A group of Lothian Runners, with family and friends, descended on Hynish on the Isle of Tiree for the 10k weekend, this year, for the first time, also incorporating a half marathon. The course for both races starts with a 1 km stretch on the beach, then follows the same...
Mike Liberman missed out by only 7 seconds of taking the M60 title in the Whitstable 10k Race on Bank Holiday Monday. Conditions were ideal on the Kent coast and it saw Mike cover the scenic seaside mixed terrain course in 42 minutes 17 seconds. Finishing 55th overall, the Lothian runner lost out in the...
Lothian Running Club athletes had a great time at the Isle of Tiree Half Marathon and 10k races at the weekend. Outright wins,category wins and PB’s were all recorded over the picturesque island course. In the 10k, the first club runner to finish was Peter West in 6th place and...
The club’s Ian Leggett finished 3rd M70 in Sunday’s SVHC Walter Ross Open Masters 10k Race.
Ian covered the course from Cartha Rugby Club in 49 minutes 13 seconds which placed him 42nd of the 50 finishers.
Full results:http://scottishmastersathletics.webnode.com//
Four Lothian Running Club athletes contested the Edinburgh to North Berwick 20 mile race on Saturday. The route follows the coast from Portobello on past Musselburgh Racecourse through Direlton and on to North Berwick to the finish on Beach Road. First of the club quartet to complete was Donald Shaw finishing in 2...
There was PB’s for a trio of Lothian RC members at Saturday’s Falkirk Parkrun. John Malcolm, Owen Williams and Lynne Murray all improved on their previous bests over the 5k Callendar Park course. John finished 5th one place ahead of Owen in 6th. Lynne Murray, Jo Williams, Lana Turnbull and...
There was an excellent turn-out of 11 club members at Wednesday evening’s Scottish 5k Road Race Championship at Silverknowes. There was a top quality field in both the men’s and women’s races. The first of the Lothian contingent home in 18th place overall and 4th JM was Max McNeil with...
The club’s Stephen Malcolm was in the North East of England at the weekend where he took part in the Marathon of the North in Sunderland. It looks as if he may have hit the dreaded ‘wall’. After covering 21 miles of the race in 2 hours 21 minutes, Stephen then...
The Lothian club foursome of John Malcolm, Paul Young, Finlay Slane and Brian Reid contested the Hunter Bog Trot Hill Race at Holyrood Park on Saturday. Conditions were sunny with the odd hailstones shower. The 6.5km course with a climb of 240 metres takes the runners from St Margarets Loch...
Jim Alexander was the Lothian club’s sole representative in Sunday’s Heaven & Hell Half Matathon at Perth. Jim finished in 75th place covering the 13.1 course from Scone Airport in 1 hour 57 minutes 45 seconds which placed him 75th overall and 10th in the MV50 category. 106 Runners completed...