Category: Race Reports

PARKRUNS [14TH SEPT]

Lothian Running Club members were out in force at the parkruns at the weekend. At the Edinburgh event, Jo Williams maintained the club’s success in the women’s category by coming home in first place in 19m 07s which also placed her 17th overall. Both Paul Young and Mike Lieberman recorded...

MEADOWS WIN FOR CHLOE

The final event in the midweek series of races held during the summer at the Meadows took place on Wednesday evening. This weeks race was over a 2 mile course and it saw the club’s Chloe Cox emerge as the victor in the Women’s race, Chloe who also finished in 9th...

JAVELIN & DISCUS PB’s FOR EMMA

Lothian RC’s Emma Mackie recorded two throwing PB’s while competing in the JSB Forth Valley League President’s Select match at Grangemouth Stadium on Saturday. Emma finished in 5th place in both the Under-15 Girls Javelin and Discus competitions. Her javelin throw of 15.94m was 1.87m firther than her previous best....

FINE HALF MARATHON DEBUT FOR MAX

The club’s Max McNeil made his half marathon debut at a very windy Moray Half Marathon on Sunday. Despite being hindered by a stitch the Lothian runner who the previous week recorded a 10k track PB turned in another encouraging performance in finishing in 6th place in 1h 13m 10s....

50TH PARKRUN FOR PAUL & SHONA

Both Paul and Shona Young took part in their 50th Parkruns at Falkirk on Saturday. Paul celebrated with a course PB of 20.01 seconds and he was also the first Lothian RC member to complete the 5k course within Callander Park finishing in 9th place. Shona finished 43rd overall and 3rd female...

MASSIVE TRACK 10K PB FOR MAX

Running in a Scottish League match in Aberdeen the club’s Max McNeil recorded a massive 10,000 metres track PB. Finishing in 2nd place behind Delhi Commonwealth Games 1500 metres finalist Ally Hay, Central AC – who also set a pb – Max recorded a time of 32m 37.71s over half...

MELROSE TITLE & COURSE PB FOR EDEL

MELROSE 13.1K ROAD RACE  Lothian Running Club’s Edel Mooney broke the course record on her way to winning the Melrose 13.1km Road Race in the Borders on Sunday. The race which starts at Melrose Railway Station sees the runners head out to a mostly uphill and undulating first six miles...

PB & CATEGORY WIN FOR ALAN

The Lothian club’s Alan Robertson was not only a category winner but also set a new PB at the gruelling Speyside Way Ultra Marathon. Alan covered the 36.5 mile course from Ballindalloch to the centre of Buckie in 5 hours 51 minutes which placed him 21st overall and 1st in the MV60...

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