This is a seven and a half mile race over road, bridleway and footpaths with deceptive undulation and offering some fine view over Calderdale & Kirklees. Craig Shearer took part in what became a two horse race, with Craig being pipped at the post by Dom Carter of York Postal Harriers, but a good performance from Craig nevertheless.
2 Craig Shearer 46:17
165 finishers.
27 Jimmy Craig 3:32:47
35 Julian Hood 3:38:40
258 John Mason 4:35:10
285 Laura Craig 4:39:29
374 Hannah Newbold 4:55:35
515 Jacqueline Collins 5:28:12
25 Lucy Brown 22:03 PB
67 Anthony Brown 25:16
72 Raymond Banks 23:53
216 Stephen Jackson 28:10
Just one Barlicker this week at this race, but Lucy Brown put in a great performance to finish 2nd woman, 1st W40 and set herself a course PB into the bargain.
2 Lucy Brown 21:55 (1st W40)
We had three teams in these Relays, a family team, a mixed vet team and completely mixed age team.
The Craig team came 2nd family team and Jimmy Craig set the fastest lap time of the night.
Jimmy Craig 9:54, Hannha Newbold 13:24, Laura Craig 12:31. Total 35:49
We also had the first mixed vets team.
Emma Pease 15:34, Andrew Smith 12:55, David Pease 11:44 Total 40:13
Finally, we had a mixed team including an ex Barlicker
Oscar Clayton13:08, Zach Beresford 14:02, Lucy Brown 13:08 Total 41:40
This will from from The Alma Inn. Be there for a 7:00 pm start.
93 Sarah Allen 2:07:17
95 Michaela McKenzie 2:07:38
John Boothman completed his second marathon in a week and Raymond Banks put in a great performance in the V70-74 category.
This is John's account of his day.
It was very cold pre race but thankfully dry. The cool temperature was a bonus once we got running. The pace was perfect and I was really enjoying the support along the route. As I rounded the corner to go over Tower Bridge, the crowd was massive and very loud. Right in the middle of the bridge, with no warning, I felt a painful twang in my right calf and was immediately in pain and limping badly. I stopped and took some pain killers and applied some ibuprofen gel then set off at a very steady hop. The pain subsided once the meds took effect but I limped the rest of the way to the finish. Another amazing experience and great to have family support along the route although I think they worked harder than me battling the crowds. Then straight back to change and off to see ABBA Vantage which was amazing, then out for a meal. A full on day with family and friends. What could be better?
16869 John Boothman 3:50:23
25970 Raymond Banks 4:16:19
1 Jimmy Craig 16:24 PB
24 Hannah Newbold 22:28
45 Anthony Brown 24:31
50 Dave Halliday 24:43
105 Stephen Jackson 28:11
225 Richard Shilton 29:44 PB
48 Robert Cranham 43:16
Just two Barlick women out this week with Lucy Brown taking the honours in the ladies race.
1 Lucy Brown 23:11 (1st W40)
4 Paula Cullen 24:39 (1st W45)
It was much better weather conditions for this race and another top performance from Jimmy Craig saw him hold off challenges from Tom Adams and Michael Malyon to take his second Bunny Run victory.
This win makes Jimmy the Series Champion in front of Mitchell Boocock of Pudsey & Bramley and Alexander Wolfenden of Ilkley Harriers.
1 Jimmy Craig 16:31
16 Nick Treitl 18:06
30 David Poole 19:20
58 Andrew Smith 21:29
80 Hannah Newbold 22:37
94 Lucy Brown 23:36
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.