Dave Waywell Was First M70 and 115Th in the 8

John Collier ran a very strong race in the Derwentwater Ten for first M60

It has been a very quiet week with few races in the North West to encourage Wesham members out to run. With no team in the English Cross Country Relays in Mansfield for the second year in a row the club missed out on an excellent day of competition and one of the best cross country courses still in the circuit.

John Collier had a stunning run in the hilly Derwentwater 10 mile road race on Sunday morning out of Keswick and round the picturesque lake, running 1:05:41 to finish first M60 by nearly 2 minutes over local man Nick Lancaster finishing 56th overall. It must have been perfect conditions for running as the first 17 men broke the hour and the first three runners were all well inside 53 minutes. Simon Eaton finished 87th in 1:08:02, 25th M40. There were 386 runners in this popular race.

Nichola Unsworth was 14th woman and 118th in the Lancaster Half Marathon on Sunday in 1:39:29, placing 4th W40. Brian Jones was 200th in 1:47:00; Sara Ward was 249h in 1:50:56, 7th W45; and Sally Deacon finished 395th in 2:03:45.

Dave Waywell was first M70 and 115th in the 8.4 mile Through the Villages race from Wheelton through Brinscall and Abbey on the familiar hilly course. He clocked 1:08:54 to finish nearly 12 minutes ahead of Keith Robson of Manchester Tri. Kath Hoyer was 17th woman and 2nd W50 in 1:11:14 in 142nd position 3 minutes behind category winner Dawn Terry of Clayton le Moors. .

Stephen Wilkinson ran the Cheshire 10k in Warrington and he finished in 496th position and 13th M60 in a time of 15:16, chip timing 50:35.

Alex Rowe ran a disappointing 18:42 in the Pennington Flash parkrun on Saturday morning on his way down to Birmingham for the weekend, recording an M55 age-graded performance of 83.60%. Karl Lee ran 19:01 at the CuerdenValley run just 4 seconds short of his personal best for 67.92% age graded performance. Steve Myerscough was out on the Preston parkrun and he recorded 19:15 for M40 71.43%. David Taylor recorded 20:18 for 63.55% and Chris Whitlock ran 22;22 with an M45 age graded score of 65.42%.