Senior road runners recent reports round up......

The urge to push ourselves, whether its physically, mentally or emotionally, is something many of us share.

Lancaster & Morecambe AC runners travelled to Newcastle last weekend to take part in the Great North Run,

On Saturday July the 9^th I went up to Keswick to take part in the Borrowdale 21k Trail Run, part of a series of trail races that weekend, including a 5k along the shores of Derwentwater, and a marathon taking in Scafell Pike.

If someone said to me five years ago would you run a marathon I would have said no. I love running and love the improvements I have made.

Held on Ilkley Moor this classic 8.4 km navigational fell race was established in 1985 to commemorate the life of an acclaimed Yorkshire sportsman.

This was to be my first ever marathon at grand old age of 52 although I've run 3 half marathons. I did run marathon distance with Ben Smith (the 401 guy) a few weeks back around Morecambe but this doesn't really count as we had stops for cake and bacon butties! In the run up I hadn't run in 3 weeks because of a niggling calf injury so thought total rest would give me fresh legs for the day.

Six Lancaster and Morecambe athletes took part in the Darwen Heritage Half Marathon on Sunday 3rd April 2016.

The day started with Ben visiting Heysham St. Peters Primary school for a morning assembly, about the 401 challenge, his reasons for doing it and the shear scale of the challenge in numbers such as the length of the day’s marathon being 786 times around their playground and the total mileage for the challenge being over 10,500 miles or Morecambe to Sydney.

Lancaster and Morecambe Athletics Club runners Carole and David Wilkinson celebrated their 33rd Wedding Anniversary in Paphos, Cyprus.