Cover photo – Snow White and the 3 dwarves Bashful, Sleepy and Grumpy at Jedburgh Running Festival
Tuesday Night Training
Jog leader Bex started preparations for the Hartley Cup by putting the group through a hard series of 3 minute and 90 second interval drills at the Energy Park in Methil.
Parkruns
Nick Silcocks and Stephanie Barclay set new personal best times at Beveridge Park in Kirkcaldy.
Path of Condie Half Marathon
Chris Russell followed up his win at last week’s Nightmare race with an excellent performance at the Path of Condie half marathon on a challenging undulating course starting and finishing in Milnathort. Chris was 4th finisher overall and was closely followed by LLV clubmate Alan Davie in 12th place. Also taking part were Gillian Easton, Peter Rieu-Clarke and Annie Gibson.
Peter, Chris, Alan, Gillian and Annie at Path of Condie (photos by Gordon Donnachie)
Race results:
- Chris Russell – 4th 1:24:01
- Alan Davie – 14th 1:32:10
- Gillian Easton – 71st 1:55:16
- Peter Rieu-Clarke – 106th and 1st MV70 2:22:09
- Annie Gibson – 107th 2:25:48
Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra
A band of Leven club members travelled to the Borders to take part in the Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultramarathon which is held as part of the annual Jedburgh Running Festival. The 38 mile course heads north from Jedburgh towards Melrose where runners traverse the three summits of the Eildon Hills before retracing their steps back to the start point. Robin Pate took on the individual challenge of completing the entire course while his clubmates Karen Capewell, Jim Dunstan, Mark McLean and Davie Hogg ran as a relay team finishing in an excellent 7th position.
Jim, Davie, Karen, Mark and Robin at Jedburgh Running Festival
Race results (full ultra):
- Robin Pate – 66th individual 7:07:51
Race results (relay):
- Snow White & 3 dwarves (Jim, Mark, Karen, Davie) – 7th combined team 6:38:53
National Cross Country Relays
Allen Marr represented PH Racing Club at the Scottish national cross country relays in Cumbernauld. Allen was the 2nd fastest over-60 runner on the day, covering the undulating 4km parkland course in 16:18 as he prepares for the national short course cross country championship next month.
Upcoming Events
- Tentsmuir Torchlit Run – Friday 2 November
- Templeton 10 – Sunday 4 November
- Edinburgh Men’s 10k – Sunday 4 November
- Lasswade Open Cross Country – Sunday 4 November
Further ahead
- 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
- Nightmare Series Race 2 – Friday 23 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
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