We meet every Wednesday for a 6:30pm start at the Helsby Community Sports Club. We’re now on the winter program of a rotating set of mainly road runs. Getting started: give it a go. Come and say hello, make yourself known. Something like “Hello I’m new, I’d like to go for a run” should do the trick. More…
All about Helsby
We published a leaflet about the club and its activities for the Four Villages.
We’re not always the best at getting information out there even amongst ourselves, never mind trying to recruit new people!
Let us know what you think. What do you want to know?
Read the RunHelsby leaflet (PDF download, 124k).
Night run – 4 Feb
Don’t forget the night run tonight. 6:30pm at the club, club member or not, all welcome. Bring a headtorch/torch though. Similar route to one of the summer hill runs, inclusive pace.
Wirral seaside run dates 2010
From Roy Fisher. This year’s race dates are as follows:
Sun March 7th at 11.0 am
Wed April 21st at 7.0 pm
Wed May 19th at 7.0 pm
Wed June 23rd at 7.0 pm
Wed July 28th at 7.0 pm
Wed August 25th at 7.0 pm
Sun September 26th at 11.0 am
Sun October 24th at 11.0 am
The Council should confirm them for me this week but there isn’t usually a problem. Remember the TuffNutz Team Endurance race is on March 21st this year at Thurstaston Country Park. Details and entry form on
http://www.pensbyrunners.co.uk/contact.html
More at www.seasideruns.com and www.pensbyrunners.co.uk
Reasons to Join Helsby Running Club Pt. 1
Start running and watch your brain grow say scientists.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jan/18/running-brain-memory-cell-growth
Helsby half — race positions
Here’s all the Helsby positions I could find in the results. Positions are actual race positions, but I’ve taken the chip time, because in most cases it’s the more flattering!
| Position | Who | (Chip) time |
| 65 | Adair Broughton | 1:23:18 |
| 141 | Ian Landucci | 1:28:07 |
| 200 | Edward Halliwell | 1:31:06 |
| 238 | Chris Baynham-Hughes | 1:32:40 |
| 297 | Ivan Davies | 1:34:48 |
| 310 | Steve Riley | 1:35:19 |
| 327 | Jane Ashbrook | 1:36:15 |
| 355 | Geoff Shaw | 1:38:05 |
| 656 | David Feakes | 1:46:37 |
| 709 | Alec Robertson | 1:49:03 |
| 919 | Betty Grieve | 1:55:48 |
| 1007 | Kevin Bell | 1:58:48 |
| 1010 | Michael McShane | 1:59:37 |
| 1052 | Mike Searle | 2:01:32 |
| 1086 | Sheila Ryder | 2:02:38 |
| 1125 | Lesley Feakes | 2:05:03 |
| 1235 | Christopher Newman | 2:12:05 |
Helsby Half runners — Mike’s photos
Photos of Helsby runners taken at just over 1 mile and at 8.5 miles. The photos are in order they were taken and so are in race position order. I have more of each runner, if anyone wants copies let me know and I will send them to you. Well done to all runners, sorry if I have missed anyone.
Runcorn Weekly news pics
There’s a nice picture gallery from Runcorn Weekly News, including a group shot of some of the Helsby runners.
Shell four villages half marathon – all over now!
Hope you enjoyed your run today — some really strong performances out there and some good improvements. I could only watch as Ivan and his mate Graham disappeared into the distance, the Big Run preparation is obviously going well!
Full race results are over on the old site. Mick Hall’s event photos are here.
We’ll get a list of everyone’s time and positions when we’ve got a bit more time. Adair comfortably made the Top 100. But some of these fast new lads will hopefully be chasing his tail before too long! Was it Chris BH’s first Half? If so a pretty impressive debut. Ed, Ian, etc., we already know you’re good. Further down there were some strong runs — I saw Albert and Betty both looking good at the end. Lots more.
More importantly I know lots of you gave up a shot at the race, to help out behind the scenes. Thanks all, all of us in the green vests wouldn’t have been able to do it without you. As ever, there was a good vibe after the race. People enjoying a well run race once again. We must be doing something right!
We’re getting some great reviews over on the Runner’s World site. It’d be great if we could welcome some new folk along to the club as a result of getting them interested.
Unused chips
If you couldn’t make the race, it would help us out if you could return your chip to:
Helsby Community Sports Club, Chester Road, Helsby WA6 0DL
Helsby Half runners — Ian’s (niece’s) pics
What an excellent race it was today, well done to everyone involved. My niece was primed to take a few photos of any Helsby runners she spotted going past the turn in Mouldsworth just after 8 miles. Some managed to escape the camera but she caught quite a few of us.
Cheers Ian
Cheshire xc champs – 13th Feb, Liverpool – 7th Feb
Cheshire
Following work by the co-host organisers and the referee in conjunction with Reaseheath College, the championships have been re-arranged for Saturday, 13th February, using the same time table and order of races.
Entries by 6th Feb.
Liverpool
Also if anyone would like entry to the Liverpool and District Cross Country Championships please let me know within the next few days as I will send the entries off by the weekend. The race is on Sunday 7th February 2010 at 11.00am. There are no entries on the day and no guest runners. I’ll just need your name and DOB. (For those people that have not already sent me their details.)
