Rob Downs writes… The Gritstone Trail is a 35 mile route linking hills between Kidsgrove and Disley. The leaflet recommends tackling it as a 3-day walk. The Grind offered the chance to run it in under 12 hours and a small but determined band of WRCers took up the challenge.…
Thursday 7th September 2017 M 1st. Gavin Mulholland (Calder Valley Fell Runners) 00:34:02 F 1st / 18th. Lindsey Oldfield (Calder Valley Fell Runners) 00:43:34 16 016 Jarrod Homer M45 (004/011) 00:43:05 34 032 Graham Duce M45 (007/011) 00:45:25 37 004 Louisa Harrison F40 (003/010) 00:47:19 49 042 Andrew Watts…
Cat writes… Well, we set off from home in plenty time for the 6.45pm start from the Red Lion in Whitworth. With roadworks and traffic we arrived two hours later, with 6 minutes to get my number and have a wee before the start. There was a nice touch of…
John Porteous writes… I love the Cloud 9 race. Along with Knypepool it tends to signal that the winter is almost over and we can soon get back to training off road in the lighter evenings. It is also my type of race, a slow rumble around the hills with…
Bernard writes… I recently attended an Ultra Skills training course in the Lakes and, on the basis this might be of interest to some of you, I thought I’d share some of the details. The course is run by Mountain Run. Although the description is Ultra Skills, the course covers…
Something that may interest those running a Spring marathon… Athlete Matters in Worsley provide massage support for the Greater Manchester Marathon. On 22nd January they are holding a marathon training workshop to include drills, training run, core session and optional physio/sports massage at reduced price. Details are: Date 22nd January 2017…
Here are the dates/events for next year’s CRRGP. Weds 12th April: Chester Spring 5 http://wcac.niftyentries.com/Essar-Chester-Spring-5 Fri 28th April: Mid-Cheshire 5k http://cutefruitevents.niftyentries.com/Mid-Cheshire-5K-Spring-2017 (This also incorporates the England Athletics 5K Champs) Sun 2nd Jul: Alderley Bypass race (Run North-West) Wed 2nd Aug: Pie & Peas 5 Sun 17th Sep: Sutton 6 10k http://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/races/road/ …
1 Gary Priestley 1:08:23 (Salford Harriers) 6 Peter Speake 1:12:56 1st V40 11 Jonathon Cheshire 1:14:25 12 Rob Downs 1:15:31 1st V50 20 Nick Jackson 1:22:52 1st V45 21 Claire Walton 1:23:01 1st F 219 Nicky Mowat 1:40:49 1st FV55 Nicky writes… of all the races this Sunday Tatton was…
Dear Club Sectary We are keen for clubs to support the Tour of Tameside which is now in its third year. Please see below the invite re Talk the Tour evening which we will be holding. We should be obliged therefore if you could pass this information onto all your…
A group of WRC runners took to the hills of Lyme Park this Sunday to do a route of about 10 miles led by Paul Garnett and Rob Downs. All speeds were catered for, Ian Smallwood was a brilliant sheep dog rounding everyone up, even running up hills twice! It…
