Life In The Fast Lane Tony contacted me about writing a report in Ian’s absence. I did point out to him that my role as unofficial uninvited sweeper precluded me from seeing anybody, therefore it would be difficult. Undaunted, he asked for the race from the back and he would…
Running, an essentially individual and self fulfilling sport, rarely brings people together to perform as a team. The British Masters Road Relays in Sutton Park this Saturday, was an example of running being a fine team sport and illustrates the value of belonging to a quality club. There are many…
15-May-2013 Nobody can ever write a race report with the grace and insight of ‘The Ashcroft’ but in his absence these are my humble observations. The afternoon was typical of May, driving rain and high winds, looking out the window I really did wonder if it was wise to be…
Wednesday 15th May 2013 Pos Name Cat Time 1 Jack Ross (SMAC) M 30.44 13 Andrew Whittingham V40 35.00 15 Tom McGaff V50 35.16 25 Mark Bradbury M 36.35 26 Tom Peers M 36.43 31 Allan McCormick M 37.16 34 Mike Hill V40 37.34 39 Robert Wilson V40 38.21 41…
Whilst various others were completing half marathons, I travelled down to Market Drayton to run in this “little” race. As it turned out 1400 other souls also had the same idea and as seems to happen no matter how far you travel nowadays, I spotted another Wilmslow vest warming up…
Morecombe Half Marathon, Sunday 12th May 2013. After carefully monitoring the weather forecast for the last few days I wasn't looking forward to this half despite the promises of a flat and fast course. Upon arriving at Morecambe it was obvious that nobody else was particularly looking forward to running…
With the Town Crier starting us and a Town Hall finish, Chester Half Marathon also manages to include both an uphill start and an uphill finish. An essentially otherwise flat course with little drama, it is described as 'fast', but for the short killer hill just 200m from the finish,…
Soraya has kept a bit quiet about entering the Mallorca Ironman, but she did brilliantly, finishing a touch under 7 hours. This included a 2:09 half marathon, run following 50 minutes of swimming and 3:40 on the bike. Well done Soraya. Full result is here.
Please Note ~ I have updated the Race Schedule above as we now have confirmation of the SMAC summer race series – the dates of two of them were provisionally included within our own series. Please refer to this as the definitive Race Schedule for details of the two races, and…
Bramhall 1 Rob Downs 17:35 3 Andrew Whittingham 17:51 7 Barry Archbold 18:54 20 Paul Garnett 19:44 25 Richard Lawson 20:02 28 Paul Norris 20:11 39 …
