The seven Cheshire Road Race Grand Prix (CGP) races have just been announced, see notice below from Andrew Whittingham. We are currently reviewing the 2018 Race Series to incorporate these races, further details to be announced. However please be aware that in the short term Rainow 5 is likely to…
Peter Speake. Pete damaged his Achilles in a park run a month ago. A bad year for injuries, this being the third so far. He hopes to start easy running in a couple of weeks. Angela Maziere. Tendonitis has dogged Angie for months now and there appears to be little…
Sunday 1st October 2017 Pos M F Name Cat Cat Pos Gun Time Chip Time 1 1 Simon Myatt M S (001/074) 01:14:48 01:14:48 4 4 Richard Coen M S (003/074) 01:17:08 01:17:08 12 1 Diane McVey F40 (001/034) 01:22:43 01:22:42 45 43 Matthew Taylor M40 (009/038) 01:31:22 01:31:19…
Cat writes… I’d forgotten how tough and wonderful Tuesday training sessions are. As a result of working in Bournemouth for a number of years, it’s been a long time since I attended one. The ladies changing room hasn’t changed, the line up at 6.45pm was a sea of familiar faces…
Rob Downs writes… The Gritstone Trail is a 35 mile route linking hills between Kidsgrove and Disley. The leaflet recommends tackling it as a 3-day walk. The Grind offered the chance to run it in under 12 hours and a small but determined band of WRCers took up the challenge.…
Thursday 7th September 2017 M 1st. Gavin Mulholland (Calder Valley Fell Runners) 00:34:02 F 1st / 18th. Lindsey Oldfield (Calder Valley Fell Runners) 00:43:34 16 016 Jarrod Homer M45 (004/011) 00:43:05 34 032 Graham Duce M45 (007/011) 00:45:25 37 004 Louisa Harrison F40 (003/010) 00:47:19 49 042 Andrew Watts…
Cat writes… Well, we set off from home in plenty time for the 6.45pm start from the Red Lion in Whitworth. With roadworks and traffic we arrived two hours later, with 6 minutes to get my number and have a wee before the start. There was a nice touch of…
John Porteous writes… I love the Cloud 9 race. Along with Knypepool it tends to signal that the winter is almost over and we can soon get back to training off road in the lighter evenings. It is also my type of race, a slow rumble around the hills with…
Bernard writes… I recently attended an Ultra Skills training course in the Lakes and, on the basis this might be of interest to some of you, I thought I’d share some of the details. The course is run by Mountain Run. Although the description is Ultra Skills, the course covers…
Something that may interest those running a Spring marathon… Athlete Matters in Worsley provide massage support for the Greater Manchester Marathon. On 22nd January they are holding a marathon training workshop to include drills, training run, core session and optional physio/sports massage at reduced price. Details are: Date 22nd January 2017…
