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 46^th 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 28^th 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 21^st 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. 

34 James Wadsworth 21:52
123 John Wadsworth 26:51
147 Mark Wadsworth 27:56