James MacDonald writes… Conwy, Tatton or Bury? The latter is perhaps not your first choice, but there was an opportunity to sample an inaugural trail race, hosted by Radcliffe AC and promising lots of points of interest along the route. The race was a 300 capacity sell out, and six…
Bernard writes… although the Langley 7 has has been a fixture in recent years for closing the WRC SS, this year, that honour went to The Dovedale Dash the following day. The sensible members of the club decided to do one, or the other, or maybe neither. In my eagerness…
Rob Downs is planning to run an alternative WRC Sunday route for Group 1/2 next week, starting from the Boars Head (13th November). Rob’s idea is that others might want to try the route as well on another Sunday. It’s also suitable as a walk. The attached pdf describes in…
Had a fantastic time running the Chester Marathon last weekend. I had entered a couple of months back, torn between Chester or Dublin (which is at the end of October) for an Autumn marathon. I chose Chester as it is local (so no hotels to book, transport to sort out…
Belinda writes… I tend to choose my races based on the scenery along the route; for example, Langley 7 is one of my favourites. And I have enjoyed a couple of long distance events in the Peak District which I’ve partly run and partly walked. So when an advert came…
Sunday 11th September 2016 1st Simon Myatt (Trentham) 35.59 17th Matt Taylor 42.45 24th/1stF Louisa Whittingham (Macclesfield) 43.50 28th Rich Hirons 44.36 45th Tony Hulme 47.27 59th Chris Cannon 49.46 160th Roy Pownall 63.11 (216 Ran) A great morning for the Gawsworth 10k, which since they moved the start to near…
Saturday 10th September 2016 We headed to Delamere Forest for the North West Road Relays with three strong teams. The event is complicated by the fact that your team has to be not only all from your club, but also all county qualifiers. So, for example, Rob Downs, Barry Archbold…
ursday 18th August 2016 A couple of weeks ago, to try and boost numbers, JP suggested we head for Macclesfield and run up to White Nancy and back along Kerridge Ridge. We couldn’t have picked a better evening, a warm 19 degrees, sunny, clear views. Boost numbers it certainly did. …
Wednesday 03 August 2016 1 Andi Jones M 00:42:25 26 Mike Hill M50 00:51:16 47 Jarrod Homer M45 00:55:14 114 Craig Hunt M45 01:05:25 179 Don Bullough M55 01:17:32 186 Julie Lucas F50 01:19:23 195 Trevor Faulkner M70 01:26:47 (200 Finishers) Distinctly unseasonal weather – breezy conditions but not cold,…
Wednesday 03 August 2016 1 Daniel Cliffe (Liverpool) MS 25:10 49 Christian Hook M40 34:45 63 Bernard McCarron M50 35:47 149 Rachel Peers FS 41:24 157 Leanne Rutter FS 41:38 169 Carolyn Hirons F50 (3) 42:49 182 Simon Fenton M70 (2) 43:23 (308 Finshers) Ref : https://vrac.niftyentries.com/PieAndPeas
