16th October – Tony laid on yet another challenging but rewarding day in the hills – this time from Ogwen Cottage, via the 'Welsh 3000s' route, to the coast, a total of 7 peaks over 3000 feet. Report to follow. In the meantime see Tony's videos here, and here. Photo…
As it is now dark by 6:45 we will revert to the normal time of 7pm for Tuesday sessions. Don't forget that next Tuesday (18th October) will be at Alderley Edge. Thursday sessions remain at 7.
Chester Marathon – 9th October Well organised, flat course, starting and finishing at the racecourse and following some of the Chester half route. Glad I hadn’t run the Liverpool marathon when I heard that they delayed their start by 45 minutes. The forecast wasn’t good, but there was only a…
09/10/11 Well done to Trevor, Gareth and Sarah. Also to Jonathan Dunkley, who beat his PB by 5 minutes. It sounds like it was a challenging course and we look forward to hearing the full stories. 1 Ben Fish BLACKBURN 02:27:2453 Trevor Morris WILMSLOW RC Male 3MV50 02:58:00 02:57:58 206 Jonathan Dunkley WILMSLOW RC Male MSEN 3:17:04 3:16:441408 Gareth…
9/10/11 Well done to Patrick – perhaps an account of the race will follow? 1 John McCole 2:23:41476 Patrick Grannan 3:40:06 Full results here.
09/10/11 I managed to maintain WRC's fine record in producing unlikely winners in this pleasantly undulating half marathon (2008: Malcolm, 2010: Mike Halman). In a close run race I finally managed to break away from Vale Royal's Stuart Doyle around 10 miles and ran scared for home hardly noticing the infamous…
Yes – it's that time of year again! Our Manchester Area Cross Country League fixtures are:- Sat 22/10/11 Heaton Park Sun 13/11/11 Sherdley Park Sat 03/12/11 Wythenshawe Park Sun 15/01/12 Woodbank Park Sat 11/02/12 Clayton Vale Ladies events are around 8k, and start at 1.40pm – note earlier start than…
Good set of pictures from Jamie Smith, now in photo album "2011 Macc Half" in the Members' Area (password required).
Summer Series Race 20, Sunday October 2 It took Tony 20 races to score his first age/sex of the season, pushing race winner, Jim, into second place. adjusted time 'discount' Tony Hulme 15:34 21.0% Jim Pendrill 16:26 3.8% Peter Watson 16:31 26.3% Geoff Gilbert 16:38 17.5% Diane McVey 16:58 11.1%…
Summer Series – Race 20 Sunday October 2 The heat of the week, I gather, subsided so race 20 was a flat 5k in good running conditions. This Jim exploited not only to pick-up the 60 points but as overall race winner. Angus and Graham, in their best finishes of…
