This week, a tentative restart of some athletic activity in the North West, with a series of Podium 5k races on Saturday evening an Barrowfold near Nelson giving the two fastest 5k road men’s time in the UK and the fifth fastest women’s time, and the first fell running event since March at the Lowther Castle run over an approximate half marathon distance. There were three Wesham members running at Lowther, there was a staggered start every 5 minutes from 10am with groups of six runners at a time. Steve Littler ran well starting at 12:10, and finishing with the 8^th fastest time in 1:32:02, 2^nd M40 and 12 minutes behind the winning time. He had the 4^th fastest time over the final 5k split. Steve Swarbrick, with his Bowland identity came in 17^th in 1:39:05, 4^th M40. Carmel Sullivan starting at 12:05 pm finished 18^th woman and 101^st overall in 2:06:27, placing 4^th W50. Anne Berry had an earlier start at 11:15, returning 60^th woman and 12^th W50 with 2:43:25, 207^th overall. The course featured two summits with a river crossing in-between and there were three checkpoints on the course with a steady run back to the finish in front of the castle.