Des Walkden took part in this race. It started and finished at Cartmel Race Course and the course was in a beautiful setting and on what was a glorious day, there were lovely views over Morecambe Bay. The winner was Christopher Holdsworth from Clayton-le-Moors in a time of 1.10:15 and Des finished 35th in 1.28:17. A total of 185 runners took part.
Gary Shaw had a cracking run today to finish 4th in this race in a time of around 1hr 57mins.
The precise timing will follow as soon as the reults are published.
This race is a bit of serious running. It starts at Guisborough and passes over the Cleveland Hills, taking in Roseberry Topping and along the crest of the North York Moors before reaching the finish at the Yorkshire Market town of Helmsley, a total of 55 miles.
Barlick member Gary Bradley completed the race in 10 hrs 54 minutes, finishing in 84th position. His V50 placing is not yet available.
41 Andrew Chew 1:29:59
65 Andy Berry 1.33:29
168 John Boothman 1:44:24
268 Scott Boardman 1:51:43
285 Richard Starkie 1:51:59
373 Emma Bailey 1:53:37 (58th lady)
1119 finishers
8 Lee EDWARDS 20:29
49 Elliott HALLIDAY 24:53
50 David HALLIDAY 24:54
56 James STEAD 25:26
85 Helen STEAD 28:20 New PB
95 Jenna BOOTHMAN 29:18
144 Clover EDWARDS 39:14
145 Susan HIRD 39:59
Mark Nutter, not to be confused with our long time friend and stalwart of fell running from Clayton, is a relatively new member of BFR. He wore his vest for the first time in this event and he commented on it as follow:
I really enjoyed this morning's little outing and got round the 13.1 miles in 1:57:45 and was really pleased to get under the two hours. I was 2067 overall and 133rd in the over 45's. I didn't quite realise just how hilly the course would be as it has lots of pretty steep hills, primarily it felt like a down hill trend to Wembley and the half way point but then mainly up hill back to the Saracens ground where miles 11 and 12 were both a bit of a killer. Couldn't help but compare it to the GNR where there are mainly only two long killer drags over the course that last for a couple of miles each. Today was tough, but I think I did prefer it to the GNR!
8 Andy Berry 1:28:36
Matt Lalor finished 3rd, picking up the Lancashire 10 mile bronze medal and also a pb of 54 mins. Gold went to Dave Rigby of Preston Harriers and silver to James Kevan of Horwich.
The race was won by Chris Singleton of Trawden in 4:09:10
58 Tome Beebe 5:21:40
73 John Boothman 5:29:27
179 Pete Beresford & Ben Hoyle 6:25:50
280 James Stead & Bob Jackson 7:51:07
A good turnout of Barlickers at this run with Barlick vests on the race winner and first lady. There were PBs for both of our junior runners, in fact, the only Barlickers without a PB were first timers.
1 Andrew CHEW 20:21 New PB
5 Rob HODGKINSON 21:14 New PB
6 James FENT 21:28
14 Scott BOARDMAN 22:33
16 Mark LOVESEY 22:58
25 Emma BAILEY 24:06 New PB (First Lady)
39 Aaron SLATER 27:16 New PB! (junior)
47 Robert WHIPP 27:58
66 Jenna BOOTHMAN 31:24 New PB (Junior)
74 Hazel O'HARA 33:37
74 Susan HIRD 28:26 New PB
44 Craig CHILD 23:49 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.