Fixtures

YOU TUBE PAGE

 

manxathletics.com

 


manxathletics.com stats  Visitors since 28 April 2004 

Top Manx sites

Forum 
2006 Features 
Links 
Manx Harriers 
IOMAA 
Veterans 
Northern AC 
Western AC 
Fell Runners 
Easter Festival 
Parish Walk 

 

 

Stan'sSteve's Martin'sAdrian'sBridget'sIan'sSarah's

Handicap road running

During the Summer months there are considerably more handicap events than there are straight races. For example, in the three weeks after Easter there is a race every Friday. There are two entirely separate handicap leagues organised by Western and Northern Athletic clubs.

The idea is that every runner who trains to improve has an equal chance of winning. The slowest runners start first and the handicaps are adjusted after each race. In an ideal world, most of the prizes would go to new entrants to the sport, although there are always a few experienced runners who are surprisingly sluggish in April!

One of the series is promoted by Northern AC and the first event will be held two weeks on Friday. You can find the dates at their website but not the detailed rules. Its held on a tough but traffic free course around the Mooragh Park in Ramsey.

The second series is organised by Western AC and although the start is a little more than three weeks away their site still features the rules for 2006. Presumably the rules will be little changed and it does give you a feel for how these events function. The runs are held on an out and back two mile course along the Poortown Road from Peel camp site.

There are surely many other joggers, fun runners and keep fit fanatics who use the gyms who could be attracted to our events if the publicity was a little more welcolming. One thing is for sure though, if anyone does enter for the first time they will receive a warm welcome from the other runners and the hosts.

Murray Lambden

 

 

 

NEW SEARCH FACILITY BRINGS ALL MANX SITES TOGETHER 

manxathletics.com is an independent site designed, edited and funded by Murray Lambden.

The site was updated daily for three and a half years until June 2004 when the webeditor took a sabbatical. It now serves as a portal for Manx athletes with special features on a few events and ad hoc publishing when time permits without giving in to the addiction! Old features can be found by using the Google search below or by using the old features page. The clubs are encouraged to develop their own sites to promote their events. manxathletics.com will complement the coverage with statistics and extra pictures but, most of all, if will try and highlight the content of other sites and give everyone a chance to air their views on the forum.

manxharriers.com which is edited by Paul Jackson, is the highly recommended sister site of manxathletics.com

Policy & site history

copyright (c) 2005 Murray Lambden. All rights reserved.
[email protected]