The Lothian clubs junior athletes have been in action over the last week competing at the Livingston Open meeting at Craigswood Sports Centre and the first of the Forth Valley League meetings at Meadowbank Stadium. Here is the results from the Livingston meeting: Mixed 300m, Race 4, 2 Erin McComisky[49.53],3...
Lothian Running Club were well represented in Sunday’s Great Edinburgh 10 mile Run. The race started and finished in Holyrood Park, the LRC placings were:
84 Ryan Ferguson[1:07.06],
235 Mel Zobel[1:11.29],
286 Alan Moffat[1:14.21[],
1164 Jim Alexander[1:22.58],
1350 Mike Murray[1:28.26],
1713 Melanie Kennedy 1:32.32],
1816 Jim Salvage[1:33.54],
2094 Mags Turnbull[1:37.00],
2559 Susan Bruce[1:43.38].
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The road running season is now in full swing, unfortunately at the weekend two long established endurance events took place on the same day. The 54th Tom Scott Memorial 10 mile Road Race took place at Strathclyde Park while the 50th Round the Houses 10k was going on in Grangemouth....
The Lothian club’s Shona Young finished runner up in the women’s category of the gruelling Glasgow to Edinburgh Ultramarathon for the second successive year. The G2E Ultramarathon follows the course of the Forth & Clyde and Union canals and takes in the Antonine Wall and the Falkirk Wheel before leading...
Competing for his English club Salford Harriers, Lothian club member Max McNeil picked up a gold medal at the Northern Men’s 12 stage Road Relay Championships in Sunderland. Max led home the runners in the 2,2 miles 8th leg in 10.26 minutes. 50 teams took part.
http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2016/n1216.pdf
Over 500 athletes were in Livingston on Sunday for the annual 6[men] & [4 women] stage National Road Relay Championships. Lothian Running Club fielded two full teams in both races plus an incomplete team in the men’s. The LRC ladies who were defending the women’s title finished in 10th place...
The club’s Jo Williams took the women’s title at the Tay 10 mile road race in Perth. Jo who also placed well up in 14th place overall recorded a new PB of 63 minutes 19 seconds as she crossed the finish line over a minute ahead of her nearest pursuer...
The Lothian clubs Jo Williams turned in an impressive performance to finish 2nd female in the Balloch to Clydebank Half Marathon, finishing in 52nd place overall Jo recorded a new PB for the distance with her time of 82 minutes 47 seconds almost 5 minutes quicker than her previous best...
David Mabon was the first over 60 veteran at the Stranraer Half Marathon. David crossed the line in 1:40.03 which placed him 43rd overall of the 110 finishers. Club mate Neil Graham wasn’t far behind finishing in 48th place in 1:42.05. The race was won by Robert Gilroy, Cambuslang in...
Edel Mooney won the Gartmorn 6 race on Sunday covering the multi-terrain course around the Gartmorn Dam in 36 minutes 34 seconds. In the overall standings Edel placed well up in 8th place of the 271 finishers. The only other LRC member in the race was Brian Morris who finished...