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Lymm 5k - directions

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Race venue

Cherry Tree Primary School
Hardy Road
Lymm
WA13 0NX

Lymm 5k - route

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Lymm 5k Road Race

Saturday 23-Jun-2012

5k Road Race starts at 4:30pm

Fun run starts no earlier than 5pm


Introduction

The Lymm 5k Road Race was first run in 2003.  The race is run on an accurately measured 5k road course.  There is also a fun run which is approx 2k or 1.2 miles (not accurately measured).

The 5k race is run under UK Athletics Rules, UKA Race License 2012-103466.  The minimum age for runners is 13 years old on race day.

The Lymm 5k is the final race in the "North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix" series of races (not to be confused with the "Cheshire County Road Race Grand Prix").  More information on the 5k Series is available on this web site.

Race HQ (including entries on the day) is at the school (details on the left of this page).

Start times

The 5k race will start promptly at 4:30pm.

The fun run will start when the 5k race has finished, but will start no earlier than 5pm.

Car parking

Parking is available at the school and on local roads.  It would be appreciated if you could share cars if possible.

Please park responsibly, showing respect for local residents.  Thank you.

Race Route

To see the race route, click on the small map on the left of this page.

The race starts and finishes in Highfield Road which is about a quarter of a mile away from Race HQ at the school.  The race is on roads and lanes in the Lymm area.

How to enter

Pre-entry is by post.  Click here to download an entry form (in PDF format).  The closing date for receipt of postal pre-entries is 16-Jun-2012.  Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope for return of your number and race information sheet.

There is a race limit of 450.

With your race number, you receive a race information sheet which includes a race location map and other race details.  If you want to download a copy of this, please click here.  [This information sheet has not yet been updated for 2012 but is expected to be largely the same as for 2011.]

Entry on the day will be available, subject to the race limit, at an extra charge (see the entry form for details).  If you want to enter on the day, please try to arrive early as it can get very busy in Race HQ.  It would help if you could bring a completed race entry form and the right money (or a cheque).

The race can also be entered as part of the North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix series of races.

Refund policy

If you have entered the race and are unable to run for whatever reason, like most races we are unable to offer refunds.  Also, we are not able to defer your race entry to the following year.

However we do allow you to transfer your race entry to another runner.

Transfer Of Race Entries

Spectrum Striders RC will allow runners to transfer their race number to another runner provided they submit a completed entry form which is clearly marked:

"Transfer runner number XXXX from previous runner "

Please give as many details of the previous runner as possible; including "age on race day" and sex. We want to make absolutely sure we transfer the entry from the right person. The entry form for the new runner MUST be completed as normal with age, sex etc.

We would much prefer all changes to get to us before the closing date, but we will accept changes on the day at Race HQ.  If you want to do this, please arrive early!

We will not charge a transfer fee to do this unless we incur a cost. We want to see the right names against the runners in the results.

Results

Race results are usually available to view at Race HQ after the prize presentation.  We aim to have results available to view on this web site on the evening of the race.

Prizes

We offer prizes to the first three finishers as well as to veteran categories and the men's and women's teams.  Under normal circumstances, we aim to have the prize presentation before 6pm, so long as there are no significant problems in producing the race results.

Race information

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Course records

Male: 15min 10sec (2004)
Tom Dickinson (Blackheath Harriers)

Female: 16min 40sec (2003)
Karrie Hawitt (Warrington AC)

Race results

Click on the links below to view past results.  Recent results are in web page format but most results are in PDF format for which you may need to install Adobe Reader.

2011:  PDF  web
2010:  PDF  web
2009 Race results
2008 Race results
2007 Race results
2006 Race results
2005 Race results
2004 Race results
2003 Race results

Lymm 5k - past winners & race statistics

 Year Male winner Club Time Female winner Club Time Finishers Last finisher
 2011 Damian Nicholls Wilmslow RC 15:23 Liz Whitfield
 Spectrum Striders RC
 18:3127440:12
 2010 Damian Nicholls Wilmslow RC 15:42 Louisa Wood Warrington AC 17:4921233:35
 2009 Damian Nicholls Wilmslow RC 15:35 Nicola Bird Ellesmere Port RC 18:1726837:01
 2008 Richard Burney Liverpool Harriers 15:42 Jenny Knass Stockport Harriers 18:4217536:59
 2007 Mike Hatch Sale Harriers Manchester 16:10 Olivia Walwyn City Of Norwich AC 17:2428238:55
 2006 Simon Mills Sale Harriers Manchester 15:19 Jenny Knass Stockport Harriers 18:4117240:49
 2005 Paul Smith Altrincham & District AC 15:50 Jayne Knowles Altrincham & District AC 17:3517035:52
 2004 Tim Dickinson Blackheath & Bromley Harriers 15:10 Olivia Renshaw Vale Royal AC 18:0619242:00
 2003 Ken Chapman Salford Harriers & AC
 15:39 Karrie Hawitt Warrington AC 16:4019436:04

Course record holders are shown in bold type.

Team winners

 Year Male team Female team
 2011 Wilmslow RC Spectrum Striders RC
 2010 Astley & Tyldesley RR Spectrum Striders RC
 2009 Wilmslow RC Vale Royal AC
 2008 East Cheshire Harriers Trafford AC
 2007 Sale Harriers Manchester Macclesfield Harriers AC
 2006 Warrington AC Helsby RC
 2005 Warrington AC Vale Royal AC
 2004 Warrington AC Spectrum Striders RC
 2003 Warrington AC Spectrum Striders RC