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Meet the Member – Emma Mason

Catharine Crossley
Taking our first Meet the Member slot of 2023 is runner, run leader and organiser extraordinaire, Emma Mason. Emma has been running with the Macclesfield Harriers for 10 years and during that time she has transitioned from a road runner to a fell runner. She is not put off by…

Membership Renewal 2023/2024

Neil Gunn
Club membership fees for 2023/2024 will be due on 1st April, but you can renew any time from now and your membership will be valid until 31/03/2024 The fee has three elements: – Basic membership (non-competing members): £16 – EA/Northern Athletics affiliation (competing members): £19 (optional for seniors; payable by…

Northern Athletics Cross Country Relays (2022)

Jane Walker
On Saturday 22nd October 2022,  three teams of Macclesfield Harriers made their way to the Northern Cross Country relays in Graves Park, Sheffield. The day started with an early drive across the peaks for some of the parents who also wanted to get in a parkrun before the event on…

National Cross Country Relays (2022)

Jane Walker
A great day of running was had by the three teams who travelled to Mansfield for the English Cross Country Relays on 5th November. The U13, U15 and U17 boys teams were all keen to build on their recent successes at the Northerns by competing in the Nationals and certainly…

Meet the Member – Kathleen O’Donnell

Catharine Crossley
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…

2022/2023 Cross Country Season

Neil Gunn
It’s cross country time again!! Update 2nd September: MACCL entry information is now on the MACCL website It may be glorious summer weather outside, but that will no doubt all change shortly and it will be time to think about the forthcoming 2022/2023 cross country season. Cross country may be…

Nutrition for Performance – Issue 4

Neil Gunn
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…

Nutrition for Performance – Issue 3

Neil Gunn
Fuelling during exercise Why do you run out of energy on a long run or training session? Firstly let’s recap about energy use during exercise. Our body uses glucose (from blood and glycogen stores in muscles and liver); lipids (from blood and fat stores) and a small amount of protein…

Club Committee – vacant positions

Neil Gunn
The following positions on the Macclesfield Harriers Committee are (or soon will be) vacant as the existing incumbents are standing down. If you are interested please contact Bob Lynch (President) or use the ‘Contact Us‘ form on the website. Chairperson (currently vacant) Publicity Officer (currently vacant) Track & Field Manager…