Tuesday 26 September 2017

XC AND ROAD RUNNING DATES

This time of year is very busy as it is the start of Cross Country and road racing championships. So over the next weeks & months there will be a constant request for young athletes to take part in races.  So to start looking ahead and putting the dates in the calendar here are dates & what details I have about races. As closer the race is and I will get more details to pass on.

1. West District XC Relay Championship, Sunday 15th October, Hamilton racecourse, (u13/15/17)

2. Lanarkshire AAA Road Relay Championship, Saturday 21st October, Drumpellier Park, Coatbridge (u11/15/17)

3. National XC Relay Championship, Saturday 28th October, Cumbernauld, (u13/15/17)

4. National Short Course XC Championship, Saturday 11th November, Kirkcaldy, (u15 & u17)

5. Lanarkshire AAA XC Championship, Saturday 25th November, Drumpellier Park, Coatbridge, (u11/15/17)

6. West District XC Championship, Saturday 9th December, Irvine, (u13/15/17)

7. National XC Championship, Saturday 24th February 2018, Callander Park, Falkirk (u13/15/17)

8. National Young Athletes Road Championships, Sunday 18th March 2018, Battery Park, Greenock, (u13/15/17)

Any athlete that is my training group will only be eligible to do the 2 under 11 races organised by Lanarkshire AAA. So there is limited races for this age group so bear in mind about deciding to run.

All the events are open to the older age groups coached by John & Mark. We recently split this group into a Performance Group & Development Group. Mark is coaching the Performance Group and all the athletes in this group should be racing unless you have a good excuse!  The Development Group is coached by John and this is optional to race but I would like everyone to try a race. Remember running is a solo sport so only you can push yourself to get better. Applying your training and practice racing is all part of your training.

Richard

NATIONAL XC RELAYS (CUMBERNAULD)

This National XC relays will take place on Saturday 28th October at Cumbernauld Park, Cumbernauld, G67 3JG .

Start times are 12pm for Young Female race and 12:40pm for Young Male Athletes.

Distance is 2.5k per leg

3 athletes from one club are a team and there is team prizes as well as individual.

Junior Endurance Section will cover race cost to help encourage participation.

The race is same format as as the West District XC relay race coming up. The only difference this is the National and includes all clubs in Scotland that choose to compete not just clubs in the West of Scotland.  So everyone doing the West District XC relay race please put your name down for this race and anyone else who is available.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR Scottish Athletic REGISTRATION IS UP TO DATE.

You have to run in a club vest and need cross country spikes or trail shoes.

I need names & SA numbers by end of training session on Wednesday 11th October as this is pre entry.

Richard

Tuesday 19 September 2017

WEST DISTRICT XC RELAY

One week to go to deadline....

This year's West District XC relays will take place at Hamilton Park race course on Sunday 15th October.

Young Females race starts at 11:30am
Young Males race starts at 12:05pm

Distance is 2.5k per leg

Lap 1 need a under 13
Lap 2 need a under 15 or 13
Lap 3 need a under 17 or 15

3 athletes from one club are a team and there is team prizes as well as individual.

Junior Endurance Section will cover race cost to help encourage participation.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR Scottish Athletic REGISTRATION IS UP TO DATE.

You have to run in a club vest and need cross country spikes or trail shoes.

I need names by Wednesday 27th September as this is pre-entry.

Richard

Monday 18 September 2017

WEEKEND ROUND UP 16/17 SEPTEMBER

Rouken Glen Park Junior 2k Parkrun #43 - 17/09/17

Well done to Sophie & Emma and in especially Sophie for achieving another Pb within a week of the last.

36th, Sophie Freeman, 9:42, 3rd junior parkrun & Pb by 13 seconds
62nd, Emma Hutton, 10:53, 17th junior parkrun

Cumbernauld 1k races - 17/09/17

Steven Cooper was 3rd Primary 5 boy and Kai Wheeler was 3rd Primary 7 boy Good runs for both boys. Photo on closed FB page.

Sunday 10 September 2017

LATEST ATHLETE NEWS

Posting information about up and coming events and other activities is always good. However it is good to update on what are athletes are doing outside the club in terms of running. So if you have any running news please let me know by email.
 
Both Lewis & Ashleigh Moir have been running in the central belt of Scotland recently.  Lewis is returning to full training after an injury period and did some tester runs.
 
First up was the Perth 5k parkrun on Saturday 2nd September.
 
70th, Lewis Moir, 22:14
182nd, Ashleigh Moir, 26:48
 
333 runners in the field
 
Today, Sunday 9th September they ran the Stirling 2k event.
 
Lewis completed the run in 8:06 (time now corrected) placing 16th overall out of 74 runners and 7th in the under 13 age group. Ashleigh completed the event in 9:16 and placed 37th overall.
 
Well done both for continued devotion and passion for running.
 
Richard



 

WEEKEND ROUND UP 9/10 SEPTEMBER

Rouken Glen Park Junior 2k Parkrun #42 - 10/09/17

Well done to Sophie & Emma for great performances.

36th, Sophie Freeman, 9:55, 2nd junior parkrun & Pb by 23 seconds
52nd, Emma Hutton, 10:34, 16th junior parkrun & Pb by 4 seconds

192 runners in the field

Link to results: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/roukenglen-juniors/results/latestresults/