Posts by Neil Gunn

Nutrition for Performance – Issue 4

Neil Gunn
Nutrition for Performance – Recovery nutrition A good recovery strategy helps you replenish glycogen stores, promote repair and adaptation of the muscles and replace fluid losses from exercise so you are able to train well in your next session or, in other words, your performance capacity returns to normal or…
Samira Cox

Samira Cox success in 2022

Neil Gunn
Congratulations to Samira Australian born Samira Cox who moved to the UK earlier in the year and joined Macclesfield Harriers has had a very successful T&F season in the throwing events.  Samira competes for Macclesfield in league events and mum Vicki has become a regular volunteer field judge for us. …

2022 Tegg’s Nose Fell Race

Neil Gunn
Tegg’s Nose Fell Race (FRA Category :  BM : 12.4km, 480m climb) In spite of the large number of competing races and athletic events, there were 67 entries for this deceptively strenuous race, hosted by the Macclesfield Sheep Dog Trials and organised by Macclesfield Harriers.  The race was promoted as…

CYBI Coastal Trail Marathon 2022 – Report

Neil Gunn
This scenic and challenging trail race attracted 23 Macc Harriers (plus lots of supporters) to make the journey across to Holyhead. The logistics were varied (there and back in a day, make a weekend of it, have a holiday) and the weather and scenery made the effort worthwhile (if anything…

2022 Gun Run Report & Results

Neil Gunn
2022 Event Report Thanks again for entering our race. We hope you ‘had a good time’, whether or not you ‘did a good time’. 70 folk set off and 70 folk came back, all in one piece and mostly having enjoyed themselves over the course, accurately measured at six Yorkshire…

Joe Pickard Bob Graham round

Neil Gunn
Here is the link to Joe’s BG Report ….JOE PICKARD BOB GRAHAM REPORT There are lots of other amazing successes out on the fells – all the report can be seen here… Bob Graham & other Mountain Endurance Challenges

Gun Run – 3rd August 2022

Neil Gunn
Gun Run Wed 3rd August at 19:15 from Swythamley & Heaton Community Centre, Gun End,   SK11 0SJ  GR: 965 682 (4 miles from Leek) Distance: 9km / 5.6m, Climb: 250m / 820ft All proceeds to Staffordshire Wildlife Trust for restoration of Gun Hill and the Staffordshire Moorlands. Return after a…

Buttermere Fell Race 2022

Neil Gunn
Buttermere Fell Race Report 15 Harriers turned up at Loweswater village hall for the Darren Holloway memorial Buttermere Round.  The ‘Short’ race at 21km and 1500m circumnavigates the fells on each side of Crummock Water, is a fair reckoning of any fell runner’s mettle.  Navigation is not overly complicated, not…

2022 Polly Lander Orienteering

Neil Gunn
*** THIS IS FOR CLUB MEMBERS ONLY *** It`s midsummer & that means Polly Lander Orienteering Trophy time. This year`s event will be based at Pym`s Chair car park on Wednesday June 22nd with a massed start at 7PM. You`ll have 90 minutes to visit as many controls as possible.…

2022 Wincle Trout

Neil Gunn
2022 Race Report The Burnt House Farm rotation guarantees two things – a steady breeze in the fete field and, being on top of the hill, a cruel climb to the finish. The spectators are compensated with spectacular views and the race time keepers have a little more time to…