Following on from the race report yesterday, the team results are now out and Barlick were the 4th team behind Pudsey & Bramley, Calder Valley and Dark Peak.  It was four to count and the stars for Barlick were:

Julian Hood 19, James Craig 35, David Poole 37 and Virgil Barton 47.

This is called the cake race, because you can bring a cake in lieu of the entry fee of £5.  There is a competition for the best cake and after the race, all the cakes are for eating and if you fancy one, it is yours in return for a £2 donation to local causes.  On to the race itself.  It is held over well trodden paths in the area surrounding the village of Diggle which is located between Oldham & Huddersfield.  It is a ten mile race with 1699 ft of ascent.

Richard Treitl was our only representative there and he finished in 240th position out of 278 finishers.

240 Richard Treitl 1:58:39

23 Paul Elcock 20:38

First of all, those watching this race saw history being made, as an incredible performance from Victoria Wilkinson saw her come home  in 13th position overall as first woman and settting a new women's record of 3:09:19 in the process.  This was quite an incredible achievement from an incredible athlete.

We had a record number of Barlickers out in this race, many running their first peaks race and they produced some feisty performances.  First home was Julian Hood who ran a superb race and secured himself a top twenty finish, knocking 6 minutes from his time of last year.  Next behind Julian was Jimmy Craig, who had a ding dong battle with peaks first time David Poole.  David was leading the pair at the top of Ingleborough, but Jimmy dug deep into those famous reserves and managed to cross the line just ahead of his team mate.  A great performance from David to make a race of it with Jimmy.