British Hill & Fell Relays | Chorley Cross Country | Race You to the Summit | Yorkshire Marathon

Todmorden Harriers had four teams competing in the British Hill and Fell Relay Championships at the weekend. The event is split into 4 different legs, with 2 individual runners and 2 pairs competing as a team of six.

The venue for this year’s relay was Llanberis in North Wales and runners were greeted with some very autumnal wind and rain making for tough conditions.

Todmorden Men’s A team finished in 23^rd place with an overall time of 4:50:44, with the B team completing with a time of 5:28:29 for 47^th position.

The Women’s team finished 16^th women’s team at 6:14:43 and the club’s mixed team finished 88 overall in the open category with a combined time of 7:07:26. 

At the second fixture of the Red Rose Cross Country League, Paul Brannigan was the first Todmorden runner in 41^st place, followed by Martin Stork in 55^th position.  Dan Taylor was 72^nd and Darren Tweed finished in 108^th position.

Jack Crummett put in a fine performance in the Under 15’s, finishing in eighth place.

At the Race You to the Summit Fell Race, Andrew Wrench battled his way into third position, and first veteran with a time of 31:53.

Elise Milnes completed the course in 47:29 for 42^nd position, just ahead of husband Graham who was 45^th with a time of 48:16.

Robin Tuddenham finished in 20^th position out of almost 4000 runners at the inaugural Yorkshire Marathon, completing the 26.2 mile distance in 2:47:03.