CLUB RUNNERS DO WELL AT SEVEN HILLS CHALLENGE

What is the Seven Hills of Edinburgh ?

Every year since 1980, on the 3rd Sunday in June, a few hundred hardy individuals take part in one of the most unusual running events in the country, The Seven Hills of Edinburgh — a combination of road-running, cross-country, hill-running, and urban orienteering… 14 miles in length and with 2200 feet of ascent/descent.
 
It attracts runners of all ages and all abilities — from the leading distance-runners who get round in 100 minutes, to the more modest performers who may take up to 4 hours. But they all enjoy the satisfaction of completing one of the most scenic and challenging of sporting courses.
Runners have the choice of two races in which to take part.
The seriously-fit should enter “The Race”. Those of more modest ability (above 1 hour 40 for a half-marathon, say) can enter “The Challenge” (starting half an hour in advance).
Lothian RC fielded two runner’s in the ‘Race’ and six in the ‘Challenge’.
Graeme Ackland and Martin Leadbetter contested the Race with Graeme finishing an excellent 31st overall and 2nd in the M50 category in 1 hour 58m 52s. Martin finished 152nd in[ 2 h 35m 08s] 181 of the 187 starters finished the ‘Race’.
In the ‘Challenge’, Euan McInnes was not only the first club runner home but the overall winner crossing the finish line in 2h 12m 35s, which was 12 minutes quicker than his 2012 time. He was followed home by 6th Paul Young [2:15.37], 15th & 4thF Christine Mac Varish [2:20.09], 18th Finlay Slane[2:20.59], 83rd Shona Young[2:44.51] 162nd Leanne Webster[2:58.19]. 260 of the 268 starters completed the ‘Challenge’ course.
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BLUE VESTS DOMINATE AT WHITBURN

WHITBURN BOUNDARY 5 MILE RACE

Lothian Running Club members dominated the Whitburn Boundary race on Sunday morning over a hilly 5 mile course.

Club runners claimed wins in both the individual male and female category’s as well as taking the overall team prize.

Colin Meek was the victor in the men’s race with club mate Jim Alexander in 3rd place.

Lana Turnbull retained her title in the women’s race and also finished in 3rd place overall.

Times and more details to follow.

[Thank's to Mike Turnbull for the info on this race]

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FALKIRK PARKRUN[June 15th]

FALKIRK PARKRUN

12th Paul Young [20.01]PB
30th & 3rdF Lana Turnbull [21.33]
36th & 2nd JM14 Iain Horsburgh [21.39]
48th & 5thF Shona Young [23.01]PB
86th & 18thF Shona Greig [26.05]
87th & 4th M60-64 Ted Finch [26.16]
88th & 19thF & 1st F50-54 Jill Horsburgh [26.18]
144th & 47thF Val Finch [33.42]
150 completed

Full results:http://www.parkrun.org.uk/falkirk/results/latestresults/

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EDINBURGH PARKRUN[15th June]

EDINBURGH PARKRUN[5k]

10th Owen Williams [18m 39s]
113th Ewart Scott [23.09]
183rd & 35thF Jo Williams [25.36]
216th & 2nd JW 15-19 Cara McCafferty [26.36]
217th Gerry McCafferty [26.36]
356 Completed.

Full results:http://www.parkrun.org.uk/edinburgh/results/latestresults/

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STRATHCLYDE PARKRUN[15th June]

STRATHCLYDE PARKRUN [15th June]

20th & 2nd M 55-59 David Mabon [20m 43s]
115th & 1st F 55-59 Carol Mabon [29.02]
159 Ran

Full Results: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/strathclyde/results/latestresults/

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W. L. COURIER [Report 13th June]

WEST LOTHIAN COURIER [Report 13th June]

Featuring Dechmont Law 10k Trail Race & Karrimor Great Trail Challenge.

http://www.westlothiancourier.co.uk/west-lothian-sport/other-sport/2013/06/13/lothian-running-club-host-dechmont-law-10k-trail-race-62405-33465308/

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CLUB QUARTET AT MEADOWS 5K

Alan Moffat led home a quartet of club runners at Wednesday evening’s Self Transcendence 5k race.

Alan covered the 5k course at the Meadows in 18m 39s which placed him 22nd of the 85 runners who completed the course.

Pol McDonald followed him home in 34th place in 19m 37s. Kate Kitchen was the only club female in the race completing in 22m 42 for 66th overall and 13th female. Ian Hall was just behind in 68th in 22m 55s. Ian was also 10th M50.

Full results:http://uk.srichinmoyraces.org/result-self-transcendence-5k-race-wed-12-june-2013-meadows-edinburgh

[Thank's to Alan Moffat for sending me the info on this race]

[Edited by Admin].

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ANOTHER GOOD RUN FROM SCOTT.

Lothian Running Club’s Scott Nelson continued his recent fine vein of form with an excellent 2nd place in the Livingston Round Table 10k race.

Scott was only a fraction outside his PB for the distance with a time of 38.30 seconds. Gerry McCafferty was the next club runner home in 8th place in 42m 30s. Pol McDonald and Mel Zobel completed the club’s representation in the race. Pol finished in a time of 44m.30s with Mel crossing the line in 45m 10s.

161 runners completed the course.

[Thank's to Gerry for sending me the info on this race,]

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SUCCESS FOR HOSTS AT DECHMONT LAW

Lothian Running Club hosted a successful 10k Trail Race at Dechmont Law on Sunday.
And it was the blue vests of the hosts that marched off with the lions share of the prizes with wins in both the men’s and women’s individual races, the women’s team event as well as a number of category wins.
Max McNeil produced probably his best run of the season to claim the mens title in 35 minutes 29 seconds while in the women’s race Edel Mooney once again impressed to finish 6th overall and 1st female in 38m 43 seconds.
Edel also led her team mates Christine McVarish and Lynne Murray to victory in the women’s team contest with men’s team of Max McNeil, John Malcolm and Euan McInnes finishing runners up behind the team from Hunters Bog Trotters.
There was a club 1 – 2 in the men over 60 category with Mike Lieberman finishing just ahead of Alan Robertson. Jill Horsburgh was the victor in the over 50 female age group.
In the Junior 3.5km race Robbie Kennedy finished runner up, Iain Horsburgh was 7th overall and 3rd in the under-15 age group. In the girls race Bethany Nelson finished 9th oveall and 1st under-15 with Cara McCafferty 11th and 1st under-17.
The Helen McDonald Memorial Trophy for the first female over-40 from the club went to Christine McVarish.
Full club results:
10k TRAIL RACE
1 Max McNeil[35m 29s] 6 & 1F Edel Mooney[38.43] 10 John Malcolm [40.90]14 Euan McInnes[42.08] 19 Alan Moffat [43.01] 23 Paul Young [43.41] 26 Finlay Slane [44.16] 30 & 2F40 Christine McVarish[44.58] 32 & 1M60 Mike Lieberman [45.28] 47 & 4F40 Lynne Murray[46.05] 39 Martin Leadbetter [46.09] 43 Lindsey Fraser [46.22] 48 Jim Alexander[46.41] 58 7 2M60 Alan Robertson[48.27] 65 Shona Young[49.36] 85 & 1F50 Jill Horsburgh[52.09] 86 John Barclay[52.24] 94 Kenny Mearns [53.21] 101 Shona Greig [56.20] 121 Stewart Kennedy [61.12]. 139 Completed.
3.5k JUNIOR TRAIL RACE
2 Robbie Kennedy[12.24], 7 & 3U-15 Iain Horsburgh[14.12] 9 & 1FU-15 Bethany Nelson[16.44] 11 & 1FU-17 Cara McCafferty[16.50].
FUN RUN
10 Robyn McDonald[10.38] 16 Meg Wishart [11.36] 17 Lucy Kennedy [11.36 19 Mirran Wishart[12.13] 20 Alex Moffat[12.13] 26 Molly Wishart[14.00] 27 Jamie Kennedy [14.16] 28 Abi Arbuckle[14.17] 30 Melanie Kennedy [14.17] 31 Abbie Malcolm[14.22] 33 Sorley McDonald[15.19] 39 Robyn Moffat[16.57]. 52 Ran.
[Report by Shane Fenton]
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LIVINGSTON OPEN MEETING [Tabulated results]

LIVINGSTON OPEN MEETING [29TH MAY]

 As promised here are the tabulated club results for the Livingston Open meeting on the 29th May. Let me know if anyone has been missed out.

MIXED 75M HURDLES

Race 1: 5th Lucy Kennedy [18.79]

MIXED 70M HURDLES

Race 2: 3rd Ellie Muirhead [17.14]

MIXED 800M

Race 2: 5th Liam Jackson[3:11.72] 6th Erin McComiskey [3:14.08] 7th Hannah Steel[3:16.13].

MIXED 200M

Race 6: 5th Emma Mackie [30.54]

Race 9: 2nd Louise Kerr [31.18]

Race 10: 2nd Andrew Jackson [32.49] 4th Amy Begbie[32.87] 5th Louis McDonald[32.88] 6th Meg Wishart[33.30]

Race 11: 6th Stephen Fraser [35.06]

Race 14: 1st Sean Cameron[33.80] 5th Lucy Kennedy [35.88] 6th Catherine Fraser [41.56].

Race 16: 3rd Erin Steel [35.53].

Race 17: 5th Mirren Wishart [36.59] 6th Alex Moffat [38.83].

Race 18: 5th Heather Edwards [40.49]

Race 20: 1st Liam Jackson [34.39 3rd Rossha Muirhead[35.98].

MIXED 1500M

Race 2: 9th Ellie Muirhead[6:31.50].

MIXED HIGH JUMP

7th Meg Wishart [1.15m] 15th Gavin Lafferty [0.90m].

MIXED 13+ LONG JUMP

10th Nicola Kellock [4.15m]

MIXED 9-14 SHOT PUTT

5th Gavin Lafferty [5.59m] 6th Stephen Fraser [5.47m] 8th Sean Cameron [5.32m] 11th Erin McComiskey[4.93m] 23rd Catherine Fraser [3.42m] 25th Mirren Wishart[2,92m].

MIXED 11-12 LONG JUMP

10th Louis McDonald[3.38m] 12th Erin Steel [3.35m 21st Andrew Jackson [2.96m] 27th Alex Moffat [2.63m] 29th Adam Lafferty [1.99m].

MIXED 9-10 LONG JUMP

17th Heather Edwards[2.58m] 19th Hannah Steel [2.54m] 20th Rossha Muirhead[2.40m].

MIXED 13+ SHOT PUTT

2nd Nicola Kellock [8.82m] 9th Emma Mackie [6.08m] 10th Amy Begbie [5.96m]

[Can you let me know that you prefer to see the results from JSB and open meetings in this format, i think it looks better, however if not necessary someone say as it takes about two hours to put it all together, i don't mind doing it if that's what you want.]

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