David Mirifield had a great run to comfortably take the win in this race, with a 3 minute lead over Paul Crabtree of Wharfedale, who just managed to hold off David Poole who came home in third place.Wharfedale. The Barlickers finished as follows:
1 David Mirfield 51:00
3 David Poole 54:10
15 Chris Snell 1:00:15
26 Zac Kaye 1:04:54 (1st MU23)
29 Andrew Smith 1:05:24
30 Anthony Brown 1:07:19
69 Richard Treitl 1:31:05
77 finishers.
Only one Barlicker out in this race and he was the one man you could have forgiven for not running this week after his 55 mile run last week in arctic conditions. Considering the state of his legs after last week he had a pretty reasonable run finishing in 47 position.
47 John Boothman 2:40:41
2 Andy Berry 19:37 New PB
7 Alex Mason 21:13 New PB
12 Scott McCredie 21:44
16 James Austin 22:31
17 Rachel Villiers 22:31
28 Lucille Pickles 24:39 New PB
32 Garth Duffy 25:09
33 Tony Duffy 25:27 New PB
39 Ciara Duffy 26:25 New PB
44 Nicola Muller 27:05
62 Anne Marie Beech 30:17
81 Susan Hird 28:10
132 Amanda Tarn 32:26
This was a race put on by Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Team and it attracted a few of our Wednesday pub runners. The race was won by Sam Watson of Wharfedale. The Barlickers finished as follows:
3 Andy Collins 50:22
15 Andy Berry 51:28
22 James Austin 54:24
38 Zac Kaye 57:30
61 Paul Elcock 60:43
68 Victoria Peel 61:32
84 Jacqueline Collins 67:14
174 starters
This is an incredibly hard challenge, but even more so in the conditions which prevailed on the day. Read all about it from the account of the day by John Boothman, from the link below.
Our two intrepid runners John "three races a day" Boothman and Lucas "ironman" Payne decided together to take on this challenge which is a 55 mile race, including 6,561 ft of ascent. John was determined not to go off too fast but, as can easily happen in a race, he got swept along with the crowd and completed the first nine miles to CP1 at an average pace of 5.81 mph. This was much faster than his target pace of 5 mph. Lucas went off even faster, finishing the first leg at over 6 mph. By CP2, there was a 12 minute gap between our runners and this is very much how it was throughout the rest of the race. Sometimes, John would close the gap and then Lucas would extend it again. On the tops, all the runners were exposed to prolonged periods of extreme weather. The wind would bring you to a standstill and your supply of water completely froze up. The last big climb was Roseberry Topping, by which time, the gap was down to eight minutes, but John's water had frozen up again and he entered a real bad spell. He forced some food down and drove himself on finishing quite strongly. In the meantime Lucas pushed on finishing in 11h 14 m 54 seconds a full 22 minutes ahead of John. Given that they were up against specialist runners and the conditions on the tops were horrendous, this was a remarkable performance from both of them.
27 Lucas Payne 11:14:54 (31st overall)
34 John Boothman 11:37:39 (40th overall)
343 started. 164 finished. 179 retired.
106 Maddison Parrington 29:31
1 John Whiteside 18:52
3 Andy Berry 20:01
8 James Austin 19:54
40 Daniel Thornber 24:09
189 Sara Hardacre 32:35
The performance by Lorraine Slater in this race was something else and she has kindly put pen to paper to give an account, from a runner's perspective, of how she pulled off this famous victory. You can read Lorraine's account from the link below.
6 Scott Boardman 17:40
8 Jack Villiers 17:50
9 David Poole 17:55
48 heather Driver 23:24
243 Eleanor Moore 53:58
146 Andy Berry 3:38:41
243 runners toed the line for this flat out and back 10K on the cycle paths in Lancaster on a dry warm spring morning. A clear win for Lee Parrington with Terry Lonergan a minute faster than on the same course last month.
1 Lee Parrington 34.53
102 Terry Lonergan 55:39
After a great run last week in the Stan Bradshaw Pendle round, it was back out on the fells again for Lorraine Slater in this challenging 31.7 mile / 4396 ft of climb race. Lorraine saw off the opposition to finish first lady. In view of the conditions, most people were slower this year, but Lorraine managed to get a 2 minute PB. Not only that, but Lorraine led the Barlickers home.
14 Loraine Slater 5:07:06
33 Tom Beebe 5:23:53
83 Gary Bradley 6:03:48
87 Pete Jackson 6:04:44
148 Victoria Peel 6:41:22
194 Ben Hoyle 7:08:31
195 James Austin 7:08:32
206 Jacqueline Collins 7:19:55
228 Jamie Milligan & Pete Beresford 7:35:00
79 Daniel Thornber 25:15
223 Sara Hardacre 33:49
3 Andy Berry 20:01
32 Jamie Fox 27:39
108 Sharon Newbold 31:22
A solid return to racing after a 6 months break for Ray Edgar on this flat out and back course in Lancaster. It is on traffic free “cycle” paths by the river in Lancaster which seemingly escaped the snow which affected the rest of the country.
2 Ray Edgar 16:34
25 Terry Lonergan 28:02 (1st M65)
Senior Women
6 Rachel Villiers 28:48
46 Cloey Mason 34:17
Senior Men
12 Marc Hartley 34:53
58 Scott Boardman 39:07
59 James Austin 39:36
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.