Edinburgh Athletic Club

Please note that membership subscription of Edinburgh Athletic Club runs from 1^st January to 31^st December each year.  Therefore payment for the 2012 subscription year is due with effect from Sunday 1^st January, 2012. 

It was hoped that we would be able to offer online payment but unfortunately this is not quite ready to go live.

A Membership Renewal/Application Form and Application Guidance Notes can be downloaded HERE > EAC 2012 Membership Application Form, Membership Application 2012 Guidance Notes    (more…)

A  new athletics club for young people with a disabilities is opening up in East Lothian,it will be  based at Meadowmill, Pretonpans.
Download information here: Lothian Leopards Athletics Club

The next  – ‘LANG – LEAP Community Jumps Group’ -  Jumps initiative organized by John Scott (Edinburgh AC).

will take place on Saturday  28th January 10: 30 am at Meadowbank.

All athletes and coaches are welcome to attend

Full details of this exciting new initiative can be found on the attached document. LANG-LEAP Community Jumps Group

McDonald Club Handicap

Open to Men, Women and over 15′s

Saturday 28 th January , 1030hrs  registration and prize giving in Swanston Golf Club where coffee and cola will be served.. or something stronger at 1130 hrs.
It is 5k over two laps on a clear trail around Swanston/Lothian burn.. just south of bypass. If you are not running , a few recorders/stewards are needed to help me out.

Tell me you 5k time or guess . Slowest away first and fastest proportionate time later.
Idea is we all have equal chance and first EAC member back can keep historic McDonald Trophy for a year.

 Good race practice before the Nationals.
Alex MacEwan
Alex.McEwan@westlothian.gov.uk

On Sunday there will be the usual long training run at 9am from Craiglockhart Sports Centre. Meet in the top car park and we will head out on the Canal and Water of Leith paths to Balerno and beyond, with run distances of 12-16 miles or more! mainly on paths and trails. A range of distances and a range of speeds, all welcome, just turn up and join in.

All junior members should purchase/order kit by the 1st February. This will have to be purchased prior to competing in the summer track season. Full details of available kit can be found in the following attachment.        Junior club kit

Some great performances on Saturday, The Men’s team winning the combined league title, the Woman’s team was 2nd. Full results can be found at   Broxburn Results  Derek’s photo’s can be found on our Gallery page, other photo’s available are at Willie Lyall – Broxburn and also Roadrunpics Broxburn

Stuart has also been busy updating the Cross Country Grand Prix and the spreadsheets are linked via EAC Cross Country Update 160112 – Female and EAC Cross Country Update 160112 – Male

Full EAC senior results from Broxburn are listed below     (more…)

Our young athletes need your votes.

The voting for the Daily Record Young Athlete of the Year is underway and there are three Edinburgh AC athletes nominated:
Tom Holligan, Olivia O’Hare and Kimberley Reed.  (a difficult choice with three very worthy nominees)

You can vote online at the daily Record website at the following link:  

 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/athletics-news/   Voting ends at 5pm on Monday 23rd January.

There have been a few notes of interest in holding a session for 300/400m hurdlers – looking specifically at working on Hurdling with heavy legs and developing the staying power for the last 100/150m – where a race can be won or lost….

I plan to be at Meadowbank on Sunday 29 January 11am (end approx 1pm) (Sorry – I know it clashes with Pitreavie Sprint); and to start with we will work on some drills to develop alternate leg hurdling and flexibility. The session will (weather permitting) move outdoors and consist of 4x 150 Flat and 200H with a 15 minute rest

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Saturday is the final East District Cross Country race of the season, which is at Broxburn, see an earlier post for full details. Good luck to everyone taking part.

On Sunday there will be the usual long training run at 9am from Craiglockhart Sports Centre. Meet in the top car park and we will head out on the Canal and Water of Leith paths to Balerno and beyond, with run distances of 12-16 miles or more! mainly on paths and trails. All welcome, just turn up and join in.

This Saturday (14/01/12) will see the 3rd and final event in the East District Cross Country League at Broxburn. We need a good turnout of senior and vet athletes to defend our overall league trophy, which combines the scores from all age groups. All to run, all to count, just turn up at Broxburn to take part. Senior men should head for the EAC banner which will be at the start area and collect a number from Garry or Alex. You need to run in your EAC vest, so if you can’t find it or haven’t got one, please contact Garry or Alex before Saturday to get a new one. If any of the Senior guys are wanting to car share, they should be at PC World for 12.30.  For location and start times etc. please use the following link   Broxburn Details