Burnden Race Report 15th June 2026

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 Whitehead 00:28:44, James Deveney 00:29:16, Stephen Horsman 0:29:19, Gwen Kinloch, F65 (001/009) 00:29:36, Katie Walsh 00:30:10, Kimberly Lowe 00:30:30, Francesca Caine 00:30:31, Lyndsay Darbyshire, F55 (001/020) 00:30:32, Gareth Lowe 00:30:42, Gayle Gerrard 00:31:30, Marie Parkinson 00:31:55, Luisa Shield 00:33:14, Shirley Staveley 00:33:15, Paul Cox 00:33:17, Emma Beardwell 00:33:46, Keith Thomas 00:34:05, Jenni Partington 00:34:21, Clair Marland 00:34:55, Colm O'Brien 00:35:02, Andy Warburton 00:35:05, Mark Butler 00:35:06, Catherine Shield 00:36:14, Julia Hall 00:36:27, Teresa Riley 00:37:11, Justin Bones 00:37:17, Steven Bate 00:37:32, Louise Righini 00:37:47, Jane Forrest 00:37:50, Louise Bentley 00:38:33, Kathryn Berry 00:38:49, Emma Walker 00:39:08, Lisa Berry 00:39:46, Natasha Clarke 00:40:35, Ann Butler 00:41:17, Carol Richardson 00:42:04, Sarah Brown 00:42:38, Jordan Hulme 00:43:30, Jennifer Entwistle 00:43:47, Susan Sumner 00:43:54, Finlay Coyne 00:44:18, Joanne Eddleston 00:46:18, Cheryl Dunleavy 00:47:10, Anthony Fulop 00:48:25, Gillian McGowan 00:48:58, Maz Matthews-Wyatt 00:50:59, Ian Mann 00:53:21.

Also on 10th June, Tom Stratton took part in The Joe Moran Veteran’s Track and Field. He took place in 800m, 1500m and Javelin. Tom was third male in MV45 category in 1500, and he came second in Javelin. A brilliant achievement by Tom.

Moving on to 13th June, Andy and Rachel Norman took part in Windermere Marathon with friends, with results of 4:11:21 for Andy and 04:57:38 for Rachel. Ally Marland also did the Windermere marathon in a time of 4hrs 36mins.

On Sunday 14th June, David Morrison and Kathryn Baron took part in a gruelling 10k fell race. This was hosted by Rochdale Harriers and David reports this to have the most insane scramble hill he has ever experienced. At points having to climb up on all fours. David finished in 01:28:00 and Kathryn finished in 01:24:34.

Sunday 14th June also included another triumphant 10k this time in Barmouth for Gayle Gerrard. Gayle explains this to be a race where the mountains meet the sea! Gayle finished in a time of 46 minutes and 53 seconds, she was 3rd v50 out of 82. Gayle noted that this race was very well organised with beautiful coastal scenery and a carnival atmosphere!

Maz Matthews – Wyatt travelled down to Shropshire on 14th June to complete the Ultimate 50 (UK Triathlon). Maz reports that although she feels she did not get brilliant times, the mission of completing it was accomplished. I say she is too hard on herself, and this is a fantastic achievement, regardless of times. Maz finished in 04:10:32.

Moving on to parkrun, two of our own have ventured over to USA to watch some of the World Cup. Whilst there, you simply have to do a parkrun, as Sue Marland rightly states.

Sue and Simon Marland attended Renton Parkrun and finished in rimes of 23:42 for Simon and Sue finished in 32:21.

Back over to the sunny skies of Ireland, Martin Cullen attended Letterkenny parkrun in Republic of Ireland and finished in 24:03. Martin states that this is not his fastest time, however he did finish in 13th place and first in his age group.

A fantastic week again of Burnden running, here, there and everywhere.