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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.
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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.