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Radcliffe Juniors and Seniors take part in series of IronMan events
On Thursday, five Radcliffe AC members headed for the Leo Pollard Memorial Fell Race in Rivington. Straight up to the pike, up to Two Lads, the mast at Winter Hill, a cross-country gallop back to the pike over beautiful boggy moorland, followed by a fast technical downhill back to the barn, Ian Swan was first for the club in 50:42, followed by Neil Greenhalgh (52:14), Nathan Walker (54:25), Donna Cartwright (third lady) (55:13) and Mark Garner (55:41).
Friday evening saw two distances for the IronMan Night Run. First to finish the 10k was Mark Taylor in just 45:55, followed by Dan Hunt (47:16), John Szubert (48:57), Lucie Tighe (49:54) and Lisa Antrobus (58:43), supporting a friend on their first ever 10k.
Mark Williams was the 1st M60-64 in the 5k (19:57), followed by Chris Mihalyi (20:09) Laura Aiken (23:29), Stephen Crowe (26:03) and Grace Williams (33:53).
On Saturday morning thousands of children descended upon Bolton Town Centre for IronKids, with different distances for each age group. Juniors Thomas, Isla, Poppy, Calla, Grace, Lola, George, Skyler and Benjamin had a brilliant day with a lot of serious effort and even more camaraderie and team spirit.
Ken Smith raced in the Green Man Trail 15k in the Forest of Bowland, a race with plenty of mud, varied terrain and oodles of stiles (1:53:04).
On Sunday Mark Garner decided he hadn’t had enough of the fells that week, and took on Edenfield Fell Race, a 10.2 km race with approximately 396 meters of elevation, which he completed 1:06:55.
Emma Woolstencroft braved Dalby’s Inferno, a Backyard style Ultra Marathon in Dalby Forest, featuring hourly 5.5K trail loops with runners building towards a 55K ultra distance, in around 8:01:56 total run time.
Lisa Riley hit the Lakeland Trails Marathon in Coniston on Saturday, completing the circuit of Coniston Water along footpaths and bridleways in 7:54:07.
Following wife Laura’s speedy performance on Friday and their children’s superb races at IronKids on Saturday, the club’s newest recruit, Michael Aiken, finished up a solid weekend of sport for the whole family with the IronMan 70.3 triathlon. He completed the 1.9km swim in 39:41, the 90km cycle in 2:55:45 and half marathon run in 1:51:18 for a total time of 5:22:08 including transitions.
Radcliffe AC Juniors and Seniors hit the city for the AJ Bell Great Manchester Run
Radcliffe AC’s Jack Porter ran the Stockholm Marathon on Saturday, taking runners through the beautiful capital of Sweden, hurtling towards the finish in a very impressive 02:59:46.
On Saturday, three juniors headed to the Manchester Regional Arena for the first events of the Great Manchester Run. Skyler (22:04) and Benjamin (22:10) enjoyed a chat round the 2.5k Junior race followed by Grace running the 1.6km Mini race in 9:57.
Six senior members ran the half marathon the next morning through the streets of Manchester, with Cameron Sharples first back for the club in just 1:38:43, followed closely by Mark Garner (1:41:32), Alex Field (1:44:27), Lucie Tighe (1:54:50), Daniel Hunt (1:56:38) and John Szubert (2:17:23).
Four then took on the 10k, with Rebecca Chambers-Nolan finishing her first race as a new member in 1:10:11, along with Bev Quinton (1:21:36), Mike Scott (1:21:36) and Iain Harris (2:38:12). Mike was also running for the charity Campaign Against Living Miserably, and raised £270 - well done Mike!
Paul pelts past Panopticons
Paul pelts past Panopticons
On Tuesday, Radcliffe AC’s Tracy Wroe headed to Cheshire for the Quarry Bank Mill, a 10km one lap course within the National Trust grounds of Quarry Bank Mill and the surrounding village. Tracy completed this popular scenic race in 1:14:31.
The second mid-week race had a solid turnout of 26 members over in Horwich for the Coronation Trail Race, a challenging 6-mile route near the river Yarrow. Neil Swithenbank was the first back for the club in just 43:14, followed by Mark Williams (44:44), Chris Mihalyi (45:54), Neil Greenhalgh (46:59), Mark Garner (49:03), Nathan Walker (49:45), Paula Abernethy (52:18) (1st FV60), Paul Stevens (52:18), Dominic Parry (54:21), Jack Connor (55:09), Ethan Holden-Malone (57:05), Laura Aiken (57:39), Karen Doherty (1:00:12), Kathryn Davies (1:01:02), Stephen Crowe (1:00:49), Alison Howarth (1:02:49), Peter Warr (1:02:59), Charlotte Holden-Malone (1:03:42), Lisa Riley (1:04:48), Elaine Bailey (1:05:48), Helen Kay (1:10:49), Tracy Wroe (1:12:51), Sheila McNulty (1:16:29), Natalie Hitchen (1:25:37), Bev Quinton (1:30:32) and Mike Scott (1:30:33).
Seven juniors also took on the one-mile junior event of the evening – with special mention to future junior Owen who, despite being the youngest of the group, came flying in first for the group, joined by Isla, Jack, Kian, Skyler, Benjamin and Gracie.
On Saturday, Paul Stevens braved the heat for the Panopticons Ultra, a brand new 52km trail race with 1,430m of climb. The route took runners through the towns of East Lancashire’s industrial heritage and along the Pennine Way, the Rossendale Way and the Pennine Bridleway, passing the four art installations of ‘The Panopticons’ by Mid Pennine Arts. These included Colourfields, The Halo, The Singing Ringing Tree and Atom. Paul completed the route in 9:27:39.
Members also hit various parkruns this weekend. Junior Lexi (22:18) was at Alexandra Park, Mark Williams (35:02) at Bolton, Alex Field (28:06) and Stephen Crowe (30:47) at Clarence Park, Richard Parkinson (21:05), Alison Howarth (28:16), Elaine Bailey (29:06), Mia Derbyshire (31:23), Laura Aiken (33:40) and Sheila McNulty (35:54) at Heaton Park, Daniel Hunt (24:47), Graham Beales (33:03), Helen Kay (33:04) and Bev Quinton (43:28) at Kingsway Park, Urmston, Tracy Wroe (33:13) at Peel, Kath Biddle (25:49) at Somerdale Pavillion, Sheila Jones (25:55), Karen Doherty (28:31), Kathryn Davies (29:35), Dominic Parry (23:24), Emma Wolstencroft (29:32), Sara Parry (43:27) and Junior Skyler (43:28) at Woodlands, Scarborough, and John Szubert (33:49) at Worsley Woods.
