Edinburgh Athletic Club

Firstly can we thank everyone who makes a financial contribution to the Club.

As we are sure you will appreciate the “running” (forgive the pun) costs of the Club are growing year on year particularly in regard to entering competitions and travelling to compete in them. In 2011 we spent approximately £24,500 in this regard, this increased to approximately £38,200 in 2012. We do not anticipate 2013 being any lower than this and in the circumstances it is clear to see that fund raising is a priority for us all.          (more…)

This is a quiet weekend for races so there is a speed session planned for Saturday morning at Saughton track. Meet at 9.30 for the warm up, drills, strides, then the session will be 2 x 2 miles tempo, then 4×800, 4×400 and 1×200. 

On Sunday, we have our usual training run from Craiglockhart Sports Centre, meet in the top car park and head out on the Canal and Water of Leith paths to Balerno and beyond, with run distances of 12-24 miles, mainly on paths and trails. A range of distances and a range of speeds, all welcome, just turn up and join in.

On Sunday we were targetting the East District 10k championships at Gala and didn’t they do well….. We now have both male and female East District 10k Champions in Bryan Mackie and Sue Ridley (Sue was also 1st Vet), Stuart Johnston picked up senior bronze with Karen Dobbie and James Mittra also picking up prizes. Jamie Crawford was 5th overall to ensure EAC would easily pick up 1st Team.

At the North District 10k, Emma Dunnett was 1st with Oonagh Dunnett 2nd. Graeme Taylor was 4th. Also some good results at non championship events by Jenny Maclean winning the Loch Leven 1/2M and Sarah Benson 2nd in the Glasgow womens 10k.

With so many races in May, Kirk has gone for a mid month update, see below for all EAC results from the first 2 weeks of May :-           (more…)

Lots of options this weekend. On Saturday there is an East of Scotland Endurance Session at Meadowbank (see previous post below), and on Sunday, we also have our usual training run from Craiglockhart Sports Centre, meet in the top car park and head out on the Canal and Water of Leith paths to Balerno and beyond, with run distances of 12-24 miles, mainly on paths and trails. A range of distances and a range of speeds, all welcome, just turn up and join in.

Loch Leven 1/2M is on Saturday, on Sunday we have the East District Championship 10k at Gala and also the Glasgow Woman’s 10k and Castle of Mey 10k. Best of luck to all runners.

The next Edinburgh Endurance Session will be this coming Saturday (11^th May) and since this week Saughton is being used for football, this Saturday the EES will be held at Meadowbank stadium.

There will be both a middle and long distance session to cater for all endurance athletes, the middle distance session will be 400m reps and the long distance session will be mile reps (or 5 min reps if you can’t run a mile in 5 mins!). These sessions are open to everyone and are aimed at encouraging athletes to train and improve together, regardless of age, club etc.      (more…)

On Saturday there is an East of Scotland Endurance Session at Saughton Track, it is for middle and long distance athletes. Entry to the track is free, be ready to start the session at 10.00am.

On Sunday, we also have our usual training run from Craiglockhart Sports Centre, meet in the top car park and head out on the Canal and Water of Leith paths to Balerno and beyond, with run distances of 12-24 miles, mainly on paths and trails. A range of distances and a range of speeds, all welcome, just turn up and join in.

Elsewhere, the Inverness Park Run may see a few EAC faces as a result of Richard’s Stag weekend!

The April EAC results have now been compiled. If you have been racing and your result is not included on the list, please let us know.   (more…)

Chris O’Hare has made the Qualifying standard in the 1500m for the 2014 Commonwealth Games with a time of 3:38.48.  Chris was competing in the Payton Jordan Invitational meeting in Palo Alto California.

Chris’s sister Olivia who is studying at the same Tusla University as Chris , took 11 seconds of her 1500m  PB with a time of 4:30.73 .

Following on from the Edinburgh Endurance Sessions over the winter, there are now sessions planned for this summer. They will be based at the track at Saughton on various Saturday’s, all free to attend and all starting at 10.00am. There will be 2 groups, one running middle distance reps and one longer endurance reps which will cater for track and road athletes and allow everyone to work with other athletes of a similar ability and mindset.

The first session is on Saturday 4th May and further sessions on 11 May, June 1 and 29, July 6, 20 and 27 and August 24.

First the bad news, we had to cancel our long standing Scottish Gas 5k and 10k races this year which were planned for 5th August. Scottish Athletics moved their JogScotland Edinburgh Event to clash with ours and we just couldn’t compete with their resources. However…… the good news is that we have now found an alternative date and we have relaunched for later in the year, on 22nd September. So stick that date in your diaries and full details will follow shortly.