Week 15 : Manchester Marathon & Cathedral To Castle

Parkrun

With a lot of our runners either tapering or resting before the Manchester Marathon, we had fewer members running Parkrun this week.

Cathedral To Castle

The Rotary Cathedral to Castle 10 Mile Multi Terrain Run – or ‘Cathedral to Castle’ as it is affectionately known, is one of the most exciting urban and country road events in the UK. It is also aiming to be the largest charity fundraising running event in the Staffordshire region, with our chosen charities being local throughout Tamworth and Lichfield.

The course itself is fast and relatively flat making it suitable for all abilities – for beginners whose key objective is to complete the course, to more regular long-distance event runners, looking to beat their personal best time. It covers a 10 mile multi-terrain course from Lichfield Cathedral, passing through Hopwas Woods and finishing at Tamworth Castle where you’ll be greeted by an action-packed family fun day across the Castle Grounds.

Official Photos https://mickhallphotos.photohawk.com/galleries/cathedral-to-castle-2023

Official Results https://results.racetimingsolutions.co.uk/Results.aspx?CId=16269&RId=1589

Manchester Marathon

After Dave (did you know he run a marathon) Poynton and Holly Thomas completed the Virtual London Marathon last year, a buzz of FOMO spread around the club, and largely bullied and harrassed encouraged and spurred on by Phil Mew, several members started the training for Manchester Marathon 2023.

When out club Grand Prix was created, it incorporated the Manchester Marathon and so it’s set to be a fixture in the club calendar for the foreseeable future, though not everyone who ran the event is so keen to sign up again.

Unfortunately, a late bout of illness meant Phil could not take part this year.

Official Results: https://results.sporthive.com/events/7039548795219704576/races/485067

Official Photos: https://live.awol.io/event/12855/home

It was an epic experience & what a club, not just yesterday but for the months of training, the route plans, support, advice and encouragement off every member along the way. Gary supporting around the route on the mic Rachel and Glyn coming to support us. It’s been an amazing journey topped off by a lap of honour yesterday and a

And a special shout out to Philip Mew, gutted you were not able to make it today but you lead by example from the moment you “motivated” people to sign up to the final training runs… being a marathoner is only a matter of time for you.

Sarah & Tammy