Saturday saw the annual staging of the "Nationals" at Parliament Hill Field, London. An iconic venue often referred to as the "Spiritual home" of cross country. A mass of tents, a mass of colour…and a sea of mud. Not quite Alton Towers vintage but not far from that level! Seen…
2015 Summer Series parkrun. Saturday 14/2/15 The second opportunity to register a parkrun time. Along with Steve, I headed for South Manchester this week, I have run the course before and I was expecting it to be a lot more wet than it was. In the past I seem to remember…
Five races, five months and down to the wire. Today was the deciding and final fixture in the 2014/2015 MACCL. Individual and team medals to be fought for. In recent years, the league has gone from strength to strength…More runners, more clubs & more competition. We are blessed with a…
Llandudno 10k, Sunday 8th February Having left Wilmslow in the mist and travelled through alternate patches of sun and cloud, it was a treat to run in the sunshine at Llandudno. There was quite a crowd of us from group 3, all bunched together at the start on the promenade. …
The 2015 Summer Series actually started on Saturday with the first opportunity to register a parkrun time . As I understand it , your best time at either South Manchester or Congleton and your best time from Lyme Park over the 9 months of the series will count . Tony…
Wadsworth Trog, Hebden Bridge, Saturday 7th Feb 10:00 At training the week after Mike Hill, Adam Neale and I did the Tour of Pendle, one of them mentioned doing the Wadsworth Trog and as a sucker for punishment (and good training for the Wasdale X Ironman in June) I put it…
Nick Beer 10k, Llandudno, Sunday 8th February Good weather and an excellent venue for the first Summer Series race of 2015. Not a PB course, but the views from the Great Orme were stunning. There were 31 Wimslow runners in the results (though there may be a few people missed…
Rombalds Stride, Saturday 7th February Five members of the club recently ventured over the Pennines to explore the nether regions of Yorkshire. A bit of "bah tat" and mud attracted us to Ilkely Moor. We were off to run and walk the Rombalds Stride – a Long Distance Walkers event…
(The start of Nick Beer 10K, Llandudno) The following list is provisional and may be subject to change. Some of the dates are indicative only and need to be confirmed as and when known. Keep checking the SSC schedule on the website for updates (not there yet) Feb 8th Nick…
Poor old Helsby Half Marathon, they had to cancel on Sunday (18/Jan) for the second time in three years. A couple of dozen Wilmslow runners were affected, and quite a few chose to run round the course anyway. The local paper reported the events here. Thanks to Christian for spotting…
