Club Races

May 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
ROAD Congratulations to both John Carr and Matthew Lynas this month for setting new 5K road records in the V50 and V55 categories respectively. John improved his time by a further 10 seconds to 16:09 in the Mid-Cheshire 5K, while Matthew set a previously unclaimed V55 record with a time…

Christleton 5k, 2024

Owain Morris
It was a beautiful spring evening as ten Macclesfield Harriers raced around the picturesque village of Christleton and the surrounding countryside. The course is one of the flattest 5k’s around and goes through the village of Christleton twice, ensuring that racers are well supported as they speed past the crowds.…

April 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
ROAD Congratulations to Matthew Lynas on claiming three V55 Road records in the last month! Matthew improved both the 5-Mile and the Half-Marathon records that had stood for over 21 years! In addition, Matthew improved his own Marathon record time in April 2024 by a full 9 minutes in Manchester!…

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…