A great run today from Ian Livesey saw himself finish in 11th position overall and set a new club record for a marathon of 2 hrs 30 mins. Matt Lalor too got himself into a good rhythm and finished in the top twenty not far behind Ian. Further down the field Mark Holgate pulled a hamstring early on in the race, but to his credit he kept going to finish his first marathon. At his third attempt, Tim Pigott managed a sub 3 hour finish as did Dan Taylor who finished not far behind him.
11 Ian Livesey 2:30:39
18 Matt Lalor 2:33:54
21 Julian Hood 2:34:52
53 Gary Shaw 2:42:41
244 Mark Holgate 2:56:08
335 Tim Piggott 2:58:39
347 Dan Taylor 2:58:52
1654 John Boothman 3:27:48
This is a 27 mile run over Warton Crag, through the picturesque villages of Silverdale, Yealand, Sandside and the seaside village of Arnside. It is a varied route made up of a mixture of hills, roads and off road running,covering a distance of just over a marathon with 2,000 ft of climb. Incredibly, Barlick took the first two places.
1 Pete Beresford 3:47:08
2 Lee Parrington
A great run by Chris Arhur of Bowland saw him come home in first place and a great run by Ray Edgar saw him finish in the top 10.
10 Ray Edgar 37:06
17 Andrew Collins 38:50
38 Andy Berry 41:19
53 James Tingle 43:16
54 Lorraine Slater 43:19 (2nd FV40)
83 Scott McCredie 46:39
146 Hannah Newbold 55:39
170 Richard Treitl 1:01:33
24 Nicola Muller 27:42 New PB
41 Donna Milligan 31:18
24 Ian Cocks 21:32
26 James Tingle 21:38
21 Paul Elcock 20:58
22 Emma Bailey 21:13
28 Karen Brindle 22:08 New PB
34 Hannah Watson 22:47 New PB
136 Graham Wadsworth 32:02
151 Susan Hird 33:44
173 Patricia Wadsworth 40:32
Richard Treitl went across to Wales and found this a tough AS race, being 6 miles with 2,100ft of ascent.
54 Richard Treitl 1:38:16
59 finishers
It was the first round of the English champs fell season on Saturday and due to the road relays we only had Virgil Barton in attendance. That being said, Virgil put in a cracking performance in a stacked field, finishing 41st in 1.45.56. The race was run by Tom Addison of Helm Hill in a fierce descent to the finish, when after 14 miles of running, there was only a minute between the top 6.
1 Tom Addison(Helm Hill) 1.33.28
41 Virgil Barton 1.45.56
Stephen Shorrocks is a man in form and is getting closer to the front every week. He was our sole runner in this race and finished 5th.
5 Stephen Shorrock 58:25
3 Craig Shearer 33:39
81 Paul Elcock 44:01
The men for the first time entered two teams into the northern 12 stage. The A team was the strongest we've fielded but were still missing a couple due to injuries.
With this we were looking to break into the top 10 for the first time in the clubs short history. Tom Corrigan and John Whiteside got the mens team under way on the super fast 1st leg and both ran well. Tom ran the fastest Barlick long leg on the day against the big boys. The A team were 20th after leg 1 and the B team were 42nd. Marc Hartley started cutting through the field with the fastest short leg of the day and pulled the A team up to 12th, Dan Balshaw just recovering from injury lost a few places for the B team.
3 Charles Morgan 18:20
Mark Holgate was our sole representative in this race, finishing a very creditable 21st and continuing on from his good performance in the last Mid Lancs Cross Country race.
1 Richard Burney(Liverpool) 25.35
21 Mark Holgate 28.05
Conditions were not brilliant for this race, which some described as a rain-sodden bog fest, yet it still managed to attract a record turnout, including five Barlickers. A good run from Andy Collins saw him secure a top twenty finish.
17 Andrew Collins 2:15:04
56 Nick Kendall 2:29:04
94 Pete Beresford 2:40:08
103 Leanne Dinsdale 2:41:58 (5th lady)
211 Heather Driver 3:22:23 (36th lady)
There were ten Barlickers out in this race and they were led home by Stephen Shorrock who managed a top ten finish. A great run by Lorraine Slater saw her finish 2nd lady and fifteenth overall.
9 Stephen Shorrock 1:03:42
15 Lorraine Slater 1:07:13 (2nd lady)
22 John Boothman 1:10:22
31 Paula Cullen 1:13:59
33 Glenn Whittaker 1:14:23
35 Laura Craig 1:14:56
37 Dave Halliday 1:15:55
48 Karen Naylor 1:22:52
53 James Milligan 1:27:28
62 Katie Towers 1:33:19
18 Virgil Barton 1:48:46
These races are hard. It is like running two back to back marathons and then some, with over 8,800 foot of ascent thrown in for good measure. This year, the race was run in the reverse order which made it even harder than usual, as all the climbs come in the second half.
Gary Bradley finished the race in 11:47:53 in 113th positions. This time was slower than that which he achieved last year and he puts this down to the route reversal. This is a pretty good achievement when you consider that 371 runners set off on this race and only 329 of them made it to the finish line.
Ian Livesey and Gary Shaw made their way to Wigan to get in a Half Marathon before their spring Marathon. It turned out to be a great decision as they finished 1st and 3rd. Livers had a good battle with James Kevan of Horwich and came home with a time of 72:19. Gary ran a good time of 76:40.
1 Ian Livesey 72:19
3 Gary Shaw 76:40
New member Craig Shearer ran this race, as he does every year, and put in a cracking performance. He ran 33.46 and came home in 3rd place.
1 Joe Sagar(spenborough) 33.11
3 Craig Shearer 33.46
Julian Hood made the trip to Thirsk for this popular race in his build up to the Marathon in April. Conditions weren't the best on the day, but he came away with a solid time of 57:46. Emma Bailey also made the trip and ran a cracking time and a pb of 1:11:20.
1 Graham Rush (Cheltenham) 50:36
20 Julian Hood 57:46
205 Scott Boardman 1:11:10
208 Emma Bailey 1:11:13
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.