The main race of the week was the Myerscough 10 Mile, replacing the previous Guy’s 10, taking in the quiet Fylde roads out round Inskip.  David Taylor was the fastest Wesham runner in the field, finishing 12^th in 61:56. Carmel Sullivan was next in, back on form after her holiday and 10k in Benidorm last week, finishing 4^th woman and 1^st W50, 53^rd overall in this case with a fine run of 1:11:22. Jason Blagden was 66^th in 1:14:21 finishing 10^th M45. Rob Wallace was next in in 71^st place with his time of 1:15:08 and Ben Wrigley ran 1:23:59 for 123^rd place. Finlay McCalman was 151^st and 12^th M50 in 1:27:05 and Paul Carter 168^th with 1:30:08. Tanya Shaw finished 45^th woman and 11^th W40 in 1:31:19, 179^th overall. Peter Bartlett was 2^nd in his new age group M70 with 1:30:20 for 173^rd place overall. John Howorth finished 7^th M65 and 228^th in 1:40:46. Debbie Myerscough ran her longest distance since returning to running this year with a fine 1:41:01 to place 8^th woman and 9^th W50, 232^nd overall. Collectively the Wesham men finished 8^th team with hosts Garstang RC first, and the women were 6^th with the winners Garstang again.

The main focus of the week for Wesham Road Runners was their annual 10k road race on Saturday morning, which attracted not only arecord entry but a record number of finishers. It also marked another win for Rob Danson who crossed the finish line in 32:23. Not a record for him this time but he headed a stellar Wesham team, with Gareth Booth 2^nd in 34:28and the M45 win, followed up by Ugis Datavs in 5^th place with a time of 36:11; David Taylor 11^th in 37:18 and Lee Barlow 12^th with 37:27 finishing 3^rd M45, adequately securing the senior men team win. The leading woman in the race was Jill Jefferson of Red Rose in 42:19, a W60 with one of the best performances in UK history. Wesham’s first finisher was Emma Lund in 8^th position with 45:53, 106^th overall and 1^st W35. Helen Lawrenson was 9^th in 45:58 in 108^th place and placing 4^th W45. Suzanne Leonard was 16^th and 5^th W45 in 48:36, 148^th overall. There were 60 Wesham runners in the race, with Paul Gregory finishing 1^st M40 and 15^th overall in 37:40; World Ironman Ian Garrod 2^nd M55 in 41:01, 41^stoverall; Peter Cruse 3^rd M55 with 41:02, 42^nd; Nigel Shepherd 2^nd behind only Paul Muller in 42:14, 56^th.

Written by John Collier.

Wesham Race Results for week ending 18^th November 2018.

The 37^th Preston 10 mile run, including the Lancashire 10m Championships, saw sixteen Wesham athletes line up at Hutton Grammar School to compete over the 2 lap course.  Conditions were good leading to some fast times and several personal bests.

Rob Danson was second overall, behind Blackburn Harriers athlete Tim Raynes, in a time of 52:37.  Ugis Davats was 18^th in 58:18closely followed by Simon Denye in 24^th position in 58:47.

Andrew Harling was 57^th in 01:03:10, Daniel Shaw 83^rd in 01:06:00, Mark Renshall 95^th in 01:06:46.  Lee Barlow 99^th in 01:06:59 paced Neil Gregson 100^th in 01:07:00 to a personal best.  Peter Cruse was 122^nd in 1:08:38 followed by Lee Nixon 143^rd in 01:10:00. A contingent of senior statesmen comprising Nigel Shepherd 153^rd in 01:10:35, John Collier 155^th in 01:10:42 and Stuart Clayton 188^th in 01:14:21 followed, just ahead of Rob Wallace 191^st in 01:14:27.