Conwy Half Marathon

20 November 2011 We enjoyed nice winter sunshine and spectacular scenery for this challenging loop out from Conwy to Llandudno, round the Great Orme and back to finish in front of the castle.  There were hard earned category prizes for Janine, Kate, Rob and James.  And fish and chips for…

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Woodland Challenge

Bradley Wood, Huddersfield 23/10/2011 There was a new venue for the Woodland Challenge this year and a fairly gruelling multi-terrain course mixing footpaths, trail, towpaths and road all over gradients that were "steep as Stainland" and added up to rather more than 10km. I was in close contention for most of the…

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Chester Marathon

09/10/11 Well done to Trevor, Gareth and Sarah.  Also to Jonathan Dunkley, who beat his PB by 5 minutes.  It sounds like it was a challenging course and we look forward to hearing the full stories. 1 Ben Fish BLACKBURN 02:27:2453 Trevor Morris WILMSLOW RC Male 3MV50 02:58:00 02:57:58 206 Jonathan Dunkley WILMSLOW RC Male MSEN 3:17:04 3:16:441408 Gareth…

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Congleton Half Marathon

09/10/11 I managed to maintain WRC's fine record in producing unlikely winners in this pleasantly undulating half marathon (2008: Malcolm, 2010: Mike Halman).  In a close run race I finally managed to break away from Vale Royal's Stuart Doyle around 10 miles and ran scared for home hardly noticing the infamous…

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