London Marathon

The London Marathon very much lived up to the hype on Sunday with several Toddies amongst the 42,000 other runners. Whilst race winner Eliud Kipchoge made the 26.2 look easy with a comfortable course record of 2:02:37, so did some of our very own club runners. Andy Ford led the way with a very impressive 2:54:54 for 1502nd position. Robin …

Fellsman

The Fellsman is famous as test of endurance: a high level traverse covering over 60 miles of tough rugged moorland in the Yorkshire Dales. Saturday’s event was even more challenging given the adverse weather conditions, with the 323 runners (of 398 entrants) who started the event faced with driving rain, hailstorms and wind as well as the 12000+ feet of …

Caldervale 10

The Caldervale 10 mile road race took place on Good Friday. The course took runners round one undulating lap with challenging hills on quiet country roads near Preston. With a total ascent of 176m this was a course to really test the mettle of the Todmorden Harriers who made the trip. First across the line for Todmorden was Andy Ford. …

Radcliffe Trail 10k

RADCLIFFE 10K TRAIL RACE The Grand Prix continued on 14th April with the trail section. The popular scenic Radcliffe 10k takes runners over road, trails and paths along its route. Duncan Cannon was the first Toddy back in 8th place with a great time of 40.56. Hot on his tail was Dan Taylor in 10th place with 41.12 and also …

Newlands Memorial

There was strong Todmorden Harrier turn out on a glorious day at the first running of the Newlands Memorial Fell Race last Saturday in The Lake District. This race, organised by Cumberland Fell Runners, commemorated Steve Cliff who died of Motor Neurone Disease last year. The race previously known, as The Anniversary Waltz, was conceived by Steve and Wynn Cliff …