SUMMER BREAK 2016

Wednesday sessions

 

Wednesday 22nd June was our last training session before our summer break. 

The Wednesday night training will resume on Wednesday 17th August at 6:30pm. 

 

Saturday sessions

 

Saturday 18th June was the last Saturday session. 

Mark will start the Saturday sessions again on Saturday 16th July at 10:45am when he is back from his holidays.

 

A well deserved break for the young athletes, parents and coaches.  For everyone who is going on holiday please enjoy yourselves and come back injury free (that includes the coaches!) 

We look forward to seeing you all then and I hope you all enjoy your summer break.

 

Richard

TRAIL RACE - OFFICIAL PRIZES

Well done to all the young athletes who took part in Friday's races and see you all in 2017 for another good night of running!

 

Official Trail Race Team Prizes

1k Male Team Prize

Frances Ede Santangeli, Kai Wheeler & Lucas Buckman 

1k Female Team Prize
Gabrielle Coffey, Zara Howell & Daisy Blake

3k Under 12 Male Team Prize
Lewis Moir, Fergus Kane & Patrick Saez

Official Trail Race Age Group Prizes

1k
Frances Ede Santangeli, 2nd u9 male

3k - u12
Lewis Moir, 3rd u12 male

3k - u15
Lucy Saez, 3rd u15 female

Link to results: http://www.calderglenharriers.org.uk/TrailResultsHome.html

PARKRUN WEEKEND ROUND UP 25 / 26 JUNE

Victoria Park Junior Parkrun #83 (2k) - 26/06/16

12th, Kai Wheeler, 8:32, 28th junior parkrun, New Pb by 26 seconds

14th, Ruby Byrne, 8:33, 30th junior parkrun

17th, Ava Byrne, 8:56, 30th junior parkrun

116 runners in the field.

Fantastic Pb by Kai Wheeler after such a great performance at the Trail Race on Friday. Ava & Ruby both showing consistent performances at the Junior Parkrun.

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/victoria-juniors/results/latestresults

TRAIL RACE SUPPORT 2016

Our Trail race is this Friday 24th June, only 2 days to go, so as a club we need your support............

 

Trail Race Entries

All the juniors who want to do the race can get an entry form on training night, fill it in, hand it in and you get to do the race for FREE.  There is official individual race prizes, age group and Team prizes.  Also the junior section have their own additional prizes to celebrate Harrier success in the event.

 

Junior Buffet @ Trail Race

Since 2013 we have put on a junior buffet for all the runners who do the 1k & 3k and due to the support from parents & coaches over the last 3 years supplying donations of sandwiches, cakes, sweets etc it has been a great success.  So we want to continue this tradition for the 2016 Trail Race.  Can you let Sarah know what food donation you are planning to bring to ensure we have enough for the all the kids.

 

Trail Race Volunteers

The Trail Race Director Russell Couper is looking for volunteers to help on the day.  If you are free please go the senior blog through this link
http://calderglen.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/trail-race-roles.html and see how to add your name on the list in the article entitled Trail Race Roles.

Thank you for your time,

Richard

PARKRUN WEEKEND ROUND UP 18 /19 JUNE

Victoria Park Junior Parkrun #82 (2k) - 19/06/16

4th, Lewis Moir, 7:49, 19th junior parkrun, new Pb by 17 seconds

10th, Ruby Byrne, 8:32, 29th junior parkrun

14th, Ava Byrne, 8:54, 29th junior parkrun

117 runners in the field.

Fantastic running from all 3. In deed 3 is a magic number! A massive 17 second Pb by Lewis. I did say to Lewis earlier in the year I would help him to get under 8 minutes and he smashed it. Well done Lewis.

Ava & Ruby, great performances both so close to Pbs and thats after both playing competitive football matches yesterday. Just think what you could achieve with fresher legs...the skys the limit.

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/victoria-juniors/results/latestresults

Update- The proposed visit to the Parkrun on Saturday the 18th has been postponed as I am running in a 10k the following day. Training will be on at the normal place and time.

Thanks

Mark

DECHMONT LAW TRAIL RACE - 2k

Lothian Running Club held their annual trail race festival at Dechmont Law which is a hill in Livingston, West Lothian and its the highest hill in the Livingston area boasting views of Arthur's Seat and the Pentland Hills.

 

They had a range of trail races for all age groups and abilties from 10k, 3.5k and 2k fun run.

 

Junior Harrier Lewis Moir was today testing himself against his peers and good preparation for our club 3k race on Friday 24th June.

 

Lewis put in a fabulous shift throughout the race and was the race winner out of a field of 27 runners ranging from 3 to 50 yrs. The winning time was 9:20 and the 2nd and 3rd athletes were over 1 minute behind Lewis.

 

Lewis was modest as usual with his win which is really deserved as he is constantly working hard at his Harrier sessions which is helping him build good strength and endurance.

 

Link to results: http://kitst.co.uk/dechmont2016.html

 

Well done Lewis. Brilliant.

 

Richard

DECHMONT LAW TRAIL RACE - SUNDAY 12TH JUNE

Further to blog post on 17th May regarding local races the next one is Dechmont Law Trail Race on Sunday 12th June in Livingston, West Lothian.  See link for details:

http://www.lothianrunningclub.co.uk/trail-race/.

 

You can enter on the day up to 30 mins before the race or enter via Q Buster:

https://www.q-buster.co.uk/dechmont-10k-35k-trail-races-2016

2k Fun Run

@ 10:45am, cost 50p, Runners under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult

3.5k junior Trail Race 

@ 11:15am, cost £4 for Scottish Athletic members (age 11 to 16 years)

3.5k Trail Race 

@ 11:15am, cost £4 for Scottish Athletic members (age16 years +)

10k Trail Race

@ 12pm, cost £5 for Scottish Athletic members (age 17 years plus)

Some of the senior Calderglen Harriers will be at this event as it is one of the Grand Prix races (internal club competition)

 

Richard

ROUKEN GLEN 5k

Thursday 9th June was Giffnock North's annual running festival held in and around Rouken Glen Park in Giffnock.

 

We had some senior Harriers out in the 10k and Christopher McCarron who trains on Wednesday night in the junior section was running his first 5k event.

 

With a time of 22 minutes Chris did a terrific performance in the humid heat last night. He finished in 13th place in a field of 58 runners.

 

Well done Chris fantastic performance keep up the good work and you will get even better. Chris would like to thank the senior Harriers who took the time to congratulate him and shook his hand, he was delighted.

 

Any other junior Harriers out running in the Primary 5 to 7 children races? Drop me an email to let me know.

 

**Update**

 

Kai Wheeler ran in the Primary 5 childrens fun run at Roukenglen on Thursday. The race was over the distance 1k on paths around the park and Kai clocked at time of 4:17 minutes.  Well done Kai. Good to see more junior Harriers racing. 

 

Link to 5k results: http://www.giffnocknorth.co.uk/5k-results-from-f-of-r/

 

Richard

PARKRUN WEEKEND ROUND UP 4 / 5 JUNE

Victoria Park Junior Parkrun #80 (2k) - 05/06/16

8th, Ruby Byrne, 8:31, 28th junior parkrun

11th, Ava Byrne, 8:50, 28th junior parkrun, new Pb by 4 seconds

136 runners in the field.

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/victoria-juniors/results/latestresults/

SATURDAY SESSION - 4TH JUNE 2016

A message from Mark Saez

 

Tomorrow's session now starts at 9:45am.  Mark informed he has text all parents athletes who normally attend he Saturday session.  If anyone fancies trying out this session Mark would more than welcome you.

 

Have a good session everyone.

 

Richard