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Three runners from Radcliffe AC ran the Lakeland Trails Dirty Double at the weekend, which includes a 15km route around Helvellyn on the Saturday, and 10km around the trails of Ullswater on the Sunday. Scott Rosevere completed Saturday’s 15km in 1:36:25, followed by the 10k in 1:02:05 on a wet and wildly windy Sunday.  Louise Shield and Laura Aiken both ran 2:13:31 on the Saturday, and on Sunday were seconds apart with Laura finishing in 1:33:12 and Louise in 1:33:17.

A second Radcliffe trio took on the Yorkshire Marathon on Sunday. Ian Swan was first for Radcliffe completing the 26.2 miles in 3:34:12, followed by Mia Derbyshire (3:53:11) and Kath Biddle (4:55:27).

There was a mass RAC turnout at Heaton Parkrun on Saturday morning for Mark Taylor’s 200^th Parkrun, Mark was joined by numerous club members including Sarah Wilson, running with junior athlete Theo; Sharon Peterkin who ran with her 13-year-old daughter; and Ross Calvert who bagged himself a new PB in 26:05, with junior Matthew Calvert finishing in 27:29.

Also at Heaton Parkrun Junior member Aoife was celebrating a trio of milestones of her own, a 12^th birthday, a 10^th Parkrun, and a new PB of 35:26. Aoife was joined by the whole family, including Mum, Dad, and brother Ewan who ran his debut Parkrun in 29:56.

To round off a fantastic weekend of Parkrun milestone achievements, Stephen Crowe ran his 150^th Parkrun at Zielony Jar in Poland. This also completed Steve’s ‘Alphabeteer’, running a Parkrun starting with every letter of the alphabet.