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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…

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;…

COVID-19 – Club Guidance for training post July 19th

Neil Gunn
Please can I urge you to continue to exercise caution while taking part in club activities and training from the 19th July. My best advice is to carry on training in the same manner as now. Small groups (max 12) pre-booked through a group leader operating from locations that minimises…

Meet the Member – Tim Marsh

Catharine Crossley
If you’ve ever been to Macclesfield parkrun, Macclesfield Harrier Tim Marsh, will need no introduction. Tim is fundamental to the delivery of parkrun. You will have spotted him carrying out many roles; Run Director, marshaling, handing out finish tokens etc. When he’s not volunteering Tim also runs regularly. Over to…

Meet the Member – Andy Haigh

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier, Andy Haigh. Andy recently topped the leader board on the Macclesfield Harrier Trail Series, completing all 28 runs well in advance of the allocated 28 days. I met Andy on a run following his success and he kindly agreed to set aside some time to share with…

Guidance and Rules regarding return to training from Monday 29th March 2021

Neil Gunn
Group training MUST only restart by implementing the same strict club rules and guidelines that were in place when we last trained before Christmas. There must be NO deviations from this if we are to stay COVID safe and to avoid criticism from the public. This means training in groups…