Lostock a/c’s Mark Checkley had a legendary week of auto racing, placing all various other charter member to pity, as he finished 3 races, consisting of one on his birthday celebration!
The initially occasion was the Nicky Nook Fell Race – a brand-new midweek race inScorton The race did brag gorgeous sights of Blackpool which was a draw to Checkley, however the weather condition had a various strategy and storm cloud moistened that sight.
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The race covered 5 miles and had an excellent altitude gain of 979 feet. It had some amazing downhill areas, so after quiting up to take come pictures, Checkley had the ability to re-catch the joggers that had actually passed him to complete in 1hr 1min 48secs.
Last Saturday, Checkley was signed up with by other Lostockers Mark Shuttleworth and Rob Sharkey to finish the Short Duddon Fell Race.
The Short Duddon begins and ends up behind the Newfield Inn in Seathwaite in the South Lakes and absorbs Dow Crag, White Pike andCaw Although described as brief, the race covers 10 miles and an altitude gain of nearly 3,000 feet.
This is a self-navigated race and the individuals did not constantly take one of the most straight and very easy path, consisting ofCheckley The stormy and gusty weather condition likewise made the climbs up even more requiring.
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Sharkey was the initial to complete in an excellent time of 2:02:29, 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 finished the Edenfield Fell Race, near Bury, that covers 10k and 1,329 feet of altitude gain. The race begins and ends up at the cricket ground and goes across Waughs Well after that upWhittle Hill Part of the training course was incredibly high with individuals rushing up on all fours. Checkley had one more amazing run, completing in 1:26:01.
Tony Maxwell completed in the extremely affordable and rapid Levens 10k Road Race – the 2nd in a collection of 4 midweek races kept in the South Lakes yearly by the Kendal AAC, the others beginning in Kendal, Hawkshead and Endmoor.
Registration and the beginning and coating remained in the center of Levens town which exists a couple of miles southern of Kendal on the eastern side of the Lyth valley. It was a tiny area of primarily healthy and eager-looking regional club joggers.
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The beginning was a little a rushed event, to the level the vehicle driver of the lead cars and truck was not also in it at the time and she after that took 3 miles to slip past the joggers on the single-track roadways to reach the front.
The anticlockwise training course headed north on an undulating, however primarily uphill, path for a mile prior to falling over the following number of miles to the valley flooring, going through the town of Brigsteer heading. It after that took a sharp left to run southern on level roadways to finish with an uphill flog via Levens to the coating. Maxwell had an amazing race, completing in 50:31.
It was the 2nd in the Media City Chase – the run race collection – and 3 Lostockers headed to Salford to complete in the 5k. The 5k is 2 laps around Media City, beginning and completing outside the Lowry Theatre and is a quick race with great deals of joggers making the most of the level training course.
Jo McManus was the initial Lostock a/c participant to go across the goal in an excellent 21:45 – a brand-new PB. She was the 7th lady and 2nd in her age classification.
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Rachel Stevens was following throughout the line in 26:31 completing 4th in the exact same age classification out of 17. Markus Stevens attain one more below 30-minute 5k, completing in 29:59.
Parkrun results: Fell Foot – Chris Taylor 29:10, Karen Taylor 37:57; Fleetwood – Tony Maxwell 24:27 (2nd in age classification), Sheila Garewal 29:42 (3rd in age classification); Haigh Woodland – Janet Rhodes 22:51 (4th lady 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 (3rd in age classification); Worden – Ian Burns 28:51 (3rd in age classification).
