Lostock a/c’s Mark Checkley had a legendary week of auto racing, putting all numerous different constitution member to pity, as he completed 3 races, consisting of 1 on his birthday celebration!
The initially event was the Nicky Nook Fell Race – a brand-new midweek race inScorton The race did brag attractive sights of Blackpool which was a draw to Checkley, nevertheless the climate situation had a numerous technique and storm cloud moistened that sight.
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The race coated 5 miles and had a superb altitude achieve of 979 ft. It had some superb downhill areas, so after quiting as much as take come footage, Checkley had the power to re-catch the joggers that had really handed him to finish in 1hr 1min 48secs.
Last Saturday, Checkley was signed up with by different Lostockers Mark Shuttleworth and Rob Sharkey to complete the Short Duddon Fell Race.
The Short Duddon begins and finally ends up behind the Newfield Inn in Seathwaite within the South Lakes and absorbs Dow Crag, White Pike andCaw Although described as temporary, the race covers 10 miles and an altitude achieve of almost 3,000 ft.
This is a self-navigated race and the people didn’t continuously take some of the straight and really simple path, consisting ofCheckley The stormy and gusty climate situation likewise made the climbs up much more requiring.
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Sharkey was the preliminary to finish in a superb time of two:02:29, adhered to by Shuttleworth in 2:44:11 and Checkley ended up in 3:40:25.
On his birthday celebration on Sunday, Checkley after that completed the Edenfield Fell Race, close to Bury, that covers 10k and 1,329 ft of altitude achieve. The race begins and finally ends up on the cricket floor and goes throughout Waughs Well after that upWhittle Hill Part of the coaching course was extremely excessive with people speeding up on all fours. Checkley had another superb run, finishing in 1:26:01.
Tony Maxwell accomplished within the extraordinarily inexpensive and fast Levens 10k Road Race – the 2nd in a set of 4 midweek races stored within the South Lakes yearly by the Kendal AAC, the others starting in Kendal, Hawkshead and Endmoor.
Registration and the start and coating remained within the heart of Levens city which exists a few miles southern of Kendal on the japanese aspect of the Lyth valley. It was a tiny space of primarily wholesome and eager-looking regional membership joggers.
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The starting was just a little a rushed occasion, to the extent the car driver of the lead automobiles and truck was not additionally in it on the time and he or she after that took 3 miles to slide previous the joggers on the single-track roadways to succeed in the entrance.
The anticlockwise coaching course headed north on an undulating, nevertheless primarily uphill, path for a mile previous to falling over the next variety of miles to the valley flooring, going by way of the city of Brigsteer heading. It after that took a pointy left to run southern on degree roadways to complete with an uphill flog through Levens to the coating. Maxwell had an incredible race, finishing in 50:31.
It was the 2nd within the Media City Chase – the run race assortment – and three Lostockers headed to Salford to finish within the 5k. The 5k is 2 laps round Media City, starting and finishing outdoors the Lowry Theatre and is a fast race with nice offers of joggers benefiting from the extent coaching course.
Jo McManus was the preliminary Lostock a/c participant to go throughout the purpose in a superb 21:45 – a brand-new PB. She was the seventh girl and 2nd in her age classification.
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Rachel Stevens was following all through the road in 26:31 finishing 4th in the very same age classification out of 17. Markus Stevens attain another beneath 30-minute 5k, finishing in 29:59.
Parkrun outcomes: Fell Foot – Chris Taylor 29:10, Karen Taylor 37:57; Fleetwood – Tony Maxwell 24:27 (2nd in age classification), Sheila Garewal 29:42 (third in age classification); Haigh Woodland – Janet Rhodes 22:51 (4th girl and initially in age classification), Anthony Sutton 24:52, Chris Baker 25:03; Peel – Linda Hardman 27:24 (2nd in age classification); Rothay – Katie Edern 28:10 (third in age classification); Worden – Ian Burns 28:51 (third in age classification).
