Time to enter the Scottish National Road Relay Champs

The Scottish Athletics National Road Relays will once again be held over the popular course at Livingston on Sunday 31st March.  Livingston has been the home of the event for the last 15 years and is supported by West Lothian Council, with the assistance of Lothian Running Club. The men’s relay consists of six legs per team, alternating between a short leg (3.1 miles) and a long leg (5.8 miles).  The women’s relay consists of four legs, two long and two short. This is also the third round of Lothian Running Club’s Club Championship and John Malcolm has come up with a very sophisticated system of calculating your time, whether you run a long or short leg.

As well as medals for the first 3 teams in the men’s and woman’s races there are also medals for the masters’ (over 35’s) and ( over 50’s) teams – so all ages are encouraged to take part.  If you are interested in running the event please e-mail me at kenmearns@aol.co.uk with your name, date of birth and Scottish Athletics number and whether your preference is for a long or short leg.  You must be a paid up Lothian Running Club and Scottish Athletics member to take part.  The club subsidise the entry fee and you simply pay the usual match fee of £2 on the day. There will also be sign-up sheets at our training nights.

Details are in the Scottish Athletics website and entries close on Monday 18th March. We plan to do a recce of both legs on a Wednesday night prior to the event. Hope to see a large turnout of Lothian runners.