Michael Joyeux rose to second place in the club’s rankings with a scintillating run at Middlesbrough’s Albert Park.  He completed the 5k time trial in 18:21, just two seconds outside Ian Scott’s course club record, to come 15th from 187 finishers.  Anthony Corbett, edging closer to last summer’s pb, ran 24:20. 

Saturday also saw the Quakers endurance team return to the hills after a five month break from competition.  Annette Clarke, Dave Thompson and Charlie Bogg took part in the Trollers Trot, an off-road event at Grassington, in Wharfedale.  The trio finished the 25 mile circuit, which was open to both runners and walkers, in 4 hours and 26 minutes. 

Billy Harris was the first of sixteen runners from the club at Sunday’s Haweswater Half Marathon.  On a glorious day for running, he ran the scenic 13.2 miles in 1:37:18 to take 150th place.  Mark Robinson (198th, 1:41:11) surprised himself with a new personal best, finishing just ahead of Peter Rowley (211th, 1:42:30).  Next was Ian Hammond (1:45:13) with Stephen Padgett (261st, 1:45:27), David Curtis (311th, 1:48:39) and Jackie Nicholls (368th, 1:53:48), running a new course pb.  The star performance was provided by Leigh-Marie Ainsworth (436th, 2:00:55), who despite the hilly terrain, managed to knock more than six minutes off her previous mark.  She was followed by Mark Colling (443rd, 2:01:53), Wendy Colling (444th, 2:01:53), Sandra Park (448th, 2:02:34), Gillian Harris (453rd, 2:02:52), Julie Whinn (466th, 2:04:32), Sally Singleton (473rd, 2:07:09), Julie Jefferies (474th, 2:07:19) and Diane Adkins (475th, 2:08:49). 

Jeff Marriott travelled to London for the Newham London 10k Run.  Pushing his around the course in a buggy, he clocked 49:43 to finish 579th.  The race, which included a section around the new Olympic Park, was started by Olympic gold medallist, Christine Ohuruogu and attracted thousands of runners. 

Quakers are based at Carmel School and meet for training on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30pm.