Following the previously mentioned selection drama over the Commonwealth Games place that would ineviatbly result in a drop out or a poor performance…..one of the MCKEP athletes was offered a place in the most prestigious 10k in the south-west of France, the Cote de Beaute 10k. McCarthy set off on Friday morning, with the race…
The 5000 The opening counting race of the annual inter club games saw the MCKEP duo pitched in the 5000 alongside fellow KR’s, Siggers and Gould.Arriving with 45 minutes to spare, spirits were high in the recently cleaned MCKEP Diesel Ford Focus Estate with Roofbox. Tunes were up and windows were down, never have two people driven through…
The McCarkiss Elite Project can confirm that athlete Richard Simkiss will not be taking part in the Bristol Half Marathon this year. The event saw the project’s training regime begin in ernest back in 2013, at a time when things were simpler at MCKEP HQ. Before backroom staff were bought in to deal with team…
As the England team selection for the Commonwealth Games marathon was made, the surprise inclusion of a former fatty was on everybody’s lips. To our surprise, Neil Black (UKA Performance Director, who is actually just a physio but must have something over one of the big wigs at UKA for him to have been given…
News has emerged that whilst at the 2014 Inter Club race on the 9th July, an individual who wished to remain anonymous contacted the MCKEP media team to inform them of a culture of institutional racism within the Kenilworth Runners Committee. The anonymous tipster Mick Williams said that the committee which met last week to choose…
Milton Keynes 10k; The climax of the 2014 East Midlands Grand Prix Series – and Simkiss was struggling before he started. The relentless nature of the EMGP’s weekly races combined with the arguably foolish decision to compete in the Warwickshire Road Race League on Saturday has taking its toll on Simkiss as signs of cumulative…