Maidenhead Athletic Club

Lots of great activities happening at our clubhouse in Braywick on Friday all in aid of MacMillan. Come and join us specifically for some ‘lunchtime laps’ a session on the track suitable for all then stay for a slice of cake and a cuppa or just pop down at lunchtime for a slice of cake!

It’s the holidays so racing has been quiet but everyone is training hard come rain or shine at our regular sessions.
Last week we had a good turn out of pairs at the Dashers Relays, well done George & Abbie who were 1st mixed pair.
It was hot on Sunday but our runners at the Ramsbury Gold 10k were rewarded with a beer at the end!

Good luck and .hinchy who are representing Berkshire Schools at the English Schools today! Jump well boys! Everyone at MAC are very proud of you!

Also in action for Berkshire Schools was MAC coach and athlete Connor who was competing in the Octathlon for the first time. Connor’s Berkshire team finished 2nd overall and he achieved the second highest score in the team with pbs in 400m, javelin, discus, shot, 100m hurdles and 1500m. Well done Connor!

Congratulations to MAC member Jack who was representing Berkshire Schools at the South East Regional combined events championships on Saturday. This was only his second ever pentathlon he scored 2400 points (a significant improvement on his previous 2017 points). He improved his pbs in 80mH, shot put, long jump and high jump. Well done Jack!

Fab evening in the sun for round 4 of the 5k series. Thanks for hosting us and providing a wonderful post race buffet.

Finally well done to our athletes who ran at the Cliveden Classic on Saturday.
1st FV40 trophy for Ellen!
We hope everyone’s legs have recovered from the 172 steps x 2 😱

Great turn out for the 1st TVARC 5k of the season hosted by ! Beautiful evening for a run, nice course and fab food after thank you!

It was Berkshire track and field championship weekend and MAC athletes did the club proud. So many pbs recorded, 28 medals and 8 club records! Over on the road we had runners at the Marlow 5 and Bracknell Half. Not only that it was our annual senior awards evening which finished with a light show from the aurora borealis! Absolutely amazing!

What does a bank holiday mean? An extra day for running and racing! MACcer’s certainly made the most of the three day weekend!
The junior’s were in action at round two of the Alder Valley League and our road runners were everywhere running 10ks, 5 milers and marathons! Congratulations to Pauline and Dave for coming 1st in the FV70 & MV80 categories which are hotly contested age groups at Shinfield.
There were 3 club records broken at the Alder Valley in U17 ladies 4 x 100, U15 boys javelin and U17/overall ladies 800m.

Super proud club! All our runners absolutely smashed the London Marathon! Sorry if we didn’t get a picture of you. They all had their own goals and stories to tell but above all they wanted to enjoy the whole experience. All in all a great day was had by the runners and numerous MAC supporters out on route. Well done to everyone who ran we hope you had a fantastic day too.

Good luck and strong running to all our members running the London Marathon tomorrow! Enjoy the day and the whole London experience!

Last weekend was busy! Congratulations to everyone such brilliant results for all but more importantly lots of smiling faces! Next up London Marathon!

It’s the start of spring marathon season and this weekend we had members running in , and Southampton marathons. Fantastic runs from everyone especially with the testing wind in Brighton. Well done to Nicola (Paris), Guy (Brighton) who achieved pbs. A special well done to Gemma who completed her first ever marathon at Brighton in 6:42hrs! Over on the track on Friday evening track night there were some fab performances over the 5000m with pbs from Jon, Craig, Alice, Ben and Abbie.

Wow! What a morning! We are so proud of everyone who made the Easter 10 happen this morning before during and after the event. Thanks to Jen our race director who took over after the difficult Covid years and got the race back to its best she now hands the baton over to Sani who will be race director next year. We hope you all enjoyed the event? Hopefully we will see you again on Good Friday 2025

Our race, the Maidenhead Easter 10, is tomorrow! We’ve got pacers, finish line treats and plenty of cake in the tea tent! We can’t do much about the weather but don’t worry our team of marshals will be cheering you on all round the course! If you’re entered please follow our insta and pages. See you in the morning!

Here’s the Maidenhead AC weekend round up featuring Well done to all the running achievements there were a few pbs at Fleet! It wasn’t all about running though MAC member scored for Brentford FC ladies and our swimarathon team were awarded the Presidents Cup for the team that most epitomised the spirit of the event. The swimarathon team have raised £300 for one of our club charities The Link Foundation!

So proud of our MAC athletes representing Berkshire at the UK Intercounties Cross Country. Fantastic runs from you all!
Berkshire Athletics Association