Macclesfield was my first half marathon in 2004 and I’ve gone back every year since. I like the atmosphere – big enough to be exciting with a track finish but still relaxed. Also for some strange reason I’ve always managed to run a bit faster on the hills here than…
Despite being a resident of Macclesfield and being the co-founder of the original Macclesfield Half Marathon , Big Malc was notable by his absence this year . Despite being a toughened fell runner the hills of Macclesfield were too much and Malcolm opted for a faster and flatter course :…
The stakes were high: it was the culmination of the Cheshire Grand Prix and our ladies had an outside chance of pinching the title from Macc while the men sought to hang on to their lead. As ever history would only be made by those who turned up and by…
Confirmation of dates with one change : note St Helens venue : Saturday 27th October : Heaton Park Saturday 17th November : Boggart Hole Clough Sunday 2nd December : Sherdley Pk , St Helens Sunday 13th January : Woodbank Park Saturday 9th February : Wythenshawe Park See you there ,…
Sadly we had to pull our teams from the North-West Road Relays as we were no closer to having a confirmed team for either men or ladies on Fiday night . It would have been unfair to those who were going not to give some advance notice to allow for…
Gawsworth is the Summer Series in a nutshell: everyone busting a gut in the sunshine, chasing each other across varied terrain in an eccentric little race. It is all great fun but you know that it will result in practically no change to the league table. The first test of…
Tony has confirmed details for this coming Saturday (15th) : Cheshire & NW Counties Road relays @ Sefton Pk , Liverpool. We also have teams entered for the Northern Road Relays : Saturday 29th September @ Birchwood. Lets sort Saturday and Sefton first . Ladies : 3 runners x 5.3k…
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To quote the immortal phrase from John Motson as England beat Germany 5-1 some years ago : "Oh yes , this is getting simply better and better ". So too it could be said for the " Big Malc presents "series of summer mid week jaunts ! Race highlights :…
This was the first product of Malcolm’s initiative to get us organising more local races. As we settled at the registration desk Malcolm proudly announced a grand total of 6 pre-entries. Ah, well it was a nice sunny evening and we still had plenty of forms and safety pins for…
