Posts by Ray O’Keefe

Round the Runway 5 mile 2023 Race Report

Ray O'Keefe
The popular Round the Runway 5 mile race put on by Wilmslow Running club was attended by 25 Macc Harriers with conditions ideal for high flying! Some great results were had by all throughout the field with notable performances from Mark Walker (28:57) who placed 5th overall, Emma Gallymore (39:57)…

Summer Road Handicap 2023 – Monday July 17th 7pm

Ray O'Keefe
Summer Road Handicap Monday July 17th 7pm How well do you know your running pace? This will be a fun event where runners try to predict their time for an out and back route of approximately 7.5K starting and finishing at the track. No watches allowed! Prizes for top 10…

Birchwood Brook 5K 2023 race results

Ray O'Keefe
On Thursday evening the North Cheshire 5K Grand Prix series of four races came to an end with the Birchwood Brook 5K. Four Macc Harriers made it to this final race with some good times despite the heat. The results for the Macc Harriers are below with a link to…

Colshaw Hall 10K 2023 race results

Ray O'Keefe
Hot conditions greeted runners at this year’s Colshaw Hall 10K. There were 23 Harriers who took on this undulating course and battled the heat for some great times. Some notable results were James Noakes (36:40) taking 7th place and 1st M55, Kristy Gill (44:24) 9th female overall and Harry Newton…

Dunham Massey 5K #2 2023 race results

Ray O'Keefe
The third race of the North Cheshire 5K Grand Prix series was held on Thursday evening with the faster, downhill, Dunham Massey 5K. The advertised faster route did not disappoint with some great times from the 10 Macc Harriers who raced. Of note was another first place junior male result…

Birchwood Park 5K Race Report 2023

Ray O'Keefe
Race 2 of the North Cheshire 5K Grand Prix was held in Birchwood Park and is an out and back lollipop route. Six Macc Harriers took part trying their best to keep up the fast pace for some great times. A list of the times for all the Macc Harriers…

Dunham Massey 5K #1 2023 Results

Ray O'Keefe
On a beautiful evening there were 4 Macc Harriers who took part in the first of two Dunham Massey 5K races as part of the North Cheshire 5K Grand Prix (North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix – Spectrum Striders) which runs over the next 3 weeks on a Thursday evening. Despite…

Chester Parkrun 2023

Ray O'Keefe
There were 6 Macc Harriers that made the trip to Chester Parkrun for the next race in our Club Road Running Championships with extra points for it being a Cheshire Grand Prix race. Times for the Macc Harriers are below with a link to the full results. Great running everyone!…

Manchester Marathon 2023 Results

Ray O'Keefe
Manchester marathon over 18,000 finishers Harriers results: Robert Whitby SM 02:39:47 127th out of 18185 finishers Mark Walker MV45 02:48:06 Matthew Lynas MV55 02:48:38 3rd MV55 out of 621 James Perry MV40 02:59:57 Ciaran Wright MV35 03:01:53 Graeme Eddie MV45 03:24:42 Hannah Bridger SF 03:29:51 Matt Leech MV50 03:30:40 Ben…

Chester Spring 5 2023 Results

Ray O'Keefe
Ten Macc Harriers made it to the start of the Chester Spring 5 mile race in cool and breezy unspring like conditions. With a fast first half and a hold on for a good time second half there were some great times had by all who ran. This was the…