Cover photo – a spectacular image of the runners in the Carnethy 5 hill race (photo by Carnethy Hill Running Club)
Tuesday Night Training
Jog leader Tricia took the group to the Energy Park in Methil for a testing series of paarlauf and fartlek drills.
Welcome to new LLV members Kelly, Heather, David, Tracy and Kerrie
Nightmare Series Race 5 – Volcano Vengeance
The venue for the latest race in the Nightmare Series was the Volcano of Beath near Kelty.
There was a fiery theme for the event.
Annie and Chris in volcano-themed running attire
Race results:
- Chris Russell – 1st 24:40
- Bryan McLaren – 3rd 26:34
- James Scott – 9th 28:14
- Matthew Miller – 17th 32:39
- Terry Cullen – 18th 32:56
- Douglas Clews – 23rd 34:40
- Tam Cullen – 26th 37:25
- Annie Gibson – 33rd 39:40
- Bex Oakenfull – 34th 39:50
- Claire Doak – 37th 41:52
Chris and Bryan retain 1st and 2nd places in the race series.
Parkruns
This weekend Kirkcaldy parkrun held their 3rd anniversary event. Nearly 250 runners turned out for the occasion, including a large contingent of 24 LLV members. In excellent running conditions there were new personal best times for Mark McLean, Kevin Hughes, Allen Marr, Karen Richards, Jenni Johnstone, Nicole Kelly and Kirsty Barclay. Mark dipped under the 20 minute mark for the first time at Beveridge Park and Kevin knocked more than half a minute off his previous best.
Parkrun PBs for Kevin, Karen, Kirsty, Mark, Nicole, Allen and Jenni (photos by Wullie Law)
Carnethy 5 Hill Race
The Carnethy 5 Hill Race is steeped in Scottish history. It was inaugurated in the 1970s to commemorate the Battle of Roslin which took place between the Scots and English in February 1302. The ‘5’ in the race title is not the distance but the number of summits climbed during the race – Scald Law (1899′), South Black Hill (1840′), East Kip (1750′), West Kip (1806′), and Carnethy Hill (1890′) – around 2500 feet of ascent in total with the race starting at 900 feet. The race distance is approximately 6 miles.
The lone LLV participant in this year’s race was Iain Wallace who covered the course in 1:19:44.
Iain at the Carnethy 5
Upcoming Events
Next Sunday 18 February is the extremely popular Carnegie Harriers Devilla 15k race around the trails of Devilla Forest starting and finishing at the Police College at Tulliallan near Kincardine. This year there is a huge entry list of 680 runners including 10 representing #TeamLLV – Douglas Clews, Gillian Easton, Teresa Guild, Jemma Guild, Bryan McLaren, Bex Oakenfull, Chris Russell, Iain Wallace, Robin Pate and Tricia Wallace.
Allen Marr is taking part in the Devilla 5k race at the same venue and is defending his V60 title from last year’s event.
Further ahead:
- Skull Mountain Winter Challenge Race 3 – Sunday 25 February
- Cupar 5 – Saturday 3 March
- Smokies 10 mile (Ladies Only) – Sunday 4 March
- Alloa Half Marathon – Sunday 18 March
- Tay Ten – Sunday 1 April
- Beveridge Park 5k – Friday 6 April
- Round the Houses 10k – Sunday 8 April
- FTR Lost Trails Race – Sunday 15 April
- St Andrews 5k (Fife AC Midweek Series) – Wednesday 18 April
- Ravenscraig Park 2 mile race – Wednesday 25 April
- Stirling Scottish Marathon and 5k – Sunday 29 April
- Scottish 5k Championships, Silverknowes – Friday 4 May
- Loch Leven Half Marathon – Saturday 12 May
- Black Rock 5 – Friday 25 May
- FTR Dirty Weekend – Friday 1 June to Sunday 3 June
- Chariots of Fire Beach Race – Sunday 3 June
- Glenrothes 10k – Sunday 17 June
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