Committee Minutes – July 3rd 2025
The Club Committee met on 3rd July 2025 and meeting minutes are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – COMMITTEE MINUTES JULY 2025 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Rachel Gilliland Club Secretary
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Macclesfield parkrun #298 – Road Club Championship Race
Macclesfield parkrun was designated as a road running club championship race this weekend. Despite the rain, a huge turnout of 34 club members made their way down to our local parkrun. James Perry ran a new course PB of 18:09 to ensure that he was the first Macclesfield Harrier across…
2025 Summer Road Handicap
Monday evening July 21st the heavens opened up with some heavy rain for the start of the annual Summer Road Handicap. A fun event for everyone where you try to predict your time on a 4.6mile route from the track without the use of any electronic devices. Twenty one runners…
June / July 2025 Club Record-Breakers
TRACK – MEN Our very own mid-distance track star athlete, Jake Rowley has claimed yet another 800m Club Record! As a new entry in both the British Milers Club (BMC), and year 1 of the U20 age-group, Jake set a new U20 record of 1:54.54 at the BMC event in…
Macclesfield Running Festival 2025
This year the club committee has decided to support Run Through in order to have a Road Race Festival in Macclesfield on Sunday 26th October 2025 (details below). Macclesfield Running Festival 2025 It is hoped that club members will support this by volunteering* for marshalling and other duties on the…
Buxton Carnival 4, 2025
Saturday saw the Road Running Club Championships back in Buxton for another short race. The high temperatures and altitude didn’t stop a small group of harriers taking on this rarely run distance over an undulating course around the centre of Buxton. The race was started in style by the Carnival Queen…
Mobberley ‘Round the Runway’ 5, 2025
Twenty Macclesfield Harriers travelled to the ever-popular Mobberley ‘Round the Runway’ 5 on Tuesday evening. Whatever the weather elsewhere, flying into Manchester Airport invariably means arriving to grey skies and rain. This proved to be the case for this race around the perimeter of Manchester’s second runway. Despite Monday’s scorching…
Colshaw Hall 10k, 2025
Seventeen Macclesfield Harriers completed the Colshaw Hall 10k last Sunday. This flat and leafy course is popular due to its speed and the scenery. The warm and humid weather put paid to some PB hopes, but there were still some great performances by our club members! Our fastest lady was…
May 2025 Club Record-Breakers
TRACK – MEN Another quiet month on the Track, with Matthew Lynas as the sole record-breaker in May! Matthew blazed the trail on the Ellesmere Port track at the Cheshire County Championships, claiming not one, but two V55 track records on the same day! Firstly, in the 1500m, Matthew set…
Meerbrook 15k, 2025
Seven Macclesfield Harriers took on the gruelling hills of the Meerbrook 15k on Sunday. This challenging course starts near the Tittesworth Reservoir and heads up towards Gun Hill before a quick downhill finish. Our fastest lady was Caroline Gisby who finished in a time of 83:16, just 8 seconds ahead…