Sunday 24th October saw Grantham Running Club’s Dodwell brothers take the 150-mile journey northwest for the Rock’n’Roll running series in Liverpool. Sam Dodwell was participating in the Half Marathon and Jack Dodwell running the 10k.
The half marathon route started from the Royal Albert Docks, with runners heading towards the Royal Liver Building then going past Chinatown towards Sefton Park before hitting the final 10k mark at Penny Lane. The route then headed to the promenade with the final stretch along the Mersey to the finish line at the M&S Bank Arena. Living up to its name, the event had local rock bands stationed at every mile entertaining the runners as they passed.
Sam, who ran the Manchester Marathon only 2 weeks prior was confident that he would still be able to put in a strong performance. He managed to deliver, coming home in 1:35:40 which knocked 3 minutes and 19 seconds off his previous PB.
Jack continuing his running comeback, slowly getting back into shape and race fitness took on the 10k race which started at Penny Lane. He was happy with his time of 48:10, setting this as a benchmark to take into the new year.
Sadly after 7 years, this would be the final time the Rock’n’Roll race series from Liverpool would be run.
1st Place Male (Half marathon) - Kieran Walker 1:08:08
1st Place Female (Half Marathon) – Emma Styles 1:16:20
1st Place Male (10K) – Ben Lewington 33:43
1ST Place Female (10K) – Lindsay Doyle 41:25
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