Monthly Archive: March 2011

INVERNESS HALF MARATHON

Despite the wintry conditions 1120 runners completed Sunday’s Inverness Half Marathon, among them were Lothian Running Club duo Ross McEwan and Kenny Mearns.
Ross finished in 323rd in 1 hour 42 minutes 15 seconds with Kenny not far behind in 372nd and 30th MV50 in 1.45.15.

KINGS BUILDINGS 5 MILE ROAD RACE

EDINBURGH HARES & HOUNDS KINGS BUILDINGS 5 MILE ROAD RACE Only a couple of Lothian Running Club members braved the snowy wintry conditions to contest the Kings Buildings 5 mile Road Race in Edinburgh on Saturday. The duo Alistair Robertson and Mandy Scott both finished second in their respective categories,...

2012 London Olympic Marathon – Test marathon event

As part of the testing procedures for the 2012 London Olympic Marathon we are organising a test Marathon event on Monday 30th May 2011 before the Bupa London 10,000. The event will start at 6am and will cover the whole of the 2012 Olympic Marathon route. To be able to...

BUSY WEEKEND IN PROSPECT

EVENTS APLENTY When the weekend athletics fixture list gets busier you know spring is just around the corner[although it hasn’t felt like it this week] it’s the time of the year when the fair weather runner gets round to dusting down the running shoes and getting back into some kind...

SENIOR XC DEBUT FOR SARAH

IINTER-COUNTIES XC CHAMPIONSHIP The clubs Sarah Inglis[19] stepped up to the senior ranks to represent the Scotland [East] team at Saturday’s Inter-Counties Cross-Country Championship at Cofton Park, Birmingham. The event was part of the McCain Cross Challenge Final  Not feeling at her best the Lothian athlete was slightly disappointed with her performance but...

LASSWADE 10 MILE ROAD RACE

LASSWADE 10 MILE ROAD RACE The club had three runners among a big field of 377 who contested the Lasswade 10 Mile Road Race from Rosewell on Sunday [March 6th]. MV50 VET  Scott Balfour was the first of the trio to finish in 95th place in 68 minutes 10 seconds,...

NIGEL BARGE 1OK RACE

NIGEL BARGE 10K RACE This race was originally scheduled for the 8th of January but was postponed due to the bad weather at the time. The race from Garscube Sports Complex saw the club’s Kenny Mearns in the line up and he completed the course in 47 minutes 23 seconds...

SCOTTISH UNDER-20 INDOOR CH.

Craig McDowall claimed a bronze medal at the Scottish Under-20/Under 17 Indoor Championships on Saturday[5th March].
Running in the Under-20 800 metres Craig finished in third place in a time of 2.02.00 victory went to  Guy Learmonth [1.50.25] with Scott McAuley runner up in [1.54.36].

EDINBURGH 5K PARKRUN [MARCH 5TH]

3RD PLACE FOR ROSS PLUS TRIO OF PB’S Seven Lothian Running Club members were among a big field of 273 runners who contested the Edinburgh Parkrun on Saturday [5th March]. Ross Milne finished in 3rd place covering the 5k course along the waterfront in 16 minutes 54 seconds. Next home...

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