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Meet the Member – Oscar Trevena

Neil Gunn
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier, Oscar Trevena. Oscar took part in an impressive 24 out of 29 fell races last year! As a result, Oscar won the inaugural Barry Blyth Club Enthusiast award for the person who participated in most Club races in 2019. We’re sure BB would’ve approved! Q1: When did…

Indoor Sportshall North West final results

Neil Gunn
Congratulations to u11 girls who won Silver medals yesterday in the Indoor Sportshall north west finals.  Macclesfield were a comfortable 2nd just 2 points behind winners West Cheshire. A fantastic achievement for the girls. Anne Farmer

Meet the Member – Cheryl Duck

Neil Gunn
Kicking off our Meet the Members slot for 2020 is club runner and group leader Cheryl Duck. Q1: When did you start running? CD: I started running around 8 years ago. I did a few half marathons but then stopped for around 5 years starting again about 3 years go…
Tom Whittington on his BG

Bob Graham and other Rounds

Neil Gunn
This page details completions by club members of UK long distance runs, commonly known as “rounds”, the most famous of which is the Bob Graham round of 42 Lakeland peaks that is meant to be completed in 24 hours. The slightly lesser known rounds of the Ramsay in Scotland and…

Meet the Member – Catherine Mather

Neil Gunn
It’s great to be focused on a goal. Driven to show up for every hill session, hit the track paces . . . but running doesn’t have to be serious all the time! 99% of us are not going pro, we chose this sport because it offered us something more…

Meet the Member – Fred Wardle

Neil Gunn
This week, we caught up with Macclesfield Harrier and local electrician Fred Wardle, who was just de‘lighted’ (see what we did there ), to tell us what running means to him. Q1: When did you start running? FW: Ten years ago I was challenged to do a Triathlon, I’d never…

Meet the Member – Phil Gaskell

Neil Gunn
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier C group leader, Phil Gaskell. Q1: When did you start running? Phil: I started running in my 20s as a way to get and keep fit in order to play rugby (not very well) at Macc rugby club. As I got too old for rugby I just…
Langley 7 race in 2019

Langley 7 Race Report and Results 2019

Neil Gunn
We must all be mad. What prompts us to get out of bed and battle their way through floods to the start, to run up and down hills whilst wading streams and jumping over bits of tree, and then trying to dry out and warm up over a brew and…

Windgather Race Report and Results 2019

Neil Gunn
Thanks once again for coming out and supporting our race. We had 114 entries and everyone finished. Whilst a bit wet and windy at times, conditions for the most part weren’t too bad: probably not ideal for fast times though. Thanks to all at Buxton Rotary for the marshalling and…

Meet the Member – Barry Blyth

Neil Gunn
As a regular trail runner, I remain amazed by the sheer difficulty of fell running. The technique and fitness required to ascend and descend hills is phenomenal. In my humble opinion, fell running sorts the men from the boys. Macclesfield Harrier Barry Blyth certainly falls into the former category. Barry…