A dwindling group of diehards represented QRC in the 8th event of the Yorkshire Veterans 2024 Grand Prix series on Sunday 11th August. Pauline and Robin Naylor and Andy Paterson represented Queensbury again, with Mark Crabtree running in his Halifax vest. Starting at Slaithwaite cricket club it was sure to promise some hill work, and […]
Phillip recently visited York to complete his version of the parkrun Alphabeteer Challenge (along with at least 3 others he met on the day). Here’s his report: Of the parkruns which make up my list, my favourite would either be Keswick, on the old railway path. We’ve visited this one a number of times on […]
Last Night 28 QRC runners took part in our 5k handicap race. It was a hot evening but Jenny took first place followed by Lindsay in second and Bianca in third! Well done to all runners and a special thanks to those who gave up their time to organise and marshall! Well done everyone!
This Week Gill and Jamie headed to East Yorkshire to run the South Cave 10k Starting and finishing in the picturesque town of South Cave, the inaugural South Cave 10k course takes in some beautiful scenery through quiet country roads and provides just enough of a challenge to keep even the seasoned striders on their […]
Last night 6 of our runners headed to Manchester to take on the media city runs. Jamie, Gillian and Rob ran the 10k and Bev, Colin and Jane ran the 5k. the route is a flat 2.5km loop starting in the central piazza and taking in the highlights of Media City, including the BBC Studios, […]
Amy took on the Dales runner 30 (31.7Km/19.7m) on Saturday which ascends almost 3,000ft from Swaledale up to the Tan Hill Inn (Great Britain’s highest pub) It goes across some of the country’s remotest expanses of moorland with a stiff ascent of the spectacular Swinner Gill. Amy finished 2nd Female and 1st FV40
Emily took on her first half marathon last weekend, after recently covering 30 miles at Endure24 and it’s fair to say she smashed both. Read her report below; Last weekend I ran a Half Marathon at Delamere Forest organised by Andy’s Man Club. According to Google, Delamere is a large wood in the middle of […]
Robin was Flying the flag at Widnes parkrun on Saturday…and in the process setting a new club age record (male 70s), knocking over a minute off at 22:56. Well done Robin!
Northowram Pumas hosted the latest race in the Yorkshire Veterans Grand Prix series, Thursday, 11th July. Jo Horan, Carole Fryer, Pauline Naylor, Robin Naylor and Andrew Paterson represented Queensbury with QRC 2nd claim Mark Crabtree running for Halifax Harriers. Great commitment was shown by all QRC runners on a relatively local course with hills, steep […]
We had four runners at a new 10km road race organised by Halifax Harriers as a replacement event for the Helen Windsor. Richard, Andrew, Jo and Peter took on the race on Sunday morning which also Incorporated the Yorkshire Veterans Athletic Association and Northern Masters Championships.