Seeing that Andy Holden is at present unattached and therefore has no club web site to champion his running feats, we thought that we would step in. He entered this race as 'Sumo' with the sole object of not coming last.
As things turned out, he finished 113rd out of 144. Not bad for an old 'un.
Two Barlickers turned out on Boxing Day for this race:
40 Andy Berry 31:13
71 Michael Thistlethwaite 34:44
Mick Plummer and Nick Treitl fancied a go in this one. It is the usual mountain marathon format, that is, you have to collect points by visiting various check points which have varying values depending on difficulty in reaching or locating.
They came 122nd out of 169 and by their own admission, they are very much on a learning curve with this type of event. But they enjoyed it and they look forward to taking part in similar events next year.
The race was won by Tom Adams of Ilkley and was closely followed home by Rob Hope of Pudsey & Bramley and Sam Tosh of Rossendale.
Shaun Chew had the honour of being the first person to run for the club and he came home in 15th place in a time of 36:03.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.