Helsby weekly round-up 2nd – 6th July 2014

Hi all
Wednesday 2^nd July was the Birchwood Ladies 5k. 8 Helsby ladies were out on the night led home by Jane Ashbrook for 9^th overall in 20.53. Well done to those ladies running for Helsby for the first time.
9^th         Jane Ashbrook                          20.53
11^th       Laura Baynham-Hughes         21.22
14^th       Louise Spruce                           21.27
20^th       Janet Robertson                        22.11
34^th       Jackie Keasley                          24.11
68^th       Shan Kay McCarthy                   26.39
100^th     Alison Butler                             30.29
116^th     Emma Barnes                           33.21
129^th     Michelle Cully                            36.04
Full results available here
http://www.spectrumstriders.org.uk/images/stories/striders_downloads/results/striders_races/ladies5kresults2014.pdf
Thursday 3^rd July was the 2^nd Deeside Multi-Terrain Race of the season with a good turnout for Helsby with 7 green vests out on the night. Derek Morris took the honours for first Helsby home.
8^th         Derek Morris                 29.03
9^th         Jim O’Hara                    29.18
11^th       James Hughes              29.41
12^th       Paul Frodsham              29.43
24^th       Tom DeJong                 31.42
25^th       Gary O’Connor              32.40
38^th       Adrian Jackson             35.00
Full results available as below
http://www.deestridersrunningclub.net/Results/offroad2014.aspx
Can find no results for Delamere Park 5k this weekend but Colin Bishop stormed round the Warrington Park Run on Saturday 5^th July for 1^st overall.

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/warrington/results/latestresults/
Moel Siabod also on Saturday 5^th July was our 5^th Fell Counter of the season as well as a race in the North Wales Series. There were 10 Helsby out to take on one of the best single mountain challenges in Snowdonia. Jim O’Hara had a fantastic race for 13^th overall and first in for Helsby with Janet Robertson first Helsby lady home.
13^th       Jim O’Hara                    55.28
52^nd       Phillip Roberts              68.03
53^rd       Dave Feakes                 68.24
55^th       Phil Gillard                    68.53
58^th       Mario Foschi                 69.56
60^th       Tom DeJong                 70.30
77^th       Adrian Jackson             74.43
92^nd       Paul Foster                   78.01
98^th       Janet Robertson            82.08
101^st     Rachel Arnold               82.58
Results are out on the Welsh Fell Runners website
http://www.wfra.me.uk/index.htm
The Fairy Freckled Cow Race in Denbigshire was on Sunday 6^th July. Please find race report from Ben Williams below
“I’ve just come back from running the Fairy Freckled Cow trail race, around the Alwen Reservoir in Denbighshire. It’s a nice low-key race, about 6.75 miles mainly on stony paths and forest roads. It’s undulating, but with one big climb that has most people (including me) walking. A downpour about ten minutes in turned the paper numbers to mush, and I had to carry the remains of mine by hand for the rest of the distance… Paper numbers apart, the organisation was good with plenty of friendly marshals and a water stop halfway.
The turnout was a lot less than last year, maybe it wasn’t a club counter for anyone this year. The only big club turnouts were the locals – Denbigh, Abergele and Prestatyn.
The results aren’t online yet, but I finished within five seconds of last year’s time by my watch, so at least I’m consistent! (57 min 48 secs)”
Full race results should appear here soon
http://www.denbighharriers.com/Trail_Race.html
Sunday was also the Lakeland Trails Coniston Half Marathon Challenge. Please find race report from Tim Palmer below
“I did the Lakeland Trails Coniston Half Marathon Challenge on Sunday. This is a trail half marathon starting and finishing at Coniston in the Lake District. The vast majority is off road; mainly on gravel tracks and the scenery is terrific. As it is the Lake District, there is a significant amount of climb at 385m (1265 ft) and between mile 9 and mile 10, there is a fast steep descent which loses all this height gain and virtually no climb in the remaining distance. The weather was much better than forecast (sunshine; no rain) so I slightly regretted my decision not to carry water. Overall, it was an enjoyable race with some excellent scenery. I finished 12th overall in 1:47:38 (and when you compare times with faster
Lakeland Trails Coniston Half Marathon Race which started an hour later on the same course, I am 47th overall in the combined results)”
10^th          Tim Palmer              1.47.38
For more information please see
http://www.lakelandtrails.org/marathon/index.php
or for full results
http://www.lakelandtrails.org/download/Results/Marathon14/Half-Marathon-Challenge.php
Also on Sunday was another fantastic run by Colin Bishop in the Lymm Festival Trail 10k where he was a very impressive 2nd place overall in 36.10
2^nd          Colin Bishop            36.10
Results below
http://lymmrunners.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/PROVISIONAL-10K-LRFTR-2014-v2.pdf
and photos of the day
http://lymmrunners.org.uk/?page_id=52
 
 
Hope I’ve not missed any results, if so just let me know and I can update the blog accordingly and thanks to those out in support for the races.
Keep on running
Adair
Note from Jackie regarding Four Villages below
Planning has already started for the Four Villages, how time flies!  There will be a kick-off meeting in the clubhouse after our club on Wed 9th July, 8:30. Chip balms provided to sustain us.