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Sunday saw the return of the increasingly popular West Yorkshire Winter League Cross Country series. The league has eight races this year and completing five will earn qualification and a buff! We had a record number of toddies sign up this season, twenty-three in total and a strong team of sixteen Harriers turned out for the season opener hosted by …

Do you like the idea of Trail running or racing, but don’t know where to start, want to compete but feel that your pace is too slow to count? Fear not, this may well be the event for you! As well as being in the Red Rose Cross Country League, Todmorden Harriers are members of the West Yorkshire Winter League. …

Well what a weekend that was for the Toddie Masiff! With half a dozen-ish Tod runners having a large one at Ben Nevis fell race, elite representation at Helvellyn Triathlon in the Lakes, Toddies were hard to find on the start line at the Garstang Half Marathon! But first we had to get there. I think it’s fair to say …

5 Toddies ventured north at the weekend to take on the classic Ben Nevis Fell Race. A 16km round trip starting and finishing just outside Fort William with an impressive 1340m of climbing to the summit of The Ben and back. Due to path erosion the race had a new route this year adding about a mile to the previous …

A lovely sunny, mid-summer evening trail race was how the race selection committee visualised the Black Knight Charge.  Reality?  Reminiscent of a mid-winter cross country race, after weeks of rain and on the 5th lap! There was also talk of whether it should have been full FRA kit.  Not just waterproofs but map and compass to navigate from registration to …

Only three years old, this race has already become a local classic. It’s difficult to put your finger on where its attraction lies, but once it’s lured you in, you’re hooked. Is it the rock-strewn gorge amongst the thistle field at the start which puts it top of the league of “races with a genuine chance of a DNF before …