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Written by Chair Katy Thompson. Well done everyone! Saturday 3rd October saw Paula Pilling take on the stunning yet brutal Orsières 15K trail race in the Swiss Alps. With a challenging route featuring over 2,400 feet of elevation, Paula put in a fantastic performance, finishing 7th female overall and taking the win in her age category. A number of Burndeners took part in the popular ASICS Manchester Half Marathon on Sunday 4th October, First Burnden man home was Adam Corker,

To start the report, we bring attention to the fabulous triathletes within our club, as they had their final hurrah of 2026, weekend 19th/20th September. Mike Caine reports - This weekend was the last Tri Championship Race of 2026, where 9 Burnden Members took part in the Wilmslow Sprint Triathlon. The event is slightly longer than most sprint events. It started with a standard 16 lengths of Wilmslow Leisure Centre pool, and then the athletes transitioned to the bike leg for

Another brilliant few weeks of competing both on UK soil and abroad. On 28th August at the Mid Cheshire 5k, Michael Kermode completed this race in the time of 00:17:50, this was a PB for him. On 30th August, we head over to Daegu, South Korea, where Gwen Kinloch and Andy Warburton have been taking the world by storm. Half marathon day this morning and Gwen Kinloch ran half marathon in the time of 1:46:14 and claimed a silver medal. Andy Warburton then ran in the M65 race a

A mixture of great races and individual achievements this week. This started with a mid-week race in Rossendale on Wednesday 19th August at a race called Pilgrims Cross. Results were – Michael Kermode1:02:09, Mark Whittington 01:02:14, Jake Quinn 01:05:27, Lawrence McDonald 01:17:06, Gareth Lowe 01:17:36, Lyndsay Darbyshire 01:19:18, Anne Ferguson 01:22:55, Marie Parkinson 01:23:54, Steve Holt 01:30:00, Jane Forrest 01:30:17, Elaine Roper 01:30:18, Justin Bones 01:40:36, Jen

Not many races this week, however the races completed have been full of joy and lots of brilliant Burnden effort. On Tuesday 11th August, Burnden Runners took part in Ramsbottom Summer Mile. This was a brilliant, energetic well organised event by Ramsbottom Running Club in which runners and supporters were encouraged. Both nerves and personal bests were in full force. Results for this race are set in alphabetical order. Gary Avison 00:05:38, Suleman Badat, 00:05:24, Ann Butle