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Meet the Member – Charlie Bird

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier athlete and coach, Charlie Bird. Charlie has been coaching at the club since 2016. Charlie understands her athletes — their needs and their potential. She is fantastic at building up her athlete’s confidence and motivating them to push beyond what they think they are capable of doing.…

Meet the Member – Lisa Cox

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier & Team GB Age Group Triathlete, Lisa Cox. Lisa is a true example of where pushing yourself outside your comfort zone can lead you. Q1: When did you start running? In my late teens, I discovered that going out jogging helped to clear my head and relax-…

Alderley Edge Bypass 10K 2021 Race Report

Ray O'Keefe
The return of the fast Alderley Edge Bypass 10K with a new race headquaters and start at Alderley Park was run by 20 Macc Harriers. This race attracts a strong field with the Male winner David Barratt posting a blistering 30:18 and the female winner Emma Taylor running 34:40. There…

Meet the Member – Gary Rogerson

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier, Gary Rogerson. Since joining the club in 2016, Gary has become a fundamental member of the fell group. Gary enjoys the short local fell runs but is also partial to some ultra-running. His most recent ultra was an whopping 100 miles along the Souths Downs Way. Over…

Meet the Member – Steve Swallow

Catharine Crossley
Fell running is hard, both physically and mentally. Your legs need to be strong enough to cope with the steep, challenging climbs and handle hair-raising descents at breakneck speed. It’s one hell of a tough sport but extremely rewarding. Joss Naylor, Steve Birkenshaw & Richard Askwith are all fell running…

Mobberley Round the Runway – Report, 27th July 2021

Alison Gunn
The annual Mobberley ‘Round the Runway’ 5m race organised by Wilmslow Running Club was on 27th July 2021. The event organisers did a great job and managed to avoid the torrential rain. 35 Macc Harriers were out with some excellent times posted and some serious chip butty eating afterwards. The…

Welcome to the new Macclesfield Harriers & A.C. website

Neil Gunn
After a lot of hard work by a number of people (and special thanks go to Gillian Lindsey and Ewan Edmondson) we are proud to welcome you to the new club website. The new website has a better ‘look and feel’, easier navigation, is more secure and will hopefully be…

Club COVID-19 Guidance – Reminder

Neil Gunn
As the club has now had three cases of athletes testing positive for COVID-19 after club activities I thought it was a good idea to once again remind everybody of our current guidelines. Please continue to exercise caution while taking part in all club activities. We will continue to operate…

2021 Wizard 5

Neil Gunn
The passing of so called “Freedom Day” on July 19th meant that smaller local races could now restart and the rescheduled Wizard 5 was one of the first ones on the warm evening of July 20th. There was an impressive showing of 27 Macc Harriers who took on the roads…

Meet the Member – Andy Dykins

Catharine Crossley
Macclesfield Harrier, Andy Dykins is no stranger to pushing himself outside of his comfort zone. Whilst he’s happy popping on a Macclesfield Harrier vest for cross-country, he’s equally happy running round the country in a jump suit!   Over to Andy to tell us a bit about his running adventures;…