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Oct15

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Cross country kick off

Posted by James on Oct 15, 2017

It’s been another great weekend for MFR, with races in 2 countries, a social and lots of support and volunteering. The weekend kicked off with our Couch 25K group starting week 4, and many showing real signs of improvement – looking forward to seeing them in 4 weeks at the parkrun. The 1st match of MACCL started at Heaton Park kicked the season in usual style – 20 degree heat and no mud! That said 6 ladies headed out, and a great contingent from the men too. And Sunday saw runners racing in Bucharest, Budapest and Manchester. Amy Carr hit her 10K PB in 45:49 in Budapest, Rachel Kenyon pulling a PB in the Bucharest half marathon, and Tess Ptonka doing the full marathon in 3:40 Well done ladies. And in Manchester, a number of us took to the streets, with John Clarke hitting another best time at 1:45. Congratulations. The biggest cheer though is to all those who either marshalled today, or cheered at the side of the road, took photos, and were pretty bloody awesome. Thank you. See you Tuesday for...

Oct09

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Weekend success!!!

Posted by James on Oct 9, 2017

Weekend success!!!

What a weekend! The annual club holiday is still in full swing as I type, but some great performances in Munich at all distances, With John Lowe and Andrew Porter hitting new best times at marathon. Greg Beck, Sarah Rickard and our co-chair Rachel all beating their best times at the half, and many congratulations to Bernie on her first half marathon! The 10K racers also performed brilliantly. The celebrating certainly appeared to go well into the evening and Monday – Hope you all had a fab time. And back in the UK, Amy took part in the Peterborough half, Tom hit his PB in the Chester marathon in 2hrs 56, Jacqui took part in the Rochdale 10K, Lucy in the Shoreditch 10K and many park runs including Claire hitting her personal best at Stretford. A fab weekend and well done all. Next weekend, cross country kicks off again, and Manchester marathon. But do come and join across the week on Tuesday at the Ethiad, on Thursday at Sportcity, and our Staurday run over at Longford...

Sep20

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Try Track Tuesday

Posted by Foxy on Sep 20, 2017

Try Track Tuesday

MFR hosted ‘Try Track Tuesday’ last night which aimed to encourage members unfamiliar with track. The track session involved warm up laps, drills and a 30 min track session to help improve stamina and speed of all our runners. The ‘cool down’ session included core work and the all important stretches to relax ‘track legs’. Well done to all who attended – perfect conditions and some great efforts from newbies. If you’re looking to...

Sep12

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MFR Weekend at Hadrian’s Wall

Posted by Thomas on Sep 12, 2017

MFR Weekend at Hadrian’s Wall

A fantastic bunch of 19 Frontrunners braved the journey north to go have a fabulous weekend of socialising, running, and sightseeing at the brand spanking new YHA at Hadrian’s Wall. The weather was changeable, but we braved the wind and rain and got the opportunity to see some of the fantastic hills of Northumberland, the Roman ruins, and some mutated sheep! We kickstarted the weekend on Friday evening, with a small group of people...