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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…

Mid Cheshire 5K Summer Race Report

Ray O'Keefe
The very fast Mid Cheshire 5K summer version on Friday evening Aug 26th did not disappoint with some very fast times and PBs galore. Rob Whitby led the way for the Macc Harriers just dipping under 16 minutes with a blistering PB time of 15:56. Rob was closely followed by…
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. …

Youth Development League update

Sarah Dilworth
Round 3 We always knew the YDL would be a tough league for Macclesfield with some of the Northern region’s  top clubs participating, but a good turnout of more than 30 athletes at the round 3 home fixture on 3 July enabled  Macclesfield to secure 5th place overall in this…

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…

Colshaw 10K 2022 Race report

Ray O'Keefe
After a last-minute switch of the popular Colshaw 10K from its June slot to the end of July, those Macc Harriers not away on holidays were able to post some amazing times and performances. Rob Whitby led the way with a 4th overall position in a blistering time of 33:56.…

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

2022 Road Handicap Race Results

Ray O'Keefe
The rescheduled Road Handicap was greeted with prefect British running weather allowing runners to try to predict their time for the undulating 7.4K route starting and finishing from the track. Not having a watch meant that runners needed to be in tune with their inner running mojo to feel their…