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Mark conquers 50k Lakes Challenge
Penistone runner Mark Crossley completed the gruelling RunThrough Trails Lake District 50k which includes 9,100 feet of climbing. He got round in thirteen hours and the route included famous summits such as Scafell Pike and Great Gable.
Monday evening saw the return of the Trunce, which will form part of an eight race series, all on the same course, over the course of Spring and Summer. It’s a fell race starting and finishing on the Trans Pennine Trail in Oxspring. It's famous for its three river crossings, which can often be challenging for the runners. 370 runners took part in sunny Spring-like conditions. There were 45 runners from Penistone. First back was John Halstead, in a time of 30-07. First lady back for Penistone was Hannah Shaw in 35-36. There were age category podiums for Barbara Haigh (first over70 lady) and Lesley Parker (second over50 lady). In the junior race Flynn Rogers was second in a time of 14-49.
On Wednesday the first of the four five mile South Yorkshire Road League races kicked off in Elsecar. There was a good turnout from Penistone with over thirty runners taking part. First back was James Mumford in a time of 29-38. First lady back was Suzanne McGill in 34-11. There were age group top three finishes for Ray Brown (first over80 man), Barbara Haigh (first over75 lady), Keith Gordon (first over70 man), Julia Johnson (first over60 lady), Suzanne McGill (first over45 lady), Jonathan Bentley (first over55 man), James Mumford (third over40 man), Martin Ball (third over50 man) and Lois Lopez (third over50 lady).
Two Penistone runners made the trip to Baildon to compete in the Baildon Boundary Way half marathon. Peter Beever finished in a time of 2-15-52 followed by Kelvin Bowskill in 2-22-05.
On the fells Tom Fryers had an excellent run to come home in fifth place in the Alan Kirk Memorial Lad's Leap which take places at Crowden, just off the Woodhead Pass. Tom’s time was 53-40, others competing from Penistone were Andrew Shiel (72-29) and Paul Fryers (74-22).
On the parkrun scene there were first gender places for Andrew Heppenstall (Dalby Forest), Suzanne McGill (Penistone) and James Fryers (Ashington Community Woodland). There was a second gender place for Hannah Shaw (Rother Valley) and there were third gender places for Simon Pike (Penistone), Alex Melhuish (Withernsea Prom), Sean Pitt (Rother Valley) and Jill Scrivens (Woodbank). Sarah Walch celebrated a milestone, completing her 50th parkrun at Lyme Park. Age graded runs of the week were Dawn Broom (89.95%), James Mumford (81.23%), Suzanne McGill (79.26%), Andrew Heppenstall (78.88%) and John Broom (78.74%).