Arran Half Marathon

Two Harriers sailed overseas for the Arran Half Marathon today. Not so fresh back from his holidays, defending champion Stuart Gibson finished 7th in a time he confesses was a personal worst of 1:22:24. Perhaps too many karaoke sessions! Every cloud has a silver lining though and Kenny Beattie achieved a personal best of around 1:40.

Trossachs Training Camp 2008

After the success of last year, we have again organised a weekend training camp in the Trossachs with the invaluable assistance of our club sponsor EKGTA Ltd. The event takes place over the weekend of Friday 5th September to Sunday 7th September 2008. Genevieve has distributed the information package and registration form to all current members but as before, the TTC is open to anyone so if you need more forms, please contact Genevieve at ATHelite Running Supplies or download the package from here:

http://www.calderglenharriers.org.uk/ttc.html

There is also a TTC link in the main menu to the left. This year we have some new speakers, some new sessions and some route variations (but hopefully the same weather). Registrations are coming in fast, so get your name in soon to avoid disapointment.

Vertical Mile

The final race in the Grand Prix series, the Vertical Mile, takes place this Thursday 3rd July as part of the normal training. We will leave the club at the normal time in packs for a gentle run down to the start. The prize giving will be after the event back in the Sports Club.

Calderglen Trail Race Results

The full results of all Friday night's trail races are now available on our web site at the following link:





http://www.calderglenharriers.org.uk/TrailRace.html

Some of the 3k prize winners are pictured.

Starting with the under 9 year old's 1km, a very competitive race saw Cambuslang's Sean Reilly (4:28) head Calderglen duo Callum White (4:29) and Ryan McParland (4:32) to the finish. First of the girls was Niamh Brown of Cambuslang (4:35) followed by Robyn Connolly (Victoria Park CoG 4:38) and Emily McNicol (4:40). A total of 64 youngsters took part including all of the following Calderglen Harriers: Drew Gordon (4:59), Mhairi Davidson (5:04), Emma Lawton (5:07), Sarah Crawford (5:51), William Brady (6:02), Fiona Cullie (6:13), Craig Holmes (6:15), Lewis Boyd (6:56), Ewan Boyd (6:56), Kirsty McMonagle (8:08) and Kieran English (11:05).

The 3k race contains two age categories, under 13 and under 15 year old's. 57 under 13's lined up in the field and Giffnock North's Scott Young was the eventual winner (11:39) followed by Luke Foss of Law and District AC (11:42) and Ryan Thomson of Cambuslang (11:52). First in the girl's race was Maria Milliken of Kirkintilloch Olympians (12:44), followed by Jill Cherry of Motherwell AC (13:04) and Kerri Millar of Cambuslang (13:29). The Calderglen Harriers team comprised: Ross Barrie (13:06), Cameron Crawford (13:28), Ian Rae (13:55), Ross Paterson (14:14), Alastair Crawford (15:20), Nicola McCleary (15:38), Amy Mullholland (16:12), Eilidh Davidson (16:32), Paul McMonagle (18:25), Megan Brady (19:10) and Matthew Cheales (25:27).

Only 15 under 15 year old's were in the field, led home by Craig Wellcat of Law and District (10:15), Grant Muir (10:33) and Alastair McCallum (10:48), both of Giffnock North. Mairi Brown of Cambuslang (12:12) led home East Kilbride AC's Rachel Thomson (13:24) and Jacqueline Ferguson (13:34). Calderglen Harriers' sole representative in the race was Ewan Murray in 6th place (11:27).

70 competitors took part in the over 15 year old's 5k. Almost a clean sweep for East Kilbride AC with Stephen Matthews (15:05) first, Ross McLearie (16:12) second and David Gorman (16:33) in fourth. Dave Adams of Hamilton Harriers (16:24) split the EKAC team. Nicola Lindsay (17:49) of Law and District was first lady, with Nicole McLeod (18:19) of Giffnock North second and Julie Whyteside (18:25) of Whitemoss AC third. No Calderglen Harriers in this one as the "slightly" over-15's were encouraged to tackle the 10km race and the "considerably" over-15's were all helping out with the organisation of the events.

The 10k field (photo left) was perhaps slightly dented by the weather but still a very impressive field of 154 took part. The race was won by an up and coming young athlete David Phee (34:17) of Giffnock North with former winner Robert Gilroy of Cambuslang second (34:37) and veteran Graeme Croll of Giffnock North third (36:46).

Calderglen Harriers' Andy Buchanan (photo below) ran to an excellent fourth place (37:49), with team mate and first Junior Ben Ferguson 17th (41:37) and Stephen Reilly in 20th (41:58). Giffnock North won the team competition with Kirkintilloch Olympians second and the Calderglen trio third. First lady was Hannah Waugh of Kilbarchan AC (43:08) with Mary McCutcheon of Giffnock North (43:53) second and Joanne McEvoy of East Kilbride AC third (45:14).

Some more photos of the prize winners and the 10k finishers are also located on the web site.

Could the Giffnock North male runner with race number 95 in the 10k please get in touch as you took your entry form away with your number and we don't know who you are.

A number of jackets and waterproofs were left behind after the event. We have collected them together, please get in touch to arrange collection.

West Highland Way Race Results

Congratulations to Ian Rae on completing the 96 mile West Highland Way Race on Saturday/Sunday (!!) in a time of 29 hours, 20 minutes 19 seconds. Yes, that's 1 day, 5 hours, 20 minutes and 19 seconds. A great achievement and I am sure his family and helpers throughout the event are just as tired as he is.

Aberfeldy Triathlon

Genevieve Freeman recorded her first podium finish EVER in the Aberfeldy Sprint Triathlon today, finishing 3rd Senior Lady in a new course best time of 1:22, just 4 minutes behind Colin. The course comprised a 750m swim in the pool, a 20km cycle and a 5k run. Well done!

EK Half Marathon Results

A fair number of Harriers took part in the EK Half this morning. Not sure if I got everybody as club names are not listed in the official results, so please leave a comment with your time if I missed you. This race was part of the Ladies Grand Prix so top marks for Sandra who was running her first half marathon. The ever improving Andy Buchanan set a pb in this, his second half marathon and Gerry McParland would be pleased to be first of the Harriers home. Click the link for the Calderglen results:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvNyTFPmBauRJQ&hl=en_GB

There were undoubtedely a few Harriers doing the 10k Fun Run too but the absence of club names makes it difficult to find you all!