This Wednesday 17 Radcliffe AC members took on Eddie’s revenge, a category A fell race across Crompton Moor with steep climbs and fast descents boasting a total of 1080 feet of climb, described as a ‘lung buster’. With timings split into two sections, the main race and the ‘Quarry Sprint’, Khama Banda was the first over the hills and to the finish line in just 29:12 (5:09), followed by Ian Swan (33:42) (5:44), Chris Mihalyi (34:28) (5:56), Michael Aiken (34:53) (6:19), Neil Greenhalgh (35:55) (6:17), Jamie Dobson-Billington (36:55) (6:45), Laura Tracey (41:21) (6:45), Mark Taylor (42:12) (7:06), Paul Stevens (42:12) (7:22), John Szubert (43:31) (7:18), Jack Connor (44:06) (7:18), Lisa Antrobus (45:19) (7:34), Stephen Crowe (45:34) (7:57), Amanda Callan (45:42) (7:43), Laura Aiken (46:37) (8:02), Alison Howarth (50:35) (9:24) and Ethan Malone (51:00) (8:49).  

On Sunday, Kath Biddle ran the Ramathon Half Marathon, a road race starting and finishing at Silk Mill Park close to Derby Cathedral, taking in Pride Park Stadium, in 2:02:56.  

On the same day, three headed to the Northwhich 10k, one of the club’s three championship races of the week. Nathan Walker whizzed round the closed road course from Barons Quay in a speedy 48:48, along with Daniel Hunt (51:37) and Stephen Crowe (1:01:21).   

Over in Tyldesley, 22 members tackled the 3 loops (and tough climbs up the hill at the end of each!) of the Gin Pit 5 mile off road race. In another strong week, Mike Aiken was the first back in 35:02. There were also several category wins for the club, starting with Mark Williams (35:53) taking 1st MV60. Other results included Mark Garner (39:29), Mark Taylor (41:27), Lucie Tighe (42:30), Dominic Parry (42:34), Laura Aiken (43:28), (1st FV35), Sheila Jones (43:51) (1st FV70), Lisa Antrobus (45:09), Karen Doherty (47:32), Kathryn Davies (48:37), Elaine Bailey (49:37) ,David Bartlett (50:45), Ella Henry (53:59), David Schofield (54:34), Tracy Wroe (56:37), Graham Beales (58:10), Helen Kay (58:18), Nikki Anderson (59:05), Bev Quinton (1:09:16), Rebecca  Chambers-Nolan (1:11:41) and Sara Parry (1:11:41).   

This Tuesday, Karen Doherty, Sheila Jones, Paula Abernethy, Kath Davies and Tracy Wroe took part running in the SELOC Urban Trails orienteering event in Walkden, with the aim of visiting as many checkpoint as possible in an hour, with some worth more than others.  

On Thursday, Ian Swan took on what he  described as a ‘half hour asthma attack’. The Brown Wardle (and a Bit Moor) Fell Race was a 3.2 mile course with 1,076 of climb (and apparently no breathing), managing a brilliant 15th place in 35:56.  

On Saturday, junior and senior members of the club headed to the Sunnywood Project’s Burrs Colour Dash at Burrs Country Park, both as volunteers and as entrants.  

Donna Cartwright travelled all the way to the Run Through Trails 25km in Morzine in the French Alps. The event featured 4,300 of tough climb through all sorts of terrain in 29-degree heat, with the stunning scenery making it all worth it, with Donna finishing in 4:03:47. 

Rob Hall ran his 150th parkrun this weekend over at Clarence Park in 25:14 – with fellow member Jack Porter the first finisher at the same event in 19:02.  

Four members competed in The Tour in Tameside, a series of four back-to-back races from Thursday through to Sunday. Race one was the X-Trail 10k through two country parks - Adam Wills (54:00), Dominic Parry (55:38), Chemane Thomas (58:37), Stephen Crowe (1:04:44) Race two was Hell On The Fell, 6 miles of steep climbs on open moorland - Adam Wills (58:37), Chemane Thomas (1:03:52), Dominic Parry (1:06:22), Stephen Crowe (1:08:39) Race 3 was the Hero Half Marathon along the Longendale Trail – Dominic Parry (2:00:52), Chemane Thomas (2:05:05), Adam Wills (2:09:20) Stephen Crowe (2:21:15) Finally, race 4 was the Dr Ron Hyde 7 Mile Road Race, which members powered through despite the fatigue and tired legs from the previous 3 days - Adam Wills (57:06), Dominic Parry (59:00), Chemane Thomas (1:00:53), Stephen Crowe (1:12:26). 

Juniors Thomas and Skyler also joined in on Sunday, enjoying the series’ Victorious Mile Fun Run.  

Meanwhile, junior Lexi hit the Decathalon Rundays 5k in Stockport, impressively winning first female in 24:13!  

This Wednesday, 28 Radcliffe AC members headed to the latest of the Central Lancashire Grand Prix fixtures, the Haigh Hall 4 Mile Trail Race. Mark Williams was the first back for the club in 27:22 (1st MV60), followed by Michael Kontowtt (28:39), Mark Garner (29:01), Nathan Walker (29:22), Mark Taylor (30:45), Dominic Parry (30:48), John Szubert (31:18), Chemane Thomas (31:46), Paula Abernethy (31:53), Laura Aiken (31:57), Lucie Tighe (32:26), Lisa Antrobus (33:34), David Schofield (35:23), Sharon Bowden (36:02), Steve Crowe (36:34), Katherine Swithenbank (37:18), Sarah Wilson (37:24), Alison Howarth (37:27), Cath Jones (38:11), Elaine Bailey (39:02), Gail Harrison (41:47), Ella Henry (43:39), Tracy Wroe (43:56), Nikki Anderson (44:50), Sheila McNulty (45:14), Michael Scott (49:25), Bev Quinton (50:24) and Sara Parry (54:01).  

Thursday saw Ian Swan in Horwich for the Walsh Two Lads Fell Race, a tough 5 mile route with 1,030 feet of elevation up onto the Pennines, heading for Two Lads before descending back to the finish line in just 45:08.  

On Friday, Karen Doherty took part in the first race of the Rochdale Three Day Event hosted by the Rochdale Harriers, with this year marking the 30th annual staging. Doherty finished the Norden 6 Mile Road Race with around 700 feet of ascent in 59:00. The next day, she took on the Naden Valley Multi Terrain Race, an undulating three lap 9.3K course with with 241 metres of ascent, in 1:10:06. Finally, she completed the Knowl Hill Fell Race, a six mile route alongside Greenbooth and Naden Reservoirs with a scramble up to the moors around the Knowl Hill trig point, in 1:32:08, taking first FV50 for the full series.  

The latest Cragg Runners Sprint 5k was run by Nathan Walker in a speedy 22:11 with Dominic Parry only seconds later in 22:14. 

  
Junior Lexi was the third girl in the 3k of the series in 12:37 and Skyler did brilliantly in the 2k in 11:08. 

Kath Biddle’s latest distance was the Windermere Marathon, which she finished in 4:39:28. This challenging road event took runners around England's largest lake in the Lake District with around 600m of elevation.