Posts by Catharine Crossley

A lot goes into the effective ‘running’ of a running club. At Macclesfield Harriers we are lucky to have an excellent club committee. The committee meets to discuss current and future activities in the club, to organise the work that needs doing behind the scenes and to take decisions about…

Introducing Macclesfield Harrier,  Jill Abbott. Jill has been running with the Club for 3 years. She is a run group leader and the worthy winner of the 2019 Club prize for most improved female runner. Q1: When did you start running? JA: Just over three years ago. My daughter had…

Hats off to this man, Macclesfield Harrier Ciaran Wright, who battled through Storm Ciara to earn himself 7th position at Tatton 10k yesterday! This is what Ciaran had say about his passion for running; Q1: When did you start running? CW: I have dabbled in running on and off since…

Introducing Macclesfield Harrier, Oscar Trevena. Oscar took part in an impressive 24 out of 29 fell races last year! As a result, Oscar won the inaugural Barry Blyth Club Enthusiast award for the person who participated in most Club races in 2019. We’re sure BB would’ve approved! Q1: When did…

Kicking off our Meet the Members slot for 2020 is club runner and group leader Cheryl Duck. Q1: When did you start running? CD: I started running around 8 years ago. I did a few half marathons but then stopped for around 5 years starting again about 3 years go…

It’s great to be focused on a goal. Driven to show up for every hill session, hit the track paces . . . but running doesn’t have to be serious all the time! 99% of us are not going pro, we chose this sport because it offered us something more…

Introducing Macclesfield Harrier C group leader, Phil Gaskell. Q1: When did you start running? Phil: I started running in my 20s as a way to get and keep fit in order to play rugby (not very well) at Macc rugby club. As I got too old for rugby I just…

As a regular trail runner, I remain amazed by the sheer difficulty of fell running. The technique and fitness required to ascend and descend hills is phenomenal. In my humble opinion, fell running sorts the men from the boys. Macclesfield Harrier Barry Blyth certainly falls into the former category. Barry…

Hands up who loved cross-country running at school? Anyone? We’re adults now and there’s lots of stuff we didn’t like as kids that we now love, like olives and alcohol. XC running is another one of those things. ’Tis the season to get muddy, so who better to fill our…