The Manchester Marathon drew 30,000 runners to the streets, and they were joined by Wesham’s Sharlan Butcher and Dawn Biggs. They finished 15173^rd and 15176^th with the same chip time of 4:57:26. They finished 3636^th and 3648^th in the women’s results. Stuart Clayton finished 5350^th in 3:40:03.

In the Three Bridges 10k in Lancaster on Sunday from the Salt Aire athletics track, Chris Haines finished 10^th in 39:26 with a good run up to the Lune Aqueduct with its climb of 50 steps to the height of 61ft. Stuart Topping placed 37^th with 45:55, James Remnant was 42^nd in 46:16; and Peter Rooney 87^th in 52:40.

Tom Crabtree won the Rivington 10 Mile Trail Challenge on Sunday in 1:13:43, by a 5-second advantage over second place. Alek Walker finished 3^rd in a great team result for Wesham completing the course in 1:14:13. Steve Myerscough was 12^th in 1:21:56 placing 2^nd M45 with. Ian Nichols Hogg coming in 45^th in 1:33:54. Kay Twist lead the Wesham ladies finishing 13^th woman and 65^th overall in 1:40:31 placing 2^nd W50. Jo McCaffery was 30^th woman and 98^th in 1:50:40, 8^th W45, with Anne Berry 116^th overall in 1:58:49 and 2^nd W60. Finlay McCalman finished 121^st in 2:04:21; Alistair Morris was 128^th in 2:07:29, 4^th M60; and Kirsty Holland placed 130^th in 2:09:04.

The first of the 2023 Lakeland Trails races took place from Hawkshead on Saturday over several different starts with a choice of 10k and 16k. Martin Bates ran the Trail Run 10k and finished 160^th in 1:29:38, 13^th Over-60. Helen Dutton ran the 16k Challenge and she finished 233^rd in 2:23:32.

There were once again a healthy number of Wesham members taking part in a parkrun on Saturday morning for a timed 5km run scattered around the Fylde area and further afield. On home ground the biggest turnout was in Lytham Hall on a fine morning, where Michelle Tickle was the fastest Wesham runner today in a time of 23:42 for a W45 age graded performance of 69.90%. Stephen Twist was next with 24:51 for an M55 graded 62.37% with John Burns clocking 25:03 for M65 68.20%; Martin Allison 27:13 with M35 49.79%; Andrew Moore 27:49 and M60 58.18%; Pauline Eccleston returning to action with 29:31 for a W50 58.22% with Antoinette Holton running 29:47 for W35 50.81%. Finlay McCalman recorded 30:14 for M55 52.59%; Anne Berry warmed up with 30:43 for W60 63.16%; Kerry Eccles returned 33:30 for W60 57.91%; Julie Rooney 39:50 and W45 41.09%; and Phil Leaver and Alex Rowe walking to M65 31.57% and 30.66% with 55:13 and 55:14. In the Blackpool parkrun in Stanley Park Daniel Bolton ran the second fastest time of the morning with 18:08 for an age graded 71.14%. Damian Ings returned 21:15 for an M45 68.86%; Bev Wilding clocked 26:30 for a W60 73.21% with Adam Wilding 26:31 for 48.90%. Stephen Browne ran 27:27 for M55 56.95%. On Fleetwood Promenade Steve Myerscough was sixth fastest with 18:47 for M45 77.91% with Nigel Shepherd running 20:44 for M60 80.14% with both on a morning out from Preston. Dave Young secured 26:19 for M75 72.01% and Brian Jones ran 28:34 for an M60 57.12%. Emma Lund ran the Lancaster parkrun in Williamson Park in 24:57 for a W40 grade of 61.32% and in Platt Fields in South Manchester Tracey Hulme clocked 24:53 for W60 76.89%. There was a good show at the Manchester run at Worsley Woods crossing under the M60 where Carl Groome ran 20:30 for M50 74.31% and Elliot Costello 22:32 for an age graded 57.40%. Alona Versinina posted 26:41 for W35 56.21%; Michelle Pitt 49:32 with W40 31.29%; and Tracy Clare and Sue Rigby 49:51 and 49:52 for 29.76% and W45 33.22%. in Chester-Le-Street at the Riverside run Emma Brook clocked 28:34 for W40 53.56%. The Wesham tourists were at the Severn Valley Country parkrun at Highley north of Kidderminster where David Taylor ran the fastest time of the day with 18:43 for M35 70.88%. Steven Gore clocked 21:33 for M40 63.81% and Vicky Gore 28:31 with W45 56.81%.