Below you'll find a list of all posts from June, 2018
Buttermere Horseshoe Fell Race, 23 June Report by Lucy Hobbs One of the toughest Lakeland races in the fell running calendar, The Darren Holloway Buttermere Horseshoe was a British and English championship race this year. Situated in the peaceful West Lakes, starting and finishing in Loweswater, the race is an epic 22 miles and with a brutal 8,500 feet of …
Sabden 6 Trail, 27 Jun Last Wednesday was the 8th race in this year’s Pendle & Burnley Grand Prix, the Sabden 6 Trail. It’s one of the best local trail races, taking in the beautiful scenery around Sabden, but with some challenging climbs to test runners. Matt Flanagan was the only Tod runner, and finished first V45 in a time …
Bridestone Fell Race, 26 Jun Report by Lucy Hobbs Last Tuesday seven Todmorden Harriers took part in the local Bridestones Fell Race organised by Tod Harrier Dan Taylor. All proceeds went to a local play group based at the Fielden Centre. It is a short, 4.7 mile race involving 1230 foot of climb up to the Bridestones above Todmorden. The …
Settle Hills & Kettlewell Fell Races Report by Jo Daniels Annie Roberts of Todmorden Harriers crowned a fantastic weekend’s running by being selected to represent England and Great Britain. Her call up came as the result of taking first place in the Settle Hills Fell Race on Sunday morning. Annie raced home in 59.39 to take 1st female and an …
Barrowford ‘Podium’ 5k, 15th June Report by Jo Daniels The fast and furious Podium 5k race series took place in Barrowford on Friday 15th June. With the added allure of Grand Prix points for those contesting the club’s GP there was plenty to race for. A grand total of 19 Todmorden Harriers took part across the ‘A’ and ‘B’ races. …
Tal Y Mignedd, 9 June Report by Darren Graham Snowdonia, Wales was the host of the next round of the British Fellrunning Championship. As with all the Engish and British Championship races, it is included in the Toddy Grand Prix Championship and 15 Toddies took the trip to the farm at Tal Y Mignedd. This classic short out and back …
