Maurice Minns Very sadly, Maurice Minns passed away peacefully and at home on the 21st October. Maurice had been in ill health over the last six months. Up until the last three years, Maurice had been the Race Director of The Wilmslow Half Marathon for some 30 years. Belligerent and cantankerous at…
While ex-Member Bernard was toiling round the hills twice completing the road marathon. Rob and Janine took on the one lap half marathon instead. Some say its the toughest. Some say the most scenic. Anyway it’s a: A beautiful half marathon in the heart of the Lake District. This stunning…
An Ironman 70.3 for the uninitiated is a Marathon over 70.3 Miles in old money or 113k in new. Last Saturday Laura took part in the Ironman at Cascais and did the full ironman instead which isn’t a 70.3 mile jaunt. Her 3.8k swim was followed by a 180k ride…
Well Wilmslow runners are keeping the standards very high at the moment. Saturday saw 30 members run at 14 events. 7 of our members got top AGs at their events: Nicky, Barry, GrahamS, Tim, Mike, Sharon and Angela. 5 top finishers too: Barry, Graham, Sam, Sharon and Rebecca. Bramhall witnessed Barry first…
A few updates with news about the club and also ex-members. Training: It’s at Alderley Edge next week. Meet at The Festival Hall 6.45. Warm up and meet at Whitebarn Road circa 7.00pm. 8X150M Hills…Get the dynamics right…Good forward momentum, driving arms…fast cadence with strong forefoot push off. Then onto…
The hills were alight with the sound of some of our members running last Saturday The Downs family and Andy were up in the Cumbrian hills near Tebay No recces were permitted on leg 1. All courses (apart from Leg 2) were flagged. If anyone was caught reccying these areas…
A brief update. I’ve been away for a week. Strange place I visited. Kept wanting to know if my mascara was on whenever I went into some place!! Bet Jules didn’t have trouble with that. Lots have happened: wedding bells ringing, girls galloping. A season of Marathons – London, Manchester…
We have a bunch of tough runners in our club. Recently Ian and Angie took on the Gallop. Fabulous time from Angie and second in her category. Covering approximately 21 miles and 3000ft of ascent the course takes in the villages of Grindleford, Froggatt, Eyam, Great Longstone, Edensor and Baslow…
Apologies – this post is a day late it sat in drafts!! The run North West Knutsford 10k took place this Sunday. And we had a fair number of runners out running. A nice course: The race starts within the grounds of Barclays Radbroke Technology Centre, then heads out onto the…
A there were a few people with niggles unable to run and perhaps some conflicting events but Wilmslow still managed to get 18 runners out. With Nick directing and Jules on photo duty there was a great atmosphere on Saturday. Probably a few debutants too. Claire second lady. Category winners:…
