wirral Seaside Run - they know in advance what time runners are going to achieve and get the results out before the race! No need to turn out to run, brilliant! Not sure that PLS 10k Race C'ttee can match that.

Didn't realise that Parkrun (is it just Princes Parkrun or any Parkrun?) now counts in Club Championship. Did the rules get changed at the AGM this week, or has something else happened which I have missed?

Sorry Tim, I meant May. Let's hope the Race C'ttee can match the turn out of the very first Port Sunlight 10K!

I look forward to clarification from the C'ttee whether parkrun counts or not towards the Championships. According to Mal it did as long as runners wore a PLS vest.

It makes sense that Princes Parkrun should count for the club championship given that:
1. the course has a course measurement certificate (although it might be advisable for the certificate to be renewed and/or for the course to be remeasured each year which is what Races under UKA Rules have to do),
2. Princes Parkrun is now organised by the club albeit as a joint venture with Liverpool Running Bugs,
3. Princes Parkrun is now the official PLS Saturday training session.
However I'm not sure that it can currently count because of the wording of the Club Constitution/Rules. But it would be a relatively easy thing to get the Rules changed - the Constitution sets out the procedure. Its a pity the opportunity was not taken at the recent AGM to get the Rules changed. Perhaps the Committee would like to promote such a change by calling an EGM for that purpose?

MT: Brinscall Great Hill Fell Race. June 16th

Steve Pemberton 49.29
Gill Darby 54.36

59 ran

Wet & wild!

I don't think the course needs to be re-measured unless the course changes.

Princes parkrun is entirely separate from Penny Lane Striders but is blessed by the amazing number of Striders who give up their time each week to volunteer. It is organised by myself, Mike and Shane with help from Marie, Emma, Eamonn, Paul, Rachel to name but a few. Liverpool Running Bugs (now Knowsley Harriers AC) have nothing to do with the current running of parkrun and haven't been since the start of the year.

The beauty of parkrun is that it is club neutral and all are welcome to participate. We try to promote running clubs and local races.

The amazing thing having so many Striders involved (both running and volunteering) is that the club is shown in a very good light to the local running community and consequenly we are consistently attracting new members to the club. PLS runners wearing our vest in parkrun encourages 'clubless' runners to believe they are good enough to run with us.

Princes parkrun is not the official PLS Saturday training session as far as I know.

I agree the biggest bar in the way of parkrun being recognised as a race is that it is not held under UKA rules. However neither is the Tunnel 10K which I believe is part of the 10K Championships.

As you say the course is accurately measured and certified. Out timing is also consistantly accurate within a second. We time runners both manually by stopwatch and automatically with a time clicker. We also name runners in the manual results as a safeguard. Interesting there is rarely a difference between the two timing systems at the end of an event. I personally do the results and upload them to parkrun every week. I believe our results accuracy would compare favourably when compared to the Mystery 5K.

I'd actually be surprised if any strider held their pb at Princes parkrun as it isn't the fastest of courses.

It would be a shame for Princes parkrun and parkruns in the future not to be counted in the Championships because they are well attended by Striders. They are also free - some Striders may not be able to afford for example to partake in the 10K Championships.

The next step is for the committee to give a formal ruling so everyone is clear on the situation.

Hmmm Not sure if the Princess Park was to be in the Club Series or whether it was just allowable for the 5km Season best Times (is there a difference?!). I know I have a 22:28 on ParkRun and ran in Vest - as that was when Mal (?) mentioned that Vested Times could count. Again - I think for Season rather than series..?

Birkenhead 5 mile was also a new PB for me

Kinda gutted to finish so far down the field but that was a really fast field on that night!

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just quoting from what appears to be an official Penny Lane Striders printed leaflet which I saw this week:
"Together with Running Bugs we organise the weekly park run in Princes Park..."
"Training Nights:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.45pm @ Garston Lifestyles,
Saturdays Princes Parkrun Free 5k run at 9am"

Id second Russell's comments on this one, it needs resolving one way or the other asap.

That leaflet is out of date and should not be in circulation as it is no longer factually correct.

A full discussion was held over this on Wednesday night at the AGM were the confusion was fully explained, for info see club Sec for minuets.

16th June
Great Lakes Run
21km 2130m

Lawrence Eccles 3h56.56

The race was wet, with poor visibility, and I took a slightly longer route; all contributed to a slower time than I did 3 years ago. It is a classic course and I am pleased it was not cancelled yesterday.

Apology accepted Lawrence.

Llandudno 10
Stephe Mcnicholas 1-06-05
Paul Brady. 1-12-12 pb
Eamonn Brady 1-17-04 pb
Terence Long. 1-21-11
Ewan Dawich. 1-21-25
Laurinda Holden. 1-37-55 pb

Well done everyone

Freck Half Marathon

Andy Leslie (chip) 1:47:33

Hot and Windy!

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Dunham Massey 5k (race 2)

5th James McNally - 16.02
7th Martin Swensson - 16.17 (PB)

Us Penny Laners sit 1st and 2nd in the mens open category of the 5 race series as well.

Sorry if I missed anyone else who did the race but I think we were the only striders?!

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So does my Parkrun effort from Saturday count?
39th Andy Cantwell 23:05 PB (vest worn)

Malta Olympic 10k. Sunday 17 june

Mark finch 42.02. Very hot 90

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Warrington 10k
20th June

Pos Name Cat Time

40 R. Collins M 00:39:52
41 S. McNicholas M40 00:40:01
62 G. Whitfield M40 00:42:17
68 C. Dobbs M 00:42:58
72 P. Chivers M50 00:43:17
73 S. Pemberton M50 00:43:19
79 T. Warn M50 00:43:51
84 J. Jensen M 00:44:08
102 G. Hussey M 00:46:06 PB
103 C. Cattanach M 00:46:15 PB
105 M. Devereux M50 00:46:28
122 M. Roxburgh M40 00:47:46
123 E. Kearney F35 00:47:48
139 C. Whelton M40 00:48:50
146 G. Darby F45 00:49:16
168 M. Heard F45 00:50:20
175 L. Warn F 00:51:00
188 J. Dyer F45 00:51:56
198 A. Gidman M40 00:52:56
199 A. Stansfield M50 00:53:00
200 E. Brady M40 00:53:00
222 G. Gates M50 00:55:29
244 A. Deane F45 00:57:32
253 J. Horton F35 00:58:32
272 L. Holden F 01:01:06
286 R. Fisher F 01:07:58
291 S. Stout F35 01:12:44


Sorry if I've missed any PBs.

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Mystery Park 5k - Tuesday 19th June

Results produced on the night (which may or may not be correct! )

Pos Name Time
1 Martin Swensson 16.05pb
5 John Connolly 17.39
9 Paul Riley 18.27
18 Stephanie Bullock 19.29 3rd Lady
22 Steve Pemberton 19.47
29 Andy Leslie 21.13
30 Craig Hawley 21.15
31 Marc Vincent 21.22
33 Mark Thomas 21.26
35 Emma Kearney 21.43
38 Jane Eardley 21.48
39 Mike Roxburgh 22.01
43 Shaun McGrath 22.42
46 Alice Spooner 22.53
48 Tony Peacock 23.07
49 Val Desborough 23.29
60 Clare O'Callaghan 25.29pb
61 Rachel Rick 29.14

66 ran (18 of which were PLS!) Sorry, but I don't know if there were any other PB's

Wavertree 5K PB for me. Bit slower than my watch said, but I'll still take it. Easier to beat next time

PB for me to :)

20th June
HotFoot up Famau
5.6km 366m
11th Lawrence Eccles 39:53 PB

Lawrence, by my reckoning so far this month you've raced on 3rd, 5th, 9th, 16th and 20th, including some really tough races! What a guy!

20-Jun-12 10k
Warrington Road Runners
Robbie Collins 00:39:52
Ste McNicholas 00:40:01
Gary Whitfield 00:42:17
Colin Dobbs 00:42:58
P Chivers 00:43:17
Steve Pemberton 00:43:51
John Jensen 00:44:08
Graham Hussey 00:46:06
Ceredig Cattanach-Chell 00:46:15
Mike Devereux 00:46:28
Mike Roxburgh 00:47:46
Emma Kearney 00:47:48
Chris Whelton 00:48:50
Gill Darby 00:49:16
Myka Heard 00:50:20
Louise Warn 00:51:00
Judith Dyer 00:51:26
Alan Gidman 00:52:56
Eamonn Brady 00:53:00
Andrew Stansfield 00:53:00
Tommy Gates 00:55:29
Anthea Deane 00:57:32
Jenny Horton 00:58:32
Larinda Holden 01:01:06
Ruth Fisher 01:07:58
Sue Stout 01:12:44

Well done all.

You're too modest, Lawrence. The Welsh 1000 (even the so-called shorter variant) is a prestigous event and to win that race is a fantastic achievement, so well done!
Is all this racing leading up to another crack at the Lakeland 100M, or possibly even an attempt at the Bob Graham Round?

A couple of track results to report:

3k at Stretford:

James McNally 9:05

Wirral Endurance Races 1 Mile:

John Connolly - 4:58

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