Weather was snow joke for Wesham runners

This didn’t put off the 351 runners, though, and there was still a good quality race.

Steve Littler was 13th overall in 1:16.39, while David Taylor finished 26th in 1:21.43 and Steve Myerscough 65th in 1:28.00.

Paul Gregory was close behind, finishing 67th in 1:28.18, Gemma Owen was 179th in 1:44.34, while Fran Hodskinson finished 290th in 2:00:50.

Heather Buckel was 324th in 2:12.01, Stephanie Blakeley 331st with 2:14.35.

Peter Cruse was 96th in 1:31.45, Troy Watson returned to action with a time of 1:45.41, Simon Denye was a tentative 209th in 1:48.19, having picked up a niggle, Rob Wallace finished 210th in 1:48.20 and Ben Wrigley was 216th with 1:48:48.

Dave Young came home 286th with 2:00:18, while Paul Carter finished 327th in 2:12.37.

Running as pacemakers, James Mulvany provided a 1:30 pace, Lee Barlow 1:45 and Steven Gore 1:50.

Wesham had a good turnout at the Lytham Hall parkrun.

Carl Groome had the fastest time of the Wesham contingent with 19:33.

Alex Rowe ran 20:54, sportingly paced to the finish by Lytham’s Andrew Draper, Ben Wrigley finished in 23:15 with Sharon Cooper back in 24:13.

Phil Leaver clocked 25:02, Stephen Twist 28:44, Debbie Bell 29:41, Sharlan Butcher 30:35 and Sue Rigby 30:43.

At Preston, Steve Myerscough stopped the clock at 19:49, Elizabeth Johnson ran 27:16 and Paul Carter 28:00.

Graham Cunliffe ran 33:49 at Hyndburn, while at the Sale Water Park run, Wesham tourists David Taylor clocked 22:10, Vicky Gore 30:43 and Steven Gore 30:44.

At the Blackpool run, Stephen Browne ran 22:34, Dave Marsland 22:57, George Kennedy 24:24, Dave Young 26:37, Tanya Barlow 27:13 and Andrew Moore 28:02.