Road Racing

2023 Road League champions

Women: Kate Richardson

Men: Mark Samuels

2024 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 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
  • Any runner starting a race but not finishing will be awarded 1 point

17 or less runners

If there are 17 or less runners in any given race, the first woman and first man home for the club will be awarded 17 points, the second 16 points and so on, down to 3 points each for the last 3 positions. Nobody receives less than 3 points, no matter how many runners.

18 to 22 runners

The maximum points available will be raised, up to a maximum of 22 points. For example, if there are 19 runners in any given race, first position will receive 19 points, second position 18 points etc. 

23 and above runners

First position receives 23 points, second position 22 points etc. For example, if 35 men complete in the Four Villages Half Marathon, first position will receive 23 points with many of the finishers receiving 3 points!

2024 Races

Race 1 Four Villages Half Marathon, Helsby Sunday 21 January
Race 2 Roy Fisher Challenge Tuesday 27 February
Race 3 Seaside Runs – fastest time from any of the 6 races March – August
Race 4 Borders League – Hoylake Sunday 17 March
Race 5 Chester Spring 5 Mile Wednesday 10 April
Race 6 Farndon 10k Sunday 5 May
Race 7 Chester Half Marathon Sunday 19 May
Race 8 Port Sunlight 10k Sunday 9 June
Race 9 Helena Tipping 10k, Wrexham Sunday 21 July
Race 10 Princes Parkrun, Liverpool Saturday 21 September
Race 11 Wirral 10k Sunday 13 October
Race 12 Borders League – Tattenhall Sunday 3 November
Race 13 Conwy Half Marathon Sunday 17 November
Race 14 Borders League – Trac Mon, Anglesey Sunday 8 December
Race 15 Marathon – any marathon, home or abroad! 1 January – 1 December

 

Recent Road League winners:

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