As McCarthy revelled in glory following his emphatic victory at the Warrington Parkrun, the foundations were laid for the MCKEP “Weekend of Winning” and the buck was passed to Simkiss to follow through with victory at Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Half Marathon, the home town half of MCKEP’s Stafford born athlete. As is this case every year…
In one of the most high profile pieces of scientific research since the use of the Large Hadron Collider, the McCarkiss Elite Project are pleased to be able to announce their next project and more importantly how it was selected. Deep in mid January when it became clear Operation Big Smoke was quite literally going…
Here we are then… back up and wombling after the joyous adventures of Operation Big Smoke. Whilst a large data driven project is being worked upon in the background the McCarkiss athletes have been grinding away illogical sessions on wooden legs – just because it felt like they should be doing something with a bit…
Race morning arrived with the athletes waking @ 6:00 to the unmistakable tune of Ron Goodwin’s ‘The Trap’ (aka the London Marathon Theme Tune). This was it. This was what the athletes had been waiting for. This was their opportunity to put all that training to use, in a bid to womble around London in…
After weeks, nay months of anticipation, the climax of Operation Big Smoke had arrived. After a somewhat dull visit to the VMLM Expo’ on Wednesday prior to the race for number collection, doping control, and PR Work the McCarkiss duo were busy packing suitcases of carbs ready for their big trip to the big city, and…
Supporters of the McCarkiss Elite Project will be delighted to hear that thanks to Junior Designer McCarthy they can now download an official supporters poster, to support in style on raceday. Click the image below to download and printout the Official MKEP Supporters Banner. You too can be one of the many fans supporting the…
Following Ivor Sorbum’s expose’ on Simkiss yesterday, he caught up with McCarthy ahead of Sunday. McCarthy plans to run more slowly than his rivals for the first half of Sunday’s London Marathon in the hope of picking them off when they tire. While the Ethiopian legend Haile Gebrselassie will take six elite athletes to the…
Doesn’t time grind when you’re nervous about a niggle? Following the Midland Road Relays, I was tired and achey – but continued to plod through the planned runs for Monday 17th March, with some discomfort… the next day (Tuesday 18th) I was struck down with broken-ankle syndrome – no fractures involved of course but a…