Pete and Ben decided to have a go at this challenge and were surprised at the amount of climb that was involved. (770 metres). There were some tarmac sections on the course where they struggled, but on the rough of the fells, they came into their own and pulled back lost places. They set themselves a target of finishing under four hours, thirty, so they were well pleased to finish in 4:26:52.
How does Jimmy Craig do it. Four races in a week, two of them this weekend.
In this race there was a battle at the front of the field between Ted Mason and Sam Tosh, with Sam just managing to get home first with a 2 second margin.
1 Sam Tosh, Rossendale 9:38
5 Jimmy Craig 10:32
Race Pictures from Woodentops (Set One)
Race Pictures from Woodentops (Set Two)
Race Pictures from Stuart Bryan
Those that turned out for this race saw several talented junior runners, and potential stars of the future, all finish in the top ten. Junior runner Josh Boyle showed his class by beating the whole field, with a time of 22:22. In 5th place, again running against older and more experienced runners was Jordan McDonald of Clayton and finally in 10th place was Marcus Preedy of Rossendale. What is remarkable about Josh is that he had already run in the 5K Park Run at Burnley in the morning where, you have guessed it, he finished in first place.
Behind Josh, three Barlickers were battling for 2nd place. The honours fell to Mat Lalor who showed that he is not just a tarmac man and he was chased home by Tom Corrigan and Marc Hartley.
The ladies race was won by Claire Vincent of Clayton who had to work hard to keep her nose in front of Kelly Whiteside of Trawden. Following on from her successful run at Edenfield, Jen Hird was again third lady. The first junior lady was Hannah Newbold of Wharfedale and the second was Jenna Boothman who quite remarkably finished 15th overall in the ladies race out of 25 runners.
Barlick men were first team as were the Barlick ladies.
2 Matt Lalor 22:30
3 Tom Corrigan 23:05
4 Marc Hartley 23:12
8 Andy Berry 24:19
11 Andrew Chew 24:36
18 Lee Edwards 25:59
19 Carl Pawson 26:05
22 Andrew Collins 26:36
27 Andrew Carson 27:03
32 James Fent 27:24
36 Chris Smedley 27:42
40 Rob Hodgkinson 28:04
42 Nathaniel Whitbread 28:07
45 Scott Boardman 28:10
57 Jen Hird 29:20 (3rd lady)
58 Glenn Whittaker 29:24
65 Leanne Dinsdale 30:15
69 Paula Clark 30:43
73 Daniel Chew 31:03
81 Karen Brindle 32:17
102 Jenna Boothman 34:28 (2nd WU18)
104 John Boothman 34:29
105 Jean Rawlinson 34:33
106 Adele Horsfield 34:34
107 James Stead 34:54
111 Heather Driver 36:12
1 Tom Adams, Ilkley 45:41. A remarkable performance too from Victoria Wilkinson who finished 12th over all, setting a new female record of 49:41.
6 Jimmy Craig 48:25
11 Luke Maude 49:37
13 Nick Treitl 50:00
26 Sam Gibbs 55:19
45 Jock Boothman 59:07
112 Jack Ingham 1:12:37
127 Richard Treitl 1:19:05
Good performances from our runners, especially those who were recovering from the Blencathra race on Wednesday.
2 Julian Hood 1:31:21
186 Rachel Lowther 2:11:44
1 Lucas PAYNE 18:27
13 Emma BAILEY 22:26
94 Clover EDWARDS 32:50
95 Lee EDWARDS 32:51
96 Susan HIRD 33:13
Posted at 15:43
6 June 2015
Great run from Emma Bailey to record another 5k pb
66 Emma Bailey - 21:54 pb
79 Richard Starkie - 22:18
153 runners
Many races are described as being a "classic", but this race truly lives up to the term. It is a tough race with diverse challenges spread out over eight miles. When you run this race for the first time, you learn how best to run it. The subsequent times give a truer reflection of your ability. Against this background twenty intrepid Barlickers made the mid week trip to the Lakes to to take on this challenge.
There were some who should have perhaps never taken it on at this stage of their running careers. Scott Boardman, Stuart Bryan, Jack Ingham and James Stead come to mind. But they all showed great character, dug deep and finished the race and incredibly James Stead did not even come last.
At the other end of the field, Ricky Lightfoot once more showed has class and by Check Point One, he had already built up a comfortable lead. Surprisingly, at this stage, there were four Barlickers in the top ten, running as a group and occupying positions seven to ten. By the end of the race, this group had split up slightly, with Jimmy Craig finishing in 5th place and demonstrating his ability to cope with all types of fell running. This race was vastly different from the 15 minute up and down Bofra race where he finished 2nd last Sunday. In 7th position and showing some of the talent that made him an awesome junior runner, was Luke Maude. Our final top ten finisher was Nick Treitl and although he put in a cracking performance, he was somewhat shell shocked afterwards at the experience he had just been through.
Chris Smale dropped a little behind the leading group, but was still 4th Barlicker home in 15th position. Shaun Chew came home in 24th position, looking very comfortable leading our next batch of runners who all put in incredible performances. In the midst of this group was Chewy, who was finding that the hilly fells is much more of a serious challenge than flat tarmac. Des perhaps struggled as he came home amongst the old hands of fell running Glenn Whittaker and Pete Jackson.
Those were terrific performances from the whole team and to take on a race of this caliber shows just how far the club has come in its brief history.
Lastly, thanks should go to Eden Runners for putting on this race. It was well organised, well marshaled and the helpers from Eden Runners are such a friendly group of people that they add that extra special something to what is already a special race. And there were no midges at the finnish tonight!
The group left the pub at around 11:00 pm so there will be some tired workers trying to get up in the morning, but they are sure to carry to work with them memories of an incredible night.
1 Ricky Lightfoot 1:01:20
5 Jimmy Craig 1:08:16
7 Luke Maude 1:08:26
10 Nick Treitl 1:08:43
15 Chris Smale 1:11:12
24 Shaun Chew 1:13:40
25 Sam Gibbs 1:13:57
26 Andy Berry 1:14:38
38 Andrew Driver 1:19:41
44 Stephen Chew 1:20:57
50 Jock Boothman 1:22:03
69 Lee Edwards 1:25:58
75 John Boothman 1:26:59
96 Glenn Whittaker 1:32:11
97 Derek Walkden 1:32:30
103 Pete Jackson 1:34:35
117 Scott Boardman 1:37:17
123 Stuart Bryan 1:38:46
149 Jack Ingham 1:49:31
155 James Stead 1:58:25
158 Starters
The results are now out for this race and show that Nick won the race comfortably with a lead of 36 seconds over the 2nd place runner. They also show that in the Under 8s, it was very tight at the front with only 4 seconds separating the first three runners.
1 Nick Treitl 25:06
58 Richard Treitl 38:28
73 ran
Under 8s
3 Harley Treitl 4:26
Jimmy Craig was taking part in his first Bofra race after he missed Sedbergh the other week. He finished second to Jack Smith of Wharfedale Harriers by 14 seconds. Jack has maximum points now after the first two races due to finishing second at Sedbergh and Rob Jebb not competing in the overall series.
12 Matt Lalor 1:13:56
Three Barlickers were out for this race. Both Chewy and Marc Hartley struggled with the steep ascents, but Jen Hird thoroughly enjoyed them, as she did the whole race. Her reward was a prize for being third lady - the first time she has ever finished so high up in a race.
As for the men, the race was won by John Raho of Holcombe in a time of 46:49. Mark Hartley finished 2nd and Chewy 7th.
2 Marc Hartley 48:15
7 Stephen Chew 54:53
39 Jen Hird 61:34 - 3rd lady
Heather Driver took part in this race and completed it in a time of 53:35. This was a PB by six minutes so she is felling very well chuffed.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.