Another event popular amongst LRC members returned over the weekend: The Tissington Trail Half Marathon.

A number of our runners took part in the Saturday and Sunday races. Conditions were excellent on both days, and all those taking part enjoyed the course, which started in the village of Parsley Hay and finished back in Ashbourne, from where they were transported by coach to the start line.

Keith Lowther was the first LRC runner home in the Saturday race, finishing in a 34th place in a PB time of 1:37:25. Next came Stephen Howard (1:49:37 – 84th), then Kim Leary (2:03:35 – 171st/71st female), Phil Gillingham (2:12:51 – 217th) and Kieren Brown, who finished in 2:32:46 (291st/168 female) in her return to competition.

On Sunday, only a couple of weeks after her success in the Great North Run (and on her birthday!) Ali Evans finished in 1:51:07 (82nd/22nd female – PB). She was followed home by Sonia Short (1: 57:04 – 112th/43rd female), Alan Miles (2:02:43 – 138th) and Jane Bradbury (254th/153rd female) and Charlotte Wesley (255th/154th female) both in their first half marathon races, in 2:32:15 and 2:32: 29 respectively.