It’s always exciting to see how new athletes get on when they take part in a club competition for the first time. Every great athlete needs to start somewhere and many will be able to point to a modest first performance as where it all began. Club competition...
The National Cross Country is perhaps the best event on the British endurance running calendar. The quality is immense, but also the numbers competing are impressive. No venue brings it home quite like Parliament Hill. Seeing the masses of runners...
Now that the cross country season is coming to close it’s time to reflect on how the season has gone and how we are progressing as a club. As the Manchester XC is our local regular competition, it is an important indicator. To start with let’s go into...
The rain was beating down hard on the window. The street was full of puddles. Do I really have to go out in that? That was me being soft. Imagine young athletes wanting to go out in that? Just try and stop them! Wythenshawe Park is one of the flatter courses in...
