It’s nearly 3 weeks since I asked you all to have a go. step out of your comfort zone. Do something different! Sadly not many replies. I published Nick’s last week. There’s still a week to send me your go! Otherwise it might just be Poetry Corner – not Poetry…
Now that the rules are relaxed. The Pony tails are getting longer – or just starting! Bob and fringe trimming experiments may or may not have been successful. Tans deeper. Men looking like they have 1960’s Beatles style hair!! I’m more like doc Brown from Back to TheFuture. Have our…
Thanks to Roy we have another race to add to our collection. Please can you 95+ other club runners take some time, in the next few weeks, and send me something on your best – or favourite – race. Thnaks. Having just read Rebecca’s excellent account of her London Marathon…
This month we take a look at Paul. How many really know about him. Yes he does shout at you a lot and keep you in line in training. But Paul was an original founding member of the club. He also is a good mate of Big Arnie. For more…
Hi! Can I please get some of you guys out of your running shoes and back at your PCs/Laptops!! 🙂 We have over 100 members but such a very few want to contribute to the website. Surely there must be some runners who have a favourite race, or their best;…
You know how I like Fartlek. It challenges the body to adapt to various speeds, conditioning you to become faster over longer distances. Usually it targets one or two paces, and a basic long run is done at a single, steady pace. Unlike intervals, where you stop or walk for…
We have had a call from Ken – Ron Reed’s son. Ken has been in touch to let us know that Ron’s funeral will be on Wednesday 3rd June, 10:40, at Macclesfield Crematorium. Obviously during these times numbers are limited, so if you would like to attend please could you…
With the government giving you freedom (in England) to exercise as much and as often as you liked. How did it go? Jan has got back on her bike and popped out to brick it to the works with birthday boy Tim. That was after doing a 5k time trial…
Here’s a tribute to Ron, courtesy of Trevor. Ron Reed was invited to join Wilmslow Running Club in the early 1990s by Tony Hulme, after he had met him out running several times in Styal woods. His son, Ken Reed, also joined. Being born in September 1926, Ron was the…
I have to report that Ron Reed, who was I believe, an early member of the club passed away this weekend. He was in his nineties. More information will be posted here when it is known. Ron currently holds 5 club records: the M65 4 Mile record; the M75 5…
