Buckden Pike - 15 June 2024
Written by Graham WadsworthThis race seems to attract its share of inclement weather and this year was no exception. Before, during and after the race, it was a complete downpour. This race is unusual in that the really steep ascent is at the beginning of the race before you have had any time to get warmed up. How to tackle this early on steep ascent is one of the tactical aspects of this race. Do you attack this ascent and then leave yourself struggling for the remaining ascent up to the memorial or do you take it steady, leaving something in the tank for later?
Jack Cummings made his approach absolutely clear. He attacked this ascent, challenging the others to respond. Marcus Preedy, Tom Corrigan and Paul Crabtree tried to stay with him, but by the time Jack had disappeared from view, he had already built up a strong lead. With any lesser athlete, you might wonder if he had gone off to fast, but with Jack, you knew that the chasing pack would struggle to catch him.
When Jack reappeared, he was on his own with no challenger near to him. That meant that there was no pressure on him when making the steep descent which was now very slippy due to the incessant rain and he ran out a comfortable winner. Behind him, Tom Corregan had shacken off Marcus Preedy and like Jack, he was able to descend quickly, but without the pressure to take unnecessary risks. Tom came home in a comfortable second place.
In the ladies race, Annie Hassell had a comfortable win with W50 Kirsty Hall in second place and 11th overall. The years might be advancing, but this girl can still put in a tremendous performance.
Some runners seems to be drawn back to this race every year. Colin Moses first ran this race when he was 16 and forty years later, he not only returned, but managed a top ten finish. Clayton always used to attend this race in numbers when they hired a "boozer's bus" and after the race, they made their way home calling off at all the pubs on the way. Sadly, the lad that organised that event was kicked out of the club and it ceased to take place, but Mark Nutter returned for the sake of auld lang syne. Of the old regulars, it was good to see John Thompson and Tony Shepherd and the ever green Norman Bush. He is now in the M75 category, but he can still put in a performance that can shame much younger men.
There were fewer entries this year than normal, but there was so much going on on the same day, including another race just down the road at Kettlewell.
2 Tom Corrigan 39:58 (1st M40)
Barrowford 5K - 15 June 2024
Written by Graham WadsworthThe day is broken down into a series of 5K races, denominated by the runners' time expectations. The Barlickers times were as follows:
Men
Ian Cocks 18:13
Robert Cranham 18:41
Sam Horrocks 18:52
Andrew Smith 20:06
Raymond Banks 22:03
Mark Horrocks 25:35
Women
Lucy Brown 20:42
Lisa Gee 24:36
Sarah Allen 25:08
The junior times are on the Junior Website.
Matthew Watson has not raced this year as he has been out with injury and he chose this race to make his comeback. This is a tough trail race with around 3,000 feet of climbing. In the first half of the race, Matt felt good and that he was going well. In the second half of the race, he felt that he battled a bit more. Despite that, he easily won the race with almost a ten minute gap to the second place runner.
What a comeback.
1 Matthew Watson 1:46:14 (1st M40)
89 Nicola McNamara 3:12:56
Rothay Park Run - 15 June 2024
Written by Graham Wadsworth3 Nathan Smedley 18:21
4 Andy Berry 19:00
Pendle Park Run - 15 June 2024
Written by Graham Wadsworth1 Robert Cranham 21:04
21 Ella Beresford 27:40
Burnley Park Run - 15 June 2024
Written by Graham Wadsworth124 Richard Shilton 28:16 PB
Skipton Park Run - 15 June 2024
Written by Graham Wadsworth32 Anthony Brown 24:21
90 Stephen Jackson 28:55
Pub Run - Wednesday 12 June 2024
Written by Graham WadsworthThis will be from the Shooter's Arms at Nelson. Be there ready for a 7:00 pm start.
Settle Saunter - 9 June 2024
Written by Graham WadsworthJohn Boothman made a late entry into the 23 mile Settle Saunter to test out his leg and do a few miles before next week's Spine. The weather was damp at the start and breezy. but ideal for a jog round the trails. It was a very well organised event - low key with staggered starts. John set off late and enjoyed passing people on the way round, although he had no idea of his position in the field, especially as the 13 mile route is same as the 23 mile for first half.
He had a respectable time and result, but once he had seen the results, he wished that he had pushed on harder.
5 John Boothman 4:10:11 (1st M60)
Weets - 8 June 2024
Written by Graham Wadsworth
The weather was fine, but very windy and the runners were heading into the wind on the ascent. William Walker of Clayton led the runners on the way out and he was closely followed by Tom Corrigan, As they approached the summit, the gap began to close with Tom taking the lead on the return. The gap between the two runners gradually widened, with Tom evetually taking the honours with a one minute lead. Behind those two, there were two Barlickers battling it out for third place, with David Mirifield just edging it over Ben Whitehead.
In the ladies race, Molly Ralphson led everyone home to not only win the race, but to also finish first W50. She is certainly on form at the moment. Second place went to the unattached Hannah Goldswain and like the men's race, there was a battle between two Barlickers for third place, with Jacqueline Collins taking the honours over Lucy Brown. Married life must be suiting Paula Cullen as she had an excellent race to finish in sixth place and third Barlicker.
Barlick won both the men's and the ladies' team prizes.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
Men
1 Tom Corrigan 39:58 (1st M40)
3 David Mirfield 41:45 (2nd M40)
4 Ben Whitehead 42:03 (3rd M40)
10 Ian Cocks 45:32
14 David Pease 47:13 (2nd M45)
15 Andy Berry 47:43 (3rd M45)
18 Carl Nevison 48:44 (2nd M55)
22 John Mason 50:26 (2nd M50)
23 Andrew Smith 50:29 (1st M60)
34 Shane Muller 53:01
36 Stan Dreiling 53:04
48 David Cockell 56:25
54 Glenn Whittaker 57:25
55 Pete Jackson 57:34 (2nd M65)
89 Raymond Banks 1:07:32 (3rd M70)
Women
3 Jacqueline Collins 51:55
4 Lucy Brown 55:50
6 Paula Cullan 57:02
20 Nicola Muller 1:06:04
25 Lisa Gee 1:09:36
Pub Run - Wednesday 4 June 2024
Written by Graham WadsworthThis will be from The Bull at Broughton. Be there ready for a 7:00 pm start.
BOFRA, Kettlewell - 2 June 2024
Written by Graham Wadsworth28 David Pease 15:34
Pen Y Ghent - 1 June 2024
Written by Graham Wadsworth4 Tom Corrigan 50:59 (2nd M40)
56 Andrew Smith 1:06:14
Kelbrook Fell Race - 1 June 2024
Written by Graham WadsworthThe race was easily won by Grant Cunliffe of Rossendale who was way out in front of the rest of the field. If the fell tops had been dryer, he might have set a new course record. He was followed home by Adam Wale who was first M40.
The first woman home was Louisa Powell Smith followed by Molly Ralphson who was first W50.
The Barlickers were led home by Matthew Smedley who finished 6th.
The Barlick women were lead home by Jacqueline Collins who finished in 3rd place and 1st W40, with another three of our girls in the top ten.
The Barlickers finished as follows:
Men's Race
6 Matthew Smedley 25:01
12 Andy Berry 25:58 (2nd M45)
15 Ian Cocks 26:14 (3rd M40)
16 Sam Horrocks 26:18
20 David Pease 26:57 (3rd M45)
21 Carl Nevison 27:05 (3rd M55)
34 Shane Muller 28:49
63 Glenn Whittaker 31:48
93 Raymond Banks 35:47
Women's Race
3 Jacqueline Collins 29:45 (1st W40)
5 Emma Law 30:23 (2nd W40)
7 Emma Taylor 31:05 (1st WSEN)
8 Lucy Brown 31:24 (3rd W40)
11 Hannah Newbold 32:08 (3rd WSEN)
28 Nicola Muller 37:58
35 Lisa Gee 39:07
Provisional Results
The Kelbrook Race used to be run in conjunction with Kelbrook Gala. There is now an attempt to revive the gala and this year, a Summer Fair is starting just after the fell race. Details:
Pub Run - Wednesday 29 May 2024
Written by Graham WadsworthThis will be from The Bankers Draft, Barrowford. Be there ready for a 7:00 pm start.
Austwick Amble - 27 May 2024
Written by Graham WadsworthA good turnout for this race, which is the third in the club championship series. The Barlickers were led home by Ben Whitehead. He prepared for this race by yesterday drinking large amounts of beer at the football festival at Cowling. He resigned himself to just having a trot out today in view of his over indulgence yesterday. He started off very steadily and to his surprise, he felt OK. He started picking off runners and on the way back, he found himself in a group of three runners, who were behind the first three in the race. It was nip and tuck between these three runners, but on the steep hill down the road from the fell, Ben felt that he had worked so hard to keep up with them, that he was not going to be outdone by anyone at such a late stage of the race. In the end, as they turned the corner and along the lane. it became a sprint finish with Ben just managing to keep his nose in front. The reward was 4th place in the race and first M40.
In the women's race Victoria Peel prepared for her race by doing 70 miles last weekend and leaving herself and her legs in a bit of a sorry state. She visited her physio on Thursday and afterwards felt even worse. However, in this race, she came alive and put in a great performance to finish second woman in the race. Our women as a group all ran extremely and dominated this race, taking second place overall, the 1st W40 and 5 places out of the top ten.
Men
4 Ben Whitehead 53:34 (1st M40)
22 Carl Nevison 59:17 (2nd M50)
23 David Pease 59:44
32 Shane Muller 1:03:26
35 Andrew Smith 1:04:20 (1st M60)
Women
2 Victoria Peel 1:00:04
4 Emma Law 1:06:05 (1st W40)
5 Laura Craig 1:06:18
7 Jacqueline Collins 1:07:02
9 Emma Taylor 1:08:18
11 Hayley Whitehead 1:10:16
14 Paula Cullen 1:12:19
28 Nicola Muller 1:24:42
Edinburgh Marathon - 26 May 2024
Written by Graham WadsworthIn view of the injury which he incurred in the London Marathon, John has given running a miss, except for a couple of steady jogs and at the same time, he pulled out of the Pennine Barrier and the Leeds Marathon as they were totally unachievable without totally wrecking his leg. However, he decided to have a ride up to Edinburgh to have a go at the marathon.
Being Scotland, rain was forecast and rain it did. A lot before the start and it continued until John was half way round, when it did brighten up. However, as soon as he finished, it was back to rain again. As for the race itself, John set off steadily away with a view to seeing how his leg held up. stopping every five miles to stretch it, as a precaution. He lack of running caused him a stamina shortage half way round, but nevertheless, he got round in one piece and he was very pleased to finish unscathed. It was not a rapid run, but there again, it was not too bad.
2822 John Boothman 3:51:15
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Burnley Park Run - 25 May 2024
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98 Stephen Jackson 28:08
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