Club Races

February & March 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
ROAD Congratulations to John Carr on breaking the previous 5K record of 16:46 for the V50 category with a time of 16:19 in Leicester. This record had stood for almost 25 years! TRACK Jasyn Savage claimed yet more records Indoors at the Manchester Indoor Open events. Jasyn claimed the 200m…

January 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
ROAD Harry Newton has claimed the 5K and 10 Mile records in the V85 category this month. Harry continues to shatter records, and is now the proud holder of 21 club records on the Road for Macclesfield Harriers! Truly remarkable. INDOOR (FIELD) Hayden Blunn achieved an excellent 2nd place and…

Winter (November / December) 2023 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
Happy New Year Record Breakers! Road On the Road, Mark Walker claimed both the V40 10K & 15K records. The previous 10K record of 33:14 had been set back in the year 2000! Mark set a new record of 33:01 at Trafford in March 2022, and also claimed a new…

2023 Fell Handicap Report & Results

Neil Gunn
Fell Handicap 2023 – results It was a record year of 59 runners. Thanks to all who ran & helped & of course to our friends at St Dunstan’s who welcomed us this morning only 5 & a half hours after their village event the night before. Annette, Jo, Ruth,…

The return of Macclesfield Running Festival!

Ray O'Keefe
What a day for the return of the Macclesfield Running Festival!! Fabulous running conditions greeted runners wanting a challenge at the 5K, 10K and Half Marathon distances. RunThrough did a great job organizing the event where Macc Harriers were out in force both running and marshalling. There were an impressive…

Meet the Member – Steph Wood

Catharine Crossley
It’s been quite the year for Macclesfield Harrier, Steph Wood. In June, she successfully completed the Bob Graham Round and is now the (un)official holder of the title ‘Most glamorous person to complete the BGR’.  She warmed up for the BG by forming part of the winning over 50s team…

Road Handicap 2023 race report

Ray O'Keefe
On Monday evening the weather gods were kind and provided perfect conditions for running, but could the 14 runners taking part in the Road Handicap predict their times correctly for the Road Handicap route? Most were either just over their predicted time or very pessimitic about their pace and a…

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…

Gun Run 2023

Julian Brown
Thanks everyone for coming along tonight ! We had 110 finishers – about 40 more than last year I think- on a great evening for running. Two new winners – Faye and Simon, and lots of people put in some excellent times. Special thanks to all the many helpers, marshals,…

2023 Rainow 5

Neil Gunn
The weather was fine for Rainow 5 (2023). A great turnout. The results have been added to the Rainow 5 page and a race report detailing the donations made is also available. 2023 Results 2023 Race Report Thanks to all the runners and all the helpers. Note: There are a…