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 being a couple of bridges – practically a speed bump compared to Queensbury!
The 10k consists of 4 laps, starting near The Lowry and passing the ITV and BBC studios and along the waterfront which looked quite lovely at sunset. The 5k followed the same route but was just 2 laps.
All participants received chip timing, water and a few cheeky nibbles, plus a rather impressive medal.
For those new to running or want a flat, PB-inducing course, this is the race for you. The summer series occurs on the last Thursday of each month – plus members get a generous 20% discount (see the newsletter for the code).
Gill smashed out an impressive course PB, blasting in at a speedy 51:51.
Rob broke the hour mark with 57:52.
Jane knocked out an impressive 1:13:13, comfortably within her 1:15 target.
Colin cantered home with a fab PB of 33:49. Don’t believe the race results which said he did 22:36! No idea what happened there but the results DEFINITELY lied 
Bev managed 34:55. Not a PB but not far off. Lesson learnt – Gregg’s pasties are not athlete fuel
All in all, it was a great night for QRC. Pretty sure we did our club proud.
** Thank you Bev for your report **
