Well this week has felt strange. Wondering what Boris will do next. Had an email last Friday at 18:15 telling me I had my last chance to enter London Marathon. Pity when I clicked on it – the site had closed at 5pm!! WRC Strava league at 7:30am showed Dan…
Thinking back to last weekend when Malcolm polished off the Sandstone trail [34 miles]. It occurred to me I didn’t see anything about the finish of the Pennine Way he did in August. Well now I know. I found this update that I’d missed. Malcolm has completed the Pennine Way.…
Update from Nick: Manchester Area Cross Country League – 2020/2021 Season We are still looking at the feasibility of having a season. England Athletics have issued guidance on putting on a covid-secure cross country event and a couple of pilots are in place (one scheduled for October may be deferred due…
We had some runners out at Tatton this weekend. PB for Richard. Category firsts too [two!]. Not sure Jason clicked the wrong club !! Results below: Pos Name Chip Time Cat Pos Gen Club 1 CHRISTOPHER GIDLOW 32:58 V40 1 M CITY OF STOKE AC 33 RICHARD HARRISON…
Bit of a damp week. Unless you were running along the coast in Italy as Paul was! I see it was time for Graham to take up Hokas. Dan managed to get out and about around Oxford. Paul is back from sunny Italy and her warm seas. He took a…
Either I’ve had a very disappointing response to the Injury Update request or we have a fully fit members 100 club. So the only thing to report is that Bill. Things are slowly moving forward. I had yet another Zoom physio appointment and this time it was suggested problems with…
Surely there are more of our members that are injured or on the road to recovery? It can’t only be Bill and me? Is that a good title for a film?!! Last night at training I heard whispers of injuries and recoveries. But at my age, and with a hat,…
Who’s been out and about. Jan has mixed cycling and running building up her distances 15k Sunday. Tim climbing hills in out of the way places in Scotland. Even had time to take the ladies out for a splashing 10 miler this morning. Currently Richard, Dan, Rob, Graham and Robin…
Well it’s the London Marathon [of a sort] tomorrow. BBC2 at 7:00 for the ladies. 10:00 BBC1 for the men. The timetable: Elite Women’s Race – 7:15am. Elite Men’s Race – 10:15am. Wheelchair Races – 1:10pm. 45,000 people across the UK and 109 countries have signed up…
He may not have been staying at the YMCA this year, but Dan is our first WRC runner to claim a second club record this year. He ran the 3000m earlier this month at the Trafford Open Series September 6th. It follows quickly on from him setting a new club…
