Had the great pleasure of doing the Whittle Pike race on Wednesday evening. Whilst it’s not a towering Lakeland peak, it’s a classic fell race, incorporating the most formidable steep climbs and descents you could manage on a relatively small Rossendale hill. There was a good field and a had a really good race – finishing thirteenth out of 112. I lost a couple of places after a nasty ankle twisting incident before a crucial ‘brakes off’ descent near the finish, but I’d done a great run and was really pleased with how fast I went. My fitness is still there even though I’m about four pounds heavier than twelve months ago.
ULTIMATE OUTDOORS WHITTLE PIKE RACE 2006 1 Darren Kay Horwich M 0:38:36 2 Nick Barrable Lothian M 0:39:06 3 Steve Oldfield Bradford MV50 (1) 0:40:16 4 Nick Leigh Pudsey M 0:40:36 5 Karl Gray Calder Valley M 0:41:21 6 Jon Wright Tod Harriers M 0:41:40 7 Alex Whittam Tod Harriers M 0:42:15 8 Chris Heys Horwich M 0:42:35 9 Andrew Grenfell Rossendale M 0:42:43 10 Michael Corbishley Rossendale M 0:42:58 11 Ian Greenwood Clayton MV40 (1) 0:43:11 12 Brendon Taylor Rossendale M 0:43:31 13 Dave Haygarth u/a M 0:43:51 14 Stuart Edmondson Chorley M 0:44:08 15 Paul Burnett Tod Harriers M 0:44:44 16 Phillip Taylor Rossendale MV45 (1) 0:44:59 17 Shane Russell Rossendale U20 0:45:03 18 Rick Solman Rossendale M 0:45:17 19 Richard Stott Rossendale MV45 (2) 0:45:24 20 Paul Neild Bowland M 0:46:06 21 Mark Nutter Clayton MV40 (2) 0:46:17 22 Zdenek Mazal Vskmzlubrno M 0:46:20 23 Ken Taylor Rossendale MV55 (1) 0:46:28 24 Tim Court Newburgh MV40 (3) 0:46:44 25 David Ralphs Newburgh MV45 (3) 0:47:07 26 Gareth Jackson u/a M 0:47:09 27 Aaron Kelly Rossendale U18 0:47:28 28 Darren Horner Stadium M 0:48:13 29 Pete Booth Clayton MV50 (2) 0:48:30 30 Phil Bolton Rossendale U18 0:48:47 31 Andrew Lee Rossendale M 0:48:52 32 Michael Soloman Rossendale M 0:49:03 33 John Thompson Newburgh M 0:49:17 34 Mike Moran Rochdale MV50 (3) 0:49:18 35 Derek Schofield Rossendale MV50 (4) 0:49:19 36 Wally Coppelov Newburgh MV45 (4) 0:49:19 37 Peter Nuttall Rossendale MV45 (5) 0:49:20 38 Shaun Jackson Altrincham M 0:49:38 39 Paul Hulman u/a MV40 (4) 0:49:52 40 Chris Standish Bowland M 0:50:02 41 Catherine Wilson Rossendale F (1) 0:50:09 42 Philip Metcalf u/a M 0:50:21 43 Steffan Johnson CFR M 0:50:42 44 Jack Dugdale u/a U18 0:50:43 45 Allan Yeomans Rossendale MV40 (5) 0:50:44 46 Mike Cottrill u/a M 0:51:09 47 Vanessa Peacock Clayton FV50 (1) 0:51:52 48 Andrew Dugdale Clayton MV40 (6) 0:51:58 49 Chris Pender Newburgh M 0:52:11 50 Duncan Pickup u/a MV40 (7) 0:52:14 51 Kieron Ashworth Clayton MV40 (8) 0:52:26 52 Alan Heaton Bowland MV50 (5) 0:52:37 53 Andy Dalton Newburgh MV40 (9) 0:52:50 54 Geoff Hand Spectrum MV50 (6) 0:52:52 55 Eddie Lesniak Achille Ratti MV50 (7) 0:52:59 56 Karon Forster Spectrum FV40 (1) 0:53:08 57 Carole Fryer Halifax F (2) 0:53:16 58 Stephen Bury Clayton MV40 (10) 0:53:29 59 Tom Maden Rossendale U18 0:54:08 60 Neville Griffiths Spectrum MV60 (1) 00:54:09 61 Mick Bull Middleton MV55 (2) 00:54:19 62 Wayne Warburton u/a M 00:54:20 63 Gayle Benson Stainland F (3) 00:54:27 64 Gerry Dewhurst Radcliffe F (4) 00:54:39 65 George Large Northern Vets MV60 (2) 00:54:40 66 Paul Morton Bowland M 00:54:46 67 Trevor Metcalfe Settle MV55 (3) 00:54:51 68 Sarah Massey Radcliffe F (5) 00:55:00 69 Rett Metcalfe Hellifield MV50 (8) 00:55:07 70 Peter Bolton Red Rose MV45 (6) 00:55:16 71 Malcolm Lingard Spectrum M 00:55:17 72 Stephen Symons Manc'r YMCA MV40 (11) 00:55:21 73 Brian Kennedy Newburgh MV55 (4) 00:55:36 74 Debbie Campbell Skelmersdale F (6) 00:56:00 75 Richard Horrocks LFRS M 00:56:10 76 Mark Taylor u/a M 00:56:23 77 Tracy Dean Stainland FV40 (2) 00:56:34 78 John Leary Manc'r YMCA MV55 (5) 00:56:38 79 Simon Bond Rossendale M 00:56:40 80 Heather Parker Rossendale U18 00:56:48 81 Tony Peacock Clayton MV60 (3) 00:56:56 82 Rebecca Avanessian Manc'r YMCA F (7) 00:57:13 83 Sharon McGuire Rossendale F (8) 00:57:27 84 Adam Godwin Rossendale M 00:57:43 85 George Thompson Clayton MV55 (6) 00:58:18 86 John Anketell-Jou Spectrum M 00:59:17 87 Rick Moore Clayton MV40 (12) 00:59:24 88 Davina Raidy Rossendale F (9) 00:59:27 89 Katy Thompson Clayton FV50 (2) 00:59:46 90 Stuart Smith u/a M 01:00:47 91 Angela Leonard Manc'r YMCA FV40 (3) 01:02:02 92 Julie Keys Rossendale F (10) 01:02:10 93 Natalie Murphy Rossendale F (11) 01:02:26 94 Andrew Biddle West Pennine MV50 (9) 01:02:42 95 Gerard Navan Rossendale MV60 (3) 01:02:46 96 Nick Davy u/a MV45 (7) 01:02:55 97 George Corbishley Rossendale MV60 (4) 01:03:28 98 Raymond Johnson CFR MV60 (5) 01:03:59 99 Harry Johnson Newburgh MV70 (1) 01:05:56 100 Alex Miller Newburgh MV55 (7) 01:06:32 101 Mark Taylor u/a M 01:06:38 102 George Arnold Preston MV70 (2) 01:07:07 103 Frank Wood Horwich MV60 (6) 01:07:52 104 Pip Fitzpatrick Manc'r YMCA F (12) 01:09:22 105 David Dickson Rossendale MV65 (1) 01:10:43 106 Diane Waite Stainland FV40 (4) 01:12:03 107 Mary Cowling Stainland F (13) 01:12:04 108 Fiona Pudge FRA F (14) 01:12:04 109 Peter Duffy Northern Vets MV70 (3) 01:13:43 110 Eric Bridge u/a MV50 (10) 01:21:41 111 Darren Smith Manc'r YMCA MV40 (13) 01:22:13 112 Sue Todd Manc'r YMCA MV45 (8) 01:25:13 DNF Lee Shorrock