Blackstone Edge Fell Race | Edinburgh Marathon | Arco di Trento WMRA GP | Lanzarote Ironman

Todmorden Harriers sent a strong contingent to the Blackstone Edge Fell Race winning two team prizes. They not only finished first men’s team but also took home the 3rd place team prize.
Sean Carey finished in 4th place over the steep 3.5 mile course from Lydgate hamlet, with Nick Barber edging 9th place just one second ahead of Alistair Rhodes-Dawson. Dwane Dixon completed the winning line up in 12th place, beating local rivals Calder Valley into second place.

The Todmorden club’s second quartet of John Lloyd, Paul Hobbs, Ben Crowther and Peter Bowles then followed up with 3rd place in the men’s team competition.

Gemma Kendall continued her excellent start at the club with 3rd placed lady and Paul Cruthers completed the Todmorden entry in 83rd overall.


Whilst Todmorden’s men enjoyed success with a short trip, a trio of Harriers’ ladies travelled much further afield.

Julie Wyant travelled to Scotland to complete the Edinburgh Marathon in 4:15:32.


Lauren Jeska made the trip to Arco di Trento in Italy for the opening round of the 2011 World Mountain Running Grand Prix.

Lauren finished 6th in the race, behind race winner Lucija Krkoc of Slovenia who set a new course record, with England’s Emma Clayton in 2nd place.


Emma Osenton was in the Canary Islands for the Lanzarote Ironman Triathlon, made up of a 3800m swim, a 122km mountainous cycle ride and followed by a full marathon run.

After a 1:18:45 swim Emma lay in 17th place out of her age category. A strong cycle section time of 6:18:38 pushed her up into 5th place.

She completed the marathon run in 5:09:16, to give a total time including transitions, of just over 13 hours, and 9th place in her category.

Blackstone Edge Fell Race | Cowm Reservoir 5k

Todmorden Harriers Ladies took first and second places at the 3.75 mile Blackstone Edge Fell Race on Wednesday evening. Starting from Lydgate Hamlet the race climbed almost straight up to the Trig point with the terrain increasingly steep. After a brief traverse along the top, runners were then faced with a sharp and tussocky descent back to the finish.

After a close contest for much of the race, Kath Brierley won in 40:30 after she managed to open up a gap in the last mile to finish a minute ahead of team mate Jane Leonard. Andrea Marshall was the ladies 3rd counter to take the team prize.

The men’s team finished 2nd behind Calder Valley with Sean Carey in 4th, and first U18, and Jon Wright just 2 seconds behind in 5th leading the way. Wright had held the upper hand on the climb up to Blackstone Edge but once past the trig point, Carey made a move and held the advantage to the line despite being pushed all the way. Newcomer Jackson Cowie showed considerable promise with 14th place, and 3rd junior, finishing ahead of Dave Collins in 18th place.

Geoff Read made the not inconsiderable trip all the way from Japan to finish in 42nd place just ahead of Phil Cook.


On the same evening at Whitworth four Harriers tackled the 5km Ian Casey Memorial Cowm Reservoir Race. James Riley finished in 30th in a time of 20:07 with Mel Siddall finishing 5th lady in 22:22. Ian Stansfield finished 101st and Jon Newby in 106th place.