Cover photo – Allen at the East District Cross Country League match at Stirling University (photo by Susanne Lumsden) 

Tuesday Night Training

Jog leader Karen took a large group to East Links in Leven for a pyramid drill around a half mile circuit.

Nightmare Series #1 – “Autumnal Antics at Annsmuir”

The first race in the 2018/19 Nightmare Series of torchlit trail races took place at Annsmuir Woods near Ladybank with a number of members of Leven Las Vegas Running club participating. The race winner was Chris Russell, followed by Mark McLean, John Kay, Terry Cullen, Gordon Christie, Jeff Taylor, David Reynolds, Annie Gibson, Kenny Ritchie, Bex Oakenfull and Peter Rieu-Clarke.

Race organiser Chris Russell donated the proceeds from the event to Maggie’s Centre in Dundee in memory of the popular local runner Steve Peters who sadly passed away recently after illness. Here is a link to Chris’s pre-race tribute to Steve (kindly recorded by Kenny Ritchie).

Race results:

• Chris Russell – 1st 28:05
• Mark McLean – 12th 32:11
• John Kay – 21st 33:20
• Terry Cullen – 39th 37:16
• Gordon Christie – 40th 37:55
• Jeff Taylor – 42nd 38:30
• David Reynolds – 43rd 38:35
• Annie Gibson – 46th 44:04
• Kenny Ritchie – 49th 46:00
• Bex Oakenfull – 55th 47:25
• Peter Rieu-Clarke – 59th 50:08

Parkruns

At the weekend parkruns there were PBs for Matt Holden at Stretford and Mark McLean at Loch Leven.

East District Cross Country League

The first of three events in the East District Cross Country league took place on the campus of Stirling University on Saturday 20 October. LLV’s Allen Marr was representing PH Racing Club at the event held over an undulating 3 lap course totalling 5.5 miles which Allen completed in a time of 43:15.

Upcoming Events

• National Cross Country Relays – Saturday 27 October
• Path of Condie Half Marathon – Saturday 27 October

Further ahead

• Tentsmuir Torchlit Run – Friday 2 November
• Templeton 10 – Sunday 4 November
• Men’s 10k – Sunday 4 November
• Lasswade Open Cross Country – Sunday 4 November
• National Short Course Cross Country Championships – Saturday 10 November
• Glen Clova Half Marathon – Saturday 10 November
• Silvery Tay Trail Race – Sunday 11 November
• Livingston AC Open Cross Country – Saturday 17 November
• Largo Law Hill Race – Saturday 17 November
• Hartley Cup – Sunday 18 November
• East District Cross Country League Meeting 2 – Saturday 24 November
• Bob Stark Memorial 5k – Sunday 2 December
• East District Cross Country Championships – Saturday 8 December
• Loch Leven Santa Run – Sunday 9 December
• Tilli 10k – Saturday 29 December
• Indoor 3000m Championships – Friday 4 January 2019
• National Indoor Open Meeting – Saturday 12 January 2019
• East District Cross Country League Meeting 3 – Saturday 19 January 2019
• Masters Cross Country Championships – Saturday 2 February 2019
• Indoor Masters Championships – Sunday 17 February 2019
• Smokies 10 Mile (Ladies Only) – Sunday 3 March 2019