Queens Park 5km Club Championship
Mar 5 2017 Approximately seventy runners braved the very warm, humid and breezeless conditions for the first Club Championship race on the Mackay Road Runners Program. The 5km senior and junior Club Championship event commenced at 5pm from the Queens Park Rotunda, Goldsmith Street, with the course taking in the Town Beach Esplanade and East […]
Tilse Toddle 5 & 10km
Feb 27 2017 Approximately eighty runners and their families supported the much anticipated annual 5km & 10km Tilse Toddle event from the West Mackay residential suburb last Sunday afternoon. Conditions were extremely humid despite the slight breezes which were only fully appreciated upon the setting of the sun and completion of their run. The scratch start […]
Martel Marina Sprint Social 5 & 10km
Feb 19 2017 Last Sunday, approximately eighty runners delighted in the cloud covered 5km & 10km Martel Marina Sprint, named after Mackay Road Runners Club Life Member and running legend Charlie Martel. Club President, Tim Magoffin, welcomed the many new and returning runners to the second run on the formal 2017 Mackay Road Runners program, which […]
Marina Lighthouse 5km
Feb 12 2017 Mackay Road Runners’ first formal run on the 2017 program was held in oppressively humid heatwave conditions from the Mackay Marina Lighthouse. Approximately seventy runners enjoyed the social 5km run onto the Breakwater wall’s outer perimeter from the Marina boat ramp parkland precincts. Club Captain, Jim Ford was on hand to welcome many […]
Boomerang 5km / 8.5km Team Challenge
Feb 5 2017 The Mackay Road Runners hosted its last summer off season social run last Sunday prior to the commencement of the 2017 formal program this weekend. A very successful and variable three month program was organised by Race Directors Jim Ford and Alana Ford with runners enjoying the unusual weekly course concepts, together with the […]
North Wall 5 & 10km
Jan 29 2017 The Mackay Harbour North Wall was the place to be late last Sunday afternoon with the awesome sea breezes allowing runners a welcome reprieve from the stifling humidity throughout the weekend. Club Captain/Race Director, Jim Ford was in his usual good form, creating a challenging run course that contained a multitude of variety […]
Magpies 57min Challenge
Jan 22 2017 The humid conditions did not deter over thirty Mackay Road Runners at their social summer Magpies 57 Minute challenge from Magpies Sporting Complex last Sunday afternoon. The Jim Ford designed course had runners tackle the meandering roads and walkways of the Glenella and North Mackay suburbs towards Harbour Road. As usual, Jim considers […]
Plant Paget 10km Team Challenge
Jan 15 2017 Mackay Road Runners’ Club Captain, Jim Ford’s annual Plant Paget 10km course was once again a very technical event, where runners formed teams of three from differing age decades. They then had to run towards well known landmarks in the Paget Industrial area where a specific symbol was marked. The teams could designate individuals to […]
Harbour to Mt Bassett Hill Repeats 5 & 10km
Jan 8 2017 Approximately forty Mackay Road Runners eagerly took on the Mackay Harbour to Mt Bassett 5 & 10km event which included several repeats of the challenging Mt Bassett ascent and all without one drop of rain! Before advising race instructions, Race Director, Alana Ford congratulated Ashlee Scott on her previous week’s race organisation in the absence of […]
New Year’s Day Base to Mater 5/10km
Jan 1 2017 Mackay Road Runners were raring to run on the first day of 2017 with a 5/10km social run from the Base Hospital carpark precincts. Approximately thirty runners braved the very humid conditions by utilising Mackay’s unique Pioneer River views via the Bluewater Trail, Riverside Drive and the Ron Camm Bridge in a […]