Committee Minutes – October 13th 2022
The Club Committee met on 13th October and minutes are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – COMMITTEE MINUTES OCTOBER 2022 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Kim Eastham Club Secretary
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Meet the Member – Kathleen O’Donnell
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier’s answer to Wordsworth; Kathleen O’Donnell. Kathleen has been running with the Club from 2014. Since then she has definitely made her presence known both at local fell races and those further afield. She may be small but she is mighty. Kathleen has a significant number of racing…
Committee Minutes – September 29th 2022
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
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…
Road Running Championships at Macclesfield Parkrun
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…
Nutrition for Performance – Issue 4
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
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…
Colshaw 10K 2022 Race report
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.…
2022 Road Handicap Race Results
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…
Round the Runway 5M Race Report
The popular Mobberley Round the Runway 5 mile race put on by Wilmslow Running Club attracted 37 Macc Harriers for a race around and under the Manchester Airport runway. Very hot conditions met the runners making the shade of the tunnel under the runway a welcome relief even though everyone…