Road Racing

2024 Road League champions

Women: Francesca Byron

Men: Liam Woolley

2025 Road League

League Rules

  • You must be a fully paid up, first claim member of the club to compete in the Road League
  • Club vests must be worn for all Road League races, excluding the Roy Fisher Challenge
  • Road League positions are based on chip rather than gun times

Points and Scoring

  • The 2025 Road League consists of 15 events
  • Points are awarded for your position relative to other Pensby Runners, with your 8 highest scores counting towards your final total
  • For competitors who run 7 or fewer races, their final total will be the sum of all race scores
  • The first woman and first man home for the club will be awarded 20 points, the second 19 points and so on. If there are more than 20 runners, the remaining runners will receive 1 point each
  • Any runner starting a race but not finishing will be awarded 1 point

2025 Races

Sunday 19 January 4 Villages Half Marathon – Helsby Extremely popular with the club, always a great turnout
January – December Roy Fisher Challenge Fastest time from any of the club’s 4 races. Full course only. Free to enter
Sunday 16 March Borders League – Ellesmere Port As well as gaining points in the Road League you’ll be representing the club competitively. Free to enter
Sunday 23 March Liverpool Half Marathon A great way to see the sights of Liverpool! Also handy for anyone contemplating a spring marathon
March – August Seaside Run Fastest time from any of the 6 seaside races. Low cost
Wednesday 9 April Chester Spring 5 Mile Starts at 7pm. Low cost
Friday 16 May Christleton 5k Starts at 7.15pm
Sunday 1 June Jubilee Bridge Half Marathon This race starts and finishes on the silver jubilee bridge between Runcorn and Widnes. Pacers at this event
Wednesday 13 August Ellesmere Port 5k Starts at 7.15pm. Low cost
Sunday 21 September Guilden Sutton 10k 2 loop course
Sunday 12 October Wirral 10k Very likely to sell out. Flat course in New Brighton
Saturday 25 October Croxteth Hall Parkrun Scenic location, very flat. Register on the Parkrun website. Free to enter
TBC 2 x Borders League Dates will be announced when the 2025/26 race schedule is released. Free to enter
Whenever! Road Marathon Any road marathon, at home or abroad. If running more than one marathon, fastest time counts

 

Recent Road League winners:

2023: Mark Samuels & Kate Richardson

2022: Mark Samuels & Lisa Grantham

2020/21: Michael Green & Alice Cox-Cooper

2019: Tracy Pennington & Ralph Pawling

2018: Tracy Pennington & Simon Rogers

2017: Lisa Grantham & Simon Rogers

Road Racing League

Club Training

Join us on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm, and Sundays at 9am.

Training Sessions