Todmorden 5k Winter Series – Wednesday 27th November 2013
This was the first fixture of 4 in the Series with the other Races taking place on 4th, 11th & 18th December.
Full Results HERE
(NB> Positions adjusted as per results, excluding the wheelchair athlete)
Four Blackburn Harriers ran in this one – won in a nifty 16.52 by Jon Wright – and were led home by the indefatigable Chris Barnes who took 5th place in 18.16. Next came Laura Hesketh (13th) in 19.34 and just seven seconds separating the 5 athletes around her. Father and daughter duo, Trevor and Kelsey Rutherford also ran with dad Trevor (21.49) just hanging on in 28th place to beat Kelsey (21.53) (29th) by four seconds.
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Wesham 10k – 30th November 2013
This very popular and long established 10k Race saw 359 finishers on the day, and David Rigby from Preston Harriers winning in a pretty rapid time of 31.43.
Full Results HERE
Ten runners from Blackburn took part and amongst them some fine performances and new PB’s. First home and with a new PB, reflecting the training he has been putting in was Tom Blaney who took 8th place in 34.22, to cut a huge 1min 23 seconds off his existing best time over the distance.
V45 Matt Nuttall who has been suffering with an injury for quite a while now finished 15th (35.12) and was 2nd V45 in the Race. V55 John Chaplin also had a 2nd place finish in his age category and clocked 37.18 , finishing 35th overall. V45 Michael Toms, ‘fresh’ from the Tour of Pendle last week in which he had a cracking run, placed 48th (38.10). Just behind was another athlete, Mark Almond, who is also making a return from injury and finishing one place behind Michael in 49th (38.16). Steve Foley, racing again on the road recorded a 41.36 clocking in 10th and Sarah Toms had a really solid race, finishing 114th in 42.09.
The final three places all saw the runners recording PB’s which was a brilliant achievement by each of them. Catherine Guinan (177th) in 47.08, Kaylie Panaro (179th) in 47.10 cutting one minute and eleven seconds off her existing PB and Jan Buckingham, just days away from her 50th birthday took 262nd place with 51.31 and a big reduction in her PB of one minute and forty four seconds. Training is clearly going well!!
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Guy’s 10 Mile Road Race – 1st December 2013
Only one Blackburn Harrier in this Race – Shaun Livesey – who has been running well, achieving a 10 mile PB in the recently held Preston 10 mile Road Race.
Despite finishing 5th overall iat Guy’s, Shaun wasn’t completely happy remarking that “I ran a mediocre 57:27 finishing 5th. Sum what slower than Preston 2 weeks previous. I was at 5 mile in 28 mins but then felt the handbrake slowly coming on. Doing the second 5 in 29:27. Bring on the ribble valley“.
Full Results HERE
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Hampshire Cross Country League at Popham Airfield, Basingstoke (Match 3)
Karl Billington hit the come back trail after a long bout of injury by guesting for Aldershot in the Hampshire Cross Country League last weekend – Nov 30th – and was in a positive mood afterwards, remarking that “i was pleased with my race, it was my first race in over 3 months so i went into the race with no expectations put no pressure on myself and managed to come away with a good performance”.
Full Results HERE
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