A good turnout of Barlickers for this event
5 James Craig 1:05:52
7 David Mirfield 1:06:20
13 David Poole M40 1:10:28
19 Stephen Shorrock M40 1:11:50
28 Nathan Smedley 1:15:14
29 Andy Berry M40 1:15:17
30 Mark Horrocks M50 1:15:38
36 David Pease M40 1:17:09
43 Barrie Charnley M40 1:18:15
64 Carl Nevison M50 1:22:28
66 Andrew Smith M50 1:22:47
78 Shane Muller M40 1:24:11
87 Molly Ralphson F40 1:25:02 (3rd woman, 2nd F40)
89 Fiona Hall F40 1:25:06 (3rd F40)
98 Derek Walkden M50 1:27:41
113 Hayley Whitehead 1:29:48
129 Hannah Newbold 1:32:05
147 Heather Driver F40 1:35:06
155 Paula Cullen F40 1:35:59
161 Kerry-Ann Bretherton F40 1:37:58
200 Katie Towers 1:48:05
201 Nicola Muller F40 1:48:05
221 Callum Tadman 1:57:38
Wadsworth Trog - 4 February 2023
Written by Graham Wadsworth
This is a tough energy sapping race through bogs and mud, but at least this year, the weather was good. A good run by David Mirfield saw him take a podium place and good run by his team mate saw them both take a top ten finish.
3 David Mirfield 2:41:32
9 Ben Whitehead 2:56:18
There are two races on the day. A 30 mile and a 45 mile.
30 Mile Race
Lucy Brown and Lorraine Slater ran this race together. Lorraine was not feeling her best half way round and Lucy could have pressed on and taken first place herself, but they stuck together and Lucy sportingly allowed her team mate to get over the line first. A good one - two for Barlick. Not only that, but behind them, Kerrie Bretherton was also putting on a good show, coming home in 4th place.
45 Mile Race
Jason Goodworth had a good run to finish 17th overall. John Boothman did not go for the shorter race, even though he could have been forgiven for doing so as he only recently completed the gruelling Winter Spine Race. However, he put in a good performance despite the fact that his legs were playing up and finishing 2nd FV60
Results
30 Miles Ladies Race
1 Lorraine Slater 6:00:36 (1st FV50)
2 Lucy Brown 6:00:40
4 Kerrie Bretherton 6:33:22 (2nd FV45)
45 Miles Mens Race
15 Jason Goodworthy 9:06:22
30 John Boothman 10:12:57 (2nd MV60)
The Montane Spine Race is designed to be gruelling, and this year’s British winter didn’t disappoint. Blizzards, 70-mile-per-hour winds, waist-deep snow, and low overnight temperatures all took their toll on race participants. “Britain’s Most Brutal” event takes place along the 268-mile Pennine Way, which stretches from the Peak District in England to the Scottish borders. Participants run unsupported: they carry all their supplies (food, sleep system, clothing, and medical supplies), and no pacers are allowed.
John Boothman has become a bit of a club specialist in these challenging events and even though he has entered this competition previously and knows what it entails, he once more put himself forward for days of pain and suffering.
He was not long into the race and he felt sickly, to the point where he considered pulling out of it. Not only that, but there were strong winds and it was raining heavily and the going was very tough People were constantly passing him and by the time he got to Hebden Bridge, he was in 46th position. However, he slowly started feeling better and although he was just plodding steadily along, he was actually improving his position as many people were dropping out.
He slowly started clawing his way back up the field to the point that when he reached Alston, he was in 28th position. At one stage, because of the snow fall, he veered off the track and found himself up to his waist in a snow drift. He managed to get back on the track, but lost half an hour and a lot of energy with that mishap. Ascending the last major hill before the finish, again he did not feel well and his stomach felt upset. However, once on the descent, there was a hut where he could get a coffee and eat a chicken wrap and with that inside him, it gave him a new lease of life. I was a good job too, because as he was leaving the hut, three chasing runners were just arriving. He felt that he had to put as much space as he could between himself and these three runners and he was going as fast as he could. When he left the hut, there was a group of runners about a mile in front of him. With just seven miles to go, catching them looked an impossibility, but with his new found energy, he kept going and not only passed them, but led them home by 33 minutes. As for the chasing group, he led them home by 40 minutes. It says a lot about his strength of character and determination that after 260 gruelling miles, he could muster the energy to actually jog towards the finish, whilst those around him were just concentrating on slowly plodding home.
His final position was 21st man which was quite some comeback from his position at Hebden Bridge.
This is an 80 mile race going from Hessle, just outside of Hull, following a circuitous route through the Yorkshire Wolds to Filey. On the Wednesday before the race, John Boothman did not look too good and he had not been right for a little while. Many wondered if he would indeed take part in this race. But, he seemed keen to do so and said that he would take it steady. Over the years, we have all heard that on many occasions, but when your toe is on the line, adrenalin takes over and common sense flies out of the window. It therefore did not surprise anyone when John set off at a fair pace. The question was, "how long could he keep that pace going"? The answer was; pretty much throughout the whole of the race. He settled down early on within the top twenty and never lost that place. The race is effectively three consecutive marathons all in one day and this took its toll on many who had entered and they dropped out. But John was relentless and he kept going from the start of the race at 8:00 am on Saturday morning until the finish in the wee small hours of Sunday morning and coming through some horrendous running conditions in the last four hours. His reward was not only to get a finish, but also to finish first V60. A good performance in itself but given how he looked on the Wednesday before the race, it was a brilliant performance.
Burnley Park Run - 6 August 2022
Written by Graham Wadsworth34 James Wadsworth 21:52
123 John Wadsworth 26:51
147 Mark Wadsworth 27:56
Rougemont Chase - 31 July 2022
Written by Graham WadsworthThis used to be a BOFRA race which went up to Almscliffe Crag, but the Police eventually put a stop to it as crossed the busy A658 Harrogate Road. The race now takes another route, but is more of a trail and road race. An amazing feature of the race this year was that Antonio Cardinale was NOT last.
10 James Wadsworth 28:17
Burnley Park Run - 30 July 2022
Written by Graham Wadsworth72 John Wadsworth 25:12 PB
101 Mark Wadsworth 27:05 PB
11 Matthew Watson 31:30
10 Stephen Hall 4:51
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8 David Mirfield 56:09
12 Stephen Shorrock 58;00
Widdop Fell Race - 13 July 2022
Written by Graham Wadsworth17 David Pease 1:03:51
29 Andrew Smith 1:09:40
A confident Tom Corrigan led the pack up to the turn and all the way back, holding off challenges from Mark Magee and Steve Corbishley. He was the first home of four Barlickers who finished in the top ten.
1 Thomas Corrigan 15:31
4 James Craig 16:21
7 Stephen Hall 16:37 1st MV45
8 David Mirfield 16:40
18 Barrie Charnley18:02
36 Gary Thompson 19:28 1st MV60
79 Lucy Brown 21:43
97 Hannah Newbold 22:47
105 Heather Driver 23:17
199 Richard Treitl 31:50
Andy Collins, Billy Haines and Stephen Shorrocks.set out on this challenging run around Snowden. The sting is in the tail of this race, as after 17 miles, you have to ascend almost 3,000 ft before doing a similar descent to the finish. Adam Fieldhouse led from early on and he never lost that lead. By the first check point, Andy was in third place and going well.with Stephen a couple of places behind him. Throughout the race the position of Stephen varied between 5th and 7th and he finally ran out in that position and finishing first MV40.
After briefly dropping to 4the position, Andy settled into 3rd position and baring a mishap, that looked like it would be his finishing position. However, on the final leg, Simon Jones, who had been steadily rising through the field, swept passed the 2nd and 3rd place runners to take 2nd place and pushing Andy down to 4th in the process.
Billy Haines adopted a different strategy from Andy and went off quite steady before moving up the field in the second half of the race to finish in 8th place. .
Andy must be disappointed that he did not have a podium finish, but nevertheless, it was a good performance from all Barlickers to have three finishers in the top ten out of 251 starters.
1Adam Fieldhouse 4:13:59
4 Andy Collins 4:41:30
7 Stephen Shorrocks 4:47:32 First FV40
8 Billy Haines 4:54:01
There was also a women's race and there were two Barlickers in the top twenty. They finished as follows:
13 Helen Harrison 6:08:49
14 Katie Towers 6:10:59
35 Amanda Haines 7:00:14
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