Year: 2021
Manchester Marathon 10/10/2021 route & relays
CCCC – TeamRED-HDA video
Special thanks to club member Bartek (official title now Club Media Editor!) for putting this video together.
Manchester Marathon 10/10/2021
A small group from the Crompton Harriers & Clarion will be running the Manchester Marathon 2021 to raise money for our chosen charity, the Huntington's Disease Association, on Sunday 10th October. https://www.hda.org.uk/ Our last fundraising event https://cromptonclarioncc.org.uk/?p=200 has so far raised nearly £10,000 for the HDA, which we're hoping to increase add to with this run! JustGiving link: https://www.justgiving.com/team/RED-TeamHDA
A weird hill to die on pt 2 – the “Long Drag”
Generally, the steeper the gradient the more it's going to hurt to get up it. That pain, in the case of "the kicker" for example, can be mercifully short-lived or it can just go on & on seemingly forever, like "the long drag". Sometimes "the long drag" doesn't need to be that steep to earn its' reputation as being awful, and my primary example demonstrates this phenomenon perfectly. The 'king' of the local "long drag" climbs has to be Cragg Vale. Now I know what you're thinking - 3.2% average, that doesn't sound daunting at all! And you'd be right, apart from when you take the weather into consideration. The first half of the climb kicks up to about 8% as it winds up
A weird hill to die on – a reluctant climber’s guide to going up pt.1 – “The Kicker”
Going uphill is much, much harder than going downhill. This is an accepted truth. Except when it isn't, of course. Without getting too bogged down in my thoughts on my local, sketchy, (normally) wet, traffic-laden descents with awful rim brakes, then throw in some blind bends and side roads spewing impatient motorists into your path, it is also true that there is (in my mind) definitely something more 'zen' about going uphill - It's a lot harder to experience a high-speed 'off' whilst going up a 10% incline for starters, so store that thought for future motivation. Going up really is a state of mind, and as practically every blog on the subject on the world wide web will state very early
RED-TeamHDA Blackpool 2021
CCCC RED-TeamHDA 4th July 2021 Manchester to Blackpool ride in aid of the Huntington's Disease Association CCCC and a team put together by the sponsor, RED CCTV, rode the Manchester to Blackpool event on the 4th July to raise money for the the Huntington's Disease Association. https://www.justgiving.com/team/RED-TeamHDA This event has raised just over £7.5K to date (nearly £10K with gift aid), but the fundraising will now move to the Manchester Marathon on the 10th October. A small team from the Crompton Harriers will be taking part along with anyone else I can convince it's a good idea! The day was a great success with only a short period of inclement weather (biblical rain...) on the run in to Preston... the wet conditions caused a
Manchester – Blackpool – Manchester ride 04/07/2021
CCCC and the sponsor Red CCTV will be riding the annual Manchester to Blackpool event this year in aid of the Huntington's Disease Association as "RED-Team HDA" - https://www.bike-events.co.uk/Ride.aspx?id=674 https://www.hda.org.uk/ https://redcctv.co.uk/ We are raising money for the association via our JustGiving team page: https://www.justgiving.com/team/RED-TeamHDA You can read about why in this article by our Club chairman's wife, Emma: https://www.hda.org.uk/blog/how-being-diagnosed-with-a-fatal-disease-changed-my-life Please support us if you can!