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‘Big Mac’ at the Seaside
In an effort to dilute the plethora of Simkiss Photos on the McCarkiss homepage we bring you news of Tony McCarthy’s midweek race, from the North England branch of McCarkiss, where they like their race reports the same as their courses: Last night – Wirral Seaside Run 2nd V55 18.15 The 4.92km run forms part…
Sale Sizzler 5k – Jordan’s Big Journey Up North inc. NEW Club Record!
Having bombed out with a DNF in the Hinckley 5k earlier on in June, McCarkiss athlete Chris Jordan had set his sights on a trip to the notoriously fast course at Wythenshawe Park, South Manchester, to take part in one of the ‘Sale Sizzlers’. Figuring that if McCarthy could run 16:00 fuelled by nothing more than beer…
MCKEP takeover Braunstone Parkrun
Saturday saw the much anticipated McCarkiss trip to Braunstone, where the project had organised a stellar field consisting of Jordan, Adcock, Simkiss, McCarthy and new MCKEP recruit, Hywel Davies. Chief organiser Adcock had promised the McCarkiss boys a fast and flat course with a ‘stacked’ field. The mailshot that Adcock circulated on the club Whatsapp…
Race Report: EMGP Corby 5
As the doping scandal involving Project Head Coach ‘Nolberto Salanozar’ and Richard Simkiss broke across the world, it was left to dopey, grumpy and sleepy of the McCarkiss Elite Project to travel in search of better headlines in the Corby 5, which is actually at East Carlton Park in Leicestershire. Adcock, Jordan and McCarthy headed to the…
Athlete Bio: Matt Adcock
In the first of a new series called; ‘Insightful insights’, we gain an insightful insight into the current Project members; OVERVIEW Matthew “Matty” Adcock was appropriately born in Woolwich, more or less on the London Marathon route, in 1954. He moved to “God’s Own County” (Leicestershire apparently) and has been a stalwart of…
Race Report: Manchester 10k 2015
And so to Manchester, where McCarthy was entering his third ‘race’ in five days, fresh from a devastating win at the Warrington Parkrun in 18:05 a day earlier, this of course followed his third place at the Silverstone 10k in 33:22 on Wednesday. Arriving in Manchester with only 3 and a half hours before the start…
2015 EMGP: Race 1 – Silverstone 10k
The Silverstone 10k and the East Midlands Grand Prix series were bestowed the honour of hosting the first outing of the ‘Men in Black’, the birth of a new era in distance running. Before the race, rumour of an MCKEP appearance was rife due to the fact that the weather conditions were being described as…
Official Announcement: Matt Adcock joins the McCarkiss Elite Project
Ahead of the 2015 East Midlands Grand Prix, the project are proud to announce the recruitment of the talented Hermitage Harrier, Matt Adcock, yes he did. The former Leicester man was part of the deal that brought Chris Jordan over from Leicester, because they know each other. Adcock joins off the back off a 2:28…