Some more racing news from last weekend (15/7) Matt Thornton and Carl Heron tackled the Denholme Doddle. With 3 different distances, 17, 21 or 27 mile and nearly 5000ft of climbing, it’s anything but a Doddle!! With Half of the route on open moorland it has outstanding views along the way, it passes Top Withins […]
Plenty of PBs, achievements and Strava Bling earned by our 6 members: David Faulkner, El Berrill, Jamie Hill, Mike Peel, Ryan Tinker and Stuart Marshall on Sunday at Ilkley Half Marathon 2023. The 13.1 mile road race was through Ilkley’s countryside . It was a challenging hilly route rewarded by breathtaking views along the way. […]
Congratulations to our Couch To 5K runners who completed their 9-week course by successfully participating in the Brighouse parkrun on Saturday 16th July 2023.Your journey from non-runner to confident runner has been truly inspirational. Well done to all of you for this huge achievement. Run Leader Robin Naylor said: ‘After 40 years of sports coaching I […]
Pauline Naylor competed in the classic, high moorland, Widdop Fell Race on the evening of Wednesday 12th June. A proper mid-week fell running toughie, the race is set on the stunning hills overlooking Widdop Reservoir. The 7 miles route took in 1,200ft of Calderdale’s finest fells, before finishing with a dash back up towards the newly […]
Plenty of racing tourism last weekend with QRC members taking part at Eccup 10 and Wilmslow 10K. Well done, to Joanna Lockwood, Joe Prest, Manjit Mander, Wasim Hussain and Zoe Hipwell for taking on the Eccup 10. Excellent performances from everyone, whilst tackling 10 miles of the course surrounding Eccup Reservoir. Steve Brook was on […]
Well done to Ryan Lewis for completing the Harrogate 10K in a fantastic time of 47:45 M40 21/58. And Steve Brooks was out on his weekend race travels again and finished The Withernsea Harriers 5 miles in 43:10. Steve came 2nd in his age category MV70. Excellent performances from both and congratulations
Well done to all who took part in the Helen Windsor 10k which make up part of our championship series. Special congratulations to Tom Collinge who came third despite beating last years course record. Stacey and Steve were amazing coming first in their age categories Elaine set a new PB beating her previous 10k time […]
A massive well done to Lorna who ran in last nights Runable 10k descent. An impressive time of 38:15 saw Lorna come second overall and first female! Well done Lorna showing Queensbury runners can run down hills as well as up them!!
If Tubbs and Edward from The League of Gentlemen organised a race, it might be the Stocks Lane Stinger – a local race, for local runners. Starting and finishing near the Crossroads Inn, Wainstalls, the generous 10k course is run over mixed terrain, but mainly road, and the last 2k has an average gradient of […]
Our very own Chris Rushworth gives his account of his constant battle with mental illness and the stigma around it. Chris shares the reality of decades of contending with his diagnosis of Schizophrenia and other mental health issues. He openly speaks about how his love of running and how it helps him through some of […]