Runners Tackle Tough Team Challenge The Tattenhall Tough Team Challenge was staged last Friday night with eleven Ellesmere Port RC runners tackling the 9.5 mile multi terrain race around the roads and countryside of Tattenhall and surrounding villages. The race is run in teams of three with finishing times given when the last team member crosses the line. The course has some challenging hills and includes one of the toughest climbs around that have runners crawling on their hands and knees to reach the top or at the least walking slowly up the extremely long and steep steps.

First team home for Ellesmere Port was the trio of Ian Cooper, Nicky Bird and Steve Crowe finishing 7th overall and 3rd in the mixed race in a time of 1.03.58. Matt Whitfield, Danny Legg and John Jennings were the next EPRC team home finishing in 1.06.58 and impressively finishing runners up in the Vet’s Category. The next team home was Tony Smith, Chris Marshall and Wirral AC’s Mark Morris who completed the race in 1.08.42. The Final team for EPRC was made up of Steve Blaylock, Les Fleetwood and Alison Macdonald and they had a finishing time of 1.15.25

Other Races over the Weekend saw John Jennings participate in the Blackpool Marathon. John, who competed in the 22 mile Man –v- Horse run last weekend and Tattenhall on Friday only decided to do the Marathon on Saturday night and was tried to be talked out of it by his fellow club runners as being one race too many in such a short space of time, however determined as ever John smashed his PB to finish in an excellent time of 3.31.55. In the Blackpool Half Marathon that started at the same time Madeleine Bird completed the 13.11 mile distance in a satisfactory 1.53.24

From one seaside resort to another saw Steve Crowe head to Rhyl for the Eddie Faure 10K multi-terrain race. Steve, who hasn’t run too many long races of recent due to the track season completed the course in 37.37 to finish 8th overall.