Trail

Spine Challenger – Angela Drakeford (2021)

Neil Gunn
One of my favourite ‘teenhood’ memories was running with my Dad in our local road running club ‘The Red Rose Road Runners’. I was never one of the fast ones but just loved the feeling and banter within the group running from the local Leisure Centre through town until we…

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-…

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…

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…

Welsh 1000m Race – July 17th 2021

Neil Gunn
The Welsh 1000m Peaks Race is approximately 20 miles long and starts at sea level, taking in all 5 peaks over 1000m in Snowdonia.  This year was the 50th running of the race, and the last to be organised by the current team of volunteers. The race start was in…

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…

2021 Alderley Park Trail Race

Neil Gunn
There were 12 Macc Harriers out for the return of the Alderley Park Trail Race – this is run around the woodland trails of the Alderley Park Site. Mark Burley (28:12) was the 6th overall (2nd senior male) and Louisa Whittingham 7th overall (1st senior female) Results can be found…
Mining Museum
Andrew's Knob
The Start
Poachers Corner
Mining Museum
Donkey Bridge
B & C Group
Kelly's Run
2021 Nostalgia Results

2021 – Bollington Nostalgia Trail/Fell Run(virtual)

Neil Gunn
Event report from Bridgend Centre – they were very happy that so many club runners took part. We had fewer entrants this year than last, probably because runners are enjoying more ‘real-life’ events now as things open up. However, due to a number of people doing the event as a…