<b>Day 15</b><br>Today the NMYP May Marathon runners completed a further 18.2 miles of their overall total and now approach the 400 mile mark. Setting off from near Prestbury near Macclesfield the team headed north through the villages of Handforth, Gatley, toward Stratford and Trafford Park, home to Manchester Utd, and settled in Eccles, home of the Eccles cake just west of Manchester centre.<p><b>Strange Fact x</b><br> The city of Manchester is famous for many things including the work of Dalton (Chemistry), Joule (Physics), Rutherford (splitting of the atomic nucleus), the Pankhursts (the suffragettes), the founding of the TUC, the cotton textile industry, LS Lowry birthplace, Rolls meeting Royce, Manchester United and Manchester City footballs. Old Trafford has been United's home ground since 1910, although from 1941 to 1949 the club shared Maine Road with local rivals Manchester City as a result of Second World War bomb damage. James Birch is credited with being the first person to sell Eccles cakes commercially in the town centre in 1793.<p><b>Shout out to...</b><br>Shout out, to Alice Wormald as she joins the team. Well done again nearer the 400 mile mark after 15 days is a great effort. 