Pearce Nails a PB in Frankfurt Marathon

With un-McCarkiss like levels of efficiency, and in excess of McCarkiss like levels of humour – member Mark Pearce writes of his experience in the Frankfurt Marathon at the weekend… Having run a pleasing marathon PB in perfect meteorological conditions back in April at the Zurich Marathon, my thoughts had immediately turned to an “autumn…

Tempo Events – Winter Series 2016/17: Race 1

With Weight Watchers Endurance Project (aka McCarkiss Chub Club) in full effect Simkiss took to the hill in Ilmington to try out his slightly lighter racing frame in the Tempo Events Winter Series – with the attraction of a race (even with a big-ass hill) being somewhat more appealing than a lonely plod. Down on…

McCarkiss boys pose in front of the Brandenburg Gate

Berlin Marathon 2016 – The Pre Race Amble…

6:45am Friday 23rd September 2016. Jordan and Adcock pull up on the drive at Simkiss Towers and hoist their cases from the Adcock-mobile to the boot of the Simkiss-wagon, the original team of 6 sadly now reduced to 3. A last trip to the toilet for all, a coffee courtesy of Mr Nespresso and the…

Stratford’s Big 10k 2016

Several years have passed since Simkiss last competed in Stratford’s Big 10k – Five in fact. Back in 2011 Simkiss podiumed in 3rd place with a time of 34:04, having won the event in 2010 with a time of 34:07. Now in 2016 (in case you forgot), with the Berlin Marathon only 2 weeks away…

McCarkiss Three’fer – Midland 10,000m Champs, John Fraser 10 & The Road to Berlin

…Grab a cuppa… this could take a while… September the 25th will see Jordan, Adcock, Simkiss and Pyntn (plus a good several thousand others) toeing the line for the Berlin Marathon, hoping for good conditions on the fast course that has led to many a PB and World Best. Recent blogs have hinted that Jordan…

Godiva Trio lead it out - Can you spot our McCarkiss Boys?

Godiva Autumnal 5 2016

With Marathon training in full flow, 3 of the McCarkiss lot made plans to run the Godiva 5 at memorial park… actually 2 made plans, and Simkiss the sheep followed with a plan of including the race as part of his long training session for the day (a plan which failed miserably). Adcock is still…

Simkiss celebrates a convincing win at Draycote

Simkiss Raises Eyebrows with Clear Win at Draycote 10k

Simkiss ran himself to a clear victory in Sunday’s Draycote 10,000m race, setting multiple strava segment records along the way. It was a sight to behold as Simkiss went it alone, breaking away at 3km for the remainder of the race, speeding up even when it seemed going into another gear was an impossible task,…

Northern Masters 5000m Track Championships

NORTHERN MASTERS 5000M TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, LEIGH SPORTS VILLAGE, LEIGH, UP NORTH. JULY 27th 2016 FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT: JARROW MARCH BACKGROUND TO RACE & SOCIAL CONTEXT Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North or the North Country, is a cultural region of England. It is not an official government region, but a…

The Summer Shakespeare Half Marathon 2016

It’s that time again where Simkiss struggles to write a race report in third person and attempts to conjure up some form of humour to not look out of place on the McCarkiss site. Following discussion within the McCarkiss training group over the validity / stupidity of running a half marathon at marathon pace as…

BMC Regional 5000 @ Tipton: Emptying out the Jordan Hurt Locker

As Jordan and Simkiss prepared to lock horns on the track for the first time, McCarthy Senior (who has a massive amount to answer for in the form of his son), changed everything with a request for something that didn’t feature Simkiss to be included on the website. News of this request began circulating global media outlets:…