120 Gary Bailey 29:32
121 Emma Bailey 29:32
John Boothman has already taken part in some serious ultra challenges, but this was his most serious challenge to date. A race of 268 miles from Derbyshire through mountainous country along the Pennine way and finishing almost at the Scottish border. Not only that, but in the short wintry days of January. A daunting challenge for anyone, let alone a chap in his fifties. Early on, John started to suffer with his feet and it was not long after that that he started to lose toenails. However, at each checkpoint, he had them re-bandaged up and he continued with his amazing resilience despite the pain and discomfort. However, this prevented him from doing a bit of gentle jogging on the easy downhill stretches. Not only that, but he was using walking poles and he started developing blisters on his hands from using those. As he went through nearby Horton in Ribblesdale, he was looking quite determined and cheerful, but after walking through the night after only having one and a half hours sleep on the floor at Dufton, he was looking very tired when he arrived at the checkpoint at Alston. However, a few hours sleep in the afternoon seemed to perk him up and he set off on the next long stretch which took him 20 hours to complete. By this point, John was getting out of synch with the daylight hours. At Alston, he slept during the day and he did the same at Bellingham. In each case, he was only there around five hours, so his sleep time in each case must have been around four hours. However, sleeping during the day meant that he was navigating some serious mountain routes in the dark. From Alston, John seemed to pick up a new lease of life and from Bellingham, he set off with grit and determination, knowing that these last two legs could be crucial. He was at that point in 8th position, but he was starting to close in on the runner in front. At the last normal check point before the mountainous stretch to the finish, John was still lying in 8th position, but the chap in front was starting to tire, whilst John kept going. By the climber's mountain hut just six miles from the finish, John was in 7th position and he left there at such a pace, no one was going to catch him. So after six days on his feet with just over 21 hours rest, John came home where he had a shower and the medics once more gave some attention to his bleeding feet. It was an amazing feat of endurance from an amazing athlete.
This was also an amazing race for another reason. The winner was a woman, who not only won the race but she also beat the men's record by twelve hours. In addition, she had recently given birth and was still breast feeding and she was expressing milk each day to keep her baby going until she completed the race. When asked to comment on setting the new record, she allegedly said that she had to get the race finished with so that she could get home to feed her baby! Her name is Jasmin Paris. She is a truly remarkable woman and she is an inspiration to women everywhere.
Following the resignation of Andy Berry from the role of team captain, the committee decided to split the role, awarding the job of road captain to Scott Boardman and that of fell captain to Luke Maude.
The aim of the Barlick Fell Runners results service is to list the full results of all fell running events in which our members have been involved and to archive these for future reference. If any have been missed, please let us know.
Following her run out yesterday, when she obtained a Lancashire vest, Lucille Pickles showed her class by taking the first place in the U13 girls race, with a 3rd place for Jack Villiers
U17 Boys
3 Jack Villiers 17:17
U15 Girls
11 Ciara Duffy 10:30
U13 Girls
1 Lucille Pickles 8:14
17 Lily-Grace Clayton 10:51
U11 Boys
26 Oscar Clayton 11:10
211 Kristian Clayton 59:13
Following her first at the Lancashire Cross Country Championships, Susan Hird once more came home as first FV60.
Senior Ladies
21 Victoria Peel 22:37
133 Susan Hird 29:14 (1st FV60)
Senior Men
94 Ian Cocks 37:16
131 James Austin 38:46
264 Richard Starkie 46:03
287 Gary Parkinson 49:35
23 Stephen Shorrock 54:28
40 Shaun Chew 57:09
82 Emma Taylor 63:15
100 Shane Muller 66:15
177 Heather Driver 75:39
191 Katie Towers 79:119
18 Connor Fitzpatrick 25:53
11 Emma Bailey 21:14
119 Gary Bailey 30:02
298 Graham Wadsworth 35:46
It seems that the New Year has meant a new start for Shaun Chew, as he was back out again in this first race of the year. He is boviously a bit rusty after his time out, but no doubt, he will soon be back on it again.
14 Tim Chadwick 18:47
38 Shaun Chew (No time available)
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