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Friday 31 October 2008
Harriers' Christmas Dinner/Party Night?
It is fully appreciated that this is a busy time of year for all so full participation cannot be expected but it would be nice to keep this Harriers' tradition going in some shape or form, small or large!
The proposal is to select a venue from a short-list as detailed below. Indicate your preference using the on-line voting thingy on the lefthand menu (the system will only allow one vote per PC). All (polite) comments on the pros and cons of the establishments will be considered. The poll will be live for 1 week after which names will be taken, deposits collected and the booking confirmed.
Choice 1
Where: Village tandoori
What: 3 courses (tandoori and European food)+ entertainment(karaoke/disco/live [?] depends what night)
Cost: £18.95
Choice 2
Where: Di Maggios
What: 3 courses (pizza/pasta/european food) + entertainment (8-10pm DJ/Tribute Act/11-1amDJ)
Cost: £22.95
Choice 3
Where: Legends
What: 4 courses (steak house/european food) + entertainment (cabaret party night)
Cost: £21 (price goes up to £28 after 6th Dec)
Glossary of Terms
European Food - who knows???
Entertainment - subject to interpretation!
Thursday 30 October 2008
Club Jackets and T-Shirts
The T-shirts will be black in a technical fabric (likely to be Brooks) with Calderglen Harriers on the back and the logos on the front. There is a choice of short or long sleeves. Again, precise cost dependent on numbers ordered but probably around the £10 to £12 level if we take the costs last time around for guidance.
To allow the numbers required to be determined, please leave a comment on this blog post with your name and size (S, M, L, XL) for Jacket and/or T-shirt or speak to Eddie at the club. For the T-shirt, also state your preference for short or long sleeves.
ORDERS WILL CLOSE ONE WEEK FROM NOW ON FRIDAY 7th NOVEMBER!
Allan Scally Road Relay Teams
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvM4Q08mJVUDFg
For those needing a lift, the plan is to leave the Sports Club at 12:30 sharp. The race starts at 2pm, each leg is 4.8 miles. The venue is Bannerman High School on Glasgow Road, Baillieston as shown below.
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Tuesday 28 October 2008
Have a spin
Allan Scally Road Relay
The names we have so far are: A Derrick, Graham Allan, Jim Holmes, Ian Rae, Gerry Mullen, George Stewart, Eddie Reid, Richard Lawton, Scot Hill, Russell Couper, David Herbertson, Stuart Gibson, Kenny Beattie, Davy Watt, Jamie McMonagle. For the ladies we have Mary Goldsmith, Frances Maxwell and Alison Crooks.
Please leave a comment on this post if you are not on the list yet or let Russell or I know at the club on Thursday.
Alan
Sunday 26 October 2008
National XC Relay Mud Bath Results
Not a great day for cameras, spectators or runners but (almost) all the Harriers braved the elements on Saturday to contest the National Cross Country Relays in Cumbernauld. These were probably the worst weather conditions ever at this venue but this made it a true cross-country event. Our strong ladies' trio of Mary Goldsmith, Sandra Reid and Frances Maxwell set the senior ball rolling in a very large and competitive field. Sandra is pictured on one of the firmer parts of the course. Final position for the team was 36th, 3 places higher than last year and 7th veteran team.
The men covered the same 4km (actually closer to 4.2km according to the Garmin GPS) course as the ladies, although as the event progressed the wind and rain increased and the mud became deeper. It was definitely a day for the strong men as it was even a struggle to keep on certain parts of the course due to severe cross winds. Being tall helped too as the mud was knee deep in places and at least one competitor was witnessed falling flat on their face in a sticky patch. With the masters category starting at age 35 for this event, all 3 complete Calderglen men's teams were veteran teams. The A team, Scot Hill, Jamie McMonagle, Eddie Reid and Alan Derrick displayed mixed form, with Scot and Eddie running strongly but Jamie and Alan struggling with the conditions, Alan in particular dropping two and half minutes compared to last year. The team finished 50th overall and 13th veteran team.
The B team comprised Stephen Phimister, Jim Holmes, David Herbertson and George Stewart. Stephen ran his first (and possibly last if his post-race comments are to be believed!) "proper" cross-country and is now challenging for a place in the first veteran (M35) team. Both David and Jim overturned recent defeats by George although it is certain that there will be some ongoing debate over the reasons for this. In the C team, Graham Allan, Graham Lindsay, Ian Rae and Alan Cullie ran consistently, given current fittness, and will hopefully have benefited from this "strength" session. The incomplete D team comprised Colin Banks, Russell Couper and Malcolm Buchanan. Malcolm had a particularly strong run considering his limited training due to long-term injury.
A special thank you to the tent pitchers (Scot Hill and Ian Rae) who saved the day for the seniors by installing the club tent ahead of the event to provide shelter for the athletes and supporters. Ten out of ten for effort to the team of 9 who then made a meal out of taking the tent down after the event!
The Grand Prix results have been updated, use the menus on the left to see them.
Ladies' times are here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvMmvp09KROaJw&hl=en_GB
The men's times are here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvPkN9jvTGqwTg&hl=en_GB
Friday 24 October 2008
National XC Relay Teams - CHANGED
The teams for the National XC Relay at Cumbernauld are as follows:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvNcIkJxYKLoTA
Russell will have the numbers, so find Russell at the school if you are there before 1pm or on the course if you arrive later. Please let Russell or I know before 1pm if you have to pull out or are going to be late.
Alan
Monday 20 October 2008
NATIONAL XC RELAYS (CUMBERNAULD)
The national xc relays are this weekend at cumbernauld
The ladies start at 1.30pm the gents at 2.30pm
I will be at the school for declarations up till approx 1pm thereafter at the course
If i cant be found as i may be around supporting the ladies i will be at the start no less than 15 mins before the start for runners to collect their numbers
below is a list of those entered please confirm by comment or see alan at the club this week
F Maxwell, M Goldsmith, S Reid,
Reserves
C Brady, A Crooks, M Cullie, B Sloss
R Couper, M Buchanan, E Reid, C Banks, C Steven, J Holmes, S Reilly, G Stewart, A Derrick,
I Rae, S Gibson, D Herbertson, A Cullie, S Hill, S Waugh, J McMonagle, G Lindsay, G Allan,
G Mullen,
Reserves
K Beattie, S Begg, S Phimister, M Duthie, C Freeman, A Henderson, I Hughes, C Jarvie,
P Kane, J McBride, B Rooney, R Shanks, D Watt,
Sunday 19 October 2008
Harriers Christmas Handicap
Malcolm
Harriers AGM
Malcolm
Lanarkshire Road Relay Results
Grand Prix Race List
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvPTzmWR_vHcOQ
Note that there are a few gaps and omissions compared to previous years for the following reasons:
Jack Crawford 10k Bishopbriggs (17/01/09) - the day after this it is the Scottish Masters Road Relay Championships (Strathclyde Park), an event that the club should be well represented at and challenging for medals.
Weekend of 6/7/8 Feb 09. Planned to be the Harriers weekend away (e.g. Tarbet, Rothsey) venue to be confirmed by Scot. Clashes with Scottish Masters XC Championship on 7th but the Harriers were poorly represented at this event last year.
15/02/09. ATHelite 5k - Chatelherault - an event that should see a lot of Harriers racing and helping at.
Grand Prix - Strathaven 10k
I am therefore throwing a wild card road race into the season. We will now add the EK 10k in to the Grand Prix, however you can only score points in the EK10k if you did not get an entry in the Strathaven 10k. If you have an entry to Strathaven, then you will not get points in the EK 10k. I am sure all the mathematicians are already considering the impact of this on their GP strategy! Hope this satisfies everyone.
Friday 17 October 2008
Lanarkshire Road Relay Teams
The men's and women's races start together at 1:45. Some of the team are meeting at the Sports Club to leave at 12:30 if you need a lift.
Alan
Wednesday 15 October 2008
Club Heart Rate Monitors
Colin and Genevieve will bring the HRM's up to the club on Thursday so please take one.
Tuesday 14 October 2008
LANARKSHIRE ROAD RELAYS
The lanarkshire road relays are this saturday 18th Oct
Could everyone who intends to run please let myself or Alan know at the club on thursday night or leave a comment on this blog
The race for senior and U/20 men and women starts at 1.45pm but please arrive no later than 1pm teams of 4 for men and 3 for women
Can i also remind everyone that we need at least 2 marshalls to be supplied
so if you cant run please come along and marshall so we can continue our participation in this event
Monday 13 October 2008
Lanarkshire Road Relay Championships
Malcolm
Sunday 12 October 2008
Brancumhall Training Monday
Saturday 11 October 2008
West District XC Relay - Irvine
Friday 10 October 2008
West District XC Relay Teams
The event is at Irvine Royal Academy as shown on this map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Irvine,+Royal+Academy&sll=55.624119,-4.664726&sspn=0.088782,0.307617&ie=UTF8&ll=55.635555,-4.669533&spn=0.044378,0.153809&z=13&iwloc=A
Please allow some extra time in case the roads are still flooded and let Russell or I know if you have to pull out or are going to be late.
Thursday 9 October 2008
Grand Prix Update #2
Women's Grand Prix: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvNWEjkt38f0cA&hl=en_GB
Men's Grand Prix: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvMYhyDPRDL5Ug&hl=en_GB
McAndrew Results: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvPs9nISSfMYKw&hl=en_GB
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvOsr2p_6fwIRg&hl=en_GB
Wednesday 8 October 2008
WEST DISTRICT XC RELAYS TEAM CONFIRMATION
Below is a list of those entered can you confirm by comment or at thursdays training if you are running or not so the teams can be selected
we have entered 5 male and 1 ladies team so there is an opertunity for male reserves to run
R Couper confirmed
M Buchanan
E Reid Confirmed
J Holmes
S Reilly Cant run
G Stewart confirmed
G Mullen confirmed
A Derrick
I Rae confirmed
S Gibson
D Herbertson
A Cullie
S Hill confirmed
S Waugh confirmed
K Beattie
S Phimister confirmed
G Lindsay
RESERVES
C Banks, S Begg, C Freeman, A Henderson, C Jarvie, P Kane, C MacDonald
J McBride, J McMonagle, B Rooney, R Shanks, C Steven, D Watt
F Maxwell confirmed
S Reid confirmed
M Goldsmith
RESERVES
A Crooks, M Cullie, C Brady, B Sloss
Tuesday 7 October 2008
Brampton Bus
Scottish Duathlon Championships
On a 'Baltic' & frosty early morning start line, Ben Ferguson was first off, making his debut appearance in this event. Ben took part in the novice sprint distance - a tricky 2 lap 5km Run, a 20km Bike & then another 5km run. Ben finished in 21st position overall & was 5th junior - all in all a sound performance in an event that takes some getting used to. Pace judgement, transitions & adhering to the various race regulations require practice in these events.
Next up was the main longer distance Championship race (10km Run, 40km Bike, 5km Run) with a high class field including a number of Pros & Elite athletes.
A great performance from in form Andy Buchanen saw two strong runs (including a 36 min 10k to start) & a good bike keep him up there with a 16th position finish in 2 hours 2 mins.
Colin Freeman bravely ignored the searing pain of tendonitis in his hip (yes I know - excuses - don't start!) to produce a 38 min 10k followed by solid performances on the bike & second run with an overall 32nd position in 2 hours 8mins. With a lot of very strong cyclists in the race us runners tend to do very well on foot but can get a bit 'whooped' on the bike, especially over the longer distances.
Genevieve Freeman battled round the same tough course completing in a sound 2hrs 30mins and was a respectable 10th female overall.
Well done to all who took part - its a tough event but, as always, hugely supported & a great atmosphere. Highly recommended!!
Photos may follow depending on what point in the race they were taken!!
Monday 6 October 2008
Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud!
Dawn Buchanan running in the Salamon Turbo X race in Mugdock Park on Saturday morning. 10 miles of mud, mud and yet again more mud! "It was ace and the best £20 I have ever spent… the whole way round the more mud I fell into the bigger the smile…in fact I think every long Sunday run should be like this".
Sunday 5 October 2008
Performance Award Scheme
We need the declaration form completed to summarise:
a) your 3 best times at 3 different distances (e.g. 5k, 10k, half marathon) obtained in the period 1st October 2007 to 30 September 2008.
and/or
b) your 3 age group or absolute personal bests at 3 different qualifying distances (e.g. 5k, 10k and half marathon) obtained in the period 1st October 2007 to 30 September 2008.
If your result was obtained at a regular Grand Prix race such as Brampton, then we don't need to see the official results as I already have them, however, if it is some other event, then we do need to see a print out of the results showing your time and those of the winners for comparison.
Speak to Scot or I at the club on Monday or Thursday if you need clarification of what is required.
Alan
British Masters XC Relay - Mansfield
Thursday 2 October 2008
McAndrew Road Relay Teams
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvPoKTeEGIs9CA&hl=en_GB
The event starts at 3pm and registration/changing is at Jordanhill School, Chamberlain Road, Glasgow. Russell will be declaring the teams and collecting JOKERS! If anyone else, particularly ladies to keep Mandy company, would like to take part, then please get in touch with Russell or leave a comment on this posting.