Edinburgh Athletic Club

LOTHIAN & BORDERS ATHLETIC TRIALS     Sunday 11th April 2010

The Club is running a Cake & Candy Stall and a Tombola Stall (both for adults and kids)
at the Lothian and Borders trials at Meadowbank on the 11th April.

YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU
AND WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL
FOR ANY DONATIONS

Please bring before 8th April
(but still happy to accept on the day)

Yvonne Jones/Gail Wilson
(parents association)

World Cross Country Championships, Bydgoszcz Poland

Finishing 37th, it was a disappointing end to the season for Freya Murray.
Freya was at a loss to explain why she had ran so flat in a race that she had entered with high hopes.,

Up bright and early this morning (6am!) in time to get a good breakfast in me and give it ample time to digest. Porridge with honey and banana and Double Decker, and a nice cup of tea.

I arrived in Liverpool about an hour before the race to bright sunshine, a mild breeze, and practically a cloudless sky: brilliant. Had 30, 40 mins to warm up properly. I did some strides, some dynamic stretching and some calf stretching. Also had ‘Reflekt – Need To Feel Love’ blasting out the ipod, a fantastic tune. (more…)

Running is a sport full of emotion. Pushing yourself to your physical and mental limit in the pursuit of a goal or achievement can not fail to bring out strong emotions as you either succeed or fail in that task. Whether it’s the Olympics or your first 5k the beauty about running is that everyone can enjoy those feelings of achievement.

For me that is how I became involved in running in the first place. I was determined to finish a marathon. Part of the reason for doing this was because my Dad had in his younger days been a good runner and had run close to a dozen marathons. My Dad gave up running over a decade ago long before I had even thought about buying my first pair fluorescent lycra running pants and so despite sharing an obsession we had never ran in the same race, a real shame. Last year, in an effort to get fit again and lose some weight my Dad pulled on his trainers for the first time in years and went for a run. Twelve months later he entered the Baildon Boundary Way, the very last race he had competed in back in 1999. He asked me if I would enter too so that we could share the experience of competing in the same race. Not to run together, but just to be in the same race. (more…)

At the Schools International, Rachael Dunn had another good run finishing in 10th place, being the first Scot.
Olivia MacKenzie ran well finishing in 18th Place, the 4th Scot, both girls moved up to u/17 age group for the Schools Teams. 
Also running was Louisa Stewart who unfortunately got a stitch and finished in 28th.
Rosanna Stewart also got a stitch finished 19th   in the U/15 race.

Jake Kerr ran in the u/15 boys and finished 15th.
Jake Wightman ran u/17 race finishing 22nd.

This ends a very long but successful cross-country season, congratulations to all athletes who competed.
(Enid Johnston)

World Masters Indoor Championships, Kamloops in British Columbia

Gold for Sue Riddley and Bill Gentleman.
Sue took individual Silver and team Gold in XC W40, and Bronze in 3000m track 10.56.96
Bill took Gold in the hammer and weight.
(Bill Gentleman)

Scottish schools at Irvine on sat 13th March.
Rosanna Stewart, Olivia Stewart, Rachael Dunn & Louisa Stewart have all been selected for the Schools International on Saturday 27th in Truro

Inter-Counties
The Inter-Counties Championship was held on same day and  in excellent form was Freya Murray winning the senior race and booking her place for the world cross-country.
Also running was Rachael Dunn, who finished in18th place in U/15 race, being the  1st Scot and she also finished 2nd overall in the McCain standings.

English Schools Cross Country Championships – 20 March 2010, Manchester

Andrew Crichton finished in 6th place at the English Schools Cross Country Championships in Manchester -  a great achievement in a high class field. Full results available as follows: (more…)

Photos and Videos from Scottish Indoor League Finals – 14 March 2010, Kelvin Hall

For photographs from the Indoor League finals go to http://www.glenphotography.co.uk/gallery_pages/syal_final/index.html www.glenphotography.co.ukwww.glenphotography.co.uk

The U17 Men’s Relay can be viewed on YouTube _
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNT9djSB7uQ

and the U20 Men’s 4 x 200m Relay which was a Scottish Record is on -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS8P0MPGMnk

Thanks to John Glen for taking all the photos.

Scottish Young Athletes Road Race Championships – 21 March 2010, Rouken Glen

Our young athletes won, one team and two individual medals at the Scottish Road Race Championships. Emma Dunnett won the U15 Girls race and along with Oonagh Dunnett and  Caitlin Gray won the team event.
In the U13 Boys Michael Hudson won the bronze medal. (more…)