Category: Race Reports

PB &SCOTTISH 10K TITLE FOR SARAH

Updated: 2010-09-21 Lothian Running Club’s Sarah Inglis produced a battling PB to take the Scottish Athletics 10k Road Running title at Stirling on Sunday, the race was also the final event of seven in the 2010 Stewarts Scottish Road Race Grand Prix. The race started at Forthbank Stadium before heading...

STILL IN PRIZES AS GAMES CURTAIN COMES DOWN

Updated: 2010-09-14 The curtain came down on the 2010 Highland Games season at Pitlochry on Saturday and it signalled the end of another successful season for Lothian Running Club members who have been competing on the Tartan Tour this summer. The club have been regular attenders and have picked up...

Ochils 2000s

Updated: 2010-09-01 Seriously – do you have to do your own publicity these days? Where’s Shane when you need him? Two club runners (and one ex-club runner) ran the Ochils last Saturday. Dave Godfree and Andy Kitchin finished in 3 hours 4 minutes and 3 hours twenty minutes respectively on...

BACK IN THE WINNING VEIN AT OBAN AND BIRNAM

Updated: 2010-08-31 Lothian Running Club athletes got back to winning ways on the Highland Games circuit with wins at both Birnam and Oban. The plaudits at the Perthshire meeting went to 11 year old Iain Horsburgh who was victorious in the Youth’s 1600 metres Handicap, making good use of his...

GAMES SUCCESS AT SUNNY PERTH

Updated: 2010-08-17 Sunday’s Perth Highland Games saw the South Inch bathed in glorious sunshine. The warm and sticky conditions however failed to deter the clubs runners from getting among the prizes once again. Mhairi Inglis continued her recent fine vein of form by racing to victory in the Open 800...

ANOTHER GREAT WEEKEND ON GAMES CIRCUIT

Updated: 2010-08-10 On what was a very successful weekend for Lothian Running Club athletes Mhairi Inglis showed her liking for running on a red cinder track by landing a double at the Inverkeithing Highland Games in Fife on Saturday. 18 year old Mhairi who had twice been the bridesmaid at...

EUROPEAN MASTERS [Ian Leggett Blog].

Updated: 2010-07-30 Blog from Ian Leggett. After a nightmare 3 hour train journey from Budapest with no airconditioning we arrived at a very warm Nyreghaja in temperatures of 38 degrees. It is always a big buzz to be part of an event that caters for the older groups and compare...

Arran report

Updated: 2010-07-26 Lothian Ladies on top of the men Two teams went over to Arran to run the relay. Unusually we had an all male plus an all female team. Unluckily (or luckily, as it turned out for them, sorry Doc) one of the men had to pull out due...

West Highland Way Race

Updated: 2010-06-22 Huge thanks to my support crew for encouraging, cajoling and dragging my sorry state to the finish line of the 25th West Highland Way Race. John Malcolm and Louise did the first night shift getting me to Rowardennan in good nick. At least I hope it was them...

TRAIL RACE [NEWSPAPER REPORT]

Updated: 2010-06-16 This is the Trail Race report which has been submitted to newspapers, just have to wait and see if they use it all.[Hope i haven’t missed anyone out!] ……………………….. Despite someone trying to sabotage the course and the weather being on the damp side nearly 200 runners converged...

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