Cover photo – welcome to all our new Couch to 5k members!
Couch to 5k
This week Leven Las Vegas Running Club welcomed a host of new members who were taking their first steps to fitness by embarking on a Couch to 5k jogging programme. The course helps individuals who are relatively inactive to start jogging and over a 10 week period to gain sufficient fitness to be able to run a distance of 5km without stopping.
Beveridge Park 5k
Friday evening saw the return of the popular Beveridge Park 5k race series organised by Fife AC. Several Leven Las Vegas members took part in the event in the Kirkcaldy park, with Iain Wallace first LLV over the finish line followed by impressive performances from Gillian Easton, Jemma Guild, Kevin Hughes, Robin Pate, Matthew Miller, Barry West and Jenni Johnstone who all recorded personal best times for the 5km distance.
Race results:
- Iain Wallace – 13th and 3rd MV40 19:29
- Kevin Hughes – 15th 19:35
- Robin Pate – 17th 20:00
- Matthew Miller – 22nd 20:22
- Gillian Easton – 34th and 3rd Female/1st FS 21:34
- Jemma Guild – 50th 24:49
- Barry West – 22nd 24:59
- Jenni Johnstone – 68th 33:17
Parkruns
Several LLV members took part in the Saturday morning parkruns, with the outstanding performance being from Robin Pate who visited Montrose parkrun for the first time and finished in 4th place. Mark McLean, Tam Cullen, Jeff Taylor, Gordon Christie, Allen Marr, Karen Richards, Gozde Ozakinci, Terry Cullen and Matthew Miller ran at St Andrews where Matthew and Allen were first in their age categories.
Mark, Jeff, Karen, Tam, Gordon, Allen, Terry and Matthew at St Andrews parkrun
Kilomathon
On Sunday morning Teresa Guild joined the 2000 participants in the Kilomathon race starting at Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh and finishing inside the rugby stadium at Murrayfield.
Upcoming Events
- St Andrews 5k (Fife AC Midweek Series) – Wednesday 11 April
- FTR Lost Trails Race – Sunday 15 April
- Angus Half Marathon – Sunday 15 April
Further ahead:
- Livingston AC Open Graded Track Meeting – Wednesday 18 April
- Run Balmoral – Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 April
- London Marathon – Sunday 22 April
- Ravenscraig Park mile – Wednesday 25 April
- Kinross 10k – Thursday 26 April
- Highland Fling – Saturday 28 April
- Stirling Scottish Marathon and 5k – Sunday 29 April
- Scottish 5k Championships, Silverknowes – Friday 4 May
- Strathkinness to Blebocraigs (Fife AC Midweek Series) – Wednesday 9 May
- Beveridge Park 5k – Friday 11 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
- Alloa Half Marathon (rescheduled date) – Sunday 3 June
- Chariots of Fire Beach Race – Sunday 3 June
- Errol 10k (rescheduled date) – Sunday 10 June
- Glenrothes 10k – Sunday 17 June
- West Highland Way Race – Saturday 23 June
- Sandy Slither – Wednesday 27 June
- Balbirnie Duathlon – Thursday 28 June
- Trail Busters Series Race 1 – Sunday 1 July
- Donkey Brae Run – Sunday 29 July
- Trail Busters Series Race 2 – Sunday 5 August
- Trail Busters Series Race 3 – Sunday 2 September
- Scottish Long Coastal Relays – Saturday 6 October
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