Below you'll find a list of all posts from May, 2019
A group of of Toddies travelled over to Romania to take part in the Transylvania Ultra. A series of races ranging from 20k to 100k and set in the Bucegi area of the Capathian mountains. All the races started and finished at the village of Bran with the famous Castle Bran, the castle of the legendary Vlad the Impaler (Dracula), …
Report by Paul Alexander Bank Holiday Monday saw 16 Todmorden Harriers out at Coiners Fell Race, a fast 6.7 mile tour of Erringdon Moor, Stoodley Pike and Bell House Moor with 1000’ of climb. Despite a bit of rain, surprisingly large amount of bog, the Toddies had some great performances taking home some prizes for 2nd male (Andrew Worster), 9th …
Report by Paul Alexander Saturday saw 15 harriers take part in the Coniston Fell Race, which includes 1000m+ relentless climbing and a sharp descent from the iconic old man of coniston. Dwane Dixon was in fine form, bringing it home for Tod in 90th place (1:35:12). On fire Annie Roberts was hot on his heels in 100th place (1:36:09) and …
Report by Paul Alexander On Wednesday 1st May the popular Hollingworth Lake 5k series kicked off with 107 runners starting out at Littleborough Rugby Club to run an anti-clockwise loop of the lake. Two Tod Harriers were in action with Richard Butterwick being first to finish for the club in 20:46 for 21st overall whilst Sarah Glyde ran a fabulous …
Last Saturday was the first British championship race of the year, The Mourne Highline in Northern Ireland. Visibility was so poor last year that the same route was chosen again, so that the runners could actually appreciate the magical mystery tour through The Mourne Mountains. However, it was not to be. Ten Todmorden Harriers flew to Belfast just as storm …
While fellow Todmorden Harriers chose to pummel tarmac at The London Marathon, a number of Toddies stayed closer to home and along with 670 other runners took on the legendary 26 mile fell race The Three Peaks. This famous race traverses the famous Yorkshire Dales mountains of Pen-y-ghent, Ingleborough and Whernside and is one of the oldest and best organised …
