Leeds 10k . Report courtesy of Jane. You know what you are getting for your money (quite a lot of it) at the Run For All Leeds 10k. A well organised race, lots of pre-race information about parking, route and water stations and, of course, a lot of people taking part! But, let’s be honest, […]
York Racecourse | Sunday 19th October 2025 A great day for Queensbury RC in York at this year’s Altra Yorkshire 10 Mile! The iconic course starts and finishes at York Racecourse, taking runners past the historic Minster and out through the picturesque Yorkshire countryside before looping back for a grandstand finish. Flying the green and […]
On Sunday 31st August, Gillian Jago and Bev Morritt travelled down under to make history, taking part in the TCS Sydney marathon in Australia. It’s the first time Sydney has been accepted into the Abbotts Major Marathon series making it a much sought-after race. The race starts at North Sydney Oval crossing the Sydney Harbour […]
QRC Race Report – Leeds 10K 2025 Date: Sunday, 15 June 2025 Location: Leeds City Centre Weather: Warm, dry, and ideal for racing Celebrating the Spirit of Jane Tomlinson The Leeds 10K was Jane Tomlinson’s vision. Having raised £1.8 million for charity while battling terminal cancer, Jane created the event in 2006 to ensure her […]
As Katie Brook took on her first half marathon, read how she got on in her report below; I’d never raced beyond 10k before and wanted a new challenge—I didn’t want to become grandad doing a new 10k every Sunday. So, I set my sights on a half marathon and picked Manchester because it’s fairly […]
Last weekend, 11th May, we had 8 of QRC’s finest taking on the Leeds half and full marathons. Andy, Richard, Adam and Nicola ran the half while Wasim, Tom, Jack and Emily opted for the full marathon. Conditions were not ideal with it being a rather warm day, so just finishing was commendable. All ran […]
Well done to our London Marathon Runners on Sunday! Mark won our club place for this year and here is his report: 45th London Marathon – What a scorcher! My head was buzzing the whole week on hearing news I had a club place for London 2025 back in December. Training through the dark months […]
Sunday was day 2 of the Blackpool running festival, with the half and full marathons taking place. We had Martin Firth running his 49th marathon 👏🏻 despite him saying it was his slowest time since 1984, he still managed to finish in 4:05:34 and 1st MV65. We also had Joe Prest in the half marathon, […]
Thursday 24th April saw five of our members take a trip over the Pennines to Salford to take part in April’s club championship race at Media City. Gillian Jago, Rob Glover and Jane Skudder opted for the 10k while Bev Morritt and Colin Sutcliffe chose the 5k. The course is mainly flat, the only inclines […]
many of our runners headed to Keighley of the 5k and 10k options! Both start and finish in Victoria Park, Keighley and both followed a circular route alongside the Leeds – Liverpool canal tow path and passing East Riddlesden Hall. The 10k route also took in the picturesque Keighley Golf Club. A special mention to […]