 The leading pack at the Ribble Valley 10k Six Morpeth Harriers crossed the Pennines post Christmas to take part in the Ribble Valley 10k in Lancashire on 27 December. Despite a rather undulating course, the event continues to grow in popularity, also including for this year the North of England 10k Championships, so there was a quality field out with over 1,000 finishers in total. Won by Gateshead’s Callum Johnson in 29 minutes 10 seconds, University of Oklahoma student Rory Leonard, back for Christmas, had a fine run to come home 2nd in a pb of 29:40, with host club Blackburn Harriers providing the 3rd placed runner, Matt Ramsden (29:50). Carl Avery was 5th in 29:54, Dan Dixon 9th in 29:59 and Sam Hancox 18th in 30:59. Leeds University student Alex Cunningham was 44th in 33:02 with Rob Hancox 123rd and 6th 0/55 in 38:40. With three to count for the team prize, Morpeth were narrowly pipped by Blackburn (16 to 14). The women’s race was won by Jess Warner-Judd in 31:18, with Charnwood AC’s Gemma Steel 2nd in 32:51 and Stockport’s Mollie Williams 3rd in 33:32.  Rory following his second-place finish Meanwhile Boxing Day had seen the 36th Woodlawn Pudding Run on the seafront at Whitley Bay, cancelled over the previous two years, with a tricky little out and back course made worse by some still icy slopes on the prom.
Despite no results being provided, James Young was once again a clear winner in what he himself described as a ‘blast out’, with a time of 15:35. It was a Morpeth procession near the front end, with Connor Marshall home 2nd , Liam Roche 3rd, Ross Floyd 5th and Ryan Davies 6th. Leaving the banana suit behind, this time local resident Andy Lawrence opted instead for a seasonal Santa outfit, in which he was comfortably first fancy dress wearer back. Comments are closed.
|
Archives
January 2025
|
