Cover photo – Allen and Ian after achieving their milestone parkruns
Tuesday Night Training
New jog leader Wendy took charge of the group for the first time, guiding another large turnout through a set of paarlauf drills.
Parkruns
It was a day of significant milestones at St Andrews parkrun this week. Leven Las Vegas veteran Allen Marr ran his 100th parkrun joined by his grandson Spencer in his buggy. Fellow veteran Ian Shield clocked up his 150th parkrun while long distance specialists Davie Hogg and Robin Pate both exceeded 1000 miles of running in 2017.
In addition there were new PBs for Annie Gibson, Karen Richards, Nicole Kelly, Lynsay Bell and Dawn Watson.
Leven Las Vegas parkrun performance of the day however was at Kirkcaldy where Jim Dunstan smashed his previous best and broke the 23 minute barrier in the process.
Milestone achievers at St Andrews parkrun
Santa’s Sleighs of Fire 5k
As Christmas approaches several seasonally themed races are taking place. On Sunday morning the Santa’s Sleighs of Fire event was held on the West Sands at St Andrews to raise funds for East Neuk of Fife Round Table to distribute to local charities. Leven Las Vegas was represented by Jemma Guild, Bex Oakenfull and Bryan McLaren. Bryan had a fine run to finish in second place overall and also passed the 1000 mile mark in 2017.
Bryan, Bex and Jemma at West Sands in St Andrews
Race results:
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- Jemma –
- Bex –
Upcoming Events
Perth Santa Run – Saturday 9 December
Jog Cowdenbeath 5k fun run for MND Scotland – Sunday 10 December
Further ahead:
- Nightmare Series Race #3 : Chariots of Ice – Friday 15 December
- Pitreavie Jingle Bell 5k – Sunday 17 December
- St Andrews Christmas Day Parkrun 10am
- Kirkcaldy New Years Day Parkrun 10:30am
- Portobello Promathon 4 mile – Monday 1 January 10:30am
- Scottish Athletics National 3000m Indoor Masters – Sunday 7 January
- Great Winter Run 5k – Saturday 13 January
- Scottish Athletics 1500m Indoor Open – Saturday 13 January
- Devils Burdens – Saturday 27 January
- Scottish National Masters Cross Country – Saturday 3 February
- Scottish Athletics National 1500m Indoor Masters – Sunday 4 February
- Devilla Forest 15k and 5k – Sunday 18 February (Entries open Sunday 17 December)
- Smokies 10 mile (Ladies Only) – Sunday 6 March
- Alloa Half Marathon – Sunday 18 March (Entries open now)
- Stirling Scottish Marathon and 5k – Sunday 29 April
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