Three runners from Airecentre Pacers travelled over the Pennines to Blackpool to take part in the Great North Western Half Marathon. In very windy conditions club chairman Paul Grindley came in first for the Pacers over a relatively flat course in 1.37.40. Tony Pfeiffer achieved his personal best for a half marathon in 1.44.05 and Rhona Neilson completed the distance in 1.56.23.