Category: Race Reports

Loch Leven Half Marathon

Lothian Running Club’s Malcolm Lang had an excellent 5th place finish in Saturday’s Loch Leven Half Marathon. His time of 1 hour 19 minuts 45 seconds was also a PB for the distance. Donald Shaw agonisingly missed out out on a PB by a mere 2 seconds with his time...

Scottish 5k Road Race Championship.

Lothian Running Club were well represented at the Scottish Athletics 5k Road Race Championships at Silverknowes, Edinburgh on Wednesday evening. The club had 13 runners in the Men’s race and one in the Women’s. Male club captain Max McNeil continued his recent fine vein of form with an excellent 8th...

Suzanne completes Belfast Marathon

Lothian Running Club’s Suzanne Matonti completed Monday’s Belfast City Marathon in 3 hours 44 minutes 00 seconds. This placed her 540th overall and 35th in the female category, Suzanne was outside her PB for the marathon distance which is 3 hours 24 minutes 58 seconds set in London in 2006....

Inglis breaks mile record at Ralph Vernacchia

MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 WESTERN WASHINGTON INGLIS BREAKS MILE RECORD AT RALPH VERNACCHIA BELLINGHAM, Washington – Trinity Western’s Sarah Inglis (Falkirk, Scotland) led the Spartans track and field team at Western Washington University’s Ralph Vernacchia meet Saturday as she set the meet record in the mile with a winning time...

Top run from Max & PB for Colin

Lothian Running Club’s Max McNeil produced what was probably his best ever run as a senior athlete when finishing in an excellent 5th place in the Scottish Athletics 10,000 metres Championships on Friday night. On a damp and windy night at Hutchesons’ Grammar School in Glasgow the 20 year old...

Hoka Highland Fling

A handful of Lothian Running Club members completed the gruelling 9th Hoka Highland Fling Race on Saturday. The 53 mile multi-terrain ultra run along the West Highland Way saw the runners set off at 6am from Milngavie and for many it would be 12 hours later before they crossed the...

Hunters Bog Trot

John Malcolm and Paul Young were the Lothian Club’s representatives in Saturday’s Hunters Bog Trot Hill Race from Holyrood Park. John finished in 35th place in 35 minutes 06 secs with Paul 45th in 36 minutes 57 seconds. A total of 95 runners completed the course. Full...

Big track 5k PB for Max

Running in the Men’s 5000 metres event at the recent Scottish Athletics League match at Grangemouth Stadium, Lothian Running Club’s Max McNeil recorded a massive PB for the distance. Finishing in 2nd place in the race, Max recorded a time of 15 minutes 14.36 seconds which lopped almost 18 seconds...

London PBs for Owen, Christine & Shona

Lothian Running Club had seven runners among the masses in Sunday’s Virgin London Marathon. The first club runner to finish was Colin Partridge who finished in 2 hours 47 minutes 27 seconds only 50 seconds outside the time he set 12 months ago over the same course. Following Colin over...

Lothian Trials Meeting

Louis and Robyn McDonald were the only club representatives at the recent Lothian Trials meeting at Meadowbank. Both recorded PB’s, Louis in the long jump and Robyn in the 100 metres. Results Under-11 100m 1st Robyn McDonald [15.78]PB Under-13 100m 6th Louis McDonald [15.50] Under-11 800m 5th Robyn McDona;d[3:03.04] Under-13...