This Tuesday, Karen Doherty, Sheila Jones, Paula Abernethy, Kath Davies and Tracy Wroe took part running in the SELOC Urban Trails orienteering event in Walkden, with the aim of visiting as many checkpoint as possible in an hour, with some worth more than others.  

On Thursday, Ian Swan took on what he  described as a ‘half hour asthma attack’. The Brown Wardle (and a Bit Moor) Fell Race was a 3.2 mile course with 1,076 of climb (and apparently no breathing), managing a brilliant 15th place in 35:56.  

On Saturday, junior and senior members of the club headed to the Sunnywood Project’s Burrs Colour Dash at Burrs Country Park, both as volunteers and as entrants.  

Donna Cartwright travelled all the way to the Run Through Trails 25km in Morzine in the French Alps. The event featured 4,300 of tough climb through all sorts of terrain in 29-degree heat, with the stunning scenery making it all worth it, with Donna finishing in 4:03:47. 

Rob Hall ran his 150th parkrun this weekend over at Clarence Park in 25:14 – with fellow member Jack Porter the first finisher at the same event in 19:02.  

Four members competed in The Tour in Tameside, a series of four back-to-back races from Thursday through to Sunday. Race one was the X-Trail 10k through two country parks - Adam Wills (54:00), Dominic Parry (55:38), Chemane Thomas (58:37), Stephen Crowe (1:04:44) Race two was Hell On The Fell, 6 miles of steep climbs on open moorland - Adam Wills (58:37), Chemane Thomas (1:03:52), Dominic Parry (1:06:22), Stephen Crowe (1:08:39) Race 3 was the Hero Half Marathon along the Longendale Trail – Dominic Parry (2:00:52), Chemane Thomas (2:05:05), Adam Wills (2:09:20) Stephen Crowe (2:21:15) Finally, race 4 was the Dr Ron Hyde 7 Mile Road Race, which members powered through despite the fatigue and tired legs from the previous 3 days - Adam Wills (57:06), Dominic Parry (59:00), Chemane Thomas (1:00:53), Stephen Crowe (1:12:26). 

Juniors Thomas and Skyler also joined in on Sunday, enjoying the series’ Victorious Mile Fun Run.  

Meanwhile, junior Lexi hit the Decathalon Rundays 5k in Stockport, impressively winning first female in 24:13!  

This Wednesday, 28 Radcliffe AC members headed to the latest of the Central Lancashire Grand Prix fixtures, the Haigh Hall 4 Mile Trail Race. Mark Williams was the first back for the club in 27:22 (1st MV60), followed by Michael Kontowtt (28:39), Mark Garner (29:01), Nathan Walker (29:22), Mark Taylor (30:45), Dominic Parry (30:48), John Szubert (31:18), Chemane Thomas (31:46), Paula Abernethy (31:53), Laura Aiken (31:57), Lucie Tighe (32:26), Lisa Antrobus (33:34), David Schofield (35:23), Sharon Bowden (36:02), Steve Crowe (36:34), Katherine Swithenbank (37:18), Sarah Wilson (37:24), Alison Howarth (37:27), Cath Jones (38:11), Elaine Bailey (39:02), Gail Harrison (41:47), Ella Henry (43:39), Tracy Wroe (43:56), Nikki Anderson (44:50), Sheila McNulty (45:14), Michael Scott (49:25), Bev Quinton (50:24) and Sara Parry (54:01).  

Thursday saw Ian Swan in Horwich for the Walsh Two Lads Fell Race, a tough 5 mile route with 1,030 feet of elevation up onto the Pennines, heading for Two Lads before descending back to the finish line in just 45:08.  

On Friday, Karen Doherty took part in the first race of the Rochdale Three Day Event hosted by the Rochdale Harriers, with this year marking the 30th annual staging. Doherty finished the Norden 6 Mile Road Race with around 700 feet of ascent in 59:00. The next day, she took on the Naden Valley Multi Terrain Race, an undulating three lap 9.3K course with with 241 metres of ascent, in 1:10:06. Finally, she completed the Knowl Hill Fell Race, a six mile route alongside Greenbooth and Naden Reservoirs with a scramble up to the moors around the Knowl Hill trig point, in 1:32:08, taking first FV50 for the full series.  

The latest Cragg Runners Sprint 5k was run by Nathan Walker in a speedy 22:11 with Dominic Parry only seconds later in 22:14. 

  
Junior Lexi was the third girl in the 3k of the series in 12:37 and Skyler did brilliantly in the 2k in 11:08. 

Kath Biddle’s latest distance was the Windermere Marathon, which she finished in 4:39:28. This challenging road event took runners around England's largest lake in the Lake District with around 600m of elevation. 

On Thursday, five Radcliffe AC members headed for the Leo Pollard Memorial Fell Race in Rivington. Straight up to the pike, up to Two Lads, the mast at Winter Hill, a cross-country gallop back to the pike over beautiful boggy moorland, followed by a fast technical downhill back to the barn, Ian Swan was first for the club in 50:42, followed by Neil Greenhalgh (52:14), Nathan Walker (54:25), Donna Cartwright (third lady) (55:13) and Mark Garner (55:41). 

Friday evening saw two distances for the IronMan Night Run. First to finish the 10k was Mark Taylor in just 45:55, followed by Dan Hunt (47:16), John Szubert (48:57), Lucie Tighe (49:54) and Lisa Antrobus (58:43), supporting a friend on their first ever 10k.  

Mark Williams was the 1st M60-64 in the 5k (19:57), followed by Chris Mihalyi (20:09) Laura Aiken (23:29), Stephen Crowe (26:03) and Grace Williams (33:53). 

On Saturday morning thousands of children descended upon Bolton Town Centre for IronKids, with different distances for each age group. Juniors Thomas, Isla, Poppy, Calla, Grace, Lola, George, Skyler and Benjamin had a brilliant day with a lot of serious effort and even more camaraderie and team spirit.   

Ken Smith raced in the Green Man Trail 15k in the Forest of Bowland, a race with plenty of mud, varied terrain and oodles of stiles (1:53:04).  

On Sunday Mark Garner decided he hadn’t had enough of the fells that week, and took on Edenfield Fell Race, a 10.2 km race with approximately 396 meters of elevation, which he completed 1:06:55. 

Emma Woolstencroft braved Dalby’s Inferno, a Backyard style Ultra Marathon in Dalby Forest, featuring hourly 5.5K trail loops with runners building towards a 55K ultra distance, in around 8:01:56 total run time. 

Lisa Riley hit the Lakeland Trails Marathon in Coniston on Saturday, completing the circuit of Coniston Water along footpaths and bridleways in 7:54:07. 

Following wife Laura’s speedy performance on Friday and their children’s superb races at IronKids on Saturday, the club’s newest recruit, Michael Aiken, finished up a solid weekend of sport for the whole family with the IronMan 70.3 triathlon. He completed the 1.9km swim in 39:41, the 90km cycle in 2:55:45 and half marathon run in 1:51:18 for a total time of 5:22:08 including transitions.