Burnden Road Runners hit a huge milestone this week as November 2025 marks 40 years since the Club’s affiliation with England Athletics. Members poured in to celebrate Burnden’s big birthday at Georgian House with a BBQ buffet, DJ and dancing - organised by Kath and Andrew Berry and Jennifer Entwistle. Former Chairs and original member, Kath, contributed to an interesting speech on the Club’s history, which culminated with a thank you from current Burnden Chair, Tony Fulop. T
Grim weather did nothing to deter speedy Tyler Hill from scaling the heights of the Lake District as he placed 1st position in a field of 128 at Ullswater 14K. The stunning Lakeland Trails events offer a variety of routes and distances with panoramic views, challenging elevations and exhilarating descents. The impressive accolade for Hill came after he was first to climb up to Boredale Hause before a swift descent back down to the Patterdale Valley and a ribbon breaking finis
We meet at Smithills Sports Centre every Monday evening (except Bank Holidays) We have a variety of sessions each week from effort sessions, muster runs, trail runs and Beginner groups
TUESDAY
Free Community Track session, with focus on the session being open to anybody in the community. The sessions are for all abilities and everyone is supported.
WEDNESDAY
Our popular 1 foot on the track at Leverhulme Park is a well established and organised track session, perfect if you are focusing on a personal running target.
WEEKEND
Come and join us at our local Bolton parkrun.
Or check our race list to see where Burnden are racing this weekend, or join us on a social Sunday run you are welcome to join us .
We use Runtogether to book on our training runs, you can download at the links below
