Cover photo – the next training block starts next Tuesday on Halloween!! This character might be there.

Tuesday Night Training

There was no official club training this week as the new training block doesn’t start until next week. Instead Andy Cargill led a Hartley Cup training night in Lower Largo with a great turnout.

The Nightmare Series race 1

On the weekend before Halloween, Heatherhall Woods near Ladybank was haunted by a large turnout of runners from local clubs for the first race in the 2017/18 Nightmare Series. The weather was excellent, the moon was bright and the trails were flat, perfect for racing in the dark. An excellent number of participants from Leven Las Vegas were there to enjoy the fun. The course consisted of two laps of the woods over a distance of 4.2 miles. Chris Russell and Bryan McLaren were the first two finishers. Other LLV in the top 20 were James Scott, John Kay and Allen Marr.

Race results:

• Chris – 1st 26:25
• Bryan – 2nd 26:58
• James – 10th 29:20
• John – 12th and 3rd MV50 29:57
• Allen – 19th and 1st MV60 31:24
• Jeff (FTR) – 28th 32:37
• Terry – 36th 33:39
• Dan – 41st 35:47
• Tam – 44th 36:53
• Bex – 65th 42:32
• Claire – 77th 44:57
• Karen – 82nd 51:05
• Louise – 83rd 52:33
• Sara Lou – 84th 52:57

Parkruns

PBs galore this week! At St Andrews Dawn Watson, Jenni Johnstone, Lynsay Bell, Angie Wood and Caroline Robertson all set their best times so far. At Kirkcaldy, Paula McLean continued her amazing PB streak, beating the 25 minute barrier in the process. Neil Beard ran at Kirkcaldy for the first time and recorded his quickest parkrun to date.

Path of Condie Half Marathon

This half marathon is reputedly one of the toughest around. It starts at about 400ft elevation, climbs to over 800ft in the first few miles, then drops back down before climbing again to over 1000ft by the 10 mile mark, leaving a downhill run to the finish.

Running for LLV were Alan Davie and Josephine Lenachan. Alan finished in an excellent 11th place in 1:35:19. Josephine was 104th in 3:06:20.

Muckle Toon Pumpkin Run 10k

Willie Goodfellow was running here – waiting for official results and hopefully a photo.

Upcoming Events

Pentland Hills Flash Mob Run – Friday 3 November

Tentsmuir Torchlight Run – Friday 3 November

A regular monthly fun run hosted by Run4It – details here.

Glen Ogle 33 Ultra – Saturday 4 November

Jim Dunstan is taking part.

jogScotland Awards – Saturday 4 November

Ian is on the shortlist for Leader of the Year. Best wishes from all at Leven Las Vegas Ian!

Bob Stark Memorial 5k Race – Sunday 5 November

Allen Marr is running for LLV in this charity event. There is high quality in the MV60 category which features Paul Forbes, former Scottish Commonwealth Games 800m runner who competed against Ovett and Coe back in the day and who is current Scottish National 5k over-60 champion.

Templeton 10 – Sunday 5 November

Ruth Cruickshank, Gillian Hewitt, Tracey Millar, Iain Wallace, Alan Davie and Matt Holden are doing this popular event.

Men’s 10k, Edinburgh – Sunday 5 November

Further ahead:

• Kelpies 5k – 10/11/12 November
• National Short Course Cross Country Championships, Kirkcaldy – Saturday 11 November
• Glen Clova Half Marathon – Saturday 11 November
• Silvery Tay Trail Race, Wormit – Sunday 12 November
• Livingston AC Open Cross Country – Saturday 18 November
• Hartley Cup – Sunday 19 November
• LLV Christmas Night Out – Saturday 25 November – all welcome – organiser Davie Hogg is taking names

The date of the Devils Burdens has been announced as Saturday 27 January 2018 so it might be a good time to start thinking about getting some teams and recces organised. LLV had two teams of 6 runners in the 2017 event and it would be great to have even more teams in 2018.

Also announced recently was the Alloa Half Marathon which is very popular among LLV members. The date for the race is Sunday 18 March 2018. Entry details can be found here.

Birthdays

Happy birthday wishes go to Karen Richards and Lorraine Davie this week.