Club championships

The junior athletes completed the high jump at the Kelvin Hall tonight. Results:

Under 11 girls
1st Caitlin Stuart - 79 cm

Under 11 Boys
1st Stephen Kane - 1 metre

Under 13 Girls
1st Rachel Busby - 1.05 metres
2nd Rachel Campbell - 95 cm

Under 13 boys
1st Andrew Hunter - 1.35 metres
2nd Lewis Hay - 1 metre

Under 15 boys
1st David Campbell - 1.20 metres
2nd Christopher Kane - 1 metre

Under 17 girls
1st Claire Reid - 1.30 metres
2nd Diane Nicholson - 1.20 metres

Under 17 boys
1st Tony Dolan - 1.30 metres

Under 20 men
Ryan Nelson - 1.35 metres

Well done to all the junior athletes who took part.

World Mountain Running Championships

As we all know, Prasad Prasad was running in the British team in the World Mountain Running Championships on Saturday in Slovenia - some of his workmates were saying he had just gone for the football but he was taking it more seriously than that. In a field of 149 top class athletes he was sixty first in 64:43, splitting two Polish runners in a sprint finish. He was third counter for the GB team (six to run, four to count) - so well done, Prasad.

Great Scottish Run /1.5/3k

Congratulations to all the junior athletes who participated in the Great Scottish Run yesterday. Excellent performances all round. Results:

1.5k

Caitlin Stuart finished an impressive 5th in a time of 6 mins 24 secs, in the 9 yr old female age group.

3k Girls

Eve Kerr had an excellent run to finish 5th 9 yr old girl in 14 mins 50 secs.

Kathleen Ewing also ran well to finish 6th 10 yr old girl in 14 mins 46 secs.

Ciara Devaney had a good run to finish 26th 11 yr old girl in 15 mins 30 secs.

Jenny Kerr ran great to finish 27th 11 yr old girl in 15 mins 46 secs.

Rachel Busby ran really well to finish 11th 12 year old girl in 13 mins 51 secs.

Claire Reid also had an impressive run to finish 6th 15 year old girl in 13 mins 18 secs.

3k Boys

Stephen Kane had an excellent run to finish 10th 10 yr old boy in 13 mins 17 secs.

Lewis Hay also ran impressively to finish 16th 11 yr old boy in 13 mins 06 secs.

Andrew Hunter had a great run to finish 20th 12 yr old boy in 12 mins 57 secs.

Christoher Kane also ran really well to finish in 17 mins 21 secs.

It was nice to see such a great turnout from our junior runners who can all be really proud of their performance.

Perth Ultrafest

I went through to Perth on Saturday to see Aileen compete for Scotland in the International 24 hour race. Unfortunately the Irish and Welsh teams withdrew leaving only Scotland and England to contest the international fixture. In only her second 24 hour race and first on the road, Aileen finished third woman covering and amazing 177.157 kilometres. There were 28 competitors, the youngest being an M25 and the oldest being a W60. I was only there for two hours plus but found it very entertaining - on the 1400 metres loop you saw the runners at frequent intervals and could actually see positions changing as the race went on. Mind you when I realised at tea time that they were still running, and then getting ready for bed at about midnight thinking the same before getting up in the morning and reminding myself that they still had two hours to go, the reality of the feat really hit home. It's a pity more of the club did not make their way through to see her in action.
There were other races - an open 50K and 100 K race started at 12 noon when the internationalists had been on the road for two hours. Among the familiar faces in these races were Davie Gardner of Kirkie Olympians and Terry Mitchell of Fife who dropped out quite early on when he seemed to be running well.
They tell me 100 miles in 24 hours is quite easy - run for 15 minutes, walk for 5 minutes, and repeat for 24 hours. Mind you it's only 4 miles an hour ..... Who's up for the challenge?

Great Scottish Run 3k

Well done to all the junior athletes who participated in the junior 1.5/3k at Glasgow Green yesterday. It was a lovely day and there was a good turn out from the juniors including, Stephen and Christopher Kane, Andrew Hunter, Lewis Hay, Rachel Busby, Claire Reid, Ciara Devaney, were the athletes who I spotted on the day and who all really enjoyed the occasion. Awaiting to post the official results when published on the GSR website but all the kids ran really well. Results to follow.

Club championships

The club championships this week will take place on Tuesay night, 7pm at the Kelvin Hall arena where the high jump event will take place. Phil will be in touch with official confirmation of this in due course by either text/phone.

Club championships

Results from the javelin throw last night:

Under 11G and Boys

1st Caitlin Stewart - 4.72m
2nd Eve Kerr - 3.86m

1st Stephen Kane - 4.78m

Under 13G and U13B

1st Rachel Busby - 6.35m
2nd Ciara Devaney- 5.74m
3rd Jenny Kerr - 4.48m

1st Andrew Hunter - 11.4m
2nd Lewis Hay - 8.4m

Under 15B

1st Christopher Kane - 8.83m

Under 17G and 17M

1ST Claire Reid - 9.37m

1ST Lewis Wood - 22.28m
2nd Tony Dolan - 14.78m

U20M
1st Peter Bowman - 16.51m
2nd Ryan Nelson - 15.7m

Please remember if anyone would like a result posted on the blog please email me at the link provided.

New Month, new track!

It is now September 1st! Information from a local councillor passed on the information that the track at St Peter's would be available for lets from 13th September and the advice was to contact Liz Coles in the Lets Department who has been a good friend of ours for many a long year. With any luck we will be in action on our own track from the middle of the month. No word from the Committee yet - they should use the blog more to keep in touch with the membership - but watch for the information.
This weekend is the one on which Aileen and Prasad are representing the country. Aileen in in Perth - a nice town and easy to get around in. Parking isn't a problem - just get to the Broxden Park and Ride, park the car for free and take the bus into the centre (£1 return). Broxden P&R? The big roundabout that you come to on the way up from Stirling had a road to the left by-passing the town and then heading for Inverness, on the right it heads for Dundee and Aberdeen and straight on, it goes to Perth. Shortly after leaving the roundabout in the Perth direction you get to the P&R car park. I'll head in to give Aileen and any other club runners taking part in the open race a shout. Why not have a good day out in a new part of the country?
We might not make it to Slovenia to see/cheer Prasad but our good wishes are there helping him on the uphill only course!