Feb / Mar Update

Runners council – notes from the meeting on 14 Feb are on the website for full details.  We are planning various social events over the next few months and will set up another rota for Wednesday evenings so you all know what to expect.  

Club Fleeces and jackets

 We have black fleeces or black thicker jackets.   The last time we bought them the fleeces were about £17 and the other jackets £35.  Each jacket is marked with our own logo. The thicker jackets seem a bit thick to run in but are ideal to wear to events.  If there is enough interest I will check up on prices and let you know sizes etc.  I do not keep these jackets in store and buy as erquired.

Speak to Norma if you are interested

Monthly Club Handicap

Handicap races for 2010 have been decided -  To get a Handicap please forward some verifiable times from recent 10k or half marathon races to Ian May (ianmay@talktalk.net). Handicaps are updated regularly during the season according to performances (in handicaps).

Dunbar 10k - April

Chris Hoy 1/2 Marathon April

Best 5k Parkrun in May

Musselburgh 10k July

Best 5k Parkrun AugustSeptember?

Scottish Gas 5K and 10K August

Club Wol Pursuit Handicap, August

Jedburgh 1/2 Marathon & 10k October

Cross Country November

WOL Club Handicap August

Ian will add a bit for facebook and the next newsletter as he still has some trophies to hand out from last year – if you know you won a handicap race and haven’t got your trophy please try and get in touch with Ian to arrange to collect it.

JogScotland groups

We are hoping to start a new beginner group once the clocks change in March so if anyone knows any beginners ( ie those who  cannot jog for 10 minutes)  please let them know or ask them  to get in touch with us.  Also if anyone is interested in becoming a Jogleader course dates are on the jogscotland website (www.jogscotland.org.uk)– next one is in Glasgow on 17 April.  The more members we have who can lead groups the easier it is to cover all the different ability groups.  It would be a help to have some help for Tom and Paul to lead the faster groups.  Course fee is paid by Harmeny  if you then lead groups on 10 occasions.

Advice required from any IT wizards

Is anyone a website expert?  We want to investigate setting up a password protected area on the Pentland runners website to see if this could be used in same way that facebook is.  It may be that the  group facility in Facebook is the best option but some members are not so keen on setting up their own page in order to join in the chat in the group.  Bob updates the website regularly but we need some help to see if it’s possible to add to this using the current webhosting service we use.  Let us know if anyone can help – thanks!

Reports – only one from Norma in Valencia!  If you’ve done a race/run that’s different or if you won!  then please write a bit for the next newsletter it’s good to hear about races that  other pentland runners might like to enter in the future ( or ones to be avoided)…

A spilling of thoughts... from Norma

Valencia marathon is a flat course on a figure of eightish shape. Passing lots of local sites. Incidentally why don't the photo teams set up to capture shots of you running past these sites. Much more point to buying a photo!
Only about 3,500 runners but plenty of support for most of the course. Loads of cheering via megaphones and microphones - though I had no idea what they were saying! Saddest thing was all three course toilets were kept locked for the whole race...
Goody bag - 2 t-shirts. One of them in technical material. Bottle of olive oil, a small one, but still useful. Loads of info about the free pasta party, free bus tours etc. Which I read when we had got back to where I was staying - too late to go back! Ticket for Metro on the race day. And a bum bag, shoe bag and the usual amount of paper...
Weather was just right - about 7-11 degrees, and a bit of drizzle. The temperature should have been 14-15, which was the initial attraction. Apparently it was impossible to cross the city but everyone seemed very supportive and patient.   They had to be – as I walked round the roundabouts!

I managed to run well to about 30k till the knee gave out. First half in 2.08. As good a time as I could hope for! Knee became too sore to keep going. Don't think it is a damaged ligament but an MRI in April should confirm this. Tried some mixed run/walks and decided that walking fast was more achievable. So from a usual 9.45/10 minute mile running pace I managed 12/13 minute miles walking! As a result I completed the race in 4:49:49! 10 minutes quicker than Paris and last year’s Edinburgh, when I ran the lot!
So although I completed the race, I don't feel I completed the marathon...

And for the doubters, yes, I managed a whole marathon with no one to talk to!
I aim to have another go at the race and I would definitely recommend it, but Valencia is not the easiest place to fly to from Edinburgh! 

And for any dog owners a note from Norma about a run to do with your dog – ( we think?)

Details at http://www.cani-cross.co.uk/more_info/glentress_canix.shtml Entries close 5th April.  No entries on the day.  

 Race results

Parkrun 5k 6 Feb Cardiff                                    182 Ran

111    Alan Price                                   25.03     

Parkrun 5k 6 Feb Cramond                                167 Ran

28      Keiran Morgan                            20.01     

52      Tom White                                  21.21     

69      Graham Tait                               22.53     

81      Fiona Donaldson                         23.59     

109    Shona Stewart                            25.55     

Parkrun 5k 13 Feb  Cramond                             220 Ran

58      Tom White                                  21.08     

87      Nicola Freedman                        22.44     

88      Jonathon Carpenter                    22.45     

177    Janis Brown                                27.57     

Parkrun 5k 20 Feb  Cramond                             171 Ran

2        Jonathon Carpenter                    16.30     

34      Colin Barber                                20.14     

43      Keiran Morgan                            20.39     

54      Jonathon Page                           21.55     

84      Alan Price                                   24.13     

100    Shona Stewart                            25.18     

146    Pauline White                              29.12     

National Cross Country 20 Feb Falkirk                     

Under 13 Girls                                                     115 Ran

46      Alison Broadhurst                       15.44     

Under 15 Girls                                                     101 Ran

101    Sarah Broadhurst                       23.20     

Senior Ladies                                                      184 Ran

135    Lorna Broadhurst                        40.00     

142    Amanda Pennycott                     40.29     

161    Fiona Donaldson                         41.45     

Senior Men                                                         447 Ran

61      Jonathon Carpenter                    42.58     

174    Peter Kadoninskyj                      47.39     

241    Alan Kerr                                     50.33     

385    Tom White                                  57.30     

417    Frank Tooley                              1.01.08  

Parkrun5k 27 Feb Cramond                               106 Ran

24      Colin Barber                                20.00      pb

27      Keiran Morgan                            20.11     

36      Tom White                                  21.06     

42      Chris Morgan                              22.02      pb

53      Fiona Donaldson                         23.00      pb

57      Norma Bone                               23.51      pb

92      Pauline White                              28.36      pb

Parkrun 5k 6 March Cramond                           205 Ran

32      Richard McGregor                     19.14     

39      Colin Barber                                19.32      pb

48      Keiran Morgan                            19.52      pb

64      Tom White                                  20.52     

167    Pauline White                              28.08      pb

170    Rhoda Ross                                28.26      pb

2010 Race Dates – but check websites in case I’ve got any wrong

Sun  21 Mar  Alloa Half

Sun  14 March Inverness Half Marathon

Sat  20 March Mighty deerstalker (http://www.themightydeerstalker.com)

Sun 21 March Heriot Watt 5K – registration from 11am

Sun  28 Mar    Grangemouth 10k

Sat  3 April Dunbar 10k

Sun  11 Apr     Heaven & Hell half marathon (Venue : Stormont Hall, Perth aerodrome, Scone, Perthshire) 

Sun 11 Apr Glenlivet 10k( new race in cairngorm national park)

Sun 11 Apr Gala 10K & 3k funrun ( Gala rugby club)

Sun  18 April Edinburgh half marathon

Sun  18 Apr Lochaber Marathon

Sun ? Apr Gala Harriers 10k and 3k fun run

Sat  24 Apr Balmoral 10k 5k 2.5k and 1.5k

Sun  ??April  Angus half marathon (at www.eventfull.biz)

Sat 24 April Highland Fling

Sun 25 april Balfron 10K

Sun  2 May BUPa Edinburgh 10k

Sat 1 May Edinburgh to North Berwick road race

Sat 8 May Penicuik 10K

Mon 24 May Rigg Race ( Balerno gala)

As we are staging it, we need a squad of helpers to marshall the course and manage registration etc, so please get in touch if you are able to help out.

Wed 2 June Auld Toon 10K Dunfermline

Sun 13 June Dechmont 10k and also a funrun

See the club website for more local races coming up this year. http://www.harmenyac.org.uk/prunners/events.htm

The full Scottish Athletics fixture list for the season is at http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk

And for hill runs see

http://www.shr.uk.com/Calendar.aspx or speak to Iain Morrice.