A bit of a mixed day for the four Barlickers at this race. On the one hand, Rachel Lowther was 2nd lady and 1st FV40. At the other end of the scale, Andy Berry was in 2nd place until CP5 when he got lost and was disqualified. Luckily, this was a DSQ not a DNF and so Stephen Chew still retains a firm hold on the Pete Jackson trophy.
Andy Driver had a good run to finish 15th and the ever improving Pete Beresford also ran well to finish 28th.
15 Andy Driver 1:31:06
28 Pete Beresford 1:37:46
57 Rachel Lowther (2nd lady, 1st FV40)
DSQ Andy Berry
What a windy day for a run, but a good route and great atmosphere.
4 Andrew Chew 37:35
66 Emma Bailey 46:02 (7th lady - 2nd LV35)
8 Chris Singleton 38:33
11 Chris Smale 38:57 (1st V50)
12 Marc Hartley 39:05
It was a double for Calder Valley in this race with Ben Mounsey retaining his trophy and Lucy Collins finishing first lady. The evergreen Ian Holmes was 2nd finisher in the race with Chris Holdsworth of Clayton 3rd. Barlick only had one runner out today.
213 Richard Treitl 78:25
3 Lucas PAYNE 18:42
4 Andy BERRY 18:44
8 Nicolas KENDALL 20:10
12 Scott BOARDMAN 20:35
17 John BOOTHMAN 21:39
42 Emma BAILEY 23:53
44 Rachel LOWTHER 24:07
65 Jenna BOOTHMAN 27:24
80 Gary BAILEY 29:37
81 Hazel O'HARA 29:40
89 Susan HIRD 30:35
93 Graham WADSWORTH 32:02
This week's pub run took place in Hellifield, home of the famous Craig. Personally I've not run for 9 days now due to my gammy knee but will hopefully be able to partake next week. Conflicting reports on the route and new faces in abundance saw a cracking turnout this week for the weekly social. We had 2 ladies, an Ironman (Keith McGregor, not Mr Stark), Sandamas, Satnav, Massive, Del Boy, Screw, Pete the Sneck, Garhoyle, Palin, Vice and Junior. Satnav regaled me with his smooth route choice and the fact they didn't get lost. Then I went to the bar to get a pint of crappy blond and Pete and Keith put me right. Apparently Boothman's best mate, his watch that Del Boy would struggle to lift, once again came a cropper. Although the trig point was found, the runners closer to the back had it a lot smoother. It's a tactic I employ when following John and his mate that I'm now going to start calling Kes, because he resembles Craig Davis on Bo Selecta when trying to find his way. No Collins this week which is a surprise. He must not have been able to free himself from the chains in the Cellar this week. Rob Hodgkinson needs to be making an appearance soon. Especially after the lamest public display of affection on Facebook last week. He needs to get the heckling out of the way before I get hold of the mic at the presentation evening. What has happened to Jack Ingham, the man's a shell of his former self. He's conquered Blencathra for gods sake! Hellifield should be a stroll in the park. Next week, it's Gisburn and dare I say it, Pete Jackson has sorted the route. This has the makings of a good pub run report. Pete declared last night that he is reccying the Pub Run on Thursda> We thought he meant the run, but he meant for beer and food. Good to see he has his priorities in order!
There were a couple of Barlick vests present at this 8.5m hilly road race round the Lancashire countryside near Chorley. The race winner was Rob Affleck (Preston Harriers ) in 47.18.
4 Julian Hood 49:52
180 Peter Wilkinson 1:11:12
Julian commented this was a small, friendly race with free hot stew and a mug of tea at the end.
304 runners.
Mark Holgate, one of the 3 amigos from the Carnforth area, was running in the Lancaster Half today. He had a cracking run, finishing 7th overall and first V40. His time of 1.18.42 was a personal best.
Also achieving a personal best in this race was Scott Boardman who finished in 78th position with a time of 1:33:54
So all in all a cracking day.
Good performances from the Barlickers in this event, with our mixed team winning outright in a time of 1:37:31. Our ladies team, the Barlick Bitches, also did well finishing 17th overall and first all ladies team with a time of 2:04:01.
2 Andrew CHEW 18:27
26 Stuart BRYAN 22:03
26 Emma BAILEY 22:06
38 Richard STARKIE 23:04
59 Hannah NEWBOLD 24:37
109 Gary BAILEY 29:08 New PB
112 Hazel O'HARA 29:23
122 Susan HIRD 30:29
147 Clover EDWARDS 33:34
150 Julie BRYAN 33:45
175 Sarah RICHARDSON 38:06
4 James TINGLE 18:23 New PB
5 Ian COCK 18:28 New PB
14 Marc HARTLEY 19:33 (Late Starter)
212 Graham WADSWORTH 31:13 New PB
276 Patricia WADSWORTH 37:43
Forty four runners turned out for this race and it was won by the Peter Pan of fell racing - Ian Holmes in 29:09.
Jock Boothman was first home for Barlick in 6th place in a time of 29:55. At one point, Jock was in the lead due to his superior navigational skills compared with the rest of the field. Nick Kendal finished 17th in a time of 32:28. Finishing in this suspiciously slow time enabled Nick to win the guess your time competition and walk away with a bottle of wine.
Headed west again to Stanah Country Park (Thornton Cleveleys) for the mildly undulating FAIRCLOUGH 5 MILER, run mainly on quiet country lanes.
A nice temperature and a mild breeze saw 109 toe the line for this low key event but well organised by Thornton Cleveleys Running Club.
Pleased to reduce season’s best for the distance by a minute, having run 38.47 back in July.Would have also liked to match last year's time at this event but fell just short despite scorching the last mile.
Pleasing splits 7.37 7.34 7.34 7.43 7.07......37.47.
51st TERRY LONERGAN 2ND M65 37.47
Terry Lonergan
Another first for the club this weekend as Matt Lalor became the first Barlicker to win a city Marathon. He had a cracking run leading from the 6 mile point. His time of 2hour 34 mins 39 seconds puts him behind Chris Singleton and Ian Livesey on the Barlick all time marathon list and just 1 second behind Gary Shaw. The fourth Barlicker to go under the 2.35 mark this year.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.