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Race Reports: Lancaster & Morecambe AC, March 2013

The latest on the club runners from Lancaster & Morecambe AC, courtesy of Road Captain, Louise Gardner:

March has been a busy month for Lancaster & Morecambe AC athletes, with many enjoying successful performances at races around the North West.

At the Wilmslow half marathon over 3000 runners lined up in freezing conditions. Louise Gardner was the sole representative from Lancaster, finishing third female and 40th overall with a strong run of 1h.17.10, just 20 seconds outside her personal best, a good run given the strong headwind faced by the athletes in the last three miles.

On Good Friday at the Salford 10k, Beau Smith put in an excellent run in a quality field to finish 29th out of over 500 runners, with a time of 34m.17.

Also on Good Friday there was a good turnout of Lancaster runners at the popular Caldervale 10 mile road race. First back for the club was Raymond Edgar, with a fantastic effort of 57m.57 on the undulating course placing him third overall of almost 200 runners. Taking ninth place was Tony Jewitt running well in 1h.02.34 and next in 26th was Mark Holgate with a good run of 1h.06.50.

First female for the club was Jayne Perry, with a super run of 1h.17.57 placing her 79th overall. In next was Carole Wilkinson with 1h.24.58, followed by Emily Stapleton in 1h.30.31.

Other finishers: David Wilkinson 1h.23.12, George Parrington 1h.24.06, Mike Codd 1h.26.09, Bill Gardner 1h.36.29, Helen McGregor 1h.42.23 and Janet Codd 1h.43.09.

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  • […] Race Reports: Lancaster & Morecambe AC, March 2013 March has been a busy month for Lancaster & Morecambe AC athletes, with many enjoying successful performances at races around the North West. At the Wilmslow half marathon over 3000 runners lined up in freezing conditions. Louise Gardner was the sole representative from Lancaster, finishing third female and 40th overall with a strong run of 1h.17.10, just 20 seconds outside her personal best, a good run given the strong headwind faced by the athletes in the last three miles. […]

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