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Burnden Race Report 29th May
Report by Jen Forkin BADAT FIRST HOME AGAIN AT HORWICH It was a double whammy as the Horwich Coronation trail ticked off a race on both the Off-Road Championship and the Central Lancs Grand Prix. The trail saw a torrent of Burndeners traversing the fells for the midge-feast challenge - navigating 6 miles of the lesser known Rivington paths around the source and route of the River Yarrow. Over to the results and first home again for us was Super Speedy Suleman Badat in 40:29 f
Jen Forkin
1 hour ago


Horwich Coronation Trail 6 Mile Race Results - CLGP and Off Road Championships
Well done everyone. Results are now available, here
Natasha Clarke
7 days ago


Burnden Race Report 17th May 2026
Created by Suzi Walmsley On May 14th our very own Nia Bell completed her final day of her 12-day solo walk along Offa’s Dyke trail route, this was a total of 177 miles. What a fantastic achievement. On Sunday 17th May, Katie Walsh ran a 10k in Chesterfield in 47:45, a PB by 2 minutes. Katie kicking out milestones like pebbles on a path. Parkrun proud as punch moments Dalby Forest Parkrun A selection of Burnden runners had a tourism trek to Dalby Forest Parkrun. Andy Dunleavy
Suzi Walmsley
May 18


Burnden Race Report May 10th
Created by Suzi Walmsley On May 6th, a few of our Burnden Road Runners ventured over to Astley to take part in a 3-part series of races. These races are held over a few months and led to some cat win results for Lyndsay Darbyshire and Shirley Staveley. Results - Gareth Lowe – 28:32 Lyndsay Darbyshire – 28:56 Cat award for F50 Gayle Gerrard – 29:22 Shirley Staveley – 31:12 Cat award for F60 Jenni Partington – 31:13 Clair Marland – 32:35 Gareth Lowe – 28:32 Lyndsay Darbyshire –
Suzi Walmsley
May 18


Blacksticks Blue 10k Results - Club Championships
Blacksticks Blue 10k ☀️ Great route, amazing views and a block of cheese for all finishers 🧀 Lots of category and team wins, too! A wonderful morning. Well done Burnden 👏 Results here
Natasha Clarke
May 10


Burnden Race Report 3rd May
Completed by Suzi Walmsley (triathlon report by Mike Caine) Starting in chronological order, our first running jaunt of the week was Paul Duke, who did Foe Edge Fell Race in 42:42. He was the only Burnden runner running finishing in 44th place, whilst enjoying the pleasant views. Moving on to May Day, Erin Marsh got a new PB of 22:47 at Media City’s 5k run and was proud as punch and rightly so. Gwen’s weekend of events and achievements Gwen Kinlock ran in the European Masters
Suzi Walmsley
May 9

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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