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Road Running

This page is primarily for Southport Waterloo's road runners. About half the club's membership is made up of senior road runners and they compete in cross country and road relays as well as road races.

The club organizes Grand Prix competitions for series of road, fell and trail races each year. See below for more details.

The road runners have training sessions on roads, in pinewoods and on the track. See the Training section of the About Us page for details.

(photo shows Terry Handley, Nick Hume and Steve James, the winning Southport Waterloo team in the Pembroke 20 mile race c1985.)

Road Running Training sessions

Day / Time	Activity	Location / Meet	Leader

Tuesday	Suitable for sub 26min 5km runners	Ainsdale pinewoods	Richard Talbot
18.30 to 19.30		100yds from Coastal Rd


Wednesday	Speed / Interval training	Alternating locations every other week:	Michelle Spencer Helen Lodge
18.30-19.30	Suitable for 8-11minute mile runners	Ocean Plaza - Southport /	Mari Lewis
	PLEASE BOOK ONTO THESE SESSIONS IN	Railway Station - Ainsdale
	ADVANCE VIA RUN TOGETHER:
	https://groups.runtogether.co.uk/SWACRunClub

Wednesday	Speed / Interval training	Fisherman's Rest	Rob McGrath
18.30-19.30	Suitable for sub 22min 5km runners

All sessions are free to Southport Waterloo members so come along, join in, meet your fellow members and improve your running. Note: Wednesday sessions with Michelle, Helen & Mari are open to non-members on payment £1 per session so feel free to come along, meet new friends and enjoy a run with us all.

SWAC Grand Prix series of Road races

Southport 4 Mile race, 2009 The Road GP Contacts are Francois Rafferty, 0780 884 1720, or Andy Veevers

The Club organises a members-only annual Grand Prix competition linked to performances within a series of local road races. For 2024, 14 events have been selected for inclusion in the Grand Prix. The best 6 results will be totalled to decide the Grand Prix male and female winners and the male and female veteran category winners.

Club colours must be worn unless race rules / conditions require otherwise eg guide vest.

A mixture of distances is included.

Trophies are presented at the annual awards evening at the end of the year.

The 2024 Road Grand Prix comprises:

Sunday 4th February	Southport Mad Dog 10K
Sunday 3rd March	New Longton 10K
Sunday 17th March	Liverpool Half Marathon
Sunday 14th April	Mersey Tunnel 10K
Saturday 4th May	Southport parkrun
Tuesday 14th May	Walton Park 5 Miler
Saturday 1st June	Crosby parkrun
Sunday 16th June	Penny Lane Striders 10K
Sunday 30th June	Southport Half Marathon
Sunday 21st July	Run Aintree Half Marathon
Sunday 28th July	Docklands 10K
Sunday 4th August	Southport Seaside 10K
Saturday 11th August	City of Preston 10 Miler
Wednesday 14th August	Knowsley 4 Miler
Date tba	Nathans 10K

Congratulations to the 2023 winners Francois Rafferty / Boyd Park and Laura Park / Sue Stewart.

Grand Prix results tables | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |2017 | 2016 | 2015| 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

SWAC Grand Prix series of Trail races

GP Co-ordinator is Helen Lodge 0777 394 5524.

The Club added to its Road Grand Prix with a Trail Race Grand Prix from 2019. Like Road, it is members-only and linked to performances within a series of fairly local Trail races. The Grand Prix trail races for 2024 are set out below. These may may change or be added to, The best 5 positions will be totalled to decide the Trail Grand Prix male and female winners.

Club colours must be worn unless race rules / conditions require otherwise eg guide vest.

A mixture of distances is included. Trophies are presented at the annual awards evening at the end of the year.

The 2024 Trail Grand Prix comprises:

Saturday 24th February, 2.30pm	Standish Hall Trail Race
Sunday 7th April, 10am	Rimrose Runners 5 Miler, Chaffers Running Track
Sunday 21st April, 10am	Rivington 10 Mile Trail Challenge
Sunday 12th May, 10.30am	Wigan Trail 10K
Wednesday 22th May, 7.30pm	Harrock Hill Race; Farmers Arms, Bispham £4 enter on day
Saturday 1st June, 9am	Crosby parkrun
Wednesday 24th July, 7.30pm	Harrock Hill Race; Farmers Arms, Bispham £4 enter on day
Saturday 10th August, 9am	Kew Woods parkrun
Sunday 8th September, 10am	Yarrow Valley Splash 10K
Sunday 3rd? November. 9.30 am	St Helens Striders Trail 5
Sunday 23rd? November.	UKA Cross Challenge, Sefton Park

Congratulations to the 2023 winner Francois Rafferty. No female managed the required 5 races.

Trail Grand Prix tables 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019

SWAC Grand Prix series of Fell races

The Club organised a members-only annual Grand Prix competition for fell races from 2011 to 2023, except for the Covid years. It has now been dropped due to lack of participation..

Congratulations to 2023 female winner Michelle Spencer, the last winner of the Fell GP. No male runner completed the required 4 races.

Fell Grand Prix tables 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011

Merseyside Grand Prix series of road races

A Merseyside Grand Prix of road races was introduced in 2013. Runners don't need to do anything to enter this. Southport Waterloo is registered with the Merseyside GP Co-ordinator and so our runners are automatically included.

The intention is to include a range of distances. Organisers will prefer races organised by Merseyside clubs.

Awards are presented at the end of the season.

The races in the 2024 series are as follows.

Sunday 3rd March	St Helens 10K
Sunday 17th March	BTR Liverpool 10-miler
Sunday 31st March	Hale 5-Miler
Sunday 14th April	Mersey Tunnel 10K
Wednesday 24th April	Wirral Seaside 5K
Tuesday 14th May	Walton Park 5 Miles
Wednesday 22nd May	Knowsley Harriers 4-Miler
Saturday 25th May	Aintree 10K
Sunday 9th June	Port Sunlight 10K
Sunday 16th June	Penny Lane Striders 10K
Wednesday 10th July	Sefton Park 5 Miles
Sunday 21st July	Aintree Half Marathon
Wednesday 24th July	Birkenhead Park 5 Miles
Tuesday 6th August	Wavertree Mystery 5K
Saturday 7th Sept or 5th Oct	Knowsley Harriers Halwood 5K

Races, Individual & Team Standings

London Marathon

For those people who enter the London Marathon and are unsuccessful in obtaining a place in the open ballot, there is an opportunity to obtain a guaranteed entry. Some places are reserved by organizers for club entries and Southport Waterloo has one place available for which a ballot is held. Click here for the club ballot Rules.