Ben Crowther finished a very credible third in the Midsummer Madness three day series organised by Calder Valley Fell Runners. The series is made up of three races held on consecutive days.
The action started on Friday evening with the Wicken Hill Whizz a tough 1000feet climb up from Mytholmroyd to the Sheepstone trig point and back down, all within the space of just 3 miles. After reaching the summit in 12th place, Ben managed to gain two places on the decent to finish in 10th. David Baldaro also had a fine descent finishing in 14th and with Phil Cook and Clive Greatorex in 25th and 26th, Todmorden finished 2nd team on the night.
The start venue moved to Chiserley, above Hebden Bridge, as Saturday dawned with the prospect of the navigational challenge of the 7 mile Reservoir Bogs where the checkpoints to visit were only revealed on the day and runners had to find their own way between them. Ben was again the first Harrier to finish in 8th place.
The final challenge on Sunday was the Tom Tittiman, a short 4 mile dash up and down the hill of the same name, which was won by the in-form James Logue, of Horwich RMI, in a new course record. Ben Crowther rounded off the weekend with 11th place, which placed him 3rd of those runners that had completed all three events.
Phil Cook finished next Todmorden runner in the Tom Tittiman, followed by Lucy Hobbs 3rd lady overall and Laura Sutcliffe.
Todmorden Harriers had five runners amongst the 10,000 at the Jane Tomlinson 10k in Leeds on Sunday. First Harrier to finish was Rachel Henthorne in a time of 55:12, just over a minute ahead of husband David. Laurence Bristow complete the distance in 1:04:34 followed by Katy Moore, 1:05:19 and Ian Stansfield in 1:06:01.
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