Below you'll find a list of all posts from March, 2022
It was over the M62 to Marsden for the Ian Roberts Memorial fell race, the fourth counter in Tod Harriers’ fell championships. Conditions were good with firm ground on a sunny day making this a very runnable 6.5-miler, the only real steep bit being the ascent of Pule Hill. There were 18 Harriers running, with Dom Leckie first home in …
The West Yorkshire Winter League returned in November 2021 with an expanded season of 8 races. A must for mud enthusiasts and speed demons alike the races are not like traditional cross-country courses (laps around playing fields etc) and more like trail races through woods, fields and moor usually with a decent amount of climbing in there too making these …
The annual Red Hot Toddy hosted by Todmorden Harriers took place on Sunday 13th March. The race starts in Centre Vale Park, the hilly course climbs to Sourhall, before going down Bacup Road then back through Todmorden town centre to finish at the park. There were 184 participants and 23 of those were representing the home club. The race turned …
Just short of 400 runners set off on the ever popular Haworth Hobble Ultra Marathon on Saturday morning, a 31.7 mile outing with 1340m of climbing. The weather was a bit grim with some rain and a strong breeze to start but soon cleared out into a perfect sunny but cool day, ideal conditions for a long run. The route …
The club championships stayed on the road this week with the Haweswater Half Marathon. Almost certainly the most scenic road race on the Tod calendar, if not in the entire country, one downside to the Haweswater is that with over 1000ft of ascent it ordinarily wouldn’t be described as a PB course! Some Toddies would prove that theory wrong however… …
With a bumper weekend of racing having taken place it almost seems remiss to be giving so little space to 2 quite exceptional performances at the Trafford 10k. Andy Ford ran one of the fastest ever 10k times in a Todmorden vest in 34.04 and Darren Shackleton ran a blistering 35.33 placing them both in the top 200 places out …
