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BURNDEN SMASHES TOUR OF TAMESIDE A sixth of Burnden’s speedies were super busy this week as they took on the (in)famous Tour of Tameside. Comprising over 50km of running, it explores routes, trails and tough terrain from Thursday to Sunday – making it a very active long weekend away! The Tour has been adapted from the original 7 day founded by Ron Hill in 1981. Thursday’s offering is the X-Trail 10K through Daisy Nook and Park Bridge County Parks in Oldham. The mix of woodlan

Created by Suzi Walmsley. No rest for the wicked or in our case, Burnden runners. On the evening of Wednesday 10th June, just under 60 Burnden Runners took on the Haigh Hall 4 miler run. Results - Suleman Badat 00:24:37, Lee White 00:25:41, Andrew Horrocks 00:26:05, Alexander Shield 00:26:51, Ravi Patel 00:26:55, Gary Avison 00:27:04, Andy Dunleavy 00:27:40, Mark Cannon 00:27:53, Andrew Norman 00:27:56, Paula Pilling F50 (001/016) 00:28:07, Jake Quinn 00:28:36, Martin Whit

Painstakingly completed by Suzi Walmsley :-D Another week of brilliant achievements by Burnden. Gayle Gerrard on 31st May completed Great Manchester Run completing this in 01:41:54, and then on 4th June did the second of three races at Astley Park trail race finishing in 00:29:51. It is reported by Gayle, that as well as her, 5 others also completed this. These were Gwen Kinloch 00:28:28, Lyndsay Derbyshire 00:28:44, Shirley Staveley 00:31:37, Anne Ferguson 00:32:43 and Andy

Created by Suzi Walmsley A week of heat and not only the weather 2 Burndeners completed a race in Cornwall on Wednesday 27th May. Rachel and Andy Norman did The Gribbin 10km. This was reported as a tough, hilly, but stunning coastal trail race. Temperature gauge - super hot. Rachel and Andy finished together in 1:05:09. On May 28th, the marsh family did the media city 5k and their results were - Erin Marsh: 25:17, John Marsh: 28:09 and Chris Marsh: 34:05. Also on 28th 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