Category: Race Reports

Category win for Jill in 50th Parkrun

There was an excellent turn-out of 11 Lothian Running Club members among an equally impressive total field of 406 for the Christmas Day Parkrun in Edinburgh. Jill Horsburgh had more to celebrate than just xmas as she was running her 50th Parkrun in total and finished in 1st place in...

Successful day at Falkirk

Lothian Running Club members were out in force in Saturday morning’s Falkirk 5k Parkrun with nine runners in the men’s race and five in the female category. It was a successful day for the club who claimed victory in both category’s with Max McNeill who was making his race debut at...

Indoor PB for Louise

There were some fine performances from club junior athletes at the recent Open-Graded indoor meeting at Grangemouth Stadium. Both Louise Kerr and Emma Mackie won their respective 90 metres races with Louise recording a PB. RESULTS 60M [Race 8] 1st Louise Kerr [9.34s]PB 60M [Race 9] 1st Emma Mackie [9.54s] 60M...

Reservoirs test for club trio

A trio of LRC members contested the Seven Reservoirs Multi Terrain Half Marathon on Sunday The challenging route within the Pentland Hills Regional Park  starts and finishes on the shore of Threipmuir reservoir, and also takes in the reservoirs of Loganlea, Glencorse, Bonaly, Torduff, Clubbiedean and Harlaw. Brian Reid was the first...

Jill takes Gravy Pud Challenge

GRAVY PUD FELL RACE The Lothian clubs Jill Horsburgh was among a record field of 228 finishers in Saturday’s Gravy Pud Fell Race at Glossop in Derbyshire. This popular off road fell race is run over a course of approximately 5 miles and starts and finishes at The Bulls Head...

Category Parkrun wins for Iain & Scott

Club junior Iain Horsburgh was the club’s only runner in Saturday mornings Falkirk Park where he finished 25th overall and 1st in the JM14 age-group covering the 5k course in Callander Park in 21m 36s. The club also had a category winner at the Edinburgh Parkrun with Scott Balfour 1st...

Max in with the best at Liverpool

The club’s Max McNeil represented the club in the Liverpool Cross Challenge meeting at Sefton Park on Saturday, with the race also being a trial for the European Cross Country Championships in Serbia next month it was a field of high quality who lined up for the 6k race. Max...

Club ladies excel for 3rd place at Alloa

Lothian Running Club’s senior ladies squad excelled to finish in 3rd place in Saturday’s East District Cross Country League match at Lornshill Academy, Alloa. There was an excellent turn out of over 20 blue vests at the event with 12 in the senior mens race , eight in the women’s...

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