The second race of the Todmorden Harriers 2023 Grand Prix was the East Lancashire Hospice 10K Trail, where 18 Toddies took part, helping to raise money for a worthy cause as well as earning GP points. The rain stopped and the sun came out before the start, but there were plenty of unavoidable puddles and mud left to enjoy! The …
Grand Prix gets off to a blustery start
The first race in the 2023 Grand Prix was held on Sunday 8th January. A combination of an early year half marathon and a pretty cold and wet forecast might have put some people off, but 7 toddies braved the elements to compete in the Central Lancs New Year half marathon. A fairly flat route round quiet country lanes north …
Todmorden Harriers Annual Santa Run
The legendary Tod-Harriers annual Santa run attracted 51 singing Santas this year. The family friendly 5k route took in a number of local venues. We stopped to sing Tod-Harrier themed Christmas carols at Tod Sports centre (where we went down like a lead balloon). Then onto Jack’s House where we surprised the landlord whilst he was eating his tea! After …
Red Rose Cross Country League
The Red Rose Country League features 4 fixtures and as well as being a competition for team and individual glory, is our club Cross Country Championship. Round 1- Todmorden The season opener for the RRXC was our own very popular Centre Vale park event ably organised by Jon Wilson. In his 1st XC since primary school some 31 years earlier, Doni …
Derwentwater 10
The final race of this season’s Grand Prix was a stunning lap of Derwent water in the Lake District. Over 420 runners lined up for the 10 mile road race that could generously be called undulating. Starting with a relatively flat 4 miles before returning up the lake in a more roller-coaster fashion skirting the bottom of Cat Bells and …
Langdale Horseshoe – 08/10/22
14 Tod Harriers headed up to the Langdales on Saturday to join 420 runners for the final counter in this years English Championships. The race is just over 21km long with 1450m of climbing packed in. The weather was pretty fair for October with light winds and a just a few clouds on the highest tops. However the course was …