Sunday saw the 3rd race in the Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix and Jon Cleaver was on a mission. Word was flying round at the start that he was going to push hard for the first few miles and see who could keep the pace! Little need he know that famous was out racing and wouldn’t give in without a fight! The pair battled it out and were neck and neck for the majority of the race. Cleaver was defiantly stronger on the flat, but Jimmy was showing his dominance on the climbs, with roughly 2 and a half climbs to go Jimmy dug deep took the lead and the rest was history managing to increase the gap to a minute and 4 seconds. Not too far behind Livers and Bez put in a strong performance to finish within the top 10. Andy Smith had a battle on his hands to keep Jacqueline off and managed to hold off. Jacqueline led the Barlick ladies home also taking 1st F40. All in all another cracking day out for the Barlick Clan. I have to say though I’ve never heard anyone complain about winning a race as much as Jimmy, what should have been a joyous drive home was full of moans about his blisters, how he should have run faster and how much his arms were still aching from a CrossFit class on Thursday! I’m sure most of us would have been over the moon to win a race but not FAMOUS!! 

1 Jimmy Craig 01:23:37
6 Ian Livesey 01:29:55
8 Ian Beresford 01:31:31
14 Andy Berry 01:35:25
19 Barrie Charnley 01:38:12
22 Ben Hoyle 01:40:31
24 Carl Pawson 01:40:55
30 David Pease 01:43:50
38 Andy Smith 01:45:46
39 Jacqueline Collins 01:45:51 (1st F40)
40 Lee Edwards 01:45:56
42 Emma Taylor 01:46:24
44 Shane Muller 01:47:23
45 Molly Ralphson 01:47:23
62 Zac Kaye 01:56:49
74 Anthony Brown 02:00:51
81 Lucy Brown 02:03:40
98 Katie Towers 02:07:07
111 Nicola 01:12:24

Saturday saw Gary Bradley out for even more Pennine Way fun. 

The race ran from Bowlees to Alston taking you pas Low Force and High Force then Cauldron Snouts and Cow Green reservoir before High Cup Nick and down to Dufton. From there a long climb to Old Man Knock, Great Dunn Fell, Little Dunn Fell and Cross Fell before the long descent to Garrigll and the finish at Alston YHA. 

Gary managed to finish an respectful 10th place n 7hours and 36minutes.