18 Virgil Barton 1:48:46
These races are hard. It is like running two back to back marathons and then some, with over 8,800 foot of ascent thrown in for good measure. This year, the race was run in the reverse order which made it even harder than usual, as all the climbs come in the second half.
Gary Bradley finished the race in 11:47:53 in 113th positions. This time was slower than that which he achieved last year and he puts this down to the route reversal. This is a pretty good achievement when you consider that 371 runners set off on this race and only 329 of them made it to the finish line.
Ian Livesey and Gary Shaw made their way to Wigan to get in a Half Marathon before their spring Marathon. It turned out to be a great decision as they finished 1st and 3rd. Livers had a good battle with James Kevan of Horwich and came home with a time of 72:19. Gary ran a good time of 76:40.
1 Ian Livesey 72:19
3 Gary Shaw 76:40
New member Craig Shearer ran this race, as he does every year, and put in a cracking performance. He ran 33.46 and came home in 3rd place.
1 Joe Sagar(spenborough) 33.11
3 Craig Shearer 33.46
Julian Hood made the trip to Thirsk for this popular race in his build up to the Marathon in April. Conditions weren't the best on the day, but he came away with a solid time of 57:46. Emma Bailey also made the trip and ran a cracking time and a pb of 1:11:20.
1 Graham Rush (Cheltenham) 50:36
20 Julian Hood 57:46
205 Scott Boardman 1:11:10
208 Emma Bailey 1:11:13
1 John Whiteside 19:00
6 Scott McCredie 21:55
39 Cloey Mason 29:40
3 Lucas Payne 19:12
8 Paul Elcock 21:02
56 Daren Holdsworth 25:42
66 Hannah Newbold 26:27
68 Nicola Muller 26:35
81 Heather Mitchell 27:53
84 Anne Marie Beech 28:06 New PB
92 Susan Hird 28:31
3 James Tingle 18:42
203 Graham Wadsworth 32:08
Thomas Corrigan and Will Onek were both representing Lancashire at the weekend in Loughborough after their good showing at the Lancashire championships. Tom has been brilliant this season, winning the Mid Lancs Cross Country League outright and he followed this up in this race by finishing 4th Lancs counter and 85th overall. Will was a few seconds back with another good run being 6th Lancs counter on the day and 89th overall. Reigning silver and bronze medalist for 10,000m and 5,000m Andy Vernon won the race with a commanding performance and a time of 37.50.
1 Andy Vernon 37.50
85 Thomas Corrigan 41.58
89 William Onek 42.02
8 Chris Smale 17:52
12 Andrew Carson 18:07
20 Scott Boardman 19:21
21 Scott McCredie 19:29
22 Rachel Villiers 19:40
24 Emma Bailey 19:54
33 Victoria Peel 23:09
1`62 Chris Bateson 2:22:55
This race is a tough challenge. At nearly 32 miles, it is longer than a marathon and in addition, there is nearly 4,400 feet of ascent.
It was perhaps no surprise that Tom Beebe led the Barlickers home. He is good at these long races where you have to keep plodding on remorselessly on. Second home for Barlick was Lorraine Slater. For her first venture in an ultra race, she did remarkably well. She was 11th lady and first FV45.
6 Scott McCredie 21:34
43 Samantha Day 27:51 New PB
44 Nicola Muller 27:54 New PB
50 Anne Marie Beech 30:16 New PB
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.