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Burnden Race Report 17th May 2026

Created by Suzi Walmsley On May 14th our very own Nia Bell completed her final day of her 12-day solo walk along Offa’s Dyke trail route, this was a total of 177 miles. What a fantastic achievement. On Sunday 17th May, Katie Walsh ran a 10k in Chesterfield in 47:45, a PB by 2 minutes. Katie kicking out milestones like pebbles on a path. Parkrun proud as punch moments Dalby Forest Parkrun A selection of Burnden runners had a tourism trek to Dalby Forest Parkrun. Andy Dunleavy

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Burnden Race Report May 10th

Created by Suzi Walmsley On May 6th, a few of our Burnden Road Runners ventured over to Astley to take part in a 3-part series of races. These races are held over a few months and led to some cat win results for Lyndsay Darbyshire and Shirley Staveley. Results - Gareth Lowe – 28:32 Lyndsay Darbyshire – 28:56 Cat award for F50 Gayle Gerrard – 29:22 Shirley Staveley – 31:12 Cat award for F60 Jenni Partington – 31:13 Clair Marland – 32:35 Gareth Lowe – 28:32 Lyndsay Darbyshire –

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Blacksticks Blue 10k Results - Club Championships

Blacksticks Blue 10k ☀️ Great route, amazing views and a block of cheese for all finishers 🧀 Lots of category and team wins, too! A wonderful morning. Well done Burnden 👏 Results here

Natasha Clarke

May 10

Burnden Race Report 3rd May

Completed by Suzi Walmsley (triathlon report by Mike Caine) Starting in chronological order, our first running jaunt of the week was Paul Duke, who did Foe Edge Fell Race in 42:42. He was the only Burnden runner running finishing in 44th place, whilst enjoying the pleasant views. Moving on to May Day, Erin Marsh got a new PB of 22:47 at Media City’s 5k run and was proud as punch and rightly so. Gwen’s weekend of events and achievements Gwen Kinlock ran in the European Masters

Suzi Walmsley

May 9

Race Report - 26th April 2026

On Sunday 26th April, four of our fabulous Burnden runners ran London Marathon. A warm day taking in the sights of London and doing pretty good running, if I do say so myself. Results below – Tom Stratton - 3:11:04 Gary Avison 3:36:55 Gareth Lowe 4:16:54 Nicola Halsall 5:01:44 :44 This was an event they were all immensely proud of, and rightly so. Blackpool Running Festival Another quartet of Burnden runners found themselves at Blackpool Running Festival, also Sunday 26th Ap

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May 3

First 3 races of the Burnden Off Road Championship2026

Race reports - Jane Forrest Off Road Captain We had a fantastic turnout for our first 3 off road races of 2026. We saw several category prizes a men’s team prize and lots of brilliant running. Thank you to everyone who turned out. It’s great to see so many of you trying new races and hopefully enjoying the off-road experience. 1st April - Curley’s 5k 43 of the 76 runners in this race were from Burnden, a fantastic turn out for our first off road race of the year. We were

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