You might be considering taking part in one of the December challenges next month. A few that I’ve heard of are: 12 Runs of Christmas (several versions available including this one with 12 medals) Great December Accumulator 100km (or 100miles) to Christmas December Daily Dash The last one is a personal favourite of many MAC[…]
This is a common question from members. It’s often phrased slightly differently (e.g. Do I need to be affiliated/licenced?, Is a race EA/UKA affiliated?, Is it for affiliated/registered runners only?, Do I need a race licence?) To be completely correct, there’s no such thing as athlete affiliation; clubs (like MAC) pay Club Affiliation, while athletes[…]
One of the biggest mistakes we all make is training too hard. That’s counter-intuitive, right? Slackers don’t win… Go hard or go home… Blood, sweat & tears (in that order) makes you a winner… All the mantras drilled into us by second rate US sports movies. Well, fact check… it’s rubbish! Balance Now I’m not[…]
It’s taken me quite a while to get my head round this, so I thought I’d share it with you all. Sports are organised quite differently in the UK depending on a few things: the cohesion between the elite and grassroots parts, team or individual, olympic or not, professional or amateur heritage etc. etc. History[…]
At the time of writing the membership fee of Maidenhead AC does not automatically include the England Athletics athlete registration fee. This often leads to questions from new (and some long-time members) about whether or not they should add this optional extra. There’s a short answer to this question: Yes. The longer answer requires us[…]