Craig Shearer has gone through hell recently with complete lower back pain and loss of physical ability to train or race. But he was born to to run and he finally got back to training and had his first run back after injury in this race. With a show of grit and determination, he hammered out a third place against a good field. Not a bad result after weeks of injury.
3 Craig Shearer 37:43
112 Stephen Jackson 28:23
140 Richard Starkie 30:29
49 Joanne Sadowsky 37:44
After making his inaugural come back on 20 October, it didn't take Andy Collins long to clock up a race win, coming home ahead of team mate Ben Whitehead in this Barlick one-two. For most of the race, the two ran together and it was only in the later stages that Ben dropped away.
It was a good day for the Collins family with wife Jacqueline coming home 2nd in the ladies race.
1 Andrew Collins 1:09:54
2 Ben Whitehead 1:11:23
9 Andrew Smith 1:22:39
31 Anthony Brown 1:43:30
Ladies Race
2 Jacqueline Collins 1:25:25
4 Lucy Brown 1:32:16
The conditions for this race are rarely good and this year was no exception. There were the usual boggy conditions underfoot and the clag was also down which made navigating difficult. Andy Berry had a good race to finish in 8th place, but the clag hindered him and he reckons that had he been a bit more familiar with the route, a top five finish could have been a possibility.
8 Andy Berry 1:27:25
32 Pete Jackson 1:44:21
101 starters
9 Lucas Payne 20:29
9 Robert Cranham 23:31
100 Sarah Bell 24:55
287 Sharon Newbold 32:41
This year, the race became the world's largest marathon with 55,646 finishers. John Boothman went over with friends and family to take part and here is his account of race day.
A change to tarmac this weekend for Sam who entered this race to join a few workmates who were doing this race. It is a ten mile race through lovely countryside with a few hills in it like the Birstwith Brute which is a never ending climb out of Birstwith. This may be the last time that this race takes place as it starts and finishes at Ripley Castle and although they have lived there since 1309, the Ingleby family have now sold it and it is not clear whether the new owners want to continue with the race. That would be a shame as it is a lovely race (for tarmac) on roads which see little traffic.
104 Sam Wadsworth 1:13:39
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