Paul pelts past Panopticons  

On Tuesday, Radcliffe AC’s Tracy Wroe headed to Cheshire for the Quarry Bank Mill, a 10km one lap course within the National Trust grounds of Quarry Bank Mill and the surrounding village. Tracy completed this popular scenic race in 1:14:31.  

On Saturday, Paul Stevens braved the heat for the Panopticons Ultra, a brand new 52km trail race with 1,430m of climb. The route took runners through the towns of East Lancashire’s industrial heritage and along the Pennine Way, the Rossendale Way and the Pennine Bridleway, passing the four art installations of ‘The Panopticons’ by Mid Pennine Arts. These included Colourfields, The Halo, The Singing Ringing Tree and Atom. Paul completed the route in 9:27:39.  

Members also hit various parkruns this weekend. Junior Lexi (22:18) was at Alexandra Park, Mark Williams (35:02) at Bolton, Alex Field (28:06) and Stephen Crowe (30:47) at Clarence Park, Richard Parkinson (21:05), Alison Howarth (28:16), Elaine Bailey (29:06), Mia Derbyshire (31:23), Laura Aiken (33:40) and Sheila McNulty (35:54) at Heaton Park, Daniel Hunt (24:47), Graham Beales (33:03), Helen Kay (33:04) and Bev Quinton (43:28) at Kingsway Park, Urmston, Tracy Wroe (33:13) at Peel, Kath Biddle (25:49) at Somerdale Pavillion, Sheila Jones (25:55), Karen Doherty (28:31), Kathryn Davies (29:35), Dominic Parry (23:24), Emma Wolstencroft (29:32), Sara Parry (43:27) and Junior Skyler (43:28) at Woodlands, Scarborough, and John Szubert (33:49) at Worsley Woods.  

Kath Biddle headed to the Jurassic Coast 100K Ultra, a gruelling endurance event taking runners across the rugged UNESCO World Heritage coastline in Dorset. The route has over 2,300 meters of elevation, combining steep ascents and rugged coastal paths, but was no match for Kath, who finished the race in 17:46:29.  

Stephen Crowe took part in two parkruns in Denmark this week, first at Faelledparken, unusually held on a Thursday, where he hit a 3 year PB of 27:41, and then Amager Faelled, beating that again in only 27:31. Laura Aiken was first VW35-39 at Heaton Park in 24:29, and junior Grace scored a PB of 31:46. Khama Banda was third overall at Kingsway Park in just 18:03.  

In a show of teamwork and camaraderie that Radcliffe AC is best known for, John Szubert was paced to a PB of 1:57:57 at the Chester Half Marathon by Andrew O’Donnell (1:57:58) and Daniel Hunt (1:56:21).  

Junior Isla and sister Cora also did the 1-mile fun run of the event, around Chester Racecourse, finishing together in 9:07.  

Sheila Jones attended the Haxby 10k on Sunday for the race’s second year, placing first FV70 in a speedy time of 48.47.  

Five Trigs for Two Radcliffe runners  

Two Radcliffe AC members hit the fells once again this Saturday for the Five Trigs, a 19-mile self-navigated course with 3,000 feet of ascent. This route covered parts of the Pennine Way, visiting 5 local trig points around Delph and Saddleworth with 3,000 feet of ascent. Neil Greenhalgh was back in 3:44:08 and Mark Garner in 4:29:02.  

Some of the Juniors started their Saturday morning at various local parkruns, with Isla at Bolton (37:10), Lexi at Heaton Park (21:42) (PB), and Benjamin (34:00) (PB), Grace (38:05) and Poppy (38:07)(PB) at Clarence Park. Senior Adam Wills also scored a parkrun PB in 21:53 at Heaton Park.  

On Sunday, Tracy Wroe headed to the Yarrow Bluebell 10k, held in Yarrow Country Park, Chorley, a beautiful woodland race amongst the bluebells. Tracy completed this challenging one lap out and back looped course in 1:26:41. 

Elaine Bailey was at the Middlewich 5k, a mostly off road race along the beautiful canals and trails of the town, finishing in 29.03. 

Starting and finishing at Headingley Stadium, Robbie Parkinson had an outstanding race at the Leeds Half Marathon, finishing in a very impressive time of 1:32.