Conditions were perfect for running up and down the Blackpool Promenade and the Golden Mile in this year’s 10k Fun Run and Steve Littler stamped his authority on proceedings finishing 2^nd in 33:23 as just 13 seconds separated the leading three finishers. Simon Denye put down the hammers to cross the line 6^th in 35:32 with Thomas Crabtree and Chris Hastwell running in 4 seconds apart in 38:03 and 38:07. Arran Galvin finished 33^rd in 39:39 and Lee Nixon 75^th with 42:27. Sean Murray was 84^th in 42:56 and Thomas Farquhar 108^th with 43:50 coming in with Rob Wallace 109^th and Elliot Costello 110^th in 43:53 and 43:55. Alan Hudson was 143^rd in 45:08 Sara Ward finished 236^th in 47:43 and Ryan Azzopardi 265^th in 48:20 and Dave Marsland 268^th in 48:22 and Ben Wrigley 269^th with 48:23. Sharon Cooper was 272^nd in 48:30 with George Kennedy 283^rd and Suzanne Leonard 284^th in 48:47. James Danson was 286^th in 48:49 with Stuart Topping providing the pace at 48:49 in 287^th place. Peter Rooney was 290^th in 48:51 with Kath Hoyer 307^th in 49:19. Fran Hodskinson was 489^th in 53:28 and Stephen Twist 616^th in 55:08 and Kay Twist 619^th with 55:10. Dave Young was 651^st in 55:41; Peter Bartlett 684^th in 56:08 Emma Davies 693^rd in 56:17; Sharlan Butcher 783^rd in 58:09; James Birchall 908^th in 60:02; Dave Waywell 973^rd in 60:54.

There were 72 Wesham members took part in the Lytham Inter Club race on Wednesday evening in blustery and cool conditions. The course had to revised to accommodate the sea defence works ruling out a circuit of Fairhaven Lake, but Wesham’s Rob Danson chewed up the new hairpin turns to complete the 4.6 miles in 23:03, toying with Preston’s Andy Benson in the opening two miles to pull away from him on the return along the lake shore from Granny’s Bay, opening up a minute lead. Steve Swarbrick was second back for Wesham in 25:48 in 9^th place and 3^rd Masters Over-40. Simon Denye was 12^th and 5^th Over-40 with a strong run clocking 26:20. Ugis Datavs finished 16^th with 26:30 with David Taylor 18^th in 26:39. Steve Abbott was 19^th in 26:55, 8^th Over-40 and Paul Gregory finished 29^th and 12^th Over-40 in 27:28. Mark Belfield finished 37^th in 27:36 with Andrew Harling 40^th in 27:42 and Thomas Crabtree 41^st with 27:49. Collectively the Wesham Senior team placed 2^nd behind Preston with a great performance.

For the women, Helen Lawrenson was 10^th in 32:09, 127^th overall, and Anne Mayers-Smith finished 17^th in 33:39, 164^th. Sue Coulthurst ran well for 20^th place, 170^th in 33:58 with Suzanne Leonard 24^th and 191^st overall in 34:40 and Sharon Cooper 36^th and 222^nd in 36:18. The Wesham women were 3^rd team behind Lytham and Blackpool. The same team were 3^rd Women Masters team in the same rank with Lytham and Blackpool.

Steve Littler underlined his spectacular return to form with an excellent run in the London Marathon on Sunday, placing 5^th M45 and 110^th overall in 2:31:28, having passed halfway in 1:14:25. In chilly conditions following the storm of Friday and Saturday David Taylor improved his marathon best to 2:51:52 to cross the line in 1226^th place passing the half marathon mark in 1:24:22. Mark Renshall came in 5307^th in 3:23:20 for 749^th M45, and Thomas Farquhar finished 7707^th in 3:34:30 (halfway in 1:43:01). Steve Myerscough finished 12747^th and 1557^th M45 in 3:54:15 (1:38:48) and Ben Wrigley ran 4:08:00 for 16866^th place (1:56:16 halfway).

Rob Danson had a Good Friday run in the Salford 10k finishing 4^th in a race that was surprisingly not that fast. Danson clocked 31:33 and the winning time was only 31:03. The finishing times were close packed up to 34 minutes (27 runners across the line), and Wesham’s Steve Littler placed 10^th with 32:49 for 1^st M45 and second master overall. Simon Denye ran excellently for 71^st place in 36:21, 8^th M45; Lee Barlow was 105^th in 38:01, 14^th M45; Chris Hastwell 116^th in 38:26; Thomas Crabtree was 159^th in 40:26; Stuart Clayton 272^nd with 45:18; Martin Allison 339^th in 49:25; James Danson (Rob senior) finished 362^nd in 50:27; Peter Rooney 391^st 51:42 and 14^th M60; Jo McCaffery 452^nd and 113^th woman in 55:14, 15^th W40; Kerry Eccles finished 441^st in 54:39, 110^th woman and 7^th W55, a great result. Colin Smy was 458^th in 55:26.