Todmorden’s Paul Brannigan cemented a successful year at national level by taking bronze, to go with his earlier championship gold, in the age 50-54 category at the British Masters Half Marathon Championships in Salisbury. Early on in the race Brannigan accepted he was feeling below par and settled into a 4-way battle for bronze with athletes from Sheffield, Dorset and …
The weather was unusually sunny for the 23rd annual Withins Skyline race, which took place on Sunday morning. Tradition usually has the runners setting off in a mixture of clag, wind, sleet and cold rather than warm sunshine. Eight seniors from Todmorden Harriers took to the hills around Penistone. First home was Dave Collins, who finished in 32nd position in …
Mel Blackhurst achieved a marathon personal best at the York Marathon. A superb achievement, Blackhurst knocked over 10 minutes off her previous best time to run 3 hours 22 minutes. Could be a cracking first year as a V50 next year. Lucy Hobbs, former Tod Harriers Road Champion raced at the Wirral Half Marathon in a time of 1 hour …
A large contingent of Todmorden Harriers made their way up the M6 for the classic Langdale Fell Race. On arrival, the view from the parking field didn’t quite manage to reveal the spectacular Langdale horseshoe; instead summits covered in low cloud. One for the expert navigators perhaps? The race features 14 miles and over 4000ft of climb over Pavey ark, …
Last weekend saw 2 races in the Todmorden Harriers Grand Prix Championship, the Langdale Horseshoe Fell Race on Saturday and the Oldham Half Marathon on Sunday. Dan Taylor took the challenge on to complete both of these as he required the Oldham Half to complete the Club Championships. After a good run around Langdale on the Saturday, he was joined …
Three Todmorden runners enjoyed perfect blue skies and sunshine at the Yorkshire Coast 10k on Sunday. Almost 1400 runners were attracted to the scenic out and back route, which followed the coastline from the start/finish at The Spa, passing along both the South and North Bays. Richard Butterwick continued his current good form, setting a new personal best for the …
