29th April
Fellsman Hike
60 miles, 11,000ft

6th Lawrence Eccles 12:44:44

The weather was near perfect and the ground not too muddy. I was feeling confident when I moved into second place. A few dodgy lines, and a bit of indigestion, later I had fallen to 5th. I was death marching to the finish. I wondered if I'd muster up more speed if challenged. On the last descent I was challenged and wasn't able to muster up a response so finished 6th.

On a positive Penny Lane Peglegs won the team prize again. Since I was the only Penny Lane Strider in the race I recruited Rory Harris (who finished second), Maria Cook of Skem fame (who finished second lady) and Ben Turner (husband of the far faster Sabrina Verjee who was unfortunately unavailable having just run 500km in Sicily).

Belfast City Marathon 30.4.23

Sara Kelly 3:36:07 **PB by almost 10 minutes**

29/4/23
parkrun round-up

Bromley parkrun

189 147 Rod JONES Penny Lane Striders 00:24:25

Knowsley parkrun

12 12 Michael Edward CONNOR Penny Lane Striders 00:21:38
41 5 Judith DYER Penny Lane Striders 00:25:48
133 39 Rachel RICK Penny Lane Striders 00:32:02
132 38 Joanne EDWARDS Penny Lane Striders 00:32:02

Warrington parkrun

26 26 Nigel GRANT Penny Lane Striders 00:20:36

Nobles parkrun

15 13 Richard COSTAIN Penny Lane Striders 00:22:57

Princes parkrun, Liverpool

15 15 Jamie STEEL Penny Lane Striders 00:19:55
23 21 Matthew DUTTON Penny Lane Striders 00:20:13
26 24 David LYNAN Penny Lane Striders 00:20:16
28 26 Matty WILLIAMS Penny Lane Striders 00:20:23
30 28 Michael O'ROURKE Penny Lane Striders 00:20:39
33 31 James LEE Penny Lane Striders 00:20:49
56 50 Thomas BACK Penny Lane Striders 00:21:58
62 56 Jack BUCKTON Penny Lane Striders 00:22:16
92 10 Alex MORTLOCK Penny Lane Striders 00:23:04
93 78 John BROWN Penny Lane Striders 00:23:05
114 96 Alan MCDERMOTT Penny Lane Striders 00:23:50
158 124 Stuart BRANDWOOD Penny Lane Striders 00:25:19
167 28 Mary HEERY Penny Lane Striders 00:25:36
172 30 Sarah SIMONS Penny Lane Striders 00:25:47
176 133 Colin WALSH Penny Lane Striders 00:25:51
185 139 Keith BOYLE Penny Lane Striders 00:26:09
188 34 Njideka AGWUNA Penny Lane Striders 00:26:12
195 38 Jill WRIGHT Penny Lane Striders 00:26:18
197 145 Tony PEACOCK Penny Lane Striders 00:26:24
231 165 Brian SWEENEY Penny Lane Striders 00:27:18
238 168 Mark BOWELL Penny Lane Striders 00:27:29
243 57 Supanki KAMALANATHAN Penny Lane Striders 00:27:38
245 171 Joe MCGLYNN Penny Lane Striders 00:27:44
252 64 Joanne SUTHERLAND Penny Lane Striders 00:27:54
272 184 Brian HIGGINS Penny Lane Striders 00:28:10
273 72 Lenka VIDAMOUR Penny Lane Striders 00:28:11
277 186 Graeme BACK Penny Lane Striders 00:28:15
281 74 Marie MOTLEY Penny Lane Striders 00:28:19
299 83 Anna WATKIN Penny Lane Striders 00:28:39
302 86 Helen MORRIS Penny Lane Striders 00:28:49
337 207 Steven BOYD Penny Lane Striders 00:30:03
342 210 Mohammed GHAROONI Penny Lane Striders 00:30:18
348 213 Alan MOORE Penny Lane Striders 00:30:26
351 112 Nichola D'CRUZE Penny Lane Striders 00:30:34
357 117 Jane NICHOLSON Penny Lane Striders 00:30:57
356 116 Tilly BROWN Penny Lane Striders 00:30:57
375 124 Susan TOWNER Penny Lane Striders 00:31:30
420 237 Mal TAYLOR Penny Lane Striders 00:33:32
436 161 Jane CUNNINGHAM Penny Lane Striders 00:35:00
482 192 Jane WOODS Penny Lane Striders 00:53:20

Hanley parkrun

183 42 Leanne MCANESPIE Penny Lane Striders 00:28:26

Citypark parkrun, Craigavon

46 40 Michael MCDONALD Penny Lane Striders 00:23:25

Skipton parkrun

158 65 Amy EDWARDS Penny Lane Striders 00:38:12

Widnes parkrun

31 25 Syd OMAR Penny Lane Striders 00:22:25
49 42 David JONES Penny Lane Striders 00:23:24
111 86 David WEBB Penny Lane Striders 00:27:28
161 46 Lisa MITCHELL Penny Lane Striders 00:31:15

Croxteth Hall parkrun

39 32 Chris LYDON Penny Lane Striders 00:22:36
68 50 Martin HIRRELL Penny Lane Striders 00:24:14
128 28 Gail SIKORA Penny Lane Striders 00:27:56
129 29 Judith BLACKMORE Penny Lane Striders 00:27:57
157 107 David JOHNSON Penny Lane Striders 00:29:26
167 111 Chris ANDERSON Penny Lane Striders 00:30:05
215 74 Kerry QUINTON Penny Lane Striders 00:32:40
269 108 Sioux MCGEE Penny Lane Striders 00:38:04

Birkenhead parkrun

153 125 Matthew HARVEY Penny Lane Striders 00:25:46

Crosby parkrun

124 31 Amy KNOWLES Penny Lane Striders 00:29:06

Lancaster parkrun

88 69 Tony MAN Penny Lane Striders 00:27:16

Lillie parkrun, Ann Arbor

24 6 Rebecca PRICE Penny Lane Striders 00:30:58

Severn Valley Country parkrun

56 18 Gabrielle O'GARA Penny Lane Striders 00:33:29

Tawd Valley parkrun

6 6 Colin DOBBS Penny Lane Striders 00:22:23
32 7 Cheryl PACE Penny Lane Striders 00:28:05

Saddleworth cake race 29/04/2023

Alice Fraser 01:31:13 F Senior 3 Female 4 Penny Lane Striders

Despite the race making it into the off-road calendar, I was the only PLS member running this year. It was a beautiful day in Saddleworth, and it was great to finally compete in a race taking place in my homeland. I'd highly recommend this race to anyone who's new to off-road running as it's really well attended, clearly marked and marshalled, and super friendly! Entries were reduced if you brought a home-made cake and I was pleased to see that my raspberry and white chocolate effort was gobbled up quickly. The winning cake was a chocolate woodland scene, complete with marshmallow mushrooms - delish!

Media City 10k 27th April

Donna McKenna 43:00

Paris Marathon 2/4/23

Alex Mortlock 4:05:17 (PB)