Weekend Preview: Midland Relays & Bristol Half Marathon 2014
First up is the Midland relays in Sutton Park, where Simkiss spearheads a team of 6 from Kenilworth who will be hoping to better their position of 21st from last year. Club runner of the month for September, Andrew Siggers, is taking time out from teaching a yoga and theology class in Rugby to deliver…
Feature: What Northern people are bothered about
The McCarkiss Elite Project are proud to launch their new ‘regular’ feature entitled, ‘What Northern people are bothered about’. This randomly published feature will give an insight to Northern life for our predominantly Southern softy readership and hopefully give more of an understanding as to why Nothern people make ‘raight good runners’. ‘What Northern people…
McCarkiss Elite Project Athletes Studied to Help Understand Genetics of Athletic Performance
Two of MCKEPs top athletes, Chris McCarthy and Rich Simkiss, were approached by Manchester Metropolitan University to take part in a study of the genetics of athletic performance – presumably to understand what doesn’t make an elite athlete. The analysis took place at the London Marathon expo just hours before the pair dove into a…
Exclusive: Kenilworth Runners Logo Design Leak
Your favourite source for running related guff has got its hands on yet another exclusive from the local running scene. Ivor Smallcock, the very same reporter that brought you other famous Kenilworth Runners’ exclusives such as “Phil Gould : my post op hell”, the earth shattering interview entitled, “I may be ‘Broadbent’ but I’m slender…
Race Report: Southam Triathlon 2014
As McCarthy celebrated ‘the race of his life’ and narrowly avoided being last across the line in the BMC 10,000 B Race – Simkiss was busy not preparing for the Southam Triathlon. Devoted MCKEP fans will remember Simkiss taking part in this event for the first time last year, and perhaps more likely upon reading…
Race Report: BMC 10K
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MCKEP have struck a record high value deal consisting of half a KFC Bargain Bucket (12 piece), and a signed pair of slippers, to bring LIVE coverage of the BMC/Trafford 10k Track Festival through the wizardry of the internet. BMC / Trafford 10k Track Festival: Live Stream – Brought to you by VincoSport / McCarkiss Elite…
Race Preview: BMC 10,000
With less than 24 hours to go until the BMC 10,000, (brought to you live and exclusive by www.vincosport.com) we look at what chance McCarthy has of pulling off a monumentous victory in the B Race. Not a hope in hell. Running through the field of household names (in the world of average running) such…