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Off Road Championships - Rivington 10 mile Trail Race Results
Another amazing Burnden turnout for the latest race in the Off Road Champs. Well done everyone. Results here
Natasha Clarke
2 days ago


Race report 11th April 2026
Another busy week for Burnden with our runners taking on Rivington Pike Fell Race on Saturday 4th April and then a Burnden Quartet taking on Darwen Half Marathon on Sunday 5th April. Pike Fell Race A lot of perseverance was required to tackle the Pike, with Storm Dave biting at their feet. Not a problem for 32 of our Burnden runners, with times ranging from 24:38 to 49:01 to get to that blustery finish line. 83. Michael Kermode: 24:38 90. Paul Duke: 24:58 119. Paula P
Suzi Walmsley
2 days ago


Off-Road Club Championship - Pike Race Results
Another amazing turnout by Burnden! Great running out there. Result here David Morrison has also shared a great video of the event, which you can watch here
Natasha Clarke
Apr 5


Run Report – 2nd April 2026
When we are getting at least 4 seasons in a day this Spring to Summer week, our Burnden runners have gone further afield to Berlin and Prague, no less. Hamad Ali hurled himself into the heart of the Berlin Half Marathon on March 29th , giving him a finish line time of 1:44:56. The second of our dynamic duo devoting their time to half marathons this week is Paul Cox. Paul was proud in Prague on March 28th, as he powered through to get his spot, finishing with a time of 1:56:

administrator
Apr 3


Off Road Championship - Curleys 5k Results
Well done everyone! An incredible turnout, with Burnden taking up nearly half the field! Results here
Natasha Clarke
Apr 3


FAST KERMODE SCORES ITALIAN PB
Speedy Michael ‘Fast Mode’ Kermode has been knocking seconds and minutes from his PBs for a while and this week he hit the big one. Rome Marathon was Michael’s destination and he was round the course faster than you can eat a bowl of pasta. In February, race directors across Europe met in Vienna to launch a new running series named the European Marathon Classics. Rome was the first city setting on this iconic list and aimed for a route described as the most scenic marathon in

Jen Forkin
Mar 28

TRAIN WITH Burnden
MONDAY
We meet at Smithills Sports Centre every Monday evening (except Bank Holidays) We have a variety of sessions each week from effort sessions, muster runs, trail runs and Beginner groups

TUESDAY
Free Community Track session, with focus on the session being open to anybody in the community. The sessions are for all abilities and everyone is supported.

WEDNESDAY
Our popular 1 foot on the track at Leverhulme Park is a well established and organised track session, perfect if you are focusing on a personal running target.

We use Runtogether to book on our training runs, you can download at the links below
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