With breaking news from October 2013 that the Mizuno Reading Half Marathon (the English Half Marathon Championships) is also the official trial race for the 2014 World Half Marathon Championships, after much consideration MCKEP have decided to release an official statement, playing down their expectations of selection for the World Championship team. McCarthy, whilst having…
With Simkiss in tatters at the start of the week, dragging himself round runs on weary legs and wondering how the hell he was going to manage anything above his usual ‘easy run’ pace at the nationals, it took nothing more than a sniff of the word “Overtraining” from an MCKEP onlooker for the athlete…
In line with the whole ethos of MCKEP, ‘ writing in a manner which is egotistical, selfish and full of relentless self loving’, the following post is highly offensive to all new mothers who find themselves sleep deprived and exhausted, yet this is all about me. VLM Day: I no longer know..or care. The white flag…
The second session of the week was set for a 9:30am start at McCarkiss HQ, until tragedy struck and McCarthy had to abandon the session. A difficult time for McCarthy but insiders have been able to confirm that the MCKEP athlete was unable to partake in the session having confirmed at 6:20am that he was…
As the indoor season came to a close for the McCarkiss Elite Project it was disappointment all round as there were no representatives from the project on the start line of the men’s 3k. Simkiss had been rumoured to be donning the green logo but the fears of Mellor and Vernon proved premature as the…
The wrap-up to the Birmingham Cross Country League was Race 4 – Okay this wasn’t really a planned session as such, but it did form a quality portion of the week. The scene was set at Pittville Park in Cheltenham, opposite the Prince of Wales Stadium – Recent weather conditions had increased the depth of the…