White Holme Circular race

[Mr1470]

Thanks for a cracking race Alan, and special thanks for organising proper fellrunning weather! Kirsten was chuffed with winning team prize and suitably embarrassed by people singing happy birthday!! :-)

Thanks Allan for a cracking race. Was 9th before pulling my hamstring 4 miles in. In no time i must've been 29th. Managed to run through it and pick back about 15 places.
Knew i should have run in me 3/4 tights. Happy to finish, even if it was in pain

Tough luck there Stanners. You're not the only one to suffer though, I think it's the fact it's flat and runnable and we're not used to that. I know several others were tightening up, last 3 miles my right hamstring and quad were bothering me.....can hardly walk now!!

[Zero]

I watched the agony of Stanners' hamstring ping, but by the end he was storming past an exhausted Zero (but still clutching his offending leg). Respect.

Great race and just the thing to baptise my wife's newly valeted car interior.

Thanks.

[Tussockface]

Kirsten was chuffed with winning team prize and suitably embarrassed by people singing happy birthday!! :-)

It should have been the assembled fellrunners, me included, who felt embarrassed. What a pathetic rendition of "Happy Birthday' it was! You'd have thought that at least we could have finished the song. Perhaps not everyone was secure with the words.

Thanks to Stringman, Bo Peep, and the forumite now known as Frosty Patel (who arrived 40 minutes early at his mercilessly exposed marshalling point and jogged up and down for over an hour trying to prevent the blood from freezing in his veins).

It looked like a good turnout. Anyone know how many took part this year? I forgot to check the results board.
James Logue did brilliantly to threaten the record in conditions that (with a touch of understatement) could be described as 'damp and breezy'.

[Stanners]

Thanks for a cracking race Alan, and special thanks for organising proper fellrunning weather! Kirsten was chuffed with winning team prize and suitably embarrassed by people singing happy birthday!! :-)



Tough luck there Stanners. You're not the only one to suffer though, I think it's the fact it's flat and runnable and we're not used to that. I know several others were tightening up, last 3 miles my right hamstring and quad were bothering me.....can hardly walk now!!

A few big hikes and i'd have been laughing mate. Ice pack and the girlfriends elbow has sorted the hamstring hopefully.

[Bo Peep]

It should have been the assembled fellrunners, me included, who felt embarrassed. What a pathetic rendition of "Happy Birthday' it was! You'd have thought that at least we could have finished the song. Perhaps not everyone was secure with the words.

It looked like a good turnout. Anyone know how many took part this year? I forgot to check the results board.
James Logue did brilliantly to threaten the record in conditions that (with a touch of understatement) could be described as 'damp and breezy'.

And there's me thinking you were the expert on singing Happy Birthday.

The turnout was great - 112 runners with one DNF.

James did fantastic and won by about five minutes.

Great to see you all today.

[Tussockface]

And there's me thinking you were the expert on singing Happy Birthday.

I tried to keep the refrain going, but the aging boy band behind me dropped out and I didn't fancy finishing it off as a solo artist.

[stringman]

Thanks for your kind words folks. Here are the first few results...
The rest will be on the FRA website as soon as I can type them up.

1 James Logue Calder Valley 1 - 18 - 18
2 Jon Morgan Dk Peak 1 - 23 - 29
3 Andy Buttery Ross 1 - 25 - 43
4 Rob Grantham Ellesmere Port 1 - 25 - 57
5 Andy Thorpe Calder Valley 1 - 27 - 42
6 Steve Smithies Calder Valley 1 - 28 - 00

7 Phil Taylor Ross 1 - 28 - 17 V50
27 Pete Booth C le Moors 1 - 35 - 35 V60
102 Steve Davies Accrington 2 - 09 - 19 V70

1 Kath Rosedale Un/Att 1 - 47 - 29
2 Ginney Willey Middleton H 1 - 47 - 52
3 Trish Gavins Keighley & C 1 - 48 - 35 FV40
4 Kath Brierley Todmorden H 1 - 49 - 46 FV40
5 Karen Taylor Ross 1 - 53 - 15 FV50

Teams; (male) Calder Valley - (female) Calder Valley
112 RAN

[Buddy]

Pictures of results boards upto 108th.

(Zoom in to read!)

[stringman]

Full Results here....

Thanks to all my helpers, Jackie and Kathrine on registration and results, Charmaine and Manhar marshalling (thanks Manhar, hope you have thawed out by now) and Bill "Studmarks" Smith who came on public transport from Liverpool to help us with results compilation.

NO KIT - NO RUN. Where have you read that before eh ?? On every advert for this race no doubt. I kit checked half a dozen on the start line and made it absolutely clear that it is a VERY EXPOSED route. - But we still had one runner who went without full waterproofs and ended up coming a cropper and forced us to send out a rescue vehicle.
Let's hope a valuable lesson is learned.

Cheers everyone, see you again soon. Allan G


White Holme Circular race 16th January 2011

1 JAMES LOGUE CALDER VALLEY 1-18-18 V 40
2 JON MORGAN DARK PEAK 1-23-29 V 40
3 ANDY BUTTERY ROSSENDALE HARR 1-25-43 V 40
4 ROB GRANTHAM ELLESMERE PORT 1-25-57
5 ANDY THORPE CALDER VALLEY 1-27-42 V 40
6 STEVE SMITHIES CALDER VALLEY 1-28-00 V 40
7 PHILIP TAYLOR ROSSENDALE HARR 1-28-17 V 50
8 RYAN LINDSAY MIDDLETON HARR 1-28-56
9 CHRIS DAVIES SADDLEWORTH 1-29-05 V 50
10 SEAN MOLLOY ROSSENDALE HARR 1-29-30 V 40
11 MIKE NELSON MACCLESFIELD H 1-29-43 V 40
12 TOBY EVANS UNATTACHED 1-30-05 V 40
13 STEPHEN GILBERT UNATTACHED 1-31-03
14 KEVIN HOULT CALDER VALLEY 1-31-03
15 MARK TAYLOR UNATTACHED 1-33-02 V 40
16 THORNTON TAYLOR ROSSENDALE HARR 1-33-08 V 50
17 LEE WOOD MIDDLETON HARR 1-33-10
18 STEPHEN BOOTH UNATTACHED 1-33-45 V 40
19 PAUL HOBBS TODMORDEN HARR 1-33-50
20 RICK SOLMAN ROSSENDALE HARR 1-34-13
21 CRAIG STANSFIELD ROSSENDALE HARR 1-34-44 V 40
22 NEIL WORSWICK CLAYTON LE MOORS 1-34-50 V 40
23 JOHN EALING ROSSENDALE HARR 1-34-57 V 40
24 AUSTIN MILLS DORSET DODDLERS 1-35-08
25 GARY SHAW UNATTACHED 1-35-13 V 40
26 DOMINIC MAHON WARRINGTON 1-35-30
27 PETE BOOTH CLAYTON LE MOORS 1-35-35 V 60
28 SHANE GREEN PUDSEY & BRAMLEY 1-35-58 V 40
29 MICHAEL FRYER UNATTACHED 1-36-08 V 40
30 MARTIN TERRY CLAYTON LE MOORS 1-36-56 V 50
31 ROBERT SAMUELS PUDSEY PACERS 1-36-56 V 50
32 KEN TAYLOR ROSSENDALE HARR 1-37-35 V 60
33 JOHN HEWITT GLOSSOPDALE 1-37-43 V 40
34 GARY MOORE WESHAM RR 1-39-06 V 50
35 STEVE WATHALL RETFORD AC 1-39-22
36 CHRIS JACKSON GLOSSOPDALE 1-39-23
37 CARL HERON QUEENSBURY RR 1-39-32 V 40
38 RICHARD AIRLIE GILBERT CALDER VALLEY 1-39-40 V 40
39 KEITH LONG DEWSBURY RR 1-39-55 V 40
40 IAN HUTCHINSON BOWLAND 1-40-09 V 40
41 GREG RIMMER DARK PEAK 1-41-17 V 40
42 JONNIE BUTLER KEIGHLEY & C 1-41-34 V 50
43 MIKE SYMONS MAN YMCA 1-41-40 V 40
44 JEFFREY PICKUP CLAYTON LE MOORS 1-42-01 V 50
45 ANDY PRESTON MIDDDLETON H 1-42-02
46 RICHARD WALTON UNATTACHED 1-42-51
47 KARL WOOD HORWICH 1-43-09
48 ALAN BOCKING CHESHIRE HR 1-43-44 V 50
49 MICHAEL IRELAND ROSSENDALE HARR 1-43-58 V 40
50 SCOTT DAVIES WHARFEDALE 1-44-25
51 DARREN GRAHAM TODMORDEN HARR 1-44-43 V 40
52 BEN WOLSTENHOLME SADDLEWORTH 1-45-36
53 DAVID P[ICKERING RETFORD 1-46-28 V 40
54 SHAUN LENNON IDLE AC 1-47-24 V 40
55 KATH ROSEDALE UNATTACHED 1-47-29 L
56 DIGBY HARRIS MACCLESFIELD H 1-47-38 V 40
57 MICK CRAVEN TODMORDEN HARR 1-47-46 V 50
58 JOHN FOULDS ASTLEY & TYD’LEY 1-47-48 V 50
59 GINNEY WILLEY MIDDLETON H 1-47-52 L
60 RUSSELL MABBETT WESHAM RR 1-48-30 V 40
61 TRISH GAVINS KEIGHLEY & C 1-48-35 L 40
62 RICHARD BUTTERWICK TODMORDEN HARR 1-48-47 V 40
63 MARK LATHAM BINGLEY HARRIERS 1-49-02 V 50
64 SIMON BEVERLEY PUDSEY PACERS 1-49-30
65 DAVE CULPAN CALDER VALLEY 1-49-37 V 40
66 ELLIOTT LORIMER FRA 1-49-41
67 KATH BRIERLEY TODMORDEN HARR 1-49-46 L 40
68 MARK CHECKLEY LOSTOCK AC 1-50-08 V 40
69 ROBERT PRITCHARD SKYRAC 1-52-08 V 50
70 JAMES STABLES SADDLEWORTH 1-52-12
71 MARK SHUTTLEWORTH LOSTOCK AC 1-52-32 V 40
72 ALED GREENHALGH VALLEY STRIDERS 1-52-46
73 KAREN TAYLOR ROSSENDALE HARR 1-53-15 L 50
74 JOHN WILCOCK AURORA HARR 1-54-38 V 40
75 KEVIN SMITH DARWEN DASHERS 1-54-45 V 40
76 LINDA CLARKSON DARWEN DASHERS 1-54-18 L 40
77 DENNIS LUCAS ROCHDALE H 1-54-38 V 60
78 CARL BEDSON GLOSSOPDALE H 1-54-45 V 40
79 JOHN STEPHENSON GLOSSOPDALE H 1-54-49 V 50
80 TRACY IRELAND ROSSENDALE HARR 1-54-56 L 40
81 MICHAELA DEMPSEY UNATTACHED 1-55-16 L 40
82 SIKOBE LITABA GLOSSOPDALE 1-55-32 V 40
83 STEVEN HORTON UNATTACHED 1-57-47
84 GILLIAN WISBY CALDER VALLEY 1-58-09 L 40
85 PHILIP JONES CALDER VALLEY 1-58-52 V 50
86 NIGEL CROSSFIELD HALIFAX HARRIERS 1-59-06 V 40
87 MARK WHITAKER KEIGHLEY & C 1-59-14 V 40
88 PHILL ROUTH IDLE AC 1-59-23 V 50
89 CHRISTINE WHITAKER KEIGHLEY C 1-59-26 L 40
90 ROSS HOWARD UNATTACHED 2-01-08 V 50
91 ALISTAIR GAVINS KEIGHLEY & C 2-01-26 V 50
92 GARY BALMER CLAYTON LE MOORS 2-03-22 V 40
93 HAYLEY LOMAS MELTHAM AC 2-05-38
94 KIRSTEN AIRLIE GILBERT CALDER VALLEY 2-06-02 L
95 LORNA BALMER CLAYTON LE M 2-06-51 L 40
96 DAWN RICHARDS CLAYTON LE M 2-06-51 L 40
97 JOANNE HEYES CALDER VALLEY 2-07-02 L
98 MICHAEL BALDWIN DENBY DALE 2-07-15 V 60
99 ANTONY McMANUS FRA 2-07-50 V 40
100 SAM BOOTH WESHAM 2-08-40
101 JIM GODDARD BAILDON RUNNERS 2-08-44 V 40
102 STEVE DAVIES ACCRINGTON RR 2-09-19 V 70
103 JULIE LAVEROCK SALFORD H 2-09-41 L 40
104 RICHARD EDWARDS MELTHAM AC 2-10-02 V 40
105 MARK HAMMOND ACCRINGTON RR 2-10-42
106 FIONA GLEN ACCRINGTON RR 2-10-43 L
107 CHARLES MARSHALL UNATTACHED 2-11-49
108 WAYNE WALSH BOWLAND 2-12-35 V 50
109 MANDY GOTH TODMORDEN HARR 2-14-30 L 50
110 JANE LEONARD TODMORDEN HARR 2-14-41 L 50
111 NEIL FAIRBURN BAILDON RUNNERS 2-21-15 V 40
DNF TRACY PARRY ASTLEY & TYD’LEY - - - - L

[Danbert Nocurry]

I notice there is to be a new route for 2012 -has anyone any idea of what the new route is?