Category: Race Reports

CLUB TRIO CONTEST DEVIL O’ A RACE

Three club members contested thr gruelling Devil o’ the Mountains Ultra race at the weekend,the ‘Devil o’ the Mountains’ is a 43 mile footrace from Tyndrum in Perthshire to Fort William in the Highlands, it starts at 6am from the Green Welly Car Park and runners have 12 hours to...

3K PB FOR MAX

Running in the Glasgow Miler Meeting at Scotstoun Stadium on Friday evening Max McNeil ran under 9 minutes for the 3000 metres for the first time. In a high quality field Max finished in 14th place overall and 3rd under-23in a new PB of 8 minutes 52.85 seconds, well inside...

GOOD TURN OUT AT MEADOWS RELAYS

There was an excellent turn out of club members of all ages at the recent Self Transcendence 3 x 1mile relays at the Meadows in Edinburgh. The club fielded 6 six teams out of the total 58 which took part. The ‘Lippy Lothian’ team of Lana Turnbull, Mhairi Inglis and...

MHAIRI 1st FEMALE IN ANCIENT RACE

Lothian Running Club’s Mhairi Inglis was the winner on Saturday of the female category of a race that is recognised by the Guiness Book of Records as the oldest footrace in the World. The Carnwath Red Hose Race dates back to 1508.The race which is now run in conjunction with the Carnwath Agricultural...

MEADOWS 3rd’s for both MAX & JOCELYN

Both Max McNeil and Jocelyn Moar finished in 3rd place in their respective male and female category’s in Wednesday[24th July] evening’s 2 mile Self Transcendence race at the Meadows in Edinburgh. Max recorded a time of 9m 46s with Jocelyn stopping the clock at 12m 32s, both were outside their PB’s...

ROUND ARRAN RELAY

Half a dozen club members travelled over to Arran at the weekend for the annual Round Arran Relay. 23 teams took part with the mixed Lothian team finishing 14th overall and 5th in the mixed category Stage One [11.5m] Jim Alexander [1h 28m 41s] Stage Two [10.5m] Edel Mooney [1h...

ANOTHER JAVELIN WIN FOR NICOLA

Nicola Kellock was the club’s only competitor at Sunday’s Lothian & Borders Open Graded meeting at Meadowbank Stadium. This however didn’t deter her from producing another exellent performance in the Mixed Javelin competition. Her throw of 31m 86c was just outside her PB but was still good enough to finish...

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