Gold medals and Golden Oldies

What a fantastic indoor season Tony O’Brien is having.  Last week he not only won gold in the British Masters 800m at Sheffield in a time of 2:08.66 but he followed it up with a gold in the 1500,with super time of 4:23.22. These are fabulous results for Tony, who is continuously adding to his […]

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Keeping it in the family at Parbold, whilst Mark “Wynnes” at Aintree

Last Saturday saw almost 500 runners arrive in Parbold for the iconic annual Parbold Hill race.  It was a fabulous event with a contingent of 17 runners from LPS taking part.  The day belonged to LPS’s Olly and Kate Sutcliffe, brother and sister from Parbold who finished 1st male and 1st female in the race. […]

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Icy cold but Tony melts the indoor track

The ice and snow from freezing January was melted with a super hot 3000m performance by Tony O’Brien, who completed the Sheffield course in 8:55.57, which was a great start to the indoor season. Over in Spain, the Valencia 10k produced a dramatic start with a pile up at the beginning which hampered a number […]

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Clither-ho ho ho & Ross Bosses Cross Country

The year ended with the Ribble Valley 10k at Clitheroe where we had a depleted team due to illness. That said, our team of 5 produced solid performances on a deceptively tough course.  Veteran Tony O’Brien making his course debut took home 1st position in the V50 category with a time of 32:48 which was […]

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“Hark” the herald, 3 kings & a rising star

Hitting the V50 mark hasn’t slowed Thomas Harkin at all as he continues to churn out impressive results. On 4th December he competed in the Mytholmroyd fell race, which is a 6 miles / 9.7km run with 500m rather than a medical condition, and finished in a time of 54:57. This was 17th overall and […]

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Tony masters Cross Country with an Elle of a performance, whilst Se smashes the course record.

Winter is definitely here! The mud, rain, frost and big coats are out in force. Of course this also means it’s cross country season, so get out the Daz stain removal kits or extra strength aerial automatic because those lovely white vests with a black and red stripe are going to be mud splattered very […]

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Fireworks at Barrowford & Fair play to Tom in NY

October ended with a bang for Elle Anderson at Podium 5k in Barrowford where she smashed her PB with a 1st sub 17 time of 16:48. Elle was part of a three person LPS team with Nick Turner finishing in 17:34 and Andrew Foster 17:53. Over the same weekend Dan Brookfield achieved his PB in […]

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Fun in the mud and a dash across Leeds 

Witton Park – Mid Lancs  Cross Country season started with a lively event at Witton Park, Blackburn.  LPS was well represented and it was great to see a number of our younger athletes taking part for the first time.  In the under 11 girls, the diminutive Poppy Colothan finished superbly in 11th place, completing the […]

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2023 London Marathon

LPS are likely to have a single club entry for the 2023 TCS London Marathon which takes place on Sunday 23rd April. I should have final confirmation of how many places we have been allocated by Tuesday 29th November. If you would like to be considered for the place, then please let club secretary, Karen […]

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A Tale of Three Cities

Another busy few weeks for LPS as we had athletes pounding the tarmac in multiple road races.  Manchester Luke Edwards made his half marathon debut with a tremendous sub 70 finish in 69:49. This was not only a fabulous performance but also saw him finish 12th overall out of 8236 athletes, not bad for a […]

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