Birmingham Cross Country League 2014 – Race 1: Newbold Comyn
Following the social media campaign instigated by Chairman Pete, begging McCarthy to reconsider his decision to not run XC this season, our hero dug out his spikes and unscrewed them with a wrench whilst Club Spikeswoman, Pauline, couriered in some 15’s. Runner of the Month and odds on favourite for Runner of the Year, McCarthy…
Exclusive: McCarthy misses out on ‘honourable mention’
It’s the Friday after the monthly committee meeting, the day when the MCKEP admin team await the confirmation of McCarthy’s monthly honourable mention, but not this month. The friendly, beautiful and intelligent Kenilworth runners committee have finally awarded McCarthy the coveted Runner Of The Month award. Whilst many believe it is long overdue, the MCKEP…
McCarkiss & Friends: Leicester Marathon 2014 – “FOTP” Stuart Hopkins in Deep Throat action
Following on from the launch of our popular feature, ‘McCarkiss & Friends‘, we catch up with FOTP (Friend of the Project), Stuart Hopkins, on his adventure around the cultural capital of the UK, Leicester. A rather late race (dubious use of the term race I ADMIT) report of last weekend’s Leicester Marathon, which has been…
Race Report: Draycote 10 mile
With the wedding of the year over and McCarthy tucked up in bed early, having not gone on a drunken rampage across Northamptonshire, the MCKEP chopper whisked him to the start line of the Draycote 10 before it headed off to take the newly-weds on their honeymoon. As for the wedding, it was a fantastic…