A bumper turnout of over 550 runners were in Livingston on Sunday for the inaugural running of the Run Livingston 10k and Half Marathon events. Despite the icy underfoot conditions on some parts of the course 297 runners finished the half marathon and 261 the 10k. Both races started just...
Oklahoma University men’s indoor track and field runner Max McNeil hit the ‘A’ qualifying standard in the 5000 metres race on Friday in the Pittsburg State Indoor Gorilla Classic meeting. McNeil, a sophomore from Uphall Station and Lothian Running Club member finished the race in 14m 46.2s just outside his...
LRC duo John Malcolm and Christine MacVarish represented the club in the Carnethy 5 Hill Race at Silverburn nr Penicuik. In a huge field of 500 runners, John finished 113th in 1h 17m 04s with Christine 287th and 46th female in 1h 20m 57s. The race was won by Carl...
Events for the veteran athletes took top billing at the weekend with two National Championships taking place. The Scottish Masters Indoors Track and Field Championships took place at the Emirates Arena,Glasgow on Sunday with the Scottish Masters Cross Country Championships at Dean Castle Country Park,Kilmarnock on the Saturday. Yvonne Crilley...
At the ESPG Scottish Indoor Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow Robbie Kennedy produced probably his best ever performance in reaching the final of the Senior Men 800 metres. A fortnight earlier at the same venue he recorded a new personal best for the 1500 metres and on this...
There was an equally impressive 800 metres run by club junior Hannah Steel in the third match of the Scottish Athletics Indoor League. Her time of 2m 26.99 seconds was almost 5 seconds quicker than her previous best of 2:31.15. Hannah placed 2nd in both the heat and overall with...
Josh Dack may have been the Lothian club’s only representative at the East Lothian Open Cross Country meeting but it didn’t stop him leading home 62 runners to win the Senior Mixed race. Photo:Sharyn Ramage. Josh covered the 4.8k course within the John Muir Country Park in Dunbar in 28...
There was another good performance from the LRC veteran athletes at the Scottish Masters Road Relay Championships at Strathclyde Park. The 4 x 5.8km race saw the blue vests come from 41st at the end of the first leg to finish in 5th place behind winners Bellahouston. Alan Cunningham led...
Jo Williams follows three other LRC female athletes who have won individual races in East District Cross Country League matches. The club have competed in the league since the 2001-02 season, since then Edel Mooney has won five senior women’s races. Sarah Inglis has had 8 firsts, two in the...
Lothian Running Club’s Jo Williams followed up her good run from the previous week at Holyrood Park when she helped East District to the women’s title in the Inter District Championship by leading home 116 runners to win the Senior Women’s race in the final East District Cross Country League...