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Wednesday 30 December 2009
Happy New Year
I hope that 2010 brings you and your families good health and happiness. I also hope that the club can achieve as much in the new year as we did in 2009. Look forward to seeing everyone in February.
PS can you please warm the place up.
Malcolm & Carolyn
AYR TURKEY TROT
On an icy cold day for safety the organisers decided to change the course and run it on a partly snow covered beach and to get the distance in it was made a 2 lap course up and down the beach twice.
At the 1st turn at 2.5k Andy Buchanan had put himself into a strong 4th or 5th place and was running strong, next was his father Billy looking very easy as if he was out for a stroll but running very well then it was my turn to round the turn and head to the halfway point
At the 5k turn there was no sign of Andy unfortunately he must have picked up a strain or injury but Billy still looked easy and so we were onto our 2nd lap. At this point i found myself wishing i had entered the 5k which was run earlier as the beach starts to take its toll on the legs
Billy crossed the line in 45:11 and i finished in 54:49 but was pleased with my fastest kilometer of the race from 9 to 10.
Saturday 26 December 2009
Harriers Christmas Run
remember to bring some money
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Happy Feet 5 & 10K runs
All profit goes to Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland and its services in the community improving the quality of life for those suffering from chest, heart and stroke illness in Scotland.
The event website is www.happyfeetrun.com where you can find more information and register online.
Monday 21 December 2009
Congratulations to Craig Ferguson
Well done Craig and lets show them all that West is the Best !
Christmas Greetings
Christmas greetings from down under. Can you explain the white stuff at the Christmas handicap? Looks like you had a great day. The weather here is great and the wine plentiful. We look forward to meeting up with everyone on our return.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.
Malcolm & Carolyn
Sunday 20 December 2009
Christmas Handicap
Christmas Handicap and Childrens Party
Thursday 17 December 2009
Young Athletes Training
Wednesday 16 December 2009
FEES FOR 2010
The fees for 2010 are the same as 2009 and for anyone who cant remember or our newest members the fees are as follows
This also includes Sports Club Membership
Ordinary member £52
Family member £84
Junior members will be advised when i check the age catagory dates
Fees are due in January and prompt payment is required
We do appreciate this can be a financially difficult time of year so if anyone cant pay in January if you speek to me direct we can arrange a short payment period
Just a reminder if payment or alternate arrangements arent made you cannot compete as a member of Calderglen Harriers
Scottish Athletics 4K Cross Country
Please fill out the entry form and return to me by 18th January and i will send them all together
Alternately if you cant get a form to me you can post it direct with your entry fee
i will also put some forms on the club notice board next week 21st Dec
Russell
Monday 14 December 2009
LSK SUPPLIES VETERANS ROAD RELAY RACE
Saturday 12 December 2009
Christmas Day Parkrun
On a personal note i ran 24:51 today which is my best for about 3 years over the distance
This also means as a new league table has started im the leading Calderglen Harrier
lets see how long that lasts
Russell
Wednesday 9 December 2009
KAROAKE NIGHT AT THE DFID
Sunday 6 December 2009
West District Cross Country Championships
Sole Under 13 girl Amie Mulholland also put in an excellent race coming 54th place in a time of 16 minutes and 13 seconds.
Well done to all the clubs young athletes for representing the club at this championship.
West District XC - Irvine
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Christmas Night Out
Sunday 29 November 2009
West District XC Championship
R Couper, C Steven, A Cullie, E Reid, D Herbertson, J Holmes, I Rae, D Wardrope, M Duthie, G Stewart, D Watt.
And for the ladies F Maxwell
Ladies start at 1:05pm Men at 2:00pm
Please be there in plenty of time so im not left holding numbers forever equally if you cant make it let me know at the club this week or leave a comment on this blog
Russell
Saturday 28 November 2009
Hugh Wilson Memorial 10k
Friday 27 November 2009
Grand Prix - EK 10k
Wednesday 25 November 2009
BRAMPTON RESULTS
So the sweep results are
3rd B Buchanan @ 24 secs
2nd G Crooks @ 17 secs
1st R Couper @ 9 secs
Monday 23 November 2009
Lanarkshire Cross Country Championships
The first race of the day was the Under 11 Girls with Emma Lawton finishing in 12 th place in a time of 3 minutes and 56 seconds. Caitlin Kean (35th) followed in 4 minutes and 49 seconds with Georgina Hernon (38th) only three seconds behind.
Next to the starting line was the Under 11 Boys who were led home by Kevin McGurk (13th) in a time of 3 minutes and 54 seconds. The ever improving Drew Gordon followed in 3 minutes and 59 seconds claiming 16th place overall. William Brady (20th) was next in 4 minutes and 26 seconds closely followed by Niall Bogan (4 minutes and 32 seconds) in 22nd place and Christopher Brady (23rd) in 4 minutes and 41 seconds.
Well done to all the clubs young athletes for taking part in this event and here's hoping even more (except Under 11's) will be at the West District Cross Country on Saturday 5th December at the Royal Academy in Irvine.
Sunday 22 November 2009
Brampton
Friday 20 November 2009
Glasgow parkrun Saturday 21st November Cancelled
Brampton to Carlisle 9 Mile Road Race
DUE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN THE CARLISLE AREA PART OF THE COURSE, WHICH IS LOW LYING, IS FLOODED AND CLOSED. HOWEVER THE RACE WILL GO AHEAD WITH A SHORTENED COURSE - APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES
IF THE FLOODED SECTION CLEARS IT WILL BE A 10 MILE COURSE
Thursday 19 November 2009
Club AGM
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Lanarkshire AAA Cross Country Championships
12 .oo Under 11 Girls 1200 metres ( 1 small lap) Entry £1
12.10 Under 11 Boys 1200 metres (1small lap) Entry £1
12.20 Under 13 Girls 2500 metres ( 1 large lap) Entry £1
12.45 Under 13 Boys 2500 metres ( 1 large lap) Entry £1
13.10 Under 15 Girls / Under 15 Boys (1 small and 1 large lap) 3700 metres Entry £2
13.40 Senior Ladies /Under 17 Ladies / Under 17 men 5000 metres ( 2 large laps) Entry £2
14.15 Senior Men 10,000 metres (4 large laps) Entry £3
Presentation of prizes will take place as soon as possible after each race
Only first claim members of fully paid up affiliated clubs to the LAAA are eligible for prizes. All individual athletes must also be Scottish Athletics registered ( except Under 11's) .
Monday 16 November 2009
British & Irish Masters Cross Country International - Perry Park, Birmingham, 14 November 2009
I travelled down to Birmingham with the Scottish Masters Team for the Home International Cross Country Races.
If there are a few dozen call offs, there’s always a slim chance that I might get a call up for the Scottish Team in this annual event.
Fortunately that’s what happened this year as I got a last minute call up for the over 45 team.
The omens for the weekend didn’t look good when we arrived at our posh team hotel. My spikes had punctured holes in my post race cans of beer, smuggled into the hotel in the bottom of my bag (£4 a pint in the hotel bar, no way Jose). Unfortunately my posh dinner/dance prize giving clobber was soaked. I blame Athelite for selling spikes that are too sharp. Hopefully, unless it snows, I’ll not need my spikes at Brampton next week. So don’t panic Jamie, my carry out should survive.
Things didn’t get better when I turned on the TV to hear a weather forecast of gales and heavy rain for race day. I’d been promised an ideal for me flattish firm course. All the track runners would be just as well starting their carry outs the night before.
Our 11am arrival at Perry Park the following morning put my race preparation into disarray. It was 3 hours before my race started, 2 hours 50 mins earlier than my body clock is used to. The weather at the course was as predicted and hundreds of runners were crammed for shelter into a small tea room or a Calderglen Harriers, race for life, size tent.
First race started at midday, for all women plus 65 year old & over men. I tried to offer some support to the team but within 30 mins was soaked through and starting to shiver. Not ideal race preparation so, stuff the team, I needed shelter. I decided to sneak into the nearby 5 star Alexander Stadium’s indoor training arena. Trying to blend in with what looked like a GB 4 x 100m training squad wasn’t going to be easy. I started warming up on the 150m indoor straight running track expecting to be thrown out. However, as usual, the sprinters spent about 99% of the time chatting & stretching so I could easily fit in a warm up and strides.
I managed to simulate my last minute rush by leaving the indoor arena 10 mins before my race began. A quick dash to the start line and we were off. I was in the M35/M40/M45 race, meaning I’d be one of the slowest runners. It was a strange feeling being in last place of such a big numbered race for the first few hundred metres, Russell knows what I’m talking about. I tried to convince myself that I’d do the Kelly Holmes Athens 2004 Olympic tactic of picking off all the runners one by one. In some ways this was achieved. She used to pick off 14 runners in a field of 15, I picked off 14 runners in a field of approx 90.
Unfortunately it just wasn’t my kind of race. The previous races had churned up the course with the resultant mud bath developing before I started. After two laps of the four x 2k laps all the energy had been sapped from my legs. From then on it was a struggle not to loose any places. Disappointingly I lost two places late in the race. This is the part of the race I’m normally at my strongest, but thankfully it didn’t affect the team position. We finished 4th out of the 5 home international teams. I finished 4th out of 6 in the Scottish Team meaning I was the last counter. My time was 32.57 for a GPS measured 5.40 miles, which was reasonable on a mud filled course. Performance of the day went to Jeff Farquhar of Pitreavie who had a time of 30.55, wining silver medal in the M50 race.
All in all it was a fantastic experience taking part. Hearing people say “come on Scotland” as you run by is a great feeling. With the strength of Vets we have at Calderglen, injuries permitting, there’s nothing stopping us being one of the best represented clubs in future Scottish Masters Teams.
Martin Duthie
Well done to Martin and thanks for the excellent race report!
Alan
Saturday 14 November 2009
Christmas Night Out Part 4
Friday 13 November 2009
Glasgow University Road Race Results
Leading a lone furrow for our ladies was Frances Maxwell 36:10 158th but could have been faster if not for the start of what was a new course to most of us.
The course now being a 2 lap route with a tough uphill start but at the top of the hill there is a small gate for over 200 runners to queue up to get through.
Not a good start but after this some good running as you head down towards the canal, turn left and run parallel to the canal, then left again and head back to Maryhill Road and into the science park before doing a second lap. Fortunately no queue at the gate on the 2nd lap.
Onto the men and leading us home was M Duthie 28:17, 32nd another excellent performance from Martin and continuing his recent good form. Next in was A Cullie 29:22, 41st and really starting to show he may soon be a threat to Martin being 1st Harrier.
E Reid completed our first three 30:51, 64th.
Other harriers running where S Hill 32:28 92nd, J Holmes 32:57 99th, S Waugh 33:08 102nd,
D Herbertson 34:04 116th, C Banks 35:05 132nd in a close race with D Wardrope 35:07 133rd.
That would have been a good finish to see but i was probably just past the canal while that was going on. R Lawton 39:27 193rd, C Steven 41:41 209th and R Couper 47:04 222nd.
Our next Grand Prix race is Brampton on the 21st so hope to see this close competition from some of the Harriers carried over onto the longer distance.
A special thanks go to S Reid and A Derrick for coming along to support us while running.
Lets see if we can get good turnouts at our future races this year like the numbers we get for Brampton. To coin a phrase from Nike JUST DO IT!
Saturday 7 November 2009
Glasgow University Road Race
Friday 6 November 2009
Christmas Night Out Part 3
Thursday 5 November 2009
WEST DISTRICT XC (Royal Acadamy Irvine)
Ladies race starts at 1.05 pm, Gents at 2.00pm
I need names by monday 16th Nov either on this blog or see me at training
there is no reserve list for this so no name no entry
cost is £4.00 per head
Russell
Wednesday 4 November 2009
Young Athletes 2k and 1k Time Trials
Times are as follows:
Paul Mullen U13 11.09 , 5.11
Craig Ferguson U13 9.57 ,4.46
Emma Campbell U15 8.32,4.16
Amy Mulholland U13 12.42, 6.10
Greg Mulholland U13 12.57,6.01
Andrew McGurk U13 11.14, 5.18
Grant Brennan U13 13.54,6.03
Connor White U13 14.46,6.46
Drew Gordon U11 13.26,6.14
Michael McAllister U13 15.10,7.25
Lewis Easton U11 11.26,5.35
Erin Reidy U15 18.26,8.09
Stuart Hill U15 14.44,6.33
Ross Paterson U15 11.29,5.12
Ian Rae U15 11.57,5.16
Kevin McGurk U11 13.12,6.22
Once again well done to all the young athletes of Calderglen Harriers.
MyRace Magazine
Magazine is available at your local Running Specialist!
Colin
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Christmas Night Out Part 2
Monday 2 November 2009
Lanarkshire AAA Cross Country Championships
Race 1 Under 11 Boys 12pm
Race 2 Under 11 Girls 12.10 pm
Race 3 Under 13 Girls 12.25 pm
Race 4 Under 13 Boys and Under 15 Girls Combined Race
Race 5 Under 15 Boys and Under 17 Girls Combined Race
Race 6 Under 17 Men and Senior Women Combined Race
Race 7 Senior Men
Start times for races 4 to 7 to be confirmed
Age Groups : Under 17 Born during 1/9/92 to 31/8/94
Under 15 Born during 1/9/94 to 31/8/96
Under 13 Born during 1/9/96 to 31/8/98
Under 11's is not a official competition age group category . As a club we recommend that anyone born since 31/8/98 take part in selected fun runs which this event includes to encourage a healthy lifestyle for children. We also advise that anyone under 7 years of age be assisted around the course by an adult which is allowed in this event.
FULL DETAILS OF THE LANARKSHIRE CROSS COUNTRY RACES WILL BE POSTED ON THIS BLOG AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Sunday 1 November 2009
Performance Awards
Saturday 31 October 2009
Allan Scally Road Relay 2009
Friday 30 October 2009
Scally Teams
NOVEMBER SPORTS MASSAGE PROMOTION
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Christmas Night Out
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Alan Scally Road Relays - Important Notice
Sunday 25 October 2009
Young Athletes 1 k interval session
Richard Campbell u17 4.34, 4.39, 4.32
Paul Mullen u13 5.14,5.08,4.52
Craig Ferguson u13 4.51,5.08,4.52
Emma Campbell u15 5.47,5.49,5.46
Ewan Murray u17 4.06,4.14,4.11
Amy Mulholland u13 5.56,5.57,6.07
Greig Mulholland u13 5.52,5.56,5.56
Andrew McGurk u13 5.30,5.22,5.32
Alistair Crawford u13 5.35,5.34,5.32
Grant Brennan u13 6.50,6.58,6.45
Connor White u13 6.50,6.58,6.50
Drew Gordon u13 6.18,6.16,6.08
Megan Brady u13 6.50,7.07,8.58
Michael McAllister u13 7.37,7.07,8.58
Lewis Easton u13 6.04,6.04, n/a
Lewis Miller u13 5.39,5.40,5.39
Erin Reidy u15 8.25,8.25,9.11
Stuart Hill u15 6.14,6.42,7.22
Ross Paterson u15 5.22,5.30,5.50
Pierce Hough u15 7.16,6.53,6.35
Well done to all the young athletes many of whom were experiencing this type of training for the first time.
Allan Scally Road Relay
National Cross-Country Relay Results
Friday 23 October 2009
National XC Relay Teams
Alan
Sunday 18 October 2009
National Cross-Country Relays - Cumbernauld
Saturday 17 October 2009
Lanarkshire Road Relay Results
Friday 16 October 2009
Brancumhall Sessions
Lanarkshire Road Relay Teams
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Lanarkshire Road Relays
Monday 12 October 2009
A farewell get together
Malcolm
Sunday 11 October 2009
President's Trophy
Race 3 Grand Prix Update and Lanarkshire Road Relays
Saturday 10 October 2009
WEST DISTRICT XC RELAY RESULTS
In the meantime first out for the harriers was F Maxwell running 17.18 on a course that had some muddy patches and slippy corners but generally not too bad. unfortunatly Frances had nobody to hand over to so come on girls lets get you out racing and making a team up, we can do well in these events but need to be there.
For the gents Martin Duthie led the 1st team off in 13.36 followed by E Reid 14.36 A Cullie 14.30 and J Holmes 15.29. The 2nd team comprised A Henderson 15.27 I Rae 16.34 J Carrigan 16.29 and C Banks 17.41. Our 3rd team only had 2 runners R Couper 20.18 and C Steven 19.19
Well done to all who ran and thanks to everyone who came along to cheer us on
The next club race is next week the Lanarkshire Road Relays so lets try and get more runners and anyone who cant run can come along and cheer us on or marshall for the race as we need to provide 2 marshalls
Thursday 8 October 2009
TEAMS FOR WEST DISTRICT XC RELAYS
Ladies
F Maxwell start time 12.40pm
Men
1st M Duthie ...............1st.A Henderson ....................1st.C Banks
2ndE Reid ....................2ndI Rae..................................2nd R Couper
3rdA Cullie....................3rd J Carrigan.........................3rd C Steven
4thJ Holmes .................4thG Stewart
start time 1.30pm
Be there in plenty of time and contact someone if you cant make it
Russell
Challenge Barcelona Ironman
We were both very near our predicted times & absolutely loved it - it was a huge & quite emotional event & I found it amazing what you can get out of your own body if you break it down & dig deep enough.
A few people have been asking for a race report, which I have now written. Needless to say it is fairly extensive so rather than dumping it on this Blog I have put a link below to our ATHelite Blog where you can read it if you are so inclined & have time to spare!
Thanks to everyone who popped in, called & texted to give us support & encouragement both before & after the event.
We have a couple of weeks of essential rest now then we shall make a return to the Harriers to train at a normal level again for a while!
Colin
http://www.athelite.blogspot.com/
Wednesday 7 October 2009
Young Athletes Training
Loch Ness Marathon
Thanks to Mary for letting us know that her time was actually 4:15, not too shabby at all! See Mary's comment for her full reaction and other news on runners we know.
Also, Andy Buchannan was competing in the Loch Ness 10k and finished a very creditable 4th out of 2500 in a new pb of 34:42, missing out on 3rd place by only 12secs. Thanks to Dawn for the report and all the best to Andy with his studies at college in Inverness; his talent will be missed.
Well done to Mary Goldsmith on her time of 4:17 on the Bonnie Banks of Loch Ness (am I getting my songs mixed up here?). I'm sure this will qualify for a performance standard (will check when I get back to the UK). I've a feeling there may have been more than one Harrier competing in that race series, so as is traditional, if anyone who was there running or spectating would like to submit a race report for the blog and a photograph or two it would be much appreciated.
The bigger the race the more inpenetrable the on-line results seem to be so I cannot actually even check Mary's time at the moment let alone search for any other Harriers!
Congratulations again Mary on a fine time and now put your feet up for a few weeks and recover.
Alan
Tuesday 6 October 2009
Lanarkshire AAA Road Relays
Malcolm
Physiotherapy Service
Malcolm
Monday 5 October 2009
Hard as Nails!
Genevieve completed the race in the fantastic debut time of 11:40:32, finishing 746th overall and 9th F35, comfortably beating her target of sub-12 hours. That's a 3.8km swim in the sea, 180km on the bike and a marathon to finish it. Her vital statistics were something like 1:18:03/5:56:49/4:25:40 (can't get them to add up but there must be some unaccounted transition time in there too). If I'm not mistaken, that marathon split is only about 20 minutes outside Genevieve's marathon pb. Just goes to highlight the importance of a warm-up, even before a marathon!
Colin's total time was 10:52:43, comfortably inside his target too and finishing 404th overall and 99th M35. Colin's approximate splits were 1:11:07/5:50:33/3:51:03.
Alan
Calderglen Clean Up
Malcolm
SVHC Half Marathon - Clydebank
Thanks to Jim for the race report and well done on finishing in exactly the same time as he did one month previously at the Glasgow Half. Mr Consistency!
Alan
Sunday 4 October 2009
WEST DISTRICT XC RELAY
I have entered just about everyone from the club so you can still get a run if you let me know by thursday at training after which the teams will be selected
the following names have already said they will run but i need further confirmation they can still make it so let me know
R Couper, A Derrick, C Steven, A Cullie, J Holmes, C Banks, E Reid, M Duthie,
A Henderson, D Watt, I Rae, G Stewart, J Carrigan
F Maxwell
These are names the teams will be made from unless i hear differently
Russell
McANDREW RESULTS
We had 2 full teams out and leading off the first team was E Reid with a time of 19.50 followed by C McDougall with our fastest time of the day 19.09 3rd and 4th were A Cullie and B McDougall running 20.32 and 21.32 respectfully to finish in 18th place
The 2nd team was G Allan 22.57, D Wardrope 23.43, R Lawton 24.58 and R Couper 28.27 to finish 38th
Thursday 1 October 2009
McANDREW TEAMS
Please be there for 2pm approx for warm up and numbers
A TEAM
E REID
C McDOUGALL
A CULLIE
B McDOUGALL
B TEAM
G ALLAN
D WARDROPE
R LAWTON
R COUPER
LADIES
F MAXWELL
Tuesday 29 September 2009
NATIONAL XC RELAYS (CUMBERNAULD)
I need names by next Monday 5th Oct
Start times are men 2.40pm ladies 1.40pm
cost is £4.00 per head
either see me at the club or leave your name using this form.
Russell