Good Friday’s Mermaid 10k attracted a huge turnout of Quakers to Marske seafront, where over-65 legend, Danny Gordon, ran 47:09 to take 139th place and decimate his own club record.  Michael Joyeux was the first home from the club, clocking a personal best of 37:50 to finish 28th in a field of 275 runners.  David Todd (32nd, 38:32) was the second Quaker followed by Brian Martin (46th, 39:37) and Billy Harris (75th, 42:13).  Louise Trainor (89th, 43:31) was the club’s leading lady, while Diane Vaughan (117th, 45:19) had another good run and took third place in the F45 category.  New personal bests were set by Jackie Nicholls (157th, 47:59), Mark Colling (154th, 47:53), Wendy Colling (167th, 48:27) and Michelle Boshier (208th, 50:51).  Also representing the club were Andrew Lambe (77th, 42:33), Scott Green (93rd, 43:51), Peter Smith (95th, 43:56), Ben Bourne (112th, 44:50), Ian Hammond (124th, 45:44), Peter Rowley (133rd, 46:19), David Curtis (134th, 46:27), Daniel Crane (168th, 48:28), Martin Mullen (177th, 49:02), Abbie Hull (192nd , 50:04), Jeff Marriott (193rd, 50:09), Julie Jefferies (196th, 50:18), Julie Whinn (224th, 53:17), Sandra Park (228th, 53:29), Nigel Walker (235th, 54:44), Carol Penney (236th, 54:50), Diane Adkins (246th, 56:45), Sally Singleton (252nd, 57:27), Alan Prest (260th, 59:49), Ian Davison (263rd, 61:22) and Susan Limbert (266th, 62:38).

Dave Thompson’s latest long distance escapade was spent running 26 miles through muddy fields and woods near Doncaster.  At the Easter Eggstravaganza, the 58 year old veteran put in another resolute performance, to take third place with a time of 4 hours and 39 minutes.

Louise Trainor took part in the inaugural Kilomathon, running 26.2 kilometres between Nottingham and Derby, which she completed in 2:01:46.  The promising athlete also ran the East Hull 20-miler, where she won second prize in the F35 category, after crossing the line in 2:36:26.

Nick Mason and Richard Payne returned to Albert Park, clocking 19:56 and 26:15 respectively, at Saturday’s 5k time trial.

Steve Snook (117th, 41:35) was the highest placed Quaker at Sunday’s North Tyneside 10k, finishing ahead of Mark Colling (641st, 50:37), Jeff Marriott (643rd, 50:40), Wendy Colling (669th, 51:05), Vicky Wilson (776th, 52:23), Andrew Wilson (777th, 52:24), Anneli Simkiss (970th, 55:30), John Whinn (991st, 55:52), Julie Whinn (1000th, 55:59), Carol Penney (1145th, 57:44), Sally Singleton (1146th, 57:45), Diane Adkins (1180th, 58:20), Gillian Robinson (1410th, 62:44) and Nigel Walker (1456th, 64:10).

Sunday also saw the first running of the Helmsley 10k Challenge, where the organisers were pleased with an entry approaching 300.  Andrew Lambe made it around the multi-terrain course in 54:11 to finish 43rd.  Abbie Hull came 121st in 52:31 and Anthony Corbett was 162nd in 55:41.

Quakers meet at Carmel School on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30pm and welcome runners of all abilities.