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.
Endure 24 – through the eyes of Matt Thornton The end of June can only mean one thing, it’s time for Endure24. A festival style camping weekend which consists of 24 hours of constant running. Many of us were returning for the 2nd 3rd or 4th time, but plenty were Endure24 virgins. This year the […]
A massive congratulations to all our C25K runners that graduated last night and celebrated with a BBQ! Normal club runs followed the football, and a BBQ awaited the runners when they finished where the new graduated were presented with mugs and certificates to mark their achievements. As always, these events cant happen without people giving […]
5 QRC runners took on the Solstice Saunter which is a five mile run on the trails of the breathtaking Bolton Abbey. The event is timed for the evening of the Summer Solstice, which because 2024 is a leap year, was on Thursday 20th June 2024. The Solstice Saunter is a circular route of five […]
On Sunday we had 1 team running in the Bradford Millennium Way Relay, a relay of five legs with two runners per leg, taking place each June. Starting from and returning to Bingley, taking in Wilsden, Denholme, Oxenhope, Haworth, Oakworth, Steeton, Silsden, Addingham and Ilkley with some stunning scenery en-route. The race attracts teams from […]
This week in the driving seat (pun intended) we have the club record holder for M50 off-road marathon. We’ve been extremely nice to him since finding out why he got into running – want to know more? The read Simon Brady’s answers!