Cover photo – Ian presents a donation cheque to Angela and Alison of the Bloodwise charity
Tuesday night training
Jog leader this week was Tricia who took the group to Harbour View adjacent to Stuarts bakery for a series of pursuit drills.
Each training block Leven Las Vegas Running Club members donate 50% of their training fees to a selected charity. Last week the club were visited by Angela MacDonald and Alison Hutchison from the charity Bloodwise which helps fund
research into blood cancer treatment. The ladies gave the group an insight into the
work of the charity and were delighted to accept a cheque for £400 from Ian Shield (see cover photo).
Nightmare Series Race #6 “Motocross Madness”
The latest race in the Nightmare Series organised by Chris “Prince of Darkness” Russell was held on the motocross track at Milton Farm near Leuchars. This is one of the shortest events in the series at around 2.5 miles but also one of the most challenging with steep ascents and descents, hairpin bends and strength-sapping deep mud.
The motocross track
Race results:
- Chris – 1st 18:50
- Terry – 14th and 3rd MV50 24:50
- Annie – 22nd and 1st FV50 32:10
- Claire – 24th 34:18
Chris retains 1st place in the series with one event to come on Wednesday 21 March.
Parkruns
At Craigtoun Park in St Andrews, Bryan McLaren set an excellent new PB of exactly 18 minutes.
At Beveridge Park in Kirkcaldy there were PBs for Matthew Miller, Donna Rodger and Gayle Moran.
Inverness Half Marathon
Run on a flat fast course, the half marathon starts on the riverside at Bught Park and follows the River Ness into Inverness before crossing Ness Bridge in the city centre and passing beneath Inverness Castle. The route then continues through more residential and rural areas before turning back towards the city, once more crossing the Ness bridge and running alongside River Ness to the finish on the running track at Inverness Sports Centre.
This year there was a field of just over 2000 participants, including David Reynolds of Leven Las Vegas. David had an excellent run, completing the 13.1 miles in 1:47:56 which was a new personal best for the distance.
David with his finisher’s medal
Also running was Willie Goodfellow, formerly of LLV and now representing Moray Road Runners. Willie finished the race in a fantastic personal best time of 1:42:13.
Willie at the Inverness half (no 2765)
Gartmorn 6
There was no-one wearing LLV colours in this race but Chris Russell and Annie Gibson were taking part as members of Falkland Trail Runners in one of the FTR championship events.
Chris and Annie at Gartmorn (photos by Pete Bracegirdle)
Race results:
- Chris – 2nd and 1st MV40 37:12
- Annie – 151st 59:55
Upcoming Events
Alloa Half Marathon – among the 3000+ runners on the start list at this event on Sunday 18 March are the following LLV members
- Robin Pate
- Tracey Millar
- Gillian Easton
- Louise Morris
- Jemma Guild
- Karen Richards
- Douglas Clews
- Lynda English
- Bex Oakenfull
- Matthew Miller
- Iain Wallace
- Teresa Guild
- Stewart English
- Claire Doak
- Terry Cullen
- Bryan McLaren
- Gordon Christie
- Davie Hogg
- Jeff Taylor
- Mark McLean
- Susan Kerr
- Alan Davie
- Kerrie Donald
- Tracey Mayes
- Karen Capewell
If anyone else should be on the list for Alloa please let Allen know.
Chris and Annie are taking part in the Errol 10k.
Further ahead:
- Nightmare Series Race #7 – Wednesday 21 March
- Chilly Willy Trail Race – Sunday 25 March
- John Muir Ultra – Saturday 31 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
- Angus Half Marathon – Sunday 15 April
- St Andrews 5k (Fife AC Midweek Series) – Wednesday 18 April
- Livingston AC Open Graded Track Meeting – Wednesday 18 April
- Run Balmoral – Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 April
- Ravenscraig Park 2 mile race – Wednesday 25 April
- Highland Fling – Saturday 28 April
- Stirling Scottish Marathon and 5k – Sunday 29 April
- Scottish 5k Championships, Silverknowes – Friday 4 May
- Loch Leven Half Marathon – Saturday 12 May
- Smokies 10 – Sunday 13 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
- Balbirnie Duathlon – Thursday 28 June
- Trail Busters Series Race 1 – Sunday 1 July
- Trail Busters Series Race 2 – Sunday 5 August
- Trail Busters Series Race 3 – Sunday 2 September
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