On a weekend of beautiful spring sunshine LPS athletes hit the roads picking up titles and PBs. It was an early start to the weekend as on Friday night five of our runners made the journey to Cheshire for the very fast and popular Christlelton 5k. First LPS runner home was Mark Wynne in 43rd […]
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Sun shines on LPS as Kirsty tops ranking and Hillary wins marathon
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LPS Ladies first and second at Tunnel 10k
The annual Mersey Tunnel Run took place on Sunday with over 2,500 entries. The race started on the Liverpool side of the Mersey before entering the tunnel after 1Km. It was a steady ascent for the next 2K before the athletes saw daylight on the Wirral side. The final 5K from the Wallasey ferry terminal […]
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Kirsty & Lisa Gawthorne take top two places at Hale 5, Hannah Doyle 10th at Rivington
Hale 5 mile Easter Sunday It was one two for LPS ladies at the Hale 5 mile road race on Easter Sunday as Kirsty Longley won this popular event and teammate Lisa Gawthorne taking second place. In a large field of 541 finishers, Kirsty was 7th overall and first lady in a new pb of […]
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Outstanding Run From Kirsty
There was an outstanding run from Kirsty Longley to win the women’s title at the Liverpool & District Cross Country Championships held at Clarke’s Gardens in Woolton. It was typical cross country weather with a mixture of strong winds, wintry sunshine and the odd outburst of hail stones. Conditions underfoot were heavy in parts of […]
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LPS Ladies shine at ITU World Multi Sport championships
Penticton is a stunning Canadian lakeside resort surrounded by mountains with forests (full of deer, bears and rattle snakes). It was a great choice to have the ITU World Multi Sport championships for sure though given the beautiful lakeside/ beach combination setting that any sports orientated individual would just love. Atheltes were being flown in […]
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Lisa wins in Nevada
Lisa Gawthorne doesn’t go anywhere without her running shoes. While on holiday in Vegas recently, she ran a 5K race near Red Rock canyon in Nevada. With temperatures at 87 degrees when the race started at 7.00 am, Lisa described it as ‘running in an oven’. Not only was Lisa the first woman home but […]
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Mid-Lancs success at Witton Park
Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton again enjoyed a successful day of athletics at Witton Park, Blackburn in the second track & field meeting of Mid-Lancashire clubs. There was a record turnout of club athletes with 63 taking part. The club finished 3rd in both male & female competitions behind host club, Blackburn & Preston Harriers. A […]
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LPS trio triumph at Christleton
Set in the picturesque Cheshire countryside, the Christleton 5K race has the reputation of being one of the fastest courses in the north west. It was no exception on Friday, when Kirsty Longley’s time of 17.02 not only broke the club record but it also put her top of the UK rankings for her over […]
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LPS trio fly the GB flag
Three LPS athletes represented Great Britain at this year’s European Duathlon Championships which were held at Soria in central Spain at the weekend.All competitors were required to 5km, followed by a 20km cycle before completing the event with a 2.5km run. Running at altitude, in what were very windy conditions and an extremely hilly terrain, […]
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Lisa makes it a double
Lisa Gawthorne has now become the second Liverpool Pembroke athlete to be selected to represent Great Britain at this year’s World Duathlon Championships in Canada in August. Lisa has only just returned from injury but she was determined to succeed when she travelled to Bedford aerodrome last weekend. Not only did she manage to finish […]
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