NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE:- Tuesday 8th November – we will meet in Alderley Edge at 07:00pm, at the Festival Hall. From Wilmslow direction go past Tony’s shop, turn left into Clifton Street, and at the end go straight over (left/right wiggle) into Stamford Road, and the Festival Hall is at…
The 2005 Mcr XC League season got under at Heaton Park in surprisingly dry and warm conditions.After the heavy rain earlier in the week , conditions underfoot were expected to be soft but no such thing. Even Mick Fairs could have raced the conditions ! The runners were able to…
2 Michael Halman 1:11:32167 Bill Staniard 37 M40 1:39:49177 Sally Maddock 24 L 1:40:37234 Amanda Bradbury 28 L 1:45:23309 Trevor Faulkner 14 M60 1:53:19 436 finishers Another excellent run for Mike. And well done to Amanda and Trevor running Macc and Congleton back to back. With only 46s seconds difference…
Macclesfield is billed as a hilly course but the compensation is a series of long downhill stretches that seem to be in just the places where your mile pace might start to waver. Looking at the rather scary gradient profile I decided on a positive approach: don’t look at the…
25th Sept 2005 Guilden Sutton was the venue for the penultimate Summer Series fixture. There is still the Langley 7 to come but for many of us this was the last real chance to gain some pain-free points – as I’ve been saying all season the only thing you want…
Diary dates for mud larks … Manchester Cross Country League / North West Ladies LeagueSat 29th October Heaton Park, Manchester Sat 19th November Macclesfield Leisure Centre, Priory Lane, Macclesfield Sat 3rd December Bogart Hole Clough, Manchester Sat 7th January 06 Broadoak, Ashston-under-Lyne Cheshire Cross Country LeagueSun 11th December Macclesfield Leisure…
After less than a year of running I’m already sufficiently addicted to root around the internet looking for races that coincide with our family holidays. Imagine the whole family’s joy when I found a 14 mile Sunday morning monster just a few miles jog from our base in Swanage. A…
Experian "Robin Hood" Nottingham Marathon, Sunday 11th September – Mike Cooper As my first year as a W.R.C. member was drawing to a close, I decided to think of a test of my fitness after all those painful Tuesday sessions and the long runs, not to mention 25 races. In…
UPDATE WITH INDIVIDUAL STATS NOW AVAILABLE Full details now available. The race was won by Salford Harriers in a time of 1.12.44 but some interesting selections as their fourth team came 7th ahead of their second and third teams ! Wilmslow first team finished 5th in 1.17.15.( Cheshire champions) Wilmslow…
Saturday saw two teams of men competing in the NW Road Relays at Blackpool. Sadly we had no female companions, relays are great fun as it allows the unique opportunity of competing and also supporting your colleagues. Rob was a worthy team manager and we were also appreciative of Tony…
