Lloyd Davies ran as a guest in the under 17 race as a Barlick Fell Runner and he finished in 22:34 which would have put him in 20th position.
This will be held at the Old Stone Trough at Kelbrook. Everyone in the club is welcome along with partners. If you wish to some, please email your choice of food to Rachel Lowther and also get the money to her. No one is definitely booked in until she has your money. There are only 70 places so if you snooze, you could miss out.
John Boothman returned from a holiday in Florida on Thursday and being jet lagged and a lack of serious training whilst on holiday is not the best preparation for a marathon. As a result, he ran out of steam on the last 10K and had bad cramps. However, taking everything into account, his was still not a bad performance.
444 John Boothman 3:33:21
3,880 finishers.
It was certainly a good day for Dark Peak at these races. The leading teams were:
Men
1 Dark Peak
2 Mercia
3 Dark Peak 'B'
Ladies
1 Hunters Bog Trotters
2 Ambleside
3 Dark Peak
56 Barlick Fell Runners 5:38:39 +1:36:39
| Leg1: Des Walkden | 48:10 | 72 | 48:10 | 72 | |
| Leg2: Pete Jackson & Dave Halliday | 1:56:21 | 79 | 2:44:31 | 80 | |
| Leg3: Sam Wadsworth & Andy Berry | 1:59:15 | 47 | 4:43:46 | 59 | |
| Leg4: Scott Baistow | 54:53 | 33 | 5:38:39 |
45 Kathryn PAYNE 29:27
51 Helen STEAD 30:52
Earlier in the year, before the clocks went on, we held the first night points scoring event. In view of the popularity of that event, we are putting on another one. It will be on the above date and it will be in place of the normal pub run. It will start from the Pendle Inn at Barley.
A great run by Tom Adams of Ilkley Harriers saw him win this race in a records time of 39:26. He was followed home by Simon Bailey of Mercia in 41:32 and C Farrell of Horwich in 42:52.
21 Sam Wadsworth 45:56
30 Andy Berry 48:56
Under 8s
57 Tabitha Berry 4:41 (18th girl out of 28)
Winner - Shaun Chew in 53 minutes.
James Fent 1 hour 9 minutes.
446 Richard Starkie 2:00 51
Richard was pleased with this result, as it was an improvement of 15 minutes over his time for last year.
74 Helen STEAD 30:42 New PB
28 Marcus PAYNE 21:15
50 Mason PAYNE 23:55 New PB
22 Michael ALEXANDER 55:59
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
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.