Plus Chevin, Pendle & Five Trigs Sunday 2nd April was the 2nd trail race and another large Todmorden Harriers turn out in the 2023 Grand Prix. Performance of the day was by Janine McGregor-Stead, 2nd placed lady and 2nd Toddy to finish. Janine was leading the ladies for most of the race but got pipped by just 11 seconds at …
Heptonstall Fell Race 2023
Sunday 26th March saw the 2nd fell race and the largest Todmorden turn out so far in the 2023 Grand Prix. Twenty-one Toddies took part with Graeme Brown first over the line in 12th overall, and 2nd place Chris Kay not too far behind in 15th. There was a battle for 3rd Toddy with Duncan Cannon pipping Andy McFie by …
Trimpell 20 Grand Day Out
I think most Toddies were running the Golden Ball 10 miler but a few did the Trimpell 20, a short notice switch for me after Spen 20 was cancelled on Saturday afternoon due to ice and snow still being on the course. Some Googling brought up Garstang Gallop 7 as a possibility, but then I was told Trimpell had entries …
Clean Sweep for Tod – Settle 10M Road Race
This weekend saw the latest race in the club Grand Prix, The Settle 10 miler hosted by ‘It’s Grim Up North’ event organisers, described as “Grimmer than Grim”, that was definitely not the case for the 9 Toddies that took part. The race was part of a multi event race including a half marathon and a 10K all run on …
Flower Scar Fell Race – 18th February 2023
With some early worries over the timing of Storm Otto passing over, the club hosted its annual Flower Scar race this weekend. Fortunately the strongest winds of the storm had passed by Saturday morning which left a fine but blustery day for the race. The weather was no barrier to Chris Holdsworth who smashed the course record by over 4 …
Wadsworth Trog
This weekend it was that time of year again when the hardiest souls compete in one of the valley’s toughest races. “The Beast” is a true monster of a race at close to 20 miles and taking in over 3000ft of ascent. The start of February guarantees too that you have no idea what the weather will be doing, whether …