The end result was that Barlick were 19th overall in 4:29:37.
It was a day of highs and lows. Everyone set off from Patterdale and there was Barlick, the new boys, in second place, as they made their way up the steep ascent to Boredale Hause. The commentator on the loud speaker at Patterdale was perplexed. His commentary was, "Borrowdale are in the lead, closely followed by... er ... Barlick...". Gary Shaw and Stephen Chew, first leg runners, then moved into the lead and things were looking good. But the Ian Hodgson relay is not so simple. Clag covered the tops of the hills and suddenly our leaders were not so sure of the route. They waited for others to catch them up and then they discovered that lines which looked good in a recce were not quite so good on the race day. The long and the short of it was that at the changeover at Hartsop, Barlick were in 8th place.
Sam & Scott then took over and ascended into the clag and into the head wind which now included rain. Sadly this leg lost many places, although they were not the only ones to do so. Helm Hill, who were 10th at Hartsop suddenly found themselves in 1st place, much to the surprise of their 3rd leg runners who were not ready to set off. Our third leg team of Andy Hirst & Pete Jackson set off into the rain and mist in 23rd place. Despite their years, their experience of Lakeland races soon made itself felt and they gained two places to hand over in 21st place.
Nick Treitl and Shaun Chew set off on the final leg, again in poor conditions and an exciting sprint finish saw them finish just in 19th position, just in front of Ilkley.
Although we hoped that we might do better in this race, given that we are a new club, we perhaps did not do too bad against clubs with runners who have years of experience in this event. Afterwards, everyone agreed that we learnt a lot on the day and that next year, with a little bit of experience ourselves under our belt, we will do much better.
The race was extremely well organised, there was a great atmosphere and it was great taking part in this Lakeland classic. Roll on next year.
71 Helen STEAD 30:57
This 5K race will start from West Craven Sports Centre at 11:00 am. Full details.
Full Tour Recce
8:30 Meet up with Nick Treitl in the Barley Car Park for a steady recce.
Withins Skyline
11:30. Penistone Hill, Haworth.
The track session will be at Barden Lane, Burnley with Harvey Grace. Meet at 6:45 pm.
This will be at the Cellar Bar Bistro and the evening is now fully booked. The doors will open at 7:00 and we will sit down for the meal at 7:30. There will be no formal pub run tonight.
This ladies only session will be from Letcliffe Park. It will be an interval session. Be ready for a 6;45 pm start. Bring your head torch, if you have one. If not, come anyway, as we have a stock of head torches which you can borrow.
Another good night, but perhaps one where everyone should have had a head torch. The dark seemed to affect some runners, even those with head torches. On the other hand, several runners shook off the effects of the dark and recorded PBs. It was good to see junior member Elliot Halliday give it a go and record a sub 30 minute time.
This race saw another good performance from Rachel Lowther and a first for Lloyd Davies.
Winner Joe Merrcer, Horwich 32:49
104 Rachel Lowther 49:31
141 Finishers
U16
1 Lloyd Davies 18:49
Stuart Bryan actually entered this race as a Barlick Fell Runner and he finished in 190th position in a time of 4:17:23.
This race took place at Arley Hall, Northwich. It was a very well organised event on fast, flat country lanes, which for the most part were closed off. With the still, warm weather, the conditions were ideal.
The results were as follows
Winner - Russell Bently, Kent AC 30:21
13 Nick Treitl 33:51 (PB)
299 Richard Treitl 48:14 (PB)
There were 700 finishers.
2 Lucas Payne 18:12
20 Marcus Payne 21:14
31 Lex Payne 22:40 New PB
44 Mason Payne 24:02 New PB
5 Martin Carson 20:19
13 John Boothman 21:45 New PB
92 Michelle Hird 37:03
The Ilkley Triathlon is a Sprint Distance event with a 500m indoor swim, followed by a 14.5km bike (3x laps of a 4.8km circuit) and a 4.8km run (1x lap of the same circuit). The swim was indoors.
Dave Halliday took part and finished as follows:
162 Dave Halliday 1:18:02
327 finishers.
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.