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Committee Minutes – September 29th 2022

Neil Gunn
The Club Committee met on 29th September to discuss the future of Macclesfield Half Marathon and the minutes from the meeting are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – COMMITTEE MINUTES SEPTEMBER 2022 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Kim Eastham Club Secretary

Congleton Half Marathon 2022 Race Report

Ray O'Keefe
There were cows, horses and the usual “Sting in the tail” at Sunday’s Congleton Half marathon. Great conditions met the 20 Macc Harriers that ran with some excellent performances all around. Typical of recent races Rob Whitby (1:17:50) led the way for the Macc Harriers with another top 10 finish…

THE JUNIOR ENGLISH FELL RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP 2022

Neil Gunn
THE JUNIOR ENGLISH FELL RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 The Wood family Junior English Fell Championships 2022 Adventures. Runners Michael, Thomas & Martha with support team (transport, food & warm ups) Mum, Dad and Teg the dog. The 2022 Championship was competed over five different races across Cumbria and North Yorkshire between…

T&F Success for our Junior Athletes

Sarah Dilworth
Several of our young athletes have continued to make great progress in T&F this season.  Jake Rowley, in his new found event of 800m, took bronze at the recent England Athletics U15 Championships in Bedford in a new PB of 2mins 3.85secs.  Jake won his heat on Saturday as the…
Catharine & Marc

Peak District Boundary (PDB) 2022 – Catharine Crossley

Neil Gunn
The Peak District Boundary started as a personal challenge but ended up as so much more. The finish – CC did it! If you’re here simply for a review of Peak District Boundary, here’s the short version: It’s beautiful, there are hills, flats, scrambles, trails & even the dreaded tarmac,…

Road Running Championships at Macclesfield Parkrun

Ray O'Keefe
Yes, we all know Parkrun is not about racing but having a little friendly competition every so often isn’t so bad? So on Saturday the Road Running Championship series took in our popular and challenging local Parkrun in South Park. There were 40 Macc Harriers who came along to either…

Ring of Fire (2022)

Neil Gunn
This had been a long time coming.  From first hearing about it in 2015, to my first attempt in 2021 resulting in my first ever DNF 41 miles into day 2, to this year’s race, and what a race! 135 miles around the whole island of Anglesey, most of it…

2022/2023 Cross Country Season

Neil Gunn
It’s cross country time again!! Update 2nd September: MACCL entry information is now on the MACCL website It may be glorious summer weather outside, but that will no doubt all change shortly and it will be time to think about the forthcoming 2022/2023 cross country season. Cross country may be…
Catharine & Marc

Peak District Boundary – Catharine Crossley

Neil Gunn
After many months of planning (and numerous recce runs) Catharine Crossley set off to attempt the ‘Peak District Boundary’ challenge at 6.00am on Friday 26th August 2022. The Peak District Boundary is a defined route that tracks the boundary of the national park and is approximately 190 miles. 3 days,…

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…