The Calderglen 10k trail race, the fifth event in the club’s new Hill running championships, took place last night. Despite the midges that descended around the finish area, it was a lovely evening for a run, on a super course. Full results are available on the Calderglen Harriers website. Bella results below, and the Hill running championship standings are available here. A few prizes for the club. Congratulations to: Judith MacGregor who was 3rd F35. Gerry Scullion who was 1st M50. Craig Ross, Gerry Scullion and Richard Leyton, who comprised 3rd male team. Many thanks to the Calderglen Harriers for a well organised event and warm welcome.
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“What a ******* shambles!’ shouted Maz as she crossed the Fort William finish line. She had taken a wrong turn which meant she ran 16.5 miles instead of 14. Julia, who was way up the field, had a nasty fall running back down the Devil’s Staircase. She now has three stitches in her arm. It meant Kenny didn’t get to run his final leg. Their eleven month old son Harry, who made up part of the support team, was unperturbed. Mandy missed the Kinlochleven turn off and ran on, I never saw her or her search party again. On the positive side, it meant she missed watching me trail in late, puke outside Kinlochleven leisure centre and get taken to the doctors’ tent. This was a tough course. A three stage relay over 42 miles from Tyndrum to Fort William, 17 miles, 10.5 miles and 14 miles, part of the West Highland Way Midsummers Race. It’s not just the distances. You are running on hard exposed trails. As Mandy put it ‘you are all cursed it is worse than the Inverness marathon’ The full race starts in Milngavie at 1am on Saturday. Ultras run, jog and walk the full West Highland Way to Fort William, finishing no later than noon on the Sunday. 95 miles, including 14,760ft of ascent. I’m not sure how I feel about this. I swing from full respect to downright nuts. The relay teams start in Tyndrum about half way. They set off at midday. Runners get themselves to changeover points at Glencoe Ski Centre and Kinlochleven. Teams run well into the midsummer’s evening. As ultras arrive at checkpoints back up teams who drive the route swarm around them with food and fluids. They cook chicken soup and give massages out the back of camper vans. As we drive home at 11pm ultras, with head torches and midge net hats, can still be seen feeding on custard, as they jog back into the Scottish wilderness hoping to make Fort William by the 35 hour cut off. You run through the landscapes of one of the worlds greatest walks: Rannoch Moor, Glencoe, Bridge of Orchy, Devils Staircase, into Kinlochleven. Looking down onto stunning lochs, across sweeping moors and mountain ranges with Buachaille and Ben Nevis in the distance. It is simply stunning, especially on the longest hottest day of the year. Bellas entered 6 relay teams, 18 runners, the biggest in the field. Not all ended up in the medical room or lost. Jane Galt ran an amazing first leg for my team. She came into Glencoe with 17 miles of exhaustion behind her shouting “I thought it was flat, it was not flat!”. Roz and Elizabeth came into Glencoe shortly after. They ran the 17 miles together across tough terrain getting badly sunburnt on Rannoch Moor. They kept their pace and came in well up the field. Even stopping for a selfie. Mirsia came into Glencoe ahead of them all, an inspiration. ‘Trail running you love […]
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The “Purple Posse” were out in force at the Brian Goodwin Memorial 10k last night with 44 Bellas racing the 2 lap course of Pollok Park, hosted by our neighbours Bellahouston Harriers. A popular event topped off with beer and a burger – what’s not to love? Well done to 1st FV45 Shona Donnelly and MV45 Russell Whittington. This year the race was the West District 10k Championship event and Russell also won the West District V40 bronze medal. Some great performances and a number of PBs – if you’re missing a PB trophy, let us know and we’ll add one for you. Bellahouston Road Runners results below: Full results: Stuweb Full Results
Well done to all the Bellas who took part in the Giffnock North festival of Running 10k last Thursday. The hilly course was made more difficult by the hot conditions. James Montgomery was first Bella home in 5th place overall and Mhairi Hill was first female Bella home, scooping the Womens V40 prize. Full results here: Runbritain – GNAAC festival 10k
Results from tonight’s President’s Cup are shown in the table below. Congratulations to tonights winners Barry Freel – 21:33 and Alison Brown – 24:28. Fastest time of the night for the men was 17:00 by Iain Burns, and for the women Ann Robin ran 19:17. Special mention to Lynn Reid who finished bang on her predicted time of 24:40. Thanks to everyone who helped out. It was very much appreciated.
The rain cleared up (mostly!) for the Dumbarton 10k last Thursday, for which the 38 Bellas participating were very grateful. There were at least 8 PB’s (let us know if you’re missing a PB trophy) – very well done. Congratulations to Bruce Carmichael who was 10th overall and Gerry Scullion was 2nd V50. Well done to everyone who took part. Full results are available here: Runbritain – Dumbarton 10K 2016 results
Congratulations to Bruce Carse who finished 10th overall in the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday in a time of 2:35:22. Other Bellas in action in the capital were first time marathoners Dave Ferguson (3:24:02) and Graeme Pert (3:44:29). Meanwhile in Liverpool Pauline Bradley ran the Marathon in 4:00:58. Let us know if we’ve missed anyone! Well done to you all.
For those coming to the Club tomorrow (Wed 1st June) for the President’s Cup 5k handicap race, don’t forget your club vest for the annual club photo. We’ll allocate numbers at Nethercraigs, before heading up to Bellahouston Park. The presentation will take place back at Nethercraigs after the race, and food will be provided.
Well done to all 42 Bellas who took part in the Polaroid Clydebank 10k last Thursday. Special mention to Gerry Scullion who was 1st MV50 again this time, after his Helensburgh triumph the week before. At the rate he’s winning sunglasses we wouldn’t be surprised if he tries to open up a Specsavers franchise at the back of the training room at Nethercraigs. Better running conditions saw 14 members running a PB, some of 2 minutes or more, which is a fabulous achievement! Congratulations to you all (Let us know if you’re missing a PB trophy icon). Thanks to the Bella support crew who were out in force once again. The shouts and photos are always welcome. Full results are here Runbritain results Clydebank 10k 2016
Check out details for this year’s President’s cup on the forum: Presidents Cup details Have we got a time for you listed? Photo: 2015 winners Lynne Goldie and Norman Boyle
The Loch Leven Half Marathon took place in Fife on Saturday and three Bellas headed east to take part. First Bella home was Alan Moss in 1:28:26, Michael Lancaster ran in 1:29:23 and Ann Robin won the 3rd Senior Ladies prize completing the course in 1:31:01. Congratulations and well done all. Full results Loch Leven HM 2016 On Sunday at the Monklands Half marathon Andrew Walls was 1st Bella home in 1:32:49, Anthony O’Neill 1:37:53, Bryan Evans 1:45:55 and Murdoch Rodgers 1:46:25. Well done all. Full results here Running with a buggy didn’t slow Graeme Paterson down much at Pollok parkrun on Saturday. Young Joseph slept through it all and didn’t seem at all impressed by his dad coming in 2nd overall, ahead of 471 other runners, in 18:20. “I reckon I can do that course in under 18 minutes” said Graeme. We’re looking forward to seeing that! Checkout our Bella parkrun results page for links to consolidated parkrun results for Bellas over the last few weeks.
Great turnout of Bellas for the first of the Polaroid 10K races in Helensburgh last Thursday. Congratulations to Gerry Scullion who won the 1st MV50 prize on a particularly warm evening. PBs were hard to come by so very well done if you managed to achieve one. Well done to everyone who took part. Let us know if you’re missing a PB trophy. Full results are available here: Runbritain – Helensburgh 10K 2016 results
Full results of the 2nd round of the Bella Hill Racing Championships can be found here. https://www.stir.ac.uk/dumyat/ 2016 Dumyat Results Well done to all the Bellas taking part: Updated Championship Standings are shown here: Hill Racing Championship Current Standings Photo ©Copyright John Chroston and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Well done to all the Bellas who ran in the Self Transcendence 5k in Edinburgh. Some great PBs in there. Full results: Runbritain results – Self Transcendence 5k – 2016