HARROCK HILL RACE

WED 27th MAY

Firstly I would just like to say a massive THANKYOU to all you lovely girls who turned out for this very tough race. It was so nice to see so much pink at one of our most local events. We had a total of 7 Pink Panthers making up a very impressive 1/5 of all the ladies in the race.

This is a tough event and there were lots of nerves and OMG what am I doing here comments at the start - but amazingly everyone was smiling at the finish and we all had a lovely time in the pub after..
There are always lots of prizes at this event (they are all the same - a big box of fruit & veg) and amazingly 3 of us won prizes , Yvonne 2ndLV40, Catherine - 2nd under 40 and Claire Carr 1st LV45) but you have to be there in person to collect - they will not give them to team mates! sorry girls next time bring a woolly jumper and stay a while, I mean who wouldn't want a free cabbage and cauliflower!

As usual everyone put in 110% effort and once again Bron made the biggest improvement by knocking about 5 - 6 minutes of her time from last year. Unfortunately I seem to be going the other way and added a couple of minutes on to my time!
See you at the next one?
(hopefully some photos coming soon)

lots of news!!!

Sunday 17th May

Pink panthers were spotted far and wide racing literally all over the North West, starring;-

Windermere Marathon
Diane Powell & Fiona Johnson
The weather conditions were perfect for marathon running, although maybe a little windy, and Diane & Fiona cruised around the course which is incredibly hilly, with a particular nasty hill at 21miles and they both finished in style.
(approx finishing times Diane - 4Hr 50ish min & Fiona 4Hr 30min

Well done to both of you, I cycled round and that was hard enough!

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Chester Half Marathon

Paula Gaterell was going for a pb in this her 2nd half msarathon and whilst having a difficult time with stomach cramps she still knocked off more than 2 min off her previous half marathon time so well done Paula - time 1hr 39m59s

Bron Vincent - entered this race as her first half marathon and did a brillient time of just over 2hrs, I,m sure Bron would be the first to admit that 6 months ago she would never believe she could even run this far. Well done Bron you are an inspiration to all of our beginner runners, and you've proved what training and determination can do - keep going.

Claire Carr - now getting experienced at this distance also had a fabulous run knocking 5 min off her pb to achieve 1hr 50m

Keely Tabenber - I think this was Keeely's 1st attempt at a half and she put in a brilliant performance to finish in just under 2 hrs.

Well done to all of you.


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Manchester 10K

Jayne Fitzsimmons
This is one of this biggest 10k'S in the country, with top class internation runners taking part.
(I dont know Jayne's finishing time yet - but well done for taking part.)

NEXT RACE IN GRAND PRIX HARROCK HILL WED 27th MAY - REG AT FARMERS ARMS, HILLDALE AT AROUND 7PM RACE 7.30PM

Events coming up soon

Badger 10K.

This is a series of 4 races over the summer set in a lovely country park.
All of our girls love this event because it is a really pretty route (mostly off road trail paths)
and it is open to all abilities.

you can do one or all 4 races - its entirely up to you.
THE GRAND PRIX RACE IS THE JUNE RACE
see below for dates & times.

RACE 1 14 may 7.30pm
Race 2 18 May 7.30pm GRAND PRIX
Race 3 16 July 7.30pm
Race 4 13 Aug 7pm (NB earlier start)


HARROCK HILL 27th May
Another local race
Bit of a toughy this one so not for the faint hearted 5.5 HILLY miles with mud, cows and did I mention Hills! Still really good to get as many Panthers out to this as possible.

Rosmere Cancer 5K Preston

Grand prix race 4

Well done to all the pink panthers who took part in this race.
Unfortunatley the organisers confused the start time (by saying the race was going to start at 11.30 and then actually started the race at 11.24!!! leaving our girls in the lurch. They all had to catch up as the race started without them! So well done to you all for catching up and doing such good times.

Results on the results page,

Sorry I couldn't go had a sore calf after the last race.
Yvonne