I spoke with Bob Lynch from Macc Harriers this morning, who mentioned a subtle tweak to the L7 route. This is on November 7th, and as known clashes with the cross country at Sherdley Park. In the final mile of the race, the new route takes you on the trail…
Sunday October 18th. That the trip to the South of France was mainly about eating and drinking was given lie to by Janine, who was also fourth lady overall, winning the F45 category and Nicky winning F55. Bernard ran well, overtaking Nicky in the final 800m as she sought to…
parkrun “Summer Series” update. Saturday 17/10/15. A quiet weekend on the parkrun front. Tony appears to be quite fond of Congleton, but no improvement on his time in 23.03, our only runner there. We had three runners out at South Manchester, Christian for a change didn’t get a PB…
Farndon 10K, Sunday 18 October 9.30 Start . Now then, I was mithered by Gail to join her at this race, her last exercise before she heads off to Beachy Head, not to jump but to run a marathon with 3500’ of ascent. We left Wilmslow with ideal conditions for running…
parkrun “Summer Series” update. Saturday 10/10/15 Cross Country in the early afternoon meant we wouldn’t have masses at the park runs. The two Pauls’ ran at Bramhall for a change. No runners at Congleton, John and Alan couldn’t improve on their South Manc times however we do have a new…
The first day of the new XC season was greeted with mild autumnal weather and a large turnout.Certainly a record number in the men's race (451) with 257 in the ladies. The bottom meadows were dry and many commented on a favourable course with a finish of a virtual lap…
Round Ripon 35 mile ultra, Saturday 3rd October. After being inspired by Andy and Julie's achievements in Chamonix, I found myself reading with envy the various reports of the UTMB / CCC and the OCC. With encouragement from Julie, I started to look at the application and qualification process for…
parkrun “Summer Series” update Saturday 3rd October Not surprisingly those running on Sunday gave the park runs a miss this week, still we had a few runners out at the various runs up and down the country. Julie and Steve made their usual trip to Lyme Park, both had good…
age % chip gun 4 Rob Downs M50 85.8 1:17:26 1:17:27 8 Barry Archbold M40 78.2 1:19:20 1:19:23 9 Andrew Whittingham M45 80.1 1:19:48 1:19:49 27 Nick Jackson M45 77.9 1:23:16 1:23:19 32…
Sunday October 4th. Cheshire Grand Prix Summer Series, Race 20. The impression was that many had taken the Summer Series race at a time. Sutton finished and suddenly Congleton loomed large. ‘I haven’t got the mileage in my legs’ seemed to be the catch-phrase of the week, spoken either as…
