Club Training Monday 2nd March

It is always difficult to know how hard to train in the week between two races. However, with the Scally being a relatively short but all out 5k race, only a few days of recovery are required and it is more important to have an easier session on Thursday to conserve strength ahead of what is a hilly 5 mile race at Glasgow Uni's  Garscube sports complex on the coming Saturday. That's a long way of saying Monday's session is not a post-race run!

The session is 5 x 6 minutes at threshold (controlled discomfort) with a 2 minute jog recovery. For a change, the session is running laps at Carron Place in an anti-clockwise direction. This circuit provides a good mixture of slight uphill, flat and gentle downhill which gives good opportunities to work out what threshold effort should feel like; i.e. the effort stays the same but the pace reduces on uphills, increases on the flat and increases a bit more on the downhill. The objective is not to maintain a constant pace but to maintain a constant effort, in the same way that you would in a race. A few minutes in to each rep, the breathing should start to be uncomfortable and if asked, only a few words could be spoken. The effort will be something like 10 mile to half-marathon race effort and definitely not as hard as 5k effort for all those who ran so well at the Scally.

Alan

ALLAN SCALLY ROAD RELAYS

 Updated 15.31

Please be there for 11.30 at the latest

This Saturday were off to Glasgow Green for the Allan Scally road relays.

4 x 5k legs with a start time of Noon. The start is at the football centre end of the park but down by the Clyde. Note for those that have been before that the Start is about 100m downstream from the old Start.

Teams are as follows

Ladies A   1 Emma Carroll, 2Frances Ferguson,  3 Lorraine Buchanan,  4 Lisa Greer

Ladies B   1 Elaine Bell,  2  Louise Higgins   3+4 spare

MV40    1 Colin Banks,     2+3+4 spare  

MV50    1  Stephen Phimister,  2  Robert Gibson,  3  Gerry Connolly,   4 Gordon McInally

Sen M A    1   Andrew Higgins,  2 Scott Hair,  3   Jason Grant  4  Andrew Buchanan

Sen M B    1  James Nugent,  2  George Ferguson  3  Andrew Rycroft  4 Russell Couper

There is a few spare places if anyone else wants entered also if anyone can no longer make it please let me know asap as i need to go on and reregister the teams.

Russell

Club Training Thursday 26th February

Thursday's session is a pre-Scally run and is one of the usual, simple pre-race run routes with strides. The route is down the Queensway to KFC then along West Mains Rd and on to Lidl and back up Churchill Avenue and Strathaven Rd to the club.

From the Queensway fit in 6 x 50m gradual accelerations to 5k pace, hold that pace 10 seconds and then decelerate to an easy, conversational pace. Do these on flat or downhill sections of the run. Decide within your packs when to start each acceleration.

Alan

Renfrewshire Road Races - Greenock

Congratulations to Andrew and Charlotte Buchanan who won silver medals for non affiliated Renfrewshire clubs in the Renfrewshire Clubs Road Race Championships in Greenock on 8th Feb. Andrew was 2nd in the MV40 category in his 5 mile race and Charlotte 2nd in the U13 girls race.

 

National XC Championships

Luca MacArthur

 It was perfect running weather at Callander Park in Falkirk on Saturday for the National XC championships.  It was calm, about 10 degrees and dry/drizzly for the most part though there were a few heavy rain showers during the senior men’s race.

First up was Charlotte Buchanan in the U13 girls 3.4K race, Charlotte had a strong run finishing in 14:09 in 38th position from a field of 132. Luca MacArthur was next to run in the U13 boys 3.4K race. Luca also ran well finishing in 16:27. Our next junior athlete was Hamish Anderson in the U15 boys 4.3k race who also had a great run finishing in 15:36 in 30th place from 99. Well done to our 3 junior athletes.

Charlotte Buchanan

The senior ladies race was next up and there was a lot of interest in this one with Laura Muir taking part for the first time in 14 years. 10k is a step up in distance from her usual 1500m, however her class shone through to take the title by a 13 second margin with Scout Adkin in 2nd place. Laura also showed what a true role model she is taking time to sign Charlottes vest for her and answer questions before the race. Further back in the field, Alison, Frances, Claire and Lorraine were hoping not to be lapped by Laura on the 3 lap course. The sticky muddy section at the bottom of the first hill claimed Claire’s shoe on the first lap forcing her to stop to get it back on. Alison, Claire and Frances were delighted to get round the 2 laps before Laura came round to the finish. Alison was first harrier back in 51:06,
followed by Frances in 53:10 with Claire taking on a 10k cross country for the first time not far behind in 53:53. Lorraine Buchanan was glad to get to the finish and get a hard run in finishing in 67:36. 

The next race with harriers interest was the U20 ladies who had a 7.6k course, consisting of 1 short lap and 2long. Rachel McPhillips felt her hamstring tight on the way round, however still ran strongly to finish in 37:07.

Russells Shoe

The senior men’s race was next up, where we had 7 runners on the start line. Unfortunately Iain MacLean pulled out injured on the first lap. Jordan Stewart had a great run, cheered on by his dog in harriers colours, showing he’s back to his good form finishing the 10k race in 37:57. Jason Grant was the next harrier in finishing in 46:37, with Andrew Buchanan not too far behind in 47:30 then another short distance behind was Andrew Higgins in 48:16. Richard Lawton was running here for the first time in several years and finished in 56:40. Russell Couper was the star of the day, with his shoes falling apart on the 2nd lap he opted to take them off to stop them flapping about and ran the final lap barefoot! Not easy in the mud, with Russell falling 4 times on this lap. Never the less he battled to the finish, finishing in a time of 71:28. Well done Russell and team harriers!

Thanks to Louise, Alan, Kevin and Jordan’s girlfriend for coming along to support and Robert Pattinson for marshalling, your shouts at the far end of the course were much appreciated. Thanks also to Lorraine, Andrew B and Frances for coming for the first junior race and staying all day for the end of the senior men’s race as is a long day. And finally thanks to the bakers Frances and Andrew H for the home baking.

Club Training Monday 23rd February

Monday's session is a light session at Langlands Place with the aim of allowing those who ran at the National the chance to recover whilst also promoting a quicker, lighter cadence to get the neural system fired up before the Scally on Saturday where it looks like we will have a good turnout from the club.

The session is 10 x 200m at 3k to 5k pace with 200m jog recovery. Focus on good running form throughout the session. Don't strain, run fast and relaxed. Try to lock this feeling into your memory and replicate it during the Scally. i.e. don't strain, particularly the further into the race you are. You will find that if you focus on form and relaxing the more tired you feel, the faster and more efficiently you will run.

Thursday's session will also be a short pre-race run with strides.

Alan

NATIONAL 6+4 STAGE ROAD RELAY

This years 6+4 stage relay will again be held in Livingston on the 21st March.

This is a great day out supporting you club mates and seeing some of the top athletes in the country.

Start time is 11.30 for the men and 11.40 for the women.

Teams are 6 for men and 4 for women and legs are run with alternate distances of 3.15m and 5.8m.

If we have more names we will run partial teams too so everyone that wants to run can

Entrants MUST be members of Scottish Athletics as this is a National championship.

Cost is £7 per head and should be paid before race day.

Entrants must be born before 31/08/2008

I need names by Tuesday 3rd March.

If you wish entered please leave your name HERE. Those registered are listed HERE.

Club Training Thursday 19th February

Thursday's session is an easy pre-race run with strides. The route is Kingsway to Whirlies, East Mains Rd to West Mains Rd and KFC. Then Queensway back to the club. Within your packs fit in 6 x approx 100m accelerations to 5k race pace (accelerate over 50m and hold for 50m). Do these on downhill and flat sections starting the first one at Kingsway BP station.

Alan 

NATIONAL XC CHAMPIONSHIP

 This Saturday sees us at Callendar Park (Falkirk) for the National XC Championship

The following are entered

U/13 girls  11.00am    C Buchanan

U/13 Boys  11.16am    L MacArthur

U/15 Boys  11.53am    H Anderson

Sen Women  12.50    F Ferguson.  L Buchanan,  A Lessells and C McSorley

U/20 Women  13.55    R McPhillips

Sen Men     14.40     R Couper,  A Derrick,  A Buchanan.  G McInally,  R Pattinson,  J Grant,  A Higgins,  I MacLean,  J Stewart,  C Banks,  K Leinster   and  R Lawton.

Ladies should be there by 12.10 with the U/20 Ladies by 13.00 and Men by 14.00.

Juniors will be advised by there coaches.

Club Training Monday 16th February - Brancumhall

This is the last Brancumhall session of the season. However, if there issignificant snow cover, the session will be on the golf course instead. As this is the pre-National XC week, the session is shorter and lighter to allow recovery through the week.

I will leave it to the more experienced Harriers to judge if the conditions on Monday night are suitable for the golf course or not. If we are at Brancumhall, then the session is 6 x 1 lap at threshold with a 1 minute jog recovery. If we are at the golf course, then warm up with a 10 minute run on the usual golf course lap and then 6 x 3 minutes threshold on the golf course lap with a 1 minute jog recovery. Keep the threshold effort controlled and don't finish the session feeling you are on your last legs.

Alan

Club Training Thursday 12th February

Thursday's session is a fartlek on the 4-hills. On each uphill (decide what is a hill and what is not a hill within your packs, but note that there are more than 4 hills!) pick the effort up to threshold. In between the hills run easy, conversational pace.

Alan 

Club Training Monday 9th February

Monday's session is a longer session at 10k race pace. The session is 4 x 1600m with a recovery of approximately half the repetition time (which means that each pack will have a different recovery time). The recoveries are as follows:

Pack A 3:00 minutes

Pack B 3:30 minutes

Pack C 4:00 minutes

Pack D 4:30 minutes

The route starts at the roundabout on Greenhills Rd at the top of Langlands Drive (which is the road that leads down to Langlands Place). Run on the pavement on the left hand side of Greenhills Rd heading towards the Auldhouse roundabout. Turn left at the Auldhouse roundabout and keep left at the fingerposts. The 1600m should finish close to the new houses. Stop there and jog around during your recovery. The next rep is the reverse. Clearly, the even reps will be tougher than the odd reps due to climbing back up to Langlands Drive. Control your effort to be the same rather than trying to keep the same pace on the downhill and uphill reps.

Alan

THE ALLAN SCALLY ROAD RELAYS

The Allan Scally road relays will take place on Saturday 28th February in Glasgow Green.

Start time is Noon with teams of 4 running 5k each.

Cost is £11 per head and should be paid in advance.

Teams and running order will be posted on the Blog on the Friday 27th.

I need names by Tuesday 24th Feb.

This is a great team event run on a fast flat course so if your looking for a fast 5k with great company this is the one for you.

If you wish entered please leave your name HERE. Those registered are listed HERE.

Harriers Party Night - Saturday 14th February

Calderglen Harriers are hosting a disco/party night to hopefully raise some club funds on Saturday 14th February. Family/Friends welcome. U16s to be accompanied by adult. Tickets are £8 and can be paid in cash or transferred to the club bank account. Names should be left here:  

Responses can be viewed here

Also if club members are able to contribute something to the raffle it would be much appreciated.

PS Dont worry - Frances has booked the DJ and not Eddie 😜

Club Training Thursday 5th February

Thursday's session is at Langlands Place and is a progression of our 400m session. The progression is a reduction in the recovery between reps. So the session is 12 x 400m with a 50 second stand/jog around recovery. The pace is 5k pace. This does not seem like much of a reduction but after a few reps you will notice the lack of recovery. As always, aim for consistency of reps, with no more than a 1 second difference in time for each rep. If you find that you cannot maintain the pace you managed previously with the 1 minute recoveries, chances are you were going slightly too fast previously. Now is the time to make a slight adjustment to see where you are at in terms of 5k target pace.

Alan

Club Training Monday 2nd February - Brancumhall

Brancumhall session is intended to be a little lighter given the XC race on Saturday. The session is 4 x 2 laps at threshold with a 2 minute jog recovery. As threshold is not a specific pace but is a range of efforts, those who are a little fatigued from the race should run at the lower end of threshold effort which is just at the point where talking more than 3 or 4 words whilst running becomes difficult. Those who have not been racing can push a little harder into threshold where even a couple of words would be difficult.

Alan

SCOTTISH ATHLETICS MASTERS XC CHAMPIONSHIPS

 This Saturday were off to Tollcross Park for the Masters xc Championships.

Ladies and M65+ start at 13.00 and M40 to M60 start at 13.45

Please be there at least 30mins prior to your start time and i will have your numbers

Those running 6k are F Ferguson, A Lessells and K Leinster

Those running 8k are R Couper, A Buchanan, A Derrick, I MacLean, K McPhillips, R Pattinson, C Thomson.

Anyone that cant make it if you let me know asap so im not collecting numbers.

Russell

Club Training Thursday 29th January

Thursday's session is at Langlands Place (for those racing at the weekend, just do the session as as steady run without picking up the pace to rep pace, except for the 200m reps, which you should do).

The session is all at 5k pace and consists of 2 x 800m (1 minute jog/stand recoveries), 6 x 400m (1 minute jog/stand recoveries) and 4 x 200m (200m jog recoveries). 

Alan

Club Training Monday 26th January

With a good representation from the club at the SVHC road relays on Sunday in tough conditions, Monday's run is a recovery run. Still, its quite a hilly run to keep the focus on strength through the winter, although the pace should be easy. The route is down to the Murray Roundabout and then along the Murray and eventually turning left to the bottom of Lickprivick. Up Lickprivick to Greenhills Roundabout and then take the left turn down Greenhills Rd (following the footpaths by the flats parallel to Greenhills Rd until it joins the pavement beside the road. Keep going all the way to Strathaven Rd and back to the club. Take it very conversational, very low heart rate.

Alan

SVHC ROAD RELAY TEAMS

 The provisional teams for Sundays race are as follows Updated 23/01/26  23.02

Ladies A,  Leg 1   C Boyd,   Leg 2   F Ferguson,   Leg 3  A Lessells

Ladies B   Leg 1   N Dow,    Leg 2   L Greer,     Leg 3    K Mallin

Mens A     Leg 1  I MacLean,  Leg 2   J Grant,   Leg 3   A Higgins.   Leg 4   C Thomson.

Mens B    Leg 1  A Buchanan,  Leg 2  R Gibson,  Leg 3  K Leinster,   Leg 4  R Pattinson.

M50         Leg 1   M Howell,   Leg 2  R Couper,  Leg 3  G McInally,    Leg 4   Free.

I will register the teams and distribute the numbers.

1st leg starts at 11.00am so please try and be there for 10.15 for number distribution and warm ups.

Club Training Thursday 22nd January

Thursday's session is a threshold Thursday consisting of 1 x 12 minute effort, 4 minutes jog and then 8 minute effort. This is enough ahead of SVHC relay. The warm up is up Strathaven Rd to NEL roundabout, down to the Murray Roundabout and then onto the Queensway at the Town centre. The first rep starts here all the way down to KFC, turn right onto West Mains Rd, past the train station and on to Lidl. Turn right up Churchill Avenue and Strathaven Rd.

Be extremely careful on all road crossings. Do not charge across. Sacrafice the rep effort until the road is clear rather than taking any risks.

Alan 

NATIONAL XC CHAMPIONSHIP (FALKIRK)

This years National XC Championship will once again be held at Callendar Park in Falkirk on Saturday 21st Feb.

First race is U/13 girls at 11.00am up to Ladies at 12.50 and Men at 14.40

Distance is 10k for seniors.

Cost is £8 for juniors and £9.50 for U/20, Seniors and Masters.

Make sure your SA membership is up to date at the time of entry and the race date.

I need names by Tuesday 3rd Feb.

If you wish entered leave your name HERE. Those already registered are listed HERE.

West Cross Country League - Strathaven

 

Saturday was the first out of 2 west league cross country events where we had representation through the different age groups. It was great conditions for running, cold, not windy and not too muddy underfoot. The course was set in Kirkland Park in Strathaven which is set on a hill with the course mainly being either uphill or downhill, with not very many flat sections, however the hill wasn't anywhere near as bad as the Linn Park hill last year!

The first race we had harriers taking part in was the U13 boys race. Innes McMonegal and Luca MacArthur both gave a good account of themselves with Innes finishing in 12:32 in 34th place with Luca around a minute behind in 13:43 in 43rd place. The incomplete boys team finished in 13th out of 17. We had 3 U13 girls competing who also all gave a good account of themselves. Charlotte is getting back to full strength after her long injury lay off and was pleased with her run , finishing in 13th place in a time of 11:43. Nina McMonegal finished not too far behind in 30th place in a time of 12:43, depsite losing a shoe in one of the muddy patches and finishing the race in one shoe. Lucy Rooney completed the girls team finishing in 50th place in a time of 15:17. The girls team finished in 8th place out of 13. We had 2 harriers taking part in the U15 boys race. Finlay McMonegal had a strong run finishing in 9th place in a time of 12:35 with Robbie Rooney not too far behind in 13th place in a time of 13:06. The boys did well with Calderglen Harriers finishing as 2nd team out of 11. 

The senior harriers ran a combined race with males and females running together. There was some close contests throughout with the 2 Andrews (Buchanan and Higgins) resuming their battle for grand prix points. Kai Wheeler finished as first harrier in a time of 25:40. Martin MacDonald running his first cross country as a harrier wasn't too far behind finishing in 25:56. Iain Maclean was around a minute behind finishing in 26:49, with Jason not much further back in 27:16. Andrew Buchanan got the better of Andrew Higgins this time, finishing in 28:08 with Andrew H 6 seconds behind in 28:14. There was a few minutes before Alison finished in a time of 30:52. Richard Lawton was next to finish in 32:11. Despite thinking she'd never run a cross country again while running Decembers West District Championships, Jacqueline Balmer turned up again and ran strongly to finish in 34:01. Russell Couper completed our male entrants finishing in 39:33 and Lorraine Buchanan completed our female entrants (also running on her birthday - hope you enjoyed your wine and birthday cake later), finishing in a time of 40:19. Currently with some teams still to submit their results  the overall male team is sitting in 9th out of 24 teams, with the masters sitting in 6th from 13 teams. The female master steam are currently sitting in 3rd from 7 teams.

Thanks to Alan Derrick, Peter Moyes, Robert Pattinson, Susan and Heidi Grant and Charlotte Buchanan for  coming along to support. It was much appreciated, along with Marie Neil and Richard Stark from Strathaven and the EK marshalls there seemed to be support all the way round.

Lets see if we can get a good turn out for the 2nd and final league match at Balloch on the 7th February to keep these positions up.

 

Club Training Monday 19th January - Brancumhall

With many racing on Saturday and Sunday, the Brancumhall session is a lighter one this week. The session is 6 laps in total, alternating between one side of the quadrangle at 5k effort and one side jog recovery. The aim is to be light on your feet on the soft ground. For those who are not naturally light on their feet, this means focusing on a higher than your usual cadence, shorter strides, higher knees and landing on your forefoot with definitely no heel striking. You should find that this takes you across soft ground with much less effort than plodding.

Alan

SVHC ROAD RELAYS ( STRATHCLYDE PARK )

 The SVHC Road Relays will take place on Sunday 25th Jan at Strathclyde Park.

Teams of 3 for Ladies and 4 for Men. This event is for 35 and overs.

Start time is 11.00am. Cost is £7.50 per head and legs are 6k on an out and back course

We will enter part teams too if we dont have enough for full teams.

I need names by Thursday 22nd Jan.

If you wish entered please add your name HERE.  Those registered are listed HERE.

Club Training Thursday 15th January

Thursday's session is a run without reps! Instead the plan is to do the 4-hills as a relatively easy aerobic run. Just a constant, easy effort with the hills providing a slight increase in heart rate as and when they come. For this type of run, absolutely stick to your packs and feel the benefit of a session that is not leaving you on your knees.

Alan

West Cross-Country League - What is it and why we need you

For those new to the club or who have not participated in the West XC League before here are a few pointers as to why it is important to have you participate for your club, Calderglen Harriers.

Unlike any other race we do, the two races in the West XC League are team events only. There are no individual awards or positions. The winners are the clubs.

For the few years that the league has been in place, we have done well, especially given the relatively small size of our club. We have done well not because we have super fast, elite runners but because we were represented by many Harriers across the different male, female, age group and combined categories.

What do we need to do for Calderglen Harriers to place highly?

1. we need to have at least the maximum number of counters in each team in each category to avoid accumulating penalty points for incomplete teams. Senior teams have 4 counters per team; all other age groups have 3 counters per team. Scores are awarded by adding up the finishing positions of each member of a team (4 or 3 to count) and adding on any penalty points as explained in point 2. The lowest score wins.

2. we need to have more than the maximum counters per team running. Penalty point system has changed. Penalty points are the total number of participants in the race + 10 points. So every extra person we have above the maximum counters for a team puts a penalty point onto the score of each team for each person they are missing from a complete team. Full explanation here on the West XC League web site.

3. we need to have good attendance in both league match 1 in Strathaven and league match 2 in Balloch as the competition is a 2-race league.

4. for the reasons above (and as it is only 2 races this year), both races are in the Calderglen Grand Prix (see the newsletter sent out last week).

So, looking to see as many as possible of you in Strathaven on Saturday!

Alan

WEST LEAGUE XC #1 (STRATHAVEN)

To help us determine what teams are complete (and whether we need to encourage individuals to run to make complete teams), please leave your details here. The entries we have so far are listed here.

This Saturday is race #1 in the West league XC in Kirkland park Strathaven.

FU/11  11.30,    MU/11   11.45,   FU/13   12.00,   MU/13   12.20

U/15 combined  12.40,   U/17  comb   13.05,   U/20, Sen, Mast comb  13.40

This is not a pre entry and we only pay for those taking part on the day.

Make sure your SA number is up to date.

For those new to the club we all wear the same number which i will bring along to the event and distribute but to give me an idea of who im looking for let me know through a message on whatsapp nearer the end of the week or a text.

Cost im expecting to be the same as last year of £3 per runner.

Russell

Inter District Cross Country

 

Well done to Hamish Anderson who was selected to run for the West District at the Inter District Cross Country Championships at Alexandra Park on Saturday (after a strong run at the West District Cross Country back in December). Hamish had a great run finishing in 21st place from a field of 45, and just missed out as one of the 6 counters for the west team finishing as 7th out of  15 from the West team selected. Charlotte Buchanan also had a strong run in the U13 girls race finishing in 47th place from a field of 74. Well done to both Charlotte and Hamish for their great runs against top quality competitors.

Club Training Monday 12th January

Monday's session (was supposed to be last Thursday) is at the Langlands Place "track". The session is 12 x 400m at 5k pace with 1 minute stand/jog around recovery followed by 4 x 200m at 5k pace with 200m jog recovery. Hopefully the ice is completely gone, particularly from the Langlands Place road.

Thursday's session will be a longer, steady run without even a hint of a rep.

Alan

Club Training Thursday 8th January

This isn't the session I had planned but the forecast is showing sub-zero temperatures for tomorrow evening in EK, so black ice is probably going to restrict what we can do safely. Therefore the plan is hill reps at Avondale as they will be on the road which should be ice-free. It does mean taking extreme care when warming up to Avondale. I suggest a short warm-up cutting through the gap in the hedge at the NEL roundabout and running down Avondale on the road to the start of the reps. Start the reps on the pavement as usual if it is not icy. Otherwise, start the reps  on the road in single file, keeping close to the kerb until you have a clear view around the corner and up the hill.

The session is 10 x hill reps at 5k effort to the junction on the right at the top of the hill. Only the faster ones will do the full distance. When everyone else meets the faster ones on their jog down, turn around and jog down with them.

Alan

Club Training Monday 5th January - Brancumhall

Happy New Year! Monday's Brancumhall session will hopefully be much firmer under foot than last time if the sub-zero temperatures continue. The session is another threshold session to get the lungs and legs working a little bit after the holidays. Ease your way into this gradually if you have not run much over the past few weeks.

The session is 3 laps at threshold, 2 laps at threshold and 1 lap at threshold with 2 minutes jog recovery between each rep. Each lap starts where ever your 2 minute jog recovery finishes.

If the temperatures are still sub-zero, then be particularly careful running to and from Brancumhall in case there are icy patches on the pavements. Space out within your pack and make sure you give a shout to warn those behind if you spot and icy patch.

If there ends up being snow in EK, then the session will be on the golf course. In that case, do it as 12 minutes, 8 minutes and 4 minutes at threshold with 2 minute jog recoveries. Do this over a normal lap of the golf course (which I won't try to describe here, just make sure there is an experienced Harrier in your pack who knows the lap). Warm up with a 15 minute run on the golf course lap, starting your first effort where ever you are when the warm-up is finished.

Alan

MASTERS XC CHAMPIONSHIP ( TOLLCROSS )

This years Master XC will be held in Tollcross park on 31st Jan.

O/40 females and O/65 males will run 6k in the same race @ 13.00

O/40 males will run 8k @ 13.45

Cost is £9.50 each.

Remember to update your SA number if it expires before 31st Jan or it wont allow entry.

I need names by Tuesday 13th Jan.

If you wish entered please leave your name HERE. Those already registered are listed HERE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

 On behalf of your committee may we wish you all the best for 2026. Last year we seen a lot of new members and as you start you first full year with us some things to consider. Theres lots of championship races now open to you and it would be great to see as many of you as possible testing yourself in these events. It doesnt matter if you think your not good enough. Your not alone as half the entrants worry about that too. Nobody expects you to keep up with potential Olympians but you test yourself against your peers and will benefit from the experience. This applies to our longer standing members too. Whatever you do we want to see you enjoy your running the most important part of this is attending training as it will reap rewards. Hope everyone has an injury free year with lots of PBs.