Victoria Cronin won the Beards & Beers 5k in a time of 18:06 in her MRC debut while Matt Maynes returned to the spotlight with a victory at the Coventry Patriots Day Race last weekend as MRC runners took on races from East Windsor to Las Vegas.

Cronin won her first Beards & Beers 5k in her first race as a member of the Manchester Running Company club team. She outdistanced fellow MRC runner Briana Demers to take the title while Laura Tignonsini set a personal best in the race with a 20:28 clocking.

Maynes was first in the 160-runner field in Coventry with a time of 24:28 for the four-mile course. The Coventry High School Track & Field coach is a long-time MRC member and making a strong comeback in time for the Manchester Road Race.

Mary Schubert represented the club across the country in Las Vegas at the Rock 'n Roll Marathon with a time of 5:19.

For all of the week's results please click on the links below!