STIRLING 10K Josh Dack led home a large contingent of Lothian Running Club members in the Scottish 10km. Road Running Championship at Stirling. LRC results 60th Josh Dack 33.17 109 Kei Mack 35.15 115 Ryan Kirkland 35.32 139 Alan Knowles 36.02 154 Euan McInnes 36.38 165 Gavin McKay 37.05 179...
Linda Garratty had a good run in the Glenmore 24 hour Challenge Trail Race. The Glenmore 24 is Scotland’s 24 Hour Trail Race. Taking place in Glenmore Forest outside Aviemore, runners must see how many laps of the four mile trail they can complete in 24 hours. Linda managed to...
LRC duo Stewart Laing and Brian Lees had podium place finishes in the North Ayrshire AC 10k in Saltcoats. The duo finished 2nd and 3rd in the M50 age group, Stewart crossed the finish line at the St Matthews Academy in 39 minutes 02 seconds to place 18th overall with...
SARAH 12TH IN BIRMINGHAM ‘HEAT’ Sarah Inglis finished 12th in the Women’s 5000 metres at the British Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Sunday. Temperatures were 30c in the Alexander Stadium, same for everyone, but far from being ideal for a high profile endurance race. A handful of the competitors succumbed...
CLUB TRIO AMONG THE PRIZES IN SPEYSIDE WAY ULTRA Less than a week after having run four marathons in the same number of days Lothian Running Club’s Shona Young was once again pounding the roads in the Speyside Way 36.5 mile Ultra Marathon from Ballindalloch. Again Shona was among the...
Shona Young, Lothian Running Club’s amazing ultra runner was in Ireland at the end of last week and into the weekend where she took part in Quadrathon International Challenge. The gruelling race sees the competitors tackle four marathons on four successive days. A separate route each day – travelling over...
In the Open 800 metres handicap race at an extremely muddy Stirling Highland Games it looked as if Ron Loewen [70m] had timed his run to perfection, after reeling in the field he only had Rory Dowd Oban[100m] to pass, as they entered the home straight he moved onto his...
In the Nairn Half Marathon, Christine MacVarish finished 7th female and 2nd in the female veteran category in a time of 1h 42m 28s. Christine also ran the Caerketton Hill Race at the Hillend Ski Slope finishing 77th overall and 13th female in 28m 04s. Alan Knowles had a top...
Representing Great Britain & Ireland, Sarah Inglis produced an excellent run to finish in third place in the Womens 5000 metres race at the European Athletics Team Championships in Bydgoszcz Poland. Sarah was one of only five Scots in the team for a competition in which each of the 12...
Aaron Smyth was the only LRC junior member taking part in the Scottish Athletics Age-Group Championships at Grangemouth at the weekend. He just missed out qualifying for the the final of the Under-13 200 metres finishing in 4th place in his heat in 30.54 seconds.Aaron was on course for a...