Macclesfield Half Marathon - 26th September 2010
Message from Colin Ardron...
The race is fast approaching and we are down on entries compared to the same time last year! Are you doing your bit to publicise the race?
It would be great if every member of the club recruited one person to run the race. How you do this is up to you -it could be by encouragement, nagging, bribery, threats or a combination of all of these. If you are not helping on the day, then why not enter the race yourself? Don't want to hear excuses, if my daughter can do it off virtually no training last year, then so can you. She said that completing her first half marathon gave her more satisfaction than eating a giant bag of honey coated popcorn. Now if you knew my daughter's sweet tooth you would be as amazed as I was by this confession. So don't be a wuss, there is still time to get some training in and recruit someone else as well. It's a highly rated event judging by the very positive feedback from previous participants and all proceeds go to two deserving charities, East Cheshire Hospice and the Macclesfield Track Appeal. So what are you waiting for?
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(Updated For 2010) This is one of our most popular races and although some months away organisation is now in full swing.This year’s race will be held on 6th November 2010 and starts at 2pm from Langley Methodist Church, hopefully slightly earlier than normal to ensure the race gets underway before the bus arrives in the village !!. Entry details are below. One big plea from the organisers this year – please enter on line via www.ukresults.net. The cost is the same; it saves you money on postage, helps with our administration and saves trees. However there's an Entry_Form here. Your entry number will then be confirmed to you by email and you can pick it up from Race HQ on the day.The route will be the same as last year, details are below. There are extra prizes this year but the race limit is only 300 so get your entries in early - it has been a sell out for the last 2 years. All net proceeds will go to East Cheshire Hospice as in previous years._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (From 2009) Thanks to all who turned out on Saturday - marshals, organisers, cake makers, beer brewers, and all the helpers behind the scenes - and not forgetting the runners ! We had over 350 entries - a sell-out !! - but hopefully everyone got a run and enjoyed themselves (and the bottle of beer afterwards). Results are here. And we think we've raised at least £1500 for East Cheshire Hospice, which is what it's all about really. Once again thanks all - and see you next year (but enter early !!) ------------------------------------------------- Results from 2008 are here. The results of previous years races are here - footle with the tabs at the bottom. Tea and cakes will be On Sale in the Methodist Church afterwards !!, (Extra cakes have been made for you !!) - and all profits from the race (including tea and cake sales) are going to East Cheshire Hospice, so it's in a good cause too ! The race is 'about' 7 miles long - here's links to 2 PDF's of this year's route at different scales and also a profile. It's also on the web here, We have changed the finish (slightly) from previous years to save you having to run over the (usually muddy) village green - we've changed the start a bit too so the race is still the same length - (and still 'scenic and challenging'.) Note the new start location. The Harriers organise this "hilly and scenic" road race on the first Saturday of November each year. This year (2009 !) it's on November 7th at 2:30 pm. Here's a PDF document of previous years' route and profile - as you can see it's not changed all that much, a little bit more 'flat' before the 'climb' and a bit less 'flat' after the 'descent' !! And no muddy field at the finish. Bryan MacFadyen took some video footage - see youtube...
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| Last Updated ( Tuesday, 10 August 2010 ) |