Edinburgh Athletic Club

Inter Stadium Under 13 Indoor Meeting – Kelvin Hall, 26 February
Our Under 13 team, managed by Yvonne Jones and Jamie McDonald, won the inter area match which took place at the Scottish Senior Championships.
The match was decided on the last event, the Medley Relay, with our team winning that event.
The athletes in the team were Julia Laughland, Kingsley Cunningham, Jade Carlyle, Jamie Underwood, Natalie Robbins, Michael Dennis, Rachel Fergusson and Cal McLennan.
(Keith Ridley)

Scottish Under 17 Indoor Relay Championships – Kelvin Hall, 26 February
Our U17 boys team won the bronze medal in the Scottish 4 x 200m relay. The team of James Innes, Chris Kelly, John Glen and Seumas Thomson were 3rd in the excellent time of 1.33.93. They were beaten by two very good teams, Ayr and Giffnock, both of whom beat the Scottish U17 record set by Edinburgh last year.
 In the U17 women’s race our team were 4th missing out on bronze by just 0.2s and silver by 0.4s in a time of 1.46.93.
(Keith Ridley)

Full results available on:
  http://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=48695

English Under 15 Indoor Championships – Birmingham, 27 February
Congratulations to Ben Robbins who won the Under 15 400m at the English Indoor Age Group Championships in Birmingham. Ben’s winning time of 51.36 seconds is a new Scottish Under 15 Indoor Record beating Tom Holligan’s time by 1.5 seconds set 3 years ago.
(Keith Ridley)

Full results available on:
 http://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=47733

 Video of race available on:
 http://www.englandathletics.org/page.asp?section=1176&sectionTitle=England+Athletics+TV

Meadowbank Open Graded Indoor Meeting, Sunday 27th February.

The results of the above meeting can be viewed here:
Meadowbank indoor Feb 2011

1st and 2nd March 1991 – WHAT WERE YOU DOING THEN?

What were you doing 20 years ago?  Tucked up in bed with you hot chocolate and Beano? Little did you know of the sporting drama that was unfolding high on the Pennine Moors while you slept. Only now can the true tale be told.   However, even after all this time some of the characters involved will have to remain anonymous.     (more…)

I have circulated a large number of the Endurance Squad re club kit, but for anyone not on that email list, there is an opportunity to get some customised Club Kit. To start with, we have a Running Jacket (optional matching trowsers),  and a long sleeve top.

The running Jacket is the one which you often see myself and Alex wearing at training sessions, (see photo) a Blue Brooks jacket and we will be getting Edinburgh Athletic Club printed on the back.  This will be priced at about £29. (It may be about £1 more depending on exact cost of printing). The jacket comes in sizes XS, S, M, L, XL. There are also matching trowsers available to buy separately at a cost of £22. I will be ordering the jackets this coming Friday 4th March. So if you would like to order, please let me know what size you require before then.   (more…)

It was a very successful start to the Road Race Season by EAC athletes at the Cupar 5 mile road race on Saturday 26th Feb. Neil Renault smashing the course record to win the race in 23.52, with Bryan Mackie taking 3rd place in 25.22.

Lots of hard training over the winter ensured that Keith, Kirk, Kim, and Vik all recorded PB’s in a glorious day in Fife with the weather being perfect for fast times. Garry, Brian and Eric also had good runs although perhaps not quite PB territory!   Photo’s at   roadrunpics.com    and further photo’s from David Smyth at http://web.me.com/dsmyth/Home/C5-11-S2.html   (more…)

National Scottish Indoor Senior Championships, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
Listed below are all our medal winners in the Scottish National Championships.
Men’s 200m.
1st Tom Holligan Edinburgh 21.98
Men’s Shot Putt.
2nd Willie Falconer Edinburgh 14.50m
Women’s LJ.
2nd Sarah Warnock Edinburgh 5.68m
3rd Faye Nicholson Edinburgh 5.62m
Women’s 1500m.
1st Laura Dunn Edinburgh 4.32.99
Women’s 60m Hurdles.
2nd Catriona Pennet Edinburgh 8.97
Women’s 60m.
1st Stacie Downie Edinburgh 7.79
3rd Bethanie Finlayson Edinburgh 7.83
Women’s High Jump.
1st Emma Nuttell Edinburgh 1.83m
2nd Jayne Nisbet Edinburgh 1.80m
3rd Caitlyn O’Neil Edinburgh 1.65m
Women’s TJ.
1st Jayne Nisbet Edinburgh 12.06m
Women’s 800m.
3rd Katja Eravisto Edinburgh 2.19.33
Women’s 200m.
2nd Bethanie Finlayson Edinburgh 25.00

Full results available on:
http://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=42905

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Since we are targetting the Cupar 5 mile road race on Saturday, there will be no meadows session on Saturday morning. There will be the usual Sunday morning long run at 9.00am from Craiglockhart Tennis Centre, meet in the top car park before heading out on paths and trails to Balerno and beyond with run distances from 12-16 miles.

Good luck to everyone racing at Cupar and also anyone running in the Blackpool 1/2 Marathon on Sunday… looking forward to the race report Dan.