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 Pilling: 26:16

121. Phillip Fryer: 26:18

125. Stephen Horsman: 26:28

147. Richard Marlton: 27:41

172. Katie Walsh: 28:44

182. Gregg Beardwell: 28:43

186. Lyndsay Darbyshire: 29:08

207. Anne Ferguson: 29:56

209. Ryan Moore: 29:58

226. Jessica Lee: 30:39

245. Marie Parkinson: 31:27

246. Jane Forrest: 31:38

265. Colin Obrien: 32:34

267. Chris Greenall: 32:35

273. Justin Bones: 33:09

274. Kathryn Baron: 33:11

275. Elaine Roper: 33:16

286. Gayle Gerrard: 33:45

295. Liz Dawson: 34:13

299. David Morrison: 34:41

301. Steve Holt: 34:45

306. Louise Bentley: 35:11

319. Nia Bell: 36:31

326. Jenni Partington: 36:51

327. Amy Smith: 36:55

338.Kathryn Berry: 39:19

340. Teresa Riley: 39:42

344. Sarah Brown: 40:43

350. Anthony Fulop: 46:24

351. Gillian McGowan: 49:01

A tremendous turnout and terrific times gained!

Darwen Half Marathon

On Sunday 5th April, our Burnden quartet ran in style without even a thought of Easter Eggs hot crossing their minds.

Andy Dunleavy crossed the line in position 37 and time of 01:44:43,

Alistair Marland closely following in position 52 and time of 01:51:57, Justin Bones followed in position 135 and time of 02:34:47 and finally Cheryl Dunleavy, our very own Burnden cheer captain came in at position 144 finishing in 02:52:40.

Burnden here, there, and everywhere for Parkruns

On Saturday 11th April, as well as a few Burnden members either volunteering or partaking at Bolton.

Details and results noted below: -

Philip Fryer: 23:04

Martin Whitehead: 23:25

Andrew Crawford: 23:43

Martin Cullen: 25:49

Ivan Brown: 27:18

Neil Counsell: 28:13

Simon Irving: 29:37

Marcus Simon Chester: 30:24

Louise Bentley: 31:23

Julie Mann: 33:02

Luke Newell: 35:23

Mark Turner: 38:34

Greg Beardwell: 39:06

Maz Matthews-Wyatt: 41:31

David Allen: 43:02

Tracy Jane Cameron: 48:52

Vivienne Bentley: 53:17

Suzanne Walmsley: 1:11:48

Burnden Volunteers present -

Mark Butler – Timekeeper

Sue Thalange – Finish Tokens

Phillip Fryer – Barcode Scanning

Ian Mann – Barcode Scanning

Suzanne Walmsley – Tailwalker

David Allen – Pre event set up

Luke Newell – Pre event set up

Kathryn Berry – Marshal

Anthony Fulop – Marshal

Philip Glassbrook – Marshal

Paul Andrew Johnson – Marshal

Andrew James Parkinson - Marshal

We also had a small number going further afield in Amsterdam, Torbay, Cardiff,

Newbiggin-by-the-sea and Hyndburn. An array of weather showed itself across all these places.

Amsterdamse Bos

Andy Norman: 23:36

Rachel Norman: 29:30

Torbay Velopark

Susan Sumner: 31:03

Grangemoor Parkrun Cardiff

Simon Marland: 24:09

Sue Marland: 32:46

Newbiggin-by-the-sea

Sarah Brown (and Alfie the dog): 41:54

Hyndburn

Jennifer Entwistle: 35:05

An overall busy and blustery week of running.