It was the first junior league hill race today on East Lomond near Falkland and with a sprinkling of early morning snow in Peebles, conditions could not have been different up East Lomond with calm, mild and sunny weather greeting the runners. There were convincing wins for Mairi Wallace in the U17 girls race and Beth Hobbs in the U15 race. A slightly under-par Ethan Elder was 3rd in the U15 boys race, the same position as Holly Hobbs in the girls U13 race. Well done all. http://forum.fifeac.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1691
Sunday, 24 April 2016
Sunday, 10 April 2016
New Club sessions for beginners starting Tue 19th April
The club has been trying to find a format which will encourage more folk
to discover the joys of running with others!!! It is targeted at both beginners
and also existing runners who might want to try something new...
The attached flyer gives details of the sessions which start on Tue 19th April and initially run for 7 weeks.
New Tue evening sessions for beginners
Eddie Balfour
The attached flyer gives details of the sessions which start on Tue 19th April and initially run for 7 weeks.
New Tue evening sessions for beginners
Eddie Balfour
Friday, 1 April 2016
Club Membership Fees 2016/17
Membership fees 2016/17
The Club year runs April to March so club fees for 2016/17 are now due!
A short email to e.balfour@jamesjones.co.uk confirming you have made a transfer would help track payments!
The Club year runs April to March so club fees for 2016/17 are now due!
The good news is that rates remain unchanged for yet another year!.
Individual - £15
Couple/family - £20 (additional children who race - £5 each)
Junior - £10
Membership forms can be downloaded from the website: http://www.moorfootrunners.co.uk/resources/Moorfoot+Runners_appform2016.pdf
Cheques made payable to “Moorfoot Runners” and posted to 17 Craigerne Crescent, Peebles, EH45 9HW.
Alternatively for those who prefer online banking and you are renewing an existing membership then I don’t need a new form completed.
BACS transfer:-
Bank Of Scotland, Peebles Branch
Sort Code: 80 09 33
Account Number: 00463802 – Moorfoot Runners
Club Treasurer
Eddie Balfour
01721 729293
Monday, 28 March 2016
3 Eildons 10 Mile Trail Race Report - Easter Sunday
A very good turnout from the Moorfoots at the 3 Eildons 10 Mile Trail Race. A challenging start up the Eildons which was wet and super slippy on the special clay like soil there before if flattens out relativity and undulates allow river valleys. The course is here
Some close racing are the front with the race won but Craig Mattocks of Carnethy/Gala Harriers (although as of a fortnight he will be a Peebles resident along with his partner Kate Jenkins). Darin led the Moorfoot contingent home packing tightly with Darin 4th, Mike McGovern 5th and Tom Hobbs 6th. Full results are not out at the time of writing but the order of Moorfoots was Colin (c. 12th - but just very happy to be running again after almost a month off with illness), Eddie, Kenny and Alan Elder. Full results will be here: https://www.facebook.com/melroseroadraces
Moorfoots at the finish (Sorry Alan)
Some close racing are the front with the race won but Craig Mattocks of Carnethy/Gala Harriers (although as of a fortnight he will be a Peebles resident along with his partner Kate Jenkins). Darin led the Moorfoot contingent home packing tightly with Darin 4th, Mike McGovern 5th and Tom Hobbs 6th. Full results are not out at the time of writing but the order of Moorfoots was Colin (c. 12th - but just very happy to be running again after almost a month off with illness), Eddie, Kenny and Alan Elder. Full results will be here: https://www.facebook.com/melroseroadraces
Friday, 25 March 2016
Cross-Training Blog
Good cross-training blog here
http://www.inov-8.com/blog/cross-training-for-injured-runners
Good to incorporate some of these non-impact suggestions into your training even if you are injury free, especially if you are ramping up the mileage.
A few personal observations on the aqua-jogging demo video. As the narrator says, there are various ways to do this. I think there are basically two.
1) low-intensity aqua-jogging for recovery - with more of a cyclical running action. At low intensity with a slow-medium cadence you will need a flotation belt. (Peebles pool has some. Just ask.)
2) high intensity aqua-RUNNING to work on your aerobic fitness - with more of a knee-up and heel to bum action, as demo'd by the second guy in the video. If you do this without a belt it is much much harder. Also if you keep your hands streamlined (rather than "paddling" as he suggests) it is harder still. You have to keep a high cadence just to keep your head above the water. THIS IS HARD WORK!
The first guy in the demo video has too much of a forward lean from the hips. Having said that, I don't think you need to get fixated on maintaining "good running form" when aqua jogging or running.
When aqua jogging for recovery, your leg action will be more exaggerated front and back than when running. It's really about getting some mobility and an active but easy stretch into the legs. (If aqua jogging to replace long easy running miles, you will soon get bored and are probably better swimming or cycling instead.)
When aqua running, it is principally about getting your heart rate up. Henry Gray, who many of you will know (coach to Guy Learmonth), is a big fan of aqua running and other pool work, and says in terms of intensity and HR, he can replicate any track session in the pool.
For what it is worth, I myself do sets of 4 to 6 x30s efforts of aqua running (no flotation belt) with a 15s recovery (well TBH these days my recovery goes up by 5s after each successive rep!) and intersperse the sets with some swimming lengths or leg kick. This is definitely enough to get my HR up and have me gasping at the end of the set to the extent that old ladies ask if I'm ok!!!!
http://www.inov-8.com/blog/cross-training-for-injured-runners
Good to incorporate some of these non-impact suggestions into your training even if you are injury free, especially if you are ramping up the mileage.
A few personal observations on the aqua-jogging demo video. As the narrator says, there are various ways to do this. I think there are basically two.
1) low-intensity aqua-jogging for recovery - with more of a cyclical running action. At low intensity with a slow-medium cadence you will need a flotation belt. (Peebles pool has some. Just ask.)
2) high intensity aqua-RUNNING to work on your aerobic fitness - with more of a knee-up and heel to bum action, as demo'd by the second guy in the video. If you do this without a belt it is much much harder. Also if you keep your hands streamlined (rather than "paddling" as he suggests) it is harder still. You have to keep a high cadence just to keep your head above the water. THIS IS HARD WORK!
The first guy in the demo video has too much of a forward lean from the hips. Having said that, I don't think you need to get fixated on maintaining "good running form" when aqua jogging or running.
When aqua jogging for recovery, your leg action will be more exaggerated front and back than when running. It's really about getting some mobility and an active but easy stretch into the legs. (If aqua jogging to replace long easy running miles, you will soon get bored and are probably better swimming or cycling instead.)
When aqua running, it is principally about getting your heart rate up. Henry Gray, who many of you will know (coach to Guy Learmonth), is a big fan of aqua running and other pool work, and says in terms of intensity and HR, he can replicate any track session in the pool.
For what it is worth, I myself do sets of 4 to 6 x30s efforts of aqua running (no flotation belt) with a 15s recovery (well TBH these days my recovery goes up by 5s after each successive rep!) and intersperse the sets with some swimming lengths or leg kick. This is definitely enough to get my HR up and have me gasping at the end of the set to the extent that old ladies ask if I'm ok!!!!
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Craig runs Alloa half
Craig Rendle raced Alloa half marathon on Sunday as part of his London Marathon build up. Here's his report:
I travelled up to Clackmannanshire on Sunday for the Alloa Half, which I wanted to do as a prep race 5 weeks out from London. Colin and I agreed to do this race some months back, however Colin had no choice but to pull out due to suffering from "man-flu" and having been unable to train for a few weeks.
The plan was simple, arrive early so that I could do a good 2 or 3 mile warm up, run the race at a decent pace (but not flat out), warm down then drive home. It didn't quite work out like that, as for a number of reasons (mainly getting stuck for half an hour in a car park with no spaces), I ended up getting to registration with minutes to spare!
So.... No time for the usual last minute toilet trip or warm up, but with a few pinpricks on my fingers from a succession of failed attempts at putting my number on, I made it to the start line by the skin of my teeth.
My plan was to run around 6.10 min/mile pace, which is approximately 20 seconds per mile quicker than target marathon pace and hopefully feel like I had more to give at the end. Didn't want to completely kill myself as I have 3 or 4 weeks of heavy training to do.
I positioned myself about 10 rows back. The race started with a literal bang as the starter fired a gun that wouldn’t have looked out of place in Wyatt Earp’s hip.
Off we went, the route starts near the sportscentre in the town centre, does a one mile loop and then starts to follow the road out to the foot of the Ochils. At Tillicoultry the route hits a left towards Menstrie, the Ochils casting an imposing shadow from the runners’ right, where then 5k remains through Tullibody and back into Alloa from whence we came.
As always, the temptation is to go off too quickly. I resisted that and went through the first 2 miles in 6.06 and 6.04 respectively, before settling into a nice rhythm (as per the plan). The course isn’t hilly but does have small undulations. My fastest split was 5.51, with my slowest 6.24 (mile 11), which covered the "hill"!
I felt pretty good and wasn’t absolutely pushing to my limit. Miles 12 and 13 were 6.06 and 6.05, giving me a finish time of 1.20.45 (Ave pace 6.09).
All in all, a worthwhile race and an indication that my fitness is getting there and barring injury, I'm hopeful of a decent PB in London!
Craig
Full results here: http://www.alloahalfmarathon.co.uk/2016_results.php
I travelled up to Clackmannanshire on Sunday for the Alloa Half, which I wanted to do as a prep race 5 weeks out from London. Colin and I agreed to do this race some months back, however Colin had no choice but to pull out due to suffering from "man-flu" and having been unable to train for a few weeks.
The plan was simple, arrive early so that I could do a good 2 or 3 mile warm up, run the race at a decent pace (but not flat out), warm down then drive home. It didn't quite work out like that, as for a number of reasons (mainly getting stuck for half an hour in a car park with no spaces), I ended up getting to registration with minutes to spare!
So.... No time for the usual last minute toilet trip or warm up, but with a few pinpricks on my fingers from a succession of failed attempts at putting my number on, I made it to the start line by the skin of my teeth.
My plan was to run around 6.10 min/mile pace, which is approximately 20 seconds per mile quicker than target marathon pace and hopefully feel like I had more to give at the end. Didn't want to completely kill myself as I have 3 or 4 weeks of heavy training to do.
I positioned myself about 10 rows back. The race started with a literal bang as the starter fired a gun that wouldn’t have looked out of place in Wyatt Earp’s hip.
Off we went, the route starts near the sportscentre in the town centre, does a one mile loop and then starts to follow the road out to the foot of the Ochils. At Tillicoultry the route hits a left towards Menstrie, the Ochils casting an imposing shadow from the runners’ right, where then 5k remains through Tullibody and back into Alloa from whence we came.
As always, the temptation is to go off too quickly. I resisted that and went through the first 2 miles in 6.06 and 6.04 respectively, before settling into a nice rhythm (as per the plan). The course isn’t hilly but does have small undulations. My fastest split was 5.51, with my slowest 6.24 (mile 11), which covered the "hill"!
I felt pretty good and wasn’t absolutely pushing to my limit. Miles 12 and 13 were 6.06 and 6.05, giving me a finish time of 1.20.45 (Ave pace 6.09).
All in all, a worthwhile race and an indication that my fitness is getting there and barring injury, I'm hopeful of a decent PB in London!
Craig
Full results here: http://www.alloahalfmarathon.co.uk/2016_results.php
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| Craig is in there somewhere |
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Sports Relief Challenge - Philiphaugh to Haystoun
As a way of getting involved in Sports Relief - and to assist a very charitable daughter make a donation to a worthy cause, I offered, on Friday night, to run - at a per-mile donation fee - from Selkirk to Peebles on Sunday past.
From Brown Knowe with The Eildons in the distance
It was a good day for it and I felt fine until hitting the tarmac on the run past Traquair House. At this point the upper thighs started to complain. A slight change of pace and a few bars of chocolate and I was feeling good again - until the nasty climb up to Kirkhope Law.
Over the top and on to the undulating section above Kailzie and then a welcome long finish downhill to Glen Road.
An enjoyable run and maybe one for a club weekender? Half to Traquair or the full to Peebles??
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