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 […]
Let’s ‘And it to Elle as Mark hits the wall in Malta
Another positive week for team LPS with our athletes competing across the world. Lisa Gawthorne kept us all in suspense as she broke her PB … again for 10k. Less than a week after running for England in the masters event, she popped over to USA and took part in the 45th Manhattan Beach Old […]
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National Recognition for LPS
PB for Lisa representing England masters During the week we saw Lisa Gawthorne don her England vest for the master’s team she ran 10k in the Great Bristol Run. It couldn’t have gone better for her as she finished with a PB of 38:38. This is yet another in a long line of PB performances […]
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LPS “Roll With It” in the relays whilst Kirsty is “Homeward Bound” in Park Run
The week started with Kirsty Longley smashing the all time V45 womens’ Park Run record. A tremendous achievement as her time of 16:52 at Widnes was 5 seconds faster than the previous record which had stood since 2020. On Sunday we had a number of athletes taking part in the Warrington Running Festival. Al Grant, […]
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Chloe “Leathers” it!
Fantastic news coming from England Athletics today for Chloe Leather and coach Mark Bleasdale as she received confirmation of her selection for the England Women’s U23 mountain running team. This is Chloe’s 1st England vest and she will represent her country in the Trofeo Vanoni Mountain international race in Morbegno, Italy on 22-23 October. The […]
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Relay medals, England call ups and a GB vest
As we transitioned from track events to road the club had a fabulous turn out in the North West Road Relay at Edge Hill last week. In fact, LPS had circa 50 athletes across senior and junior teams in what was a great day. The day started with immediate success as our under 11 boys […]
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All Hale LPS in one Elle of a week as we do like to be beside the seaside.
Another week passes with yet more achievements on the road,track and trail for LPS. As per usual our friends at Knowsley Harriers facilitated the monthly 5k in aid of the Walton Centre. It occurs on the 1st Saturday of each month and is a decent quality race. This month LPS dominated the proceedings with 1st, […]
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Summer lovin’ on the road
Team LPS took a strong contingent to Kingsley for the Mid Cheshire 5k on 26 Aug. The race is always one of the quickest of the year with athletes attempting PBs or at least getting a strong performance in. The event didn’t disappoint and, although fairly warm and humid, there were some rapid performances. Stand […]
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Hot days and some sizzling performances
Thanks to Dave Brown for providing the end of season update, plus a few sizzling performances in the track and field. Here is Dave’s report on the final week. Things kicked off at Blackpool on Saturday with the end of season Mid Lancs medal meeting (before the Stanley park track gets a much needed facelift). […]
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Everyone’s a Wynner
The week started with Mark Wynne re-assuming the men’s club captaincy in time for the upcoming road relays on 11th and 25th September. There’s been some good take up so far which will hopefully lead to an exciting couple of events, especially as Joanna is hoping to bring together a strong ladies team also. On […]
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