Engaged pair Sarah Watton and Jonathan Sangster made the headlines for Burnden Road Runners as they finished first lady and first man respectively with outstanding times at Team Deane Triathlon Club.

The speedy twosome were mentioned on the website, Fast Running, in their round up of the week’s swiftest UK times.

Sangster won the race outright in an astonishing 36mins 9secs and has the honour of an engraved plaque from the Team Deane Triathlon Club. Watton led the ladies home in an impressive 41:59.

Burnden Road Runners lead the way at the Club Championship race where, incredibly, the first eight runners home all wore Burnden colours as well as Watton’s winning performance.

In addition, Burnden swept up when it came to the vet categories with almost all of the first place categories going to the club.

The race starts from Chew Moor and leads runners along the Middlebrook Trail before returning. The bar was set high for the club as, not only was it a Club Championship race this year, but it was also won in 2023 by captain Andy Dunleavy. The Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton were in attendance, amid great support, to start the runners off.

Results:

Top eight - Jonathan Sangster 36:09 (first MV40), Mark Whittington 36:28 (first MV50), Suleman Badat 38:17 (first MV45), Paul Duke 38:59 (second MV45), Michael Kermode 39:00 (first MSEN), Lee White 39:12 (second MV50), Gareth Doherty 40:18 (third MV45), Andy Norman 40:57.

Top three ladies - Sarah Watton 41:59 (first FV35), Vicki Hamer 47:27 (second FV35), Francesca Caine 47:38 (first FSEN).

Male vet category winners - Andrew Crawford 42:21 (second MV40), Martin Fielding 42:27 (second MSEN), Mike Caine 43:21 (first MV55), Martin Whitehead 44:13 (first MV35), David Smith 45:24 (first MV60), Marcus Hamer 46:16 (first MV65), Ravi Patel 47:38 (second MSEN), Jake Quinn 48:24 (third MSEN), Colm O’Brien 50:19 (second MV60), Alastair Marland 51:15 (third MV35), Richard Blake 55:15 (second MV55), Tony Fulop 1:12:44 (third MV60).

Female vet category winners - Linda Doherty 48:51 (first FV50), Bernie Jones 51:56 (second FV50), Louise Righini 52:43 (first FV40), Jackie Oakes 53:13 (third FV50), Kathryn Berry 56:08 (first FV55), Nia Bell 57:24 (first FV60), Teresa Riley 57:38 (second FV55), Sarah Brown 1:01:59 (third FV45), Shirley Robinson 1:08:42 (third FV55), Gillian McGowan 1:19:37 (second FV60).

Burnden were back on the trails at the Worsley Woods 5 Mile the day after clearing up at Team Deane.

The race, organised by Swinton Running Club, is a beautiful woodland trail route, which uses part of the parkrun course, but ventures deeper into the woods.

This time it was Suleman Badat is first club position, first MV45 and eighth overall as he finished in a swift 31:30. Next was Michael Kermode, in 34:07, and Mark Cannon, with second MV60 in 34:45. First MV70 was Paul Christie, in 40:45.

Gwen Kinloch led the ladies home as second FV60 in 37:51, followed by Lyndsay Darbyshire as first FV55, in 38:07. Third lady was Vicki Hamer, with first FV35 in 39:44. First FV65 was Anne Ferguson, in 42:05.

Tony Fulop was over on the Emerald Isle and slipped in a half-marathon on his holiday. The Moy Park Belfast City Half welcomes around 6,600 runners from all over and leads from Stormont, finishing in Ormeau Park, taking in all four areas of the city. Fulop thoroughly enjoyed the craic and crossed the line in 2:47:57.

On the streets of Nottingham, not far from Sherwood Forest, Tess Riley joined the merry men and women as they took on the challenge of the Robin Hood Half Marathon.

Starting at Victoria Embankment, the course is a picturesque journey along the River Trent and past some of Nottingham’s best known sights including Nottingham Castle, the Robin Hood Statue, through the Park Estate and Wollaton Park with the chance of seeing roaming deer, before returning to the Victoria Embankment Recreation Ground.

Riley made Robin and Little John proud as she crossed in a very respectable 2:22:00.

In addition to their weekly parkrun, Simon and Sue Marland took on a bit of a different challenge this week.

Joining in the brilliantly-named ‘Autumn Fudge Trudge’, the couple were anything but trudging along the beautiful Saltaire canal.

Also taking in the Bingley Five Rise Locks, the 10K is one of the popular Sir Titus Trot races. The couple finished the trudge in 1:10:45.