Cloey Mason is the latest Barlicker to subject herself to the pain and suffering of long distance running.  Here is her account of the day.

The Hardmoors 60 is a 62 mile race on the coast from Guisborough to Filey. The route of the 62 mile race follows the second half of the Hardmoors 110, along the beautiful Cleveland Coast, through Saltburn, Runswick Bay, Staithes, Whitby, Robin Hoods Bay, Ravenscar, Scarborough and into the finish location, the seaside resort of Filey.

Needless to say it was the toughest running I have ever done, especially 2 weeks after sinus surgery.  I split the race into thirds in my head.  I gained places in the first third from Guisborough and was steady away. Had the mid section blues in the second third from Runswick Bay to Ravenscar.  I got a bit of tummy trouble and lost my mojo a little,but got support from other runners along this mid section, who were in the same boa -  all keeping each others spirits up etc. Had a blinding last third 22 miles as I regained my wind, after a good hot feed at Ravenscar 41 mile checkpoint and a change of clothes. Saw my son Alex for the first time in the race as he had been up to Newcastle Uni visit all day with his dad so couldn't support. A little pep talk and I was told I was 17th lady with the next lady 5 mins ahead, so I was on my way again.  I took back numerous places with only one man passing me all that way to the finish at Filey. I also made up 8 female places too in this last section, the last of which was less than a km from the finish line.   I was running with her in the early miles and she originally passed me at mile 11 climbing out of Saltburn on Sea. My feet are quite sore and blistery as you would expect, and I would think  that I will lose a couple of nails - one of the side effects of Ultra running. I have been working up to this race all year and it didn't disappoint!

81 Cloey Mason 14:58:37 (9th lady, 3rd F40)

250 starters - 40 DNF

2 Jon Cleaver 18:51
23 David Pease 22:45
51 Emma Pease 26:00 (2nd F40)

This was the last race in the series and Emma Pease did well finishing, 5th overall and 2nd F40.

25 David Pease 40:24
49 Emma Pease 46:43 (3rd F40)

Tim Chadwick and David Poole took the seemingly never ending journey to Wasdale Head to take on this race, which enabled both to tick off the three big ones in a year. At five miles, this is the shortest race, compared to Snowden and The Ben.

A Friday night on the Moretti the night before worked wonders -  carb loading done right with Tim knocking around two mins off last year's time and finishing 19th    David crossed the line in 6th place.

David was in with a chance for the King of the Mountains, but sadly, it was not to be as the last minute arrival of John Yells all but dashed the hopes of taking home the impressive trophy.   However, in the end, it was still an impressive 2nd place in the King of the Mountains challenge for him.

The official results are not out yet, but the approximate finish times are:

6 David Poole 1:01:20
19 Tim Chadwick 1:06:08

There was no Bradley Show this year and it is a sad sign of the times that people no longer seem prepared to give up their time to put on community events.  However, the fell race still went ahead and is perhaps indicative that many are still prepared to put themselves out and organise races and we should be eternally grateful to all race organisers and their helpers for their willingness to still do so. .

Joe Hudson not only won the senior race, but he also set a new course record and is perhaps another sign that this young man is destined to be a force in the sport.  Ian Beresford of Barlick was in second place and on any other day, he would have probably been the race winner.

2 Ian Beresford 25:33
18 David Pease 31:44
48 Diane Macdonald 46:17

You may remember that Gary Bradley completed this 60 miles / 20,000 ft race in under 20 hours.  He has since recovered and has found enough energy to be able to tap his keyboard and recount this challenge.  It is a good story, along with photographs from the day and it can be accessed from the link below.

Gary Bradley's Race Report

Jon Cleaver and Luke Turner won the pairs race last year and were keen to emulate their success again.  But, after 6 miles, Jon twisted his ankle and they fell back a little,  However, after another couple of miles, it numbed off and they fought their way back up the field, knocking 5 minutes off their last year's finishing time and easily running out race winners.  In the euphoria of their win, they vowed to return next year and try to not only make it a hat trick, but to try and do it in a sub 3:30 time. 

Jon is now going to let his ankle recover for a couple of days and then start tapering for the bog one in three weeks time

In the singles race, Craig Storozuk finished in 12th place.

Pairs
1 Jon Cleaver & Luke Turner 3:36:11
15 Michael Alexander & Bob Jackson 6:06:50

Singles
12 Craig Storozuk 3:54:06
13 Stephen Shorrock 3:54:12
146 James Crook 4:29:15

Half
539 Lucy Brown 2:23:33

Victoria Peel had an amazing performance, improving on her last year's time by 15 minutes, and coming home 3rd woman overall.  Not only that, but she was also first U23 woman.  

Barlick were also the third team behind Lochaber and Wharfedale.

9 Luke Maude 1:48:28
16 David Poole 1:51:38
21 Andy Collins 1:55:34
42 Nick Treitl 1:59:36
50 Tim Chadwick 2:01:22
105 Zac Kaye 2:13:16
119 Victoria Peel 2:15:53
131 Karl Robb 2:17:21
253 Andrew Smith 2:36:11
309 Jennifier Hird 2:45:56
395 Hannah Newbold 3:04:04
407 Jacqueline Collins 3:09:43

John Boothman is a pretty consistent runner.  He finished this race in exactly the same time, to the second, as he did two years ago.

1254 John Boothman 1:37:28
2316 Paul Elcock 1:38:49
33013 Colette Ward 2:24:50

11 Emma Bailey 21:37

21 Will Pease 20:51 New PB
23 David Pease 20:58 New PB
32 Lucille Pickles 21:30
33 Jack Villiers 21:30

3 Jimmy Craig 17:11
13 Scott McCredie 20:01
25 David Pease 22:18

4 Jimmy Craig 15:19
14 Scott McCredie 17:28
25 Andy Smith 19:39
26 David Pease 19:44
42 Shane Muller 20:49
72 Tony Duffy 25:44
83 Kirstain Clayton 34:10

A good performance by Emma Pease saw her finish first F40 in this Innovate mid week series.

4 Jonathan Cleaver 35:32
13 Ian Cocks 39:59
20 David Pease 42:47
26 Amdrew Smith 43:54
58 Emma Pease 50:02 (1st F40)

Just two Barlickers out at this race, which is a tough one, but has a good route.  John Boothman managed to go astray and it seems that in true fell running style, so did plenty of others.  

19 Craig Storozuk 2:55:57
24 John Boothman 3:12:57

The title is short for the Courmayeur, Champex-Lac, Chamonix race and it covers 101 km with 6,100 meters of ascent.  Converting this to English money, it is just over 60 miles in length with over 20,000 feet of ascent - a daunting challenge for anyone.   A lot did not make it.  2132 started and over 550 dropped out, with 1578 finishers.

There was no dropping out for Gary Bradley.   His race went well and he finished in 466th place in 19hrs, 43mins which was inside his target time of under 20 hrs.  Quite an achievement.

A race report from Gary follows

This race is an undulating 20 mile race, with 1000 ft of ascent, mainly on country lanes.  There are a couple of climbs in it which are challenging, but they are not too long, which makes this race excellent preparation for a marathon.  

When taking part in this race, both Jon Cleaver and Luke Turner had their sights set firmly on the Berlin Marathon in four week's time.  Next week, they are hoping to retain the Yorkshireman Pairs Title before they begin tapering. 

3 Jon Cleaver 1:55:40
23 Luke Turner 2:16:19

7 Zac Kaye 20:43
20 Lucy Beresford 24:31 New PB
21 Hannah Newbold 24:33 New PB 

2 Ian Beresford 17:46
9 Barrie Charnley 18:58
163 Marie Beech 28:12

It was a remarkable win in the ladies race by Emma Hopkinson of Wharfedale, as it was only at the weekend that she completed the Bob Graham Round.  Second in the men's race was Joe Hudson of Keighley & Craven.  He is the son of Rob Hudson who, in his day, dominated the BOFRA races.  It is interesting too to see that his other son, Louis Hudson, won the U17 race.  It looks as though fell running is in the Hudson blood.

The Barlickers finished as follows:

8 Luke Maude 9:02
24 Tim Chadwick 10:11
37 Victoria Peel 11:33 (5th lady)
46 John Boothman 12:01
52 Andrew Smith 12:25
91 Craig Child 15:31

23 David Poole 40:25
30 Alex Mason 41:26 (2nd U18)
50 Barrie Charnley 45:27

24 David Pease 22:15
36 Shane Muller 23:39
57 Tony Duffy 27:51
59 Emma Pease 28:31
70 Nicola Muller 31:30

13 Karl Robb 23:15
22 David Pease 25:38

No point going all the way to Burnsall just to do one race, so for his second race of the day:

73 John Boothman 24:12

Another cracking run by Jonathan Cleaver saw him  come home in 2nd place behind Jack Cummings of Ilkley.

2 Jon Cleaver 58:03
11 Nick Treitl 1:06:25
44 Shane Muller 1:17:13
56 John Boothman 1:20:32
57 Derek Walkden 1:20:41
91 Cloey Mason 1:28:52
131 Nicola Muller 1:40:50

8 Ian Cocks 19:25