BSLT Peebles Duathon - Marshalls Wanted

The Gytes Lesiure Centre are hosting the annual Peebles Duathlon on Sunday 23-August.

The Gytes kindly provide our Beltane 10K race with some staff to support the marshalling, so we would like to reciprocate and provide some Moorfoot Marshalls for their event.

If you can spare on hour or so on the morning of Sunday23-August, please contact Dave Wardman dwardman@hotmail.co.uk

More details on the event here

Kelso Crawlers 10K (Sunday 12th July)

Just to let you know that the Kelso Crawlers 10K race which is on Sunday 12th July will be taking entries on the day.

Costs are £8 for runners and £6 for members of Scottish Athletics.

Registration is at 9am at Kelso Rugby Club and race starts at 10am.

Map and further details are on www.kelsocrawlers.org.uk
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Running on the West Highland Way

A bit late (just back from holiday...!), but note future training opportunities for you ultra running fans...

Paul Nichol and Richard Leeson are running from Bridge of Orchy to Kinlochleven (21 miles) over the West Highland Way route on Saturday 4th July and have a couple of spaces in the car.

It is part of Paul’s training for the Devil ‘O’ the Highlands. Pace will probably no faster than 12 min miles. The only cost will be the share of a taxi from Kinlochleven back to Bridge of Orchy which will be about £9 per head with 4 of us.

We will be leaving Peebles about 7.30 for a 10 o’ clock start. If you are interested email me at pnichol@quista.net.

There are likely to be more training runs over the route in the coming months as Paul and Richard are planning to do the Highland Fling and the West Highland Way races next year. If you are interested in coming along or might be willing to support then let me know.

Thanks Paul.. -- J. Paul Nichol
paul@nicholfamily.plus.com
01721 721131
07920 252528

Training and Race Dates - July09

Phew - June was a busy month with the long summer nights giving lots of mid week race opportunities, with some Moorfoots doing seven or eight races last month...!

July is typically holiday time for most of us, but training and races continue, if in a somewhat sporadic form...

Sun 5-July Peebles (Gytes) 10:00am Long steady run (1hr +)

Tues 7-July Innerleithen (Hall St) 5:30pm Intervals & Speed Work

Thrs 9-July Innerleithen (Hall St) 5:30pm Intervals & Speed Work

Sun 12-July- Cardrona (Village Green) 10:00am Long steady run (1hr +)

(Kelso Crawlers 10K 0n Sun 12th so training turnout at Cardrona expected to be minimal)

Tues 14-July 5 Innerleithen (Hall St) 5:30pm Intervals & Speed Work

(Moffat Running Festival so Tuesday training turnout expcted to be low...)

Thrs 16-July Innerleithen (Hall St) 5:30pm Intervals & Speed Work

Sun 19-JulyInnerleithen (Hall St) 10:00am Long steady run (1hr +)

(Lee Pen Hill Race on Saturday as part of Innerleithen Games - details to follow...)

Tues 21-July Innerleithen (Hall St) 5:30pm Intervals & Speed Work

Thrs 23-July Innerleithen (Hall St) 5:30pm Intervals & Speed Work

Sun 26-July Walkerburn (Bridge) 10:00am Long steady run (1hr +)

Tues 28-July Innerleithen (Hall St) 5:30pm Intervals & Speed Work

Thrs 30-July Innerleithen (Hall St) 5:30pm Intervals & Speed Work

Moorfoot Victory at Earlston 'Black Hill' Race

A quick update from a short second hand conversation in a car park, but by all accounts, Darin won the Earlston Gala Week Black Hill Race last Tuesday, beating reigning champion Mike McG into third place, after he apparently ran off course (or possible alien abduction...) resulting in about one minute of unexplained time loss.

Send in further details via the 'Comments' if you have any further updates....

Moorfoots at Calderglen 10K Trail Race

Pic - Mike cruising towards the finish line

My old club Calderglen Harriers host an annual trail race, which in numerous previous years I have supported as a marshall and various other behind the scenes roles. So as a Moorfoot this year, I had my first ever opportunity to actually participate in the race.

We managed to round up two or three car loads of Moorfoots and friends and made the drive through to East Kilbride on a hot but overcast evening.

Good running by all on a tight and twisty course (which was never going to produce fast times), secured the men's team prize, and it was good to see a few of the west of Scotland club runners asking around as to who the blokes in the red and blue kit were...

Full report on Calderglen Harriers' blog here...including finishers pictures

Results here

Thanks to all who supported this race - Calderglen were very appreciative of the support and the distance travelled to participate...still working on getting a bus load of Harriers down to our race next year.

Jog Scotland Dryburgh 5K

Well done to Kirsty and Hilary who both completed the Borders Jog Scotland 5K event, on a hot evening on a very hilly course, in and around the grounds of the Dryburgh Hotel near St Boswells.

There were quite a few runners from Peebles and Innerleithen taking part from various Jog Scotland groups, so probably some scope for a future local 5K fun run type event on a flatter course !