The inclement weather resulted in the cancellation of Congleton parkrun. Even so, several Striders still managed to run their usual Saturday morning parkrun.
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| Sandbach Striders at Helby Half-marathon |
Three Striders travelled to Delamere Forest for the parkrun there. Mat Simister finished in 25:30, with youngster Nathan Lee narrowly behind in 41:55 having out sprinted his mum Lucy who finished in 42:00.
Christiane Bunte ran the Lytham Hall parkrun, a three lap course around the Georgian Palladian style country hall near the Ribble estuary in Lancashire. Christiane finished the course in 25:08.
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| Christiane Bunte at Lytham Hall parkrun |
James Boon took a short break from his holiday to run the Fountains Abbey parkrun near Ripon, North Yorkshire. James finished the two lap course in a time of 24:58.
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| James Boon at Fountains Abbey parkrun |
On Sunday, 18 Striders ran the Helsby half-marathon. After the cancellation of the 2015 event, the race organisers had worked hard to ensure that whatever the weather this year’s event would still go ahead.
The full results were as follows:
1:29:12 Tony Taylor
1:32:05 Heather Carter
1:38:11 Paul Barnett
1:41:27 Steve Farnell
1:49:07 Kate Jayden
1:49:51 Clare Pheasey
1:49:51 Terry Coppenhall
1:51:48 Lindsay Beeston
1:53:13 Matt Jones
1:56:42 Jo Bulley
1:57:02 Jason Bulley
1:59:23 Mat Simister
1:59:51 Chris Holden
2:04:31 Paul Nicholls
2:04:33 Chris Brumby
2:10:50 Lindsay Beech
2:13:54 Denis Culloty
2:15:02 Wendy Barnes