It was great to see this historic event making a comeback. I’ve often cycled to North Berwick. It’s a long way… Longer still when it’s an easterly headwind all the way. Longer still when it’s grey and a wee bit dreich and humid. Longer still when the race strings out and people are few and…
Cramond wouldn’t be Cramond without a howling wind and Friday night didn’t disappoint. A strong westerly was blowing which led to some super-quick first miles and then a long slog back to the final turn, then a final half-mile back to the finish to see what was left in the tank. The racing was fast…
EAC Robertson 5k Handicap 2022 Results Evening all, hope everyone has had a good weekend. After a bit of number crunching I’m pleased to confirm the results from Saturday’s Robertson 5k Handicap have now been finalised, with Shane Donnellan netting the trophy after narrowly edging out the competition in a time of 17:43 to take…
Easter Sunday at the races in Grangemouth – Round the Houses 10k and East District 10k and British Masters 10k. It was a warm, hazy, humid and deceptively windy day. A grandstand start and finish in the stadium, always enjoyed this, but that last km is tough twisting its way through the park and round…
The Tom Scott 10 at Strathclyde Park – Scottish National 10 mile Championships. Always a great venue and a great event, with decent conditions – dry but cold, and a strengthening wind that helped on the home stretch. They say it’s flat – hmmmm – tell that to an athlete who is labouring on the…
Well done to all our athletes competing in the National Road Relays in Livingston. Senior Men 6 Stage 9th Team: Mark MacDermot, Noah Howlett, Max Meres, Leon Johnson, Ian Whitaker, Myles Bax 25th Team: Sam MacNeil, Kevin Hamilton, Stuart Johnston, Ian Craven, Euan Marshall, Robin Kyle 30th Team: Karel Vesely , Callum Stephen, Neil Jack,…
Well done to all who raced for Scottish Schools at the SIAB Cross Country International in Wales today. Our Edinburgh AC Athletes: Dylan Daunt 16th Junior Orlaith Shepherd 17th Intermediate Jessica Taylor 18th Junior There were silver medals for Scotland at U17 Women and two sets of bronze medals for boys teams as well as…
Young Athletes Road Champs at Greenock U15 girls 2nd Orlaith Shepherd 6th , Jessica Taylor 7th and Megan Mackay 19th U17 Women 4th, Anise MacAulay Orr 7th , Sorcha Shepherd 13th and Molly Kidd 20th U13 BoysJosh Daunt 13th U15 Boys Dylan Daunt 13th A good way to finish the cross-country and road running club…
Well done to all our athletes competing for the East of Scotland at the Inter District Cross Country Championships in Loughborough Senior Women, Beth Ansell 26th Under 17 Women Anise MacAulay Orr 106th Under 15 Girls, Orlaith Shepherd 22nd Jessica Taylor 34th Dashka MacDonald 172nd Under 15 Boys Dylan Daunt 258th Thanks to Neil Renton…
Allan Scally Road Relays: Massive thanks and well done to Iain Whitaker and Kevin Hamilton for organising – no easy task – getting names, collecting money, picking teams, re-shuffling teams due to late non-availability, co-ordinating teams and numbers before the race, and running themselves as well. Thanks also to Richard Michael Clark for the food…