Edinburgh Athletic Club

This year the Scottish 10k champs is being held at the Vale of Leven Polaroid 10k  Road Race on 14th of June.  To find out more about this race go here, though its worth noting that there is a limit of 1100 on this race and its filling up fast.

EAC will pay entry to this championship race for those runners who can achieve club standards.  This is sub 36.00 for men and sub 38.30 for women.  There are medals for first men’s and women’s teams and medals for first, second and third men and women and masters men and women (over 35 for both).

Even if runners can’t make the club standard the quality of the field at this race make PB’s much more likely.

Update: Due to the GREAT weather, the meeting has been postponed. New date to be announced.

Following the first Web Group meeting in May, the second meeting is scheduled for Monday 1st June at Garry’s house.  All are welcome, and we’re particularly looking for involvement from the younger members of the club, either at the meeting or else by email.

We’ll review the previous minutes and actions, and work out what’s next.  Get in touch via the comments if you’re interested.

Evelyn Courtney Massage Therapy offers a range of services including Swedish massage, sports massage and remedial massage.   Details of all services offered prices can be found here.

BT Paralympic World Cup, Manchester Regional Arena, 24th May 2009

Libby Clegg won gold in the T12 100m in the BT Paralympic World Cup at the Manchester Regional Arena on Sunday (May 24th), one of 16 gold medals won by British athletes over the course of the day.

Libby who trains with Bob Moxey’s sprint group won in a time of 12.78s (-0.6m/s)

In Boulder (Colorado, USA), Freya Murray – who has returned to the altitude training base which proved so successful last autumn – ran an impressive 34:22. In the Bolder Boulder 10K.
Freya is pictured crossing the line to set a course record in the women’s citizen’s division at the 31st Bolder Boulder.

I have added some directions to tracks on the fixtures page, more will be added later plus cross country directions.
(Derek)

Scottish Senior Championships – 20/21 June 2009 – Pitreavie
 
Entries for the Scottish Senior Track and Field Championships close on Friday 5th June. More details about entry available on :
http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=80&itemType=fixtures&itemId=9955

National Junior League, Grangemouth, 24th May 2009

The second Junior League match resulted in an emphatic win for Team Edinburgh by nearly 40 points. Hannah Evenden was a double winner with a pb in the shot and a season’s best in the discus. There was a big pb for Allan Hamilton in winning the long jump with 6.86m, a 20cm improvement. The men’s 4 x 400 relay team had a runaway win finishing over 6 seconds and  more than 50m ahead of Liverpool in the excellent time of 3.19.06. We are now sitting 2 points ahead of Glasgow in the Northen Premier Division.
(Keith Ridley)

Full results available on :
www.nationaljuniorathleticleague.co.uk

Edinburgh results are here:
njl-24-05-09

LIVING IN AMERICA  –  Kris Gauson   (Blog from Scottish Athletics website)
5th May 2009
In August 2008 I packed my bags, drove to Edinburgh Airport and seven hours later I was in Indianapolis ready to kick start my running career.

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If you are planning on running the Seven Hills of Edinburgh Race (for full details see the June Road Race post), then you may be interested in a few training runs round the course to ensure that you have the most efficient route! Our long Sunday morning run from Craiglockhart Sports Centre, will be going round the route on 7th and 14th June. Just turn up at 9.00am and join in.