Member Spotlights

How did you get into running and why? I’d done bits of running in the past, but I’d enter a 10k or the Great North Run, train a little bit, do the...

How did you get into running and why? I’m not exactly sure of the reason I started running, I’d always enjoyed keeping fit and at that time there...

How did you get into running and why? Early 2015 I decided that I needed to do something that was for me. I have tried many sports over the years,...

As the current record holder for the fastest time to write a Quakers Member Spotlight, Kathryn tells us about the other aspects of her experience as...

For those of you who remember the 70s, try and imagine the Bionic Man doing “It’s a Knockout”.  Imagine no more; Ladies and Gentlemen I present, Viv...

She hates hills but her ambition is to run the Canadian Rockies; this week’s spotlight is on the enigma that is Mary McIvor. How did you get into...

Junior parkrun director, Pip Rayner, tells us what she loves about running and crucially which races have the best chocolate. How did you get into...

Rebecca listens out for Skylarks as she runs; surely that’s how we were meant to do it.  She has also taken a revolutionary approach to the member...

When he’s not running across the moors with his eyelids frozen shut he’s ski-ing down Roseberry Topping without skis.  This week the spotlight falls...

Not many runners can claim to have crossed the finish line ahead of Usain Bolt and Mo Farah but that’s not why he got the OBE. How did you get into...

Many people give up running by their mid-50s; Lin Gossage was just getting started. How did you get into running and why? In 2002 on my 55th...

He’s living proof, were it needed, that Southerners aren’t soft but even so his first run “Up North” was grim. How did you come to join Quakers? I...

How do you turn a top notch sprinter into someone who can run a marathon? Gareth Kyle describes his progress so far. 1. How did you get into running...

I’ve heard of lots of reasons for not doing a run, but missing parkrun because of a zombie! Julie Bell explains. 1. How did you get into running and...

He may be a man of many parts but laurels have seldom been in less danger of being rested on. Iain tells us how he got started and what keeps him...

Most runners measure their runs in terms of miles or kilometres, Emily Beaumont measures them in crossings or circumferences of National Parks. As...

If there were medals for the cheeriest marshal, Grainne would be favourite for the gold, but her enthusiasm also spills over into her own running....

One of our faster runners, last year Dave won the club trophies for both cross-country and track & field, despite it being the first time he’d...

He’s been a runner for almost 40 years and as a coach epitomises all that is good about the Quakers. Ian Young shares some of his running...