Hi It was great to see so many Wilmslow runners out in force yesterday at the Stainland 7 and a special congratulations to Louise Rudd for first lady. I hope Louise will come back next year to defend her title along with another Wilmslow contingent. I hear that you have…
Stainlands 7 Sunday September 5th. Too many people had told me that this was the race they were going to pick-up the points they needed, I feared we were going to be disappointed. As soon as you left the M62 it became clear, as the organiser admitted with a grin,…
Devotees of the hill may be interested in this comparison of the Stainland 7 versus the Langley 7. Stainland wins with a total of 896 feet of climbing, against Langley's relatively measley 735. Plus Stainland has the added interest of a few corkers thrown in at the end of the…
Sunday 5th September 2010 1 Martin Firth (Queensbury) M50 46:18 2 Phil Grime (Halifax) M55 46:43 9 Andy Watts M60 (1) 49:06 13 Mick Fairs M60 (2) 50:24 15 Nick Bishop M50 51:34 17 Tony Hulme M60 51:51 20 Louise Rudd F35 (1) 52:33 22 Pete Stock M50 52:41 26 Paul…
One of the organisers of the Stainland 7, Jimmy Smith, sends the following. Thank you Jimmy for a great race which we all (or mostly) enjoyed!. "Hi, Some of your runners came to the Stainland 7 today. There are some photos on http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/ANDREWTHRIP/Stainland7FreeButDonationsForJanesAppealAppreciatedWwwJustgivingComKarenThrippleton# We hope you enjoyed your race over…
Useful links to other people’s web sites. Shops The Running Bear specialist running shop Clubs Manchester Area Cross-Country League Wilmslow Half Marathon Wilmslow Rugby Club, whose clubhouse and facilities we share Cheshire County Athletic Association (organise the Grand Prix etc) Staffordshire Moorlands (Summer Series) Runner’s Web (Runners Web is a…
The Manchester Area Cross Country League fixtures for 2010/2011 are as follows. More details are on their web-site. Anyone interested let Nick or Kate know. Match 1 – Saturday 23rd October 2010 – Heaton Park, Manchester. Match 2 – Sunday 21st November – Sherdley Park, St Helens Match 3 –…
August 21st 2010 Just back from taking a small group of customers and their amputee challenged athletes to the Reykjavik Marathon. A choice of full marathon, half or a 10k was on offer, I opted for the half with colleague and Wilmslow Running Club hopeful Claire, double amputee Rich Whitehead,…
Great Warford 10 mile Michael Aldridge of Wotton Road Runners won the race in 54:19. Tom, Mick and Ray, on an age adjusted basis, all beat this time. It was Tom's seventh win in eight races, he is not absolutely certain of retaining his title, Damian, who has three wins…
On a beautiful sunny morning, a far cry from the comedy weather experienced at Tegg's Nose on Thursday night, we thought we'd try South Manchester Parkrun. Matt was oracle of knowledge on this event having run there before & was using this as a little speed session before…
