Martin and Peter headed to County Durham for Sundays Raby Castle 10k. Held in the stunning grounds and deer park of Raby Castle this years race was also a hot and sweaty one but both Martin and Peter put in great times! Well run both!
On Sunday Phil took on the Dandelions at Dawn half marathon round Temple Newsome. A two lap course through the beautiful bluebell woods for the half marathon distance saw Phil finish in a time of 2:06 We are assured there were more people than just Phil running this race although the photo suggest otherwise.
Steve was racing again this weekend as he does every weekend – however this week was slightly different! Steve was representing England in the great Birmingham run where 16,000 runner took part. Steve, in hot and sunny conditions on a hilly city centre course finished in an impressive 55.33 Great work Steve.
On Saturday 27th April, Chris Hillam and Matt Thornton took on the Calderdale Way Ultra 30. Chris intended to use the course as training, alongside his brother, Mark, for longer races they have planned. Unfortunately, Mark was unable to run so Matt seized the opportunity to get out on the trails and run sections of […]
We had 3 members, Joe, Gary and David, challenging themselves and taking on the 69th running of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, dubbed the ‘Marathon with Mountains’. Although not quite the marathon distance, but at 24.2 mile with 5,236 ft of ascent up Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, who are we to argue over 2 mile?! An […]
Saturday saw Lee, Zoe, Ian and Michelle take on the picturesque Burnsall Trail Half Marathon – Read Lee’s write up below: The race started off with a short run along the riverside before gradually climbing uphill through tracks and fields for a few miles. At the top, we were treated to a picturesque downhill section […]
We had three runners in this years London Marathon and with it came three PB’s! Tom got in to the marathon using the club allocated place and he got round in an impressive time of 2:47:30. Tom paced his run perfectly with half marathon splits of 1:23:43 / 1:23:47 which was bang on his plan! […]
Not to miss out on Marathon weekend Glenn headed over to the west coast to take on the Blackpool Marathon. The marathon is a two lap flat course along the promenade and seafront. Glenn ran a great time of 4:40:35 which saw him finish 3rd MV70 Well done Glenn!!!
Sunday saw a good number of QRC runners at Manchester Marathon and some amazing support from the sidelines too from other members! All the months of training have paid off as there were several PB’s but sadly injuries too. Sadly Judith had to withdraw at just over 7 miles with a flare up of her […]
This week we have the man that causes the social media team nightmares tracking his escapades round the North with his racing! He’s a England Master, a holder of more club records than we can list and a legend of the club….. This week we have Steve Brook.