It was a hot day in London for this race, which saw Sebastian Sawe make history by breaking the two hour barrier for a marathon and setting a new world record. The second place Jacob Kiplimo, also broke the previous record and the two hour barrier.  How hot is the competition at the top? You have a cracking run, break the world record and also the two hour barrier and you end up coming second.  

Talking of cracking runs, Jimmy Craig had a flawless run to finish under the two and a half hour mark.  It looked like he managed his pace well throughout the race and came home comfortably with an excellent time and an excellent position.  

Not far behind him was Ben Whitehead who set off at a steady pace, but gradually increased it as the race progressed.  Again, it looked as though he had a plan and he stuck to it and was rewarded with a very good time.  

Behind him was Robert Cranham.  He is really a fell runner, but fancied having a go at the London Marathon.  Two weeks ago, he took part in the Boston Marathon (Boston, Lincs) and today was his big day.  At Boston, he had some trouble with his hip and at the fifteen mile point today, his hip once more started to give him pain.  But he battled on through it and finished with a respectable time. 

Lastly, we all knew that once Lucy Brown put her toe on the line, she would finish the race and not only did she finish it, but she too, did it in a respectable time.  All in all, a good day out for the Barlickers in London.

144 Jimmy Craig 2:28:28
1013 Ben Whitehead 2:44:11
5472 Robert Cranham 3:13:10
29854 Lucy Brown 4:28:41

It was a lovely sunny day, but the heat proved too much for John Boothman and he just did not have the power.  He finished with a struggle as he fell coming off Ingleboroug which induced a mega cramping fit which was very painful.  He was helped by several other runners and he finished with some of them.  

It was a good performance by Helen Harrison.

375 Helen Harrison 5:17:42
494 John Boothman 5:46:18
DNF Andy Berry

79 Jessica Laycock 26:36

79 Jessica Laycock 26:36
150 Laura Laycock 31:44

2 David Mirfield 18:29
5 Carl Nevison 19:08
18 Shane Muller 21:33
29 Paula Cullen 21:46 (2nd Woman
35 Jacqueline Collins 23:53
52 Hannah Craig 25:58
58 Nicola Muller 26:46

The girl is on fire.  Hot from her PB at the Pendle Full Park Run yesterday, Beulah Cranham entered this junior park run and racked up another PB.  

16 Beula Cranham 10:22

This is a lovely route and luckily the runners managed to swerve the weather, so it was dry, although blustery.

52 John Boothman 2:07:23 (3rd V60)

4 Sam Horrocks 19:34
23 Mark Horrocks 22:27
32 Jacqueline Collins 23:37

Pendle is not the easiest local park run with much of it off road and coupled with the long climb from the bottom of the park makes it ideal preparation the coming Bofra season.  Beulah Cranham is thriving under these conditions and this week, she earned herself another PB, beating her previous PB last month by an amazing 90 seconds. She is only 8 years old and if she continues in this vein, this young girl is going to be a star of the future.  

32 Beulah Cranham 29:21 PB

32 Beulah Cranham 29:20 PB
33 Robert Cranham 29:21