The main event last week was Sunday’s Green Drive Five, very popular as usual with its entry limit of 400 filling up. It was a good day for Wesham with 21 members taking part in the out-and back course with its 3-mile loop round Lodge Lane. Adam Wilding was on good form finishing 8^th in 27:52. Chris Haines was 28^th in 30:33 with Carl Groome 47^th 6^th M50 in 32:06. Will Parkinson was 67^th in 34:14 and Nigel Shepherd placed 3^rd M65 and 69^th overall in 34:23. Helen Greenhalgh was 17^th woman and 102^nd overall with a time of 36:35 to finish 3^rd W45 and Kay Twist was 19^th and 114^th in 37:21 for 6^th W50. Lisa Minns was 48^th woman and 173^rd overall in 42:00. Ian Nichols Hogg came in 106^th in 36:53 and Jonathan Lawson 116^th and 6^th M55 with 37:21. Anthony Leach finished 127^th in 38:26; Martin Bates 157^th in 40:37; Peter Rooney 167^th with 41:44; Finlay McCalman 177^th in 42:09; Agness Woods 53^rd woman and 183^rd in 42:22; Catherine Nicholls 63^rd and 202^nd with 43:57; and Dave Young was 218^th and 7^th Over-70 in 45:23. Sharlan Butcher was 80^th woman and 229^th overall in 46:26; Dawn Biggs 85^th and 236^th with 46:46; Emma brooks finished 97^th woman and 257^th overall in 48:15; and Christine Fare placed 123^rd and 293^rd overall in 52:09. The Wesham men finished 5^th team and the ladies were 4^th, a very creditable performance. The race hosted the Lancashire 5-mile championships and all Wesham members were counters. 

Andrew Wilkinson finished 21^st in the inaugural Zoo to Fell Multi-Terrain Marathon from Blackpool Zoo to Beacon Fell, clocking 5:27:33 for the 26 off-road miles. Conditions underfoot were boggy and challenging but the weather on the day was favourable. 

Tanya Shaw ran the Langdale Half Marathon on Saturday and she finished 95^th woman and 358^th overall in 2:38:05. There were over 400 runners in this popular event and 141 in the accompanying marathon. The route is very hilly and challenging. 

There were 24 Wesham members running a parkrun on Saturday morning over the 5km distance at 9am. At the Lytham Hall parkrun Jonathan Lawson was again the fastest Wesham member present running 23:51 for an M55 age graded performance of 64.99%. Mark Holton clocked 25:34 for an M45 graded 55.48% and Ryan Azzopardi returned 25:37 for M40 54.52%. John Burns put in a good 26:45 for M65 64.49%; Jo McCaffery ran 28:41 for W45 55.90%; and Martin Allison was on 47:17 for an M40 graded 28.87%. In Blackpool’s Stanley Park Chris Haines recorded 20:32 for M35 65.50%; Rob Wallace ran 25:35 for a senior graded 50.55%; and Finlay McCalman clocked 28:29 with M55 55.82%. On Fleetwood Promenade Martin Bates started off near the back but stormed through to 25:11 for an M65 graded 67.24%. Alan Hudson ran 26:07 for M70 71.35% and Kirsty Holland recorded 38:23 for aa age graded 38.82%. Emma Lund ran the Morecambe Prom parkrun in 23:38 for the second fastest female time of the day and a W40 grade of 64.74%. In the Oldham parkrun in Alexandra Park Daniel Bolton was 6^th fastest of the morning with 18:50 for a grade of 68.50%. Michelle Tickle was at the Croxteth Hall event for the fourth time, and she ran 24:16 for W45 68.27%. In Alexandra Park in Moss Side Manchester Tracey Hulme ran 26:00 for W60 73.59%. The Wesham parkrun tourists went to Worden Park for the second event in this new run have missed the inaugural event last week due to the Mid Lancs cross country and David Taylor ran the third fastest time of the day with 19:06 for an M35 graded 69.90%. Steven Gore and Carl Groome ran together for 22:35 and 22:36 for M40 61.33% and M50 67.40% age grades. Vicky Gore recorded 27:47 for W45 58.31%; Andy Moore ran 28:10 with an M60 57.46%; Sue Rigby clocked 37:07 for W50 45.17%; and Michelle Pitt was there with 37:46 for W40 41.04%.