Windy Whittle Pike

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.

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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