Andrea Steel writes:- I have started training with a view to doing the Bob Graham Round in June 2011 and would love to have someone else to do it and train with. I am looking for suitably keen, crazy people who are willing to dedicate in the next 36 weeks…
Trevor Morris writes:-Injury prevented me competing since June, but with family visits planned around races, I ended up finding some sort of fitness with 3 runs in 3 weeks as well as the NW relays:- 12 Sept – Hoylake 10k 1 Cedric Schramm 34:55 11 Trevor Morris 37:53 502 finishers…
Our teams came up against some quality fields as we mixed it with the top clubs across the north. A measure of the quality was that Damien was only 20th on the first leg for the men, yet was only a minute off the leader on the first leg. The…
Macclesfield Half Marathon Tom had already ensured he retained his age/sex title. Macclesfield was his eighth first place of the Series in an age adjusted time that was faster than the race winner’s. age/sex adjusted discount time form score 100= 1:12:09 Tom McGaff 14.4% 1:09:08 Damian Nicholls 101 Malcolm…
Macclesfield Half Marathon The Ladies had regained the Cheshire Grand Prix from Macclesfield at Great Warford. The Men were looking here to retain their title for the fifth(?) successive year. The performance was impressive; Damian 2nd., Mike 3rd., Rob Downs 6th, Malcolm 7th., Jim 8th., Tom 19th., Ray 39th, Rob…
Sunday 26th September High up in the hills of Lancashire on a dull & windy afternoon, Jane & I ventured to the Northern Vets Track & Field Championships. Martin was convinced that the track was sloping & it should therefore be considered a fell race, one thing was certain,…
Sunday 26th September 2010 Pos M F Name Cat Cat Pos Time 1 1 Edward Mitchell M (001/264) 01:09:44 2 2 Damian Nicholls M (002/264) 01:12:51 3 3 Mike Halman M (003/264) 01:14:01 6 6 Rob Downs M45 (001/094) 01:16:45 7 7 Malcolm Fowler M45 (002/094) 01:16:50 8 8 Jim…
Both men and ladies fielded teams in this relay event in Leigh. Results have been slow coming through and our intrepid foursome have no name but appears finished fifth !! Ladies results are still not up !! http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2010/nwrrsm.pdf As more detail becomes known , Jim may be able to provide…
Mid week races are now a memory from the summer nearly over but one caught the eye . An Andy O'Sullivan production to commemorate the 72nd birthday of Dr Ron Hill , coincidentally 40 years since he won the Commonwealth Games in a then world record of 2.09 , in addition to the Boston…
Gawsworth 10k Apologies for being so late, I've been in Turkey but don't look as good on it as Gail did. Also apologies in advance, Macclesfield will also be late, and should enable Roy to move ahead of me in the challenge to run the highest quantity of races; you…
