| Results courtesy of Terry Dickenson | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Number | Name | Time | Cat | Club Runner | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 |
| 1 | 63 | John Willacy | 3:25:19 | M35 | Y | |||||||
| 2 | 53 | Anthony Booth | 3:30:19 | M46 | Preston | Y | ||||||
| 3 | 65 | Michael McLoughlin[V] | 3:30:55 | M50 | Preston | Y | Y | |||||
| 4 | 30 | Allen Turner | 3:36:55 | M54 | Clayton | Y | Y | |||||
| 5 | 50 | Alan Heaton | 3:37:44 | M47 | Bowland | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| 6 | 44 | Malcolm Coles [V] | 3:37:46 | M62 | Skyrac | Y | ||||||
| 7 | 56 | Jim Leyland | 3:44:35 | M50 | Horwich | Y | Y | |||||
| 8 | 57 | Sue Catterall | 3:44:36 | F45 | Horwich | Y | Y | |||||
| 9 | 64 | Nigel Coates | 3:56:09 | M49 | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
| 10 | 18 | Colin Brooke | 4:06:35 | M53 | R U/A | Y | ||||||
| 11 | 54 | Peter Carter | 4:15:08 | M39 | Preston | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| 12 | 52 | Tony Bolton | 4:15:41 | M55 | Accrington RR | Y | Y | |||||
| 13 | 25 | Peter MacKay[V] | 4:38:12 | M37 | U/A | |||||||
| 14 | 27 | Mark Bamber | 4:38:13 | M39 | ||||||||
| 15 | 19 | Nick Ham [V] | 4:49:40 | M39 | Y | |||||||
| 16 | 26 | John MacKay | 4:55:12 | M39 | U/A | |||||||
| 17 | 33 | Janet Barber | 5:15:37 | F49 | Saddleworth | |||||||
| 18 | 32 | Ian Barber | 5:15:56 | M45 | Saddleworth | |||||||
| 19 | 60 | Annette Stonier | 6:03:16 | F | ||||||||
| 20 | 43 | Alf Short [V] | 6:03:18 | M59 | ||||||||
| 21 | 12 | Ralph Ainscough | 6:07:36 | M67 | ||||||||
| 22 | 31 | Stephen Jones | 6:12:34 | M46 | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
| 23 | 1 | Iain Smith | 6:29:40 | M15 | Y | |||||||
| 24 | 2 | Bill Smith | 6:29:42 | M54 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| 25 | 41 | Alistair Garner | 6:55:21 | M50 | ||||||||
| 26 | 42 | Derek Butterworth | 6:55:22 | M62 | ||||||||
| 27 | 59 | Geoff Fox | 6:56:31 | M29 | ||||||||
| 28 | 58 | Karen Fox [V] | 6:56:31 | F25 | ||||||||
| 29 | 4 | Neil Fletcher | 7:22:06 | M42 | ||||||||
| 30 | 35 | Roger Littler | 7:22:39 | M55 | Y | |||||||
| 31 | 36 | Louise Little | 7:22:41 | F53 | ||||||||
| 32 | 37 | Martin Little | 7:23:41 | M16 | ||||||||
| 33 | 61 | Mark Bowyer | 7:24:55 | M40 | ||||||||
| 34 | 14 | Dave Kearns | 7:36:15 | M60 | Y | |||||||
| 35 | 13 | Elizabeth Johnson | 7:36:17 | F56 | ||||||||
| 36 | 11 | Mike Skuse | 7:36:28 | M71 | ||||||||
| 37 | 34 | David Mellows | 7:40:27 | M71 | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| 38 | 17 | Geoff Locke | 7:43:48 | M | ||||||||
| 39 | 29 | Elaine Axford | 7:43:49 | F47 | ||||||||
| 40 | 28 | Michael Burgess | 7:43:50 | M64 | ||||||||
| 41 | 49 | Barbara Shorney | 7:45:10 | F61 | ||||||||
| 42 | 8 | Nicola Watson [V] | 7:49:39 | F30 | ||||||||
| 43 | 9 | Gayle Croker | 7:49:40 | F26 | ||||||||
| 44 | 10 | Justine Taylor | 7:49:41 | F35 | ||||||||
| 45 | 39 | Jim Kershaw | 7:52:36 | M52 | ||||||||
| 46 | 23 | Paul Litten | 7:52:44 | M53 | ||||||||
| 47 | 24 | Ann Cunningham | 7:52:48 | F51 | ||||||||
| 48 | 22 | John Dargan | 7:52:49 | M52 | ||||||||
| 49 | 51 | Joanne Dodd [V] | 7:52:52 | F30 | ||||||||
| 50 | 38 | June Kershaw | 7:52:58 | F51 | ||||||||
| 51 | 62 | Michael Townsley | 7:54:56 | M38 | ||||||||
| 52 | 40 | Valerie Leigh | 7:55:09 | F58 | ||||||||
| 53 | 47 | Gillian Rowland [V] | 7:58:13 | F65 | ||||||||
| 54 | 48 | Alan Rowland | 7:58:14 | M67 | Y | |||||||
| 55 | 15 | Janet Dearden | 8:01:20 | F36 | ||||||||
| 56 | 16 | Carolyn Blythe [V] | 8:01:24 | F39 | ||||||||
| 57 | 20 | Christina Mary Scott | 8:01:26 | F39 | ||||||||
| 58 | 46 | Pamela Hurry | 8:30:00 | F53 | Y | Y | ||||||
| 59 | 55 | Helen Hurry | 8:31:00 | F16 | ||||||||
| 60 | 45 | Phillipa Bird | 8:31:00 | F30 | ||||||||
| 61 | 3 | Charles Thompson | DNF | M78 | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||