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Eight Harriers were amongst a field of around 150 runners at the 3rd Edinburgh parkrun 5k from Cramond in Edinburgh. The conditions were virtually perfect for fast times along the flat, out and back seafront course.
Campbell Hutt enjoyed a strong run placing 3rd overall in 17.21 finishing three seconds clear of club mate Iain Taylor who clocked 17.24 in 4th position and leading M40. Stevie Ogg on his parkrun debut finished 5th in 17.30 and Alan Cockburn timed at 19.00 placing 22nd.
Robert Milton contesting his 3rd consecutive parkrun placed 36th in 19.54 while Kieran Morgan was 44th in 20.58. Well done to Ken Daniels who covered the 3.1 mile course in 23.45 to place 77th overall and leading M70 and John McArthur who placed 118th in 26.14.
The 4th Edinburgh parkrun 5K takes place at 9.30am on Saturday 7th November from Cramond along an accurately measured 5K out and back course on Silverknowes Promenade.
If anyone is free to assist for a short time on the occasional Saturday morning then the organisers appreciate any help. Volunteering three times a year will keep these events free of charge to the runner.
Full details about taking part in the event and how to volunteer to help out can be found on the Edinburgh parkrun website by clicking HERE.
Carnegie's Andy Symonds produced a tremendous run to win Saturday's Meall a`Bhuachaille Hill Race from Glenmore. Andy covered the 6.1 mile (2100ft) new route in a fast 50.53 finishing 14 seconds clear of 2nd placed Robbie Simpson (Deeside Runners). Andrew Wright placed an impressive 6th overall in the high quality field in 54.05 while Peter Simpson made his hill racing comeback finishing 30th (2nd M50) in 1.00.31.
Carnegie Harriers were represented by seventeen members at Meall a`Bhuachaille which was the second largest club turnout behind Cosmics who had twenty three runners out on the hills.
Richie Cunningham was the fourth Harrier to finish placing 42nd overall (1.03.09), Steven King placed 62nd in 1.06.11 and Kenny MacDonald made a welcome return to the hills finishing 72nd in 1.07.37. Niall Wilson made his hill running debut for Carnegie placing 79th in 1.08.46 and Alan Manson who has enjoyed an excellent season was 89th in 1.09.53. Ryan McKenzie in 111th position clocked a time of 1.12.35, Tom Bowie placed 3rd M60 in 1.13.00 (113th overall) and David Greig reached the finish in 1.17.51 (147th).
Allan Macaulay maintained his lead in our Hill Running Grand Prix by placing 151st in 1.18.27 with the Grand Prix's second placed Andy Sim finishing 153rd in 1.18.39. Neil Campbell completed his first race of the weekend at Meall a`Bhuachaille in 1.19.44 (159th) before completing the Lasswade cross country event the following day.
Alison West was the leading Carnegie lady timing at 1.23.25 while Yvette Wilson on her hill running debut enjoyed a strong run finishing in 1.24.26. Morna Fleming put in a strong effort finishing in 1.41.04.
A selction of race photo's cortesy of Steve Fallon (Carnethy) can be found HERE.
The final race in our Hill Running Grand Prix takes place on Saturday 7th November at the Tinto Hill Race. Full details can be found on the Carnethy website by clicking HERE. Please meet at Dunfermline Academy of Sport at 11am for car sharing.
The attendance at our club training nights have been superb recently. On Tuesday evening a group of almost 50 club members took part in the 'cruise efforts' session in Pitreavie Industrial Estate and on Thursday evening there were 38 members taking part in our '7 x 2 minutes' session around our time trial route.
Many positive comments have been received about our structured training sessions and many thanks to all our members and potential new members who have been taking part.
All our training sessions through until the end of the year can be viewed on the 'training' section of our website.
Our long Sunday run is also proving very popular with 15 members taking part last weekend. Our next long training run takes place at 8.30pm this Sunday morning from Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline.
The 14th and penultimate counter in our Hill Running Grand Prix takes place this Saturday at the Meall a'Bhuchaille Hill Race from Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore. The race starts at 12.30pm from Glenmore Lodge near Aviemore. It is 6 miles with 2000 ft of climbing. The entry fee is £5. Futher details can be found HERE.
Several members are travelling to this event and car sharing may be an option. Please use the Harriers Forum to organise this.
On Sunday the 2nd event in our Cross Country Grand Prix gets underway at the Lasswade Open Cross Country Races at Gore Glen Palying Fields, Engine Road, Gorebridge, Midlothian. All race entries are on the day at Gorebridge Leisure Centre, Hunterfield Road, Gorebridge. The ladies and U17 men's race is 3.8 miles and starts at 2pm. The senior men's race is over 6 miles and starts at 2.30pm. There are seven other races for the younger age groups including the Under 15 boy's race (3 miles) at 1.10pm and the Under 13 boy's race (2 miles) at 12.50pm. The course is on parkland, fields and gravel paths. Further details can be found HERE.
If you are not racing this weekend then there is always the option of our long Sunday run which meets at 8.30am at the main car park at Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline. The run is just under 14 miles.
Carnegie's Paul Hutton was amongst 3247 runners who took part in the annual Twighlight Zone Tower of Terror 13K Race from Disney's Hollywood Studios, Florida on Saturday night. The event started at 10.30pm and ran through the streets of Disney's Hollywood Studios before finishing in the shadows of the Hollywood Tower Hotel.
Paul enjoyed a strong run finishing 290th overall in 1.07.07. The race start was illuminated with fireworks and there was a post-race party available for all the runners.
Carnegie Harriers have excelled by winning the Masters title at today's National Cross Country Relays in Cumbernauld. Congratulations to Andrew Wright, Ian Stewart, Allan Fotheringham and Tommy Lawrence who were all members of the winning team.
Andrew Wright undertook the opening leg of the wet and undulating parkland course covering his 4,000m in a fast 13.52. Ian Stewart clocked an excellent 14.44 on stage two before Allan Fotheringham posted a stage three time of 15.29. Tommy Lawrence ran the anchor leg in a quick 14.29 to bring the Carnegie team home in 13th position overall (58.28) and 1st Masters team.
Carnegie's Masters 'B' Team also performed well finishing 43rd overall and 9th Masters team. Mike Harvey on stage one recorded a time of 15.53, Lewis Lawson timed at 15.25 on stage two, Stevie Ogg was 15.58 on stage three and Steven King ran stage four in 15.56 giving the team a total time of 1.03.12.
The Carnegie Senior 'A' team placed 51st overall (1.04.55) with fine efforts from Peter Humphreys (15.56), Calum McGaw (16.23), John Lambie (15.43) and Ian Johnston (16.53). Our Carnegie Masters 'C' team placed 87th overall (1.13.37) and 18th Masters team. Niall Wilson ran stage one in 17.04 and Paul Arnott covered stage two in 19.17. Stephen Greer completed stage three in 19.21 before John Fulham brought the team home on stage four in 17.55.
Carnegie's ladies fielded three complete teams with our Master's team placing a highly creditable 27th overall (55.57) and 4th in the Master's category. Fabienne Thompson covered the opening stage in 17.57, Gail Murdoch timed at 19.16 and Alison Whyte clocked 18.44.
Our Carnegie senior teams finished 38th (59.25) and 62nd (1.09.40) respectively. Helena Sim ran stage one in 20.03, Linda James also clocked 20.03 on stage two while Grace McKenzie enjoyed an excellent run on the anchor leg bringing the team into 38th position in 19.19. Lee Polson put in a strong performance clocking 19.40 on stage one, Lesley Halstead recorded 23.20 on stage two and Mehrnaz Campbell timed at 26.40 on stage three placing our ladies home in 62nd.
Very well done to all our athletes who took part and to our club captain's Fabienne Thompson and Ian Johnston for all their hard work organising our teams.
A selection of Carnegie photo's from the National Cross Country Championships courtesy of Neil Campbell can be found HERE.
The 2nd running of the Edinburgh parkrun 5k took place on Saturday morning with 129 runners taking part this week. Iain Taylor was the leading Carnegie runner placing 5th overall and 1st M40 in 17.28. Alan Cockburn ran well clocking 19.04 in 12th position while Robert Milton was 23rd in 20.38. Kieran Morgan reached the finish at Cramond in 20.55 (24th) and Clive Cable on his parkrun debut was 66th in 24.05.
The 3rd Edinburgh Parkun 5k takes place on Saturday 31st October at 9.30am. If you would like to take part then all the details can be found on the Edinburgh parkrun website by clicking HERE.
We are pleased to inform you that our club has a new forum (bulletin board) on this website called the Harriers Forum. It only takes a couple of minutes to register to use it so please go ahead and register, create topics and start using this resource.
The opening event in the East District Cross Country League took place at Stirling University on Saturday. There was a excellent turnout from our club with ten ladies taking part which was the largest representation from any club in the ladies race.
Kirsty Baird was our leading lady placing 25th (25.10) backed up by Alison Whyte (31st in 25.59) and Grace McKenzie (38th in 27.24) to complete Carnegie's scoring team who placed 7th club overall with 94 points.
John Lambie was to the fore for Carnegie in the men's race placing 63rd overall in 33.01. Ian Johnston placed 78th in 34.05 and Peter Simpson was 84th in 34.19. Carnegie's masters team finished 6th club on 225 points.
In the Under 13 Boy's race, Gregor Campbell flew the Carnegie flag placing 40th in 12.34.
The complete set of results can be found HERE. Well done to all 22 Harriers who took part and the Hill Running Grand Prix table has been updated after this opening event.
The 2nd event in the East District Cross Country League takes place on Sunday 22nd November from Queen Anne High School, Dunfermline.
Congratulations to Tommy Lawrence who raced to victory at Sunday's Aviemore Highland Half Marathon in an impressive 1.15.18 finishing 44 seconds clear of 2nd placed Graham Bee (Fife AC) who timed at 1.16.02. This is Tommy's second consecutive Aviemore Half Marathon title having posted a time of 1.16.02 winning the 2008 race.
Gail Murdoch finished well up the ladies field covering the scenic 13.1 miler in 1.36.42. Jonathan Habrovitsky clocked a personal best of 1.45.56 and Ken Daniels also represented Carnegie Harriers in Aviemore and his time will be posted when available.
Carnegie's Andrew Wright was in top form on Saturday morning winning the Glasgow Parkrun 5K in a very fast 15.49. This is Andrew's second consecutive win in the event having clocked 16.12 last weekend.
Well done also to Jane Simpson (Bellahouston Road Runners) who regularly trains with the Harriers who won the ladies race in 19.30.
Five Carnegie members were amongst a field of 204 runners at the first Edinburgh Parkrun 5K which was held on Saturday morning from Cramond in Edinburgh. The weather conditions were perfect which made for fast times on the flat, out and back course.
Campbell Hutt was the leading Harrier clocking a personal best of 17.18 and placing 7th overall. Iain Taylor in 8th position timed at 17.23 (2nd M40) and Robert Milton broke the 20 minute barrier finishing 37th in 19.43. Kieran Morgan continued his rapid improvement setting a personal best of 20.26 (45th) and Jim Gray reached the 5k finish in 23.48 placing 90th.
The complete set of race results and race statistics can be found on the Edinburgh Parkrun website HERE.
The next event takes place at 9.30am on Saturday 24th October. It is free to enter but you must register before 6pm on the Friday before your first Parkrun and this can be done by clicking HERE.
The 1st of three events in the East District Cross Country League takes place from Stirling University on Saturday 17th October. The ladies and Under 17 men's race start at 1.35pm and the men's race is at 2.30pm.
All Carnegie Runners will wear race number '28' (28L for ladies, 28V for Male 40's)and these numbers will be handed out at Stirling University by Ian Johnston. This race will also be the first counter in our Cross Country Grand Prix.
You do not have to be a SAL member to take part in the East District League and a good turnout of club members is requested.
The East District Cross Country League have their own website which can be found HERE.
The Edinburgh Parkrun 5k's commence at 9.30am this Saturday morning on the Cramond / Silverknowes Promenade in Edinburgh and will take place every Saturday morning thereafter. The Edinburgh Parkrun is a measured 5K along a flat, out and back course.
Full details of the course and start / finish can be found HERE.
The Edinburgh Parkrun is free to enter but you must register in advance. Please click HERE to register by 6pm on the Friday before your first ever Parkrun. It only takes a couple of minutes to complete the form and once registered all you have to do if ensure that you are on the start line for 9.30am.
All results are recorded on the Edinburgh Parkrun website which can be found HERE.
The number of counters for this All Rounder Competition (Hill, Road and Cross Country) is very low in some classes, non-existent in the Senior Ladies and after the successes of previous years, some diary juggling is needed amongst all you keen guys and gals to up the stakes and competition for the current leaders. It would be great to have the competition hanging on the final event at Blairadam Forest on the 19th December when we know there will be a great turnout.
A number of classes are still wide open and serious competition could be on the cards if people enter qualifying races. The next four weeks will be decisive with the hill races being the crux. There are one long race and one short to go.
The Road Series is now complete, so the options for some to be counters in the All Rounder Competition is gone if you did not run a Road Race this year. However, for those who have, your options for getting even ONE Hill Race are declining fast, so all effort to be applied to put one of the remaining two events into your diary. The shortest is the Tinto Hill Race on 7th November, which has been very popular from a club point of view in the last two years and quite rightly so, but the challenge of the Scottish Championship Race at Bagaduish, near Aviemore at the end of the month is also available.
Many did not run any Cross Country at the beginning of the year so there are six Cross Country events available in the recently published Grand Prix Series. No excuses - there were only 6 male and 1 female runners at the first League fixture last year - dreadful for a club our size. Remember, you can count one East District League event - there are two available, one of which is in Dunfermline and one from the four others including the Festive Forest Run.
GET THOSE DIARIES OUT - NOW!!
Phil Smithard.
At the Pentland Skyline there was a record 170 finishers with a superb turnout of a dozen Carnegie runners taking part. Andy Symonds was the leading Harrier completing the 16 mile race (6200ft) in 2.39.49 in 5th position overall. Derek Cassells placed 64th in 3.22.28 and Steven King was 75th in 3.26.16.
Fabienne Thompson ran an excellent race finishing 4th F40 in 3.41.12 and Helena Sim reached the finish in 5.08.13. Well done to Ken Daniels who placed 2nd M70 in 5.08.13.
Neil Campbell completed the Man or Mouse Challenge by running Saturday's 10 mile Manor Water Hill Race in 1.42.21 followed by Sunday's Pentland Skyline in 3.55.34.
Iain Taylor was in good form in the North West of England placing 5th overall and leading M40 at the Blackpool to Fleetwood 10 Mile Road Race. Despite facing a tough headwind for much of the seafront route, Iain clocked 1.02.02 recording his fastest ten miler this year. There were 189 finishers and the results can be found HERE.
Kieran Morgan was the only Carnegie runner at Sunday's Giffordtown 5K Road Race where he placed 51st in a personal best of 20.59.
Congratulations to Carnegie's Andy Symonds who has won the 2009 Scottish Hill Running Long Classics Series, which concluded on Sunday at the Pentland Skyline Hill Race. The series was based on the athletes 5 best results from 11 races, with 745 runners completing at least 1 race.
Andy's took part in races at Stuc a' Chroin, Loch Lochy, Ben Rinnes, Ochil 2000's, Two Breweries and the Pentland Skyline with his best 5 results totalling 4943 points. Carnethy's Stewart Whitlie finished 2nd and Alex Keith (HBT) was 3rd.
Fabienne Thompson placed 6th lady overall in the series and Andy Sim was the 30th male finisher overall.
Carnegie Harriers were well represented at Saturday's East District Cross Country Relays in Prestonpans with four senior male teams, three ladies team and one young male team all taking part.
Sandy MacDonald (U13) led of the Harriers over the opening leg of the Young Males Race (3 x 2,500m) covering his stage in 11.36. Fergus McGaw (U15) undertook the challenge of leg two clocking a time of 10.15 before U17 athlete Callan Francis ran the anchor leg in 9.37 bringing the Carnegie team home in a very respectable 11th position overall in 31.28.
In the ladies race (3 x 4,000m), Fabienne Thompson ran the opening leg for the 'A' team in a fast 16.13 before Isobel Burnett timed at 17.39 on leg 2 and Gail Murdoch brought the team home in 10th position (51.50)covering leg 3 in 17.58. Our Carnegie ladies 'B' team placed 16th in 56.55 and our 'C' team were 21st in 1.04.19.
In the men's race (4 x 4,000m), Lewis Lawson ran the opening leg for the 'A' team in 14.20 handing across to Ian Stewart who timed at 13.44 over leg two. Allan Fotheringham was in fine form over leg three clocking 14.06 before Tommy Lawrence posted the fasted Carnegie time of the afternoon timing at 13.13 on leg 4. Carnegie's 'A' team finished 12th overall in 55.23. The Carnegie 'B' team placed 23rd in 59.07, the 'C' team were 31st in 1.03.00 and the 'D' team were 41st in 1.07.19.
Very well done to everyone who took part.
Congratulations to Carnegie's Andrew Wright who was the clear winner of Saturday's Glasgow Parkrun 5K Race where he covered the undulating course in Pollock Park in an impressive 16.12.
The opening event in the 2009 / 2010 cross country season takes place this Saturday afternoon from Meadowmill Sports Centre in Prestonpans at the East District Cross Country Relays.
Carnegie Harriers have four senior men's and three ladies teams entered along with one young males team. The start times for the relays are as follows;
Young Males Race (3 x 2,500m) - 1.05pm (Declarations close at 12.35pm)
Senior Ladies Race (3 x 4,000m) - 1.40pm (Declarations close at 1.10pm)
Senior Men's Race (4 x 4,000m) - 2.40pm (Declaration close at 2.10pm)
The 13th event in our Hill Running Grand Prix takes place this Sunday at the Pentland Skyline which is a 16 mile hill race with 6200 ft of climbing. It starts at 11am from Midlothian Ski Centre and the entry fee is £5. It is also the final counting event in the Long Classics Series in which Carnegie's Andy Symonds is the current leader.
The fixtures for our Cross Country Grand Prix have been announced for the 2009/2010 season which are as follows;
1. 17/10/2009 East District Cross Country League, Stirling
2. 01/11/2009 Lasswade Open Cross Country Races, Gorebridge
3. 14/11/2009 Braid Hills Open Cross Country Races, Edinburgh
4. 22/11/2009 East District Cross Country League, Dunfermline
5. 05/12/2009 East District Cross Country Championships, Livingston
6. 19/12/2009 Festive Forest Run, Blairadam Forest, near Kelty
7. 16/01/2010 East District Cross Country League, Broxburn
8. 30/01/2010 Loch Fitty Cross Country Race, Dunfermline
9. 20/02/2010 Scottish Cross Country Championships, Falkirk
In each Cross Country Grand Prix event the leading male and female Carnegie finisher will receive 50 points, the 2nd placed runner will receive 49 points, 3rd placed 48 points.......down to 1 point for the 50th placed Carnegie runner. There are nine races with your best six to count.
The 1st of three events in the East District Cross Country League takes place from Stirling University on Saturday 17th October. The ladies and Under 17 men's race is approx. 6km and starts at 1.55pm and the men's race over approx. 9km is at 2.30pm. All Carnegie Runners will wear race number '28' (28L for ladies, 28V for Male 40's)and these numbers will be handed out of the day by our club captains or alternatively you can collect your number at club training. This race will also be the first counter in our Cross Country Grand Prix. You do not have to be a SAL member to take part in the East District League and a good turnout of club members is requested.
The 2nd event in the East District Cross Country League takes place at Queen Anne High School, Dunfermline on Sunday 22nd November and the 3rd event is at Broxburn Academy on Saturday 16th January 2010.
There was superb coverage of this year's West Highland Race on BBC2's The Adventure Show on Sunday evening. The program followed the race from Milngavie to Fort William and there were 'on the run' interviews with race winner Scott Bradley and 3rd placed Richie Cunningham along with a pre-race interview with Fiona Rennie and Pauline Walker.
Lynne Kuz, Gail Murdoch, Stevie Ogg, Iain Thomson and Ken Walker (support crew) were all featured and the program was excellent viewing. If you were unable to watch it last night then it is available to view on BBC I-Player for the next six days by clicking HERE.
Peter Humphreys clocked an impressive gun time of 2.53.06 at Sunday's Loch Ness Marathon finishing 25th overall in the field of over 2000 runners. Sid James reached the finish in Inverness in 3.07.19 (83rd) while Derek Cassells and John Fulham recorded personal bests of 3.24.50 (232nd) and 3.24.51 (233rd) respectively. David Greig enjoyed a good run placing 259th in 3.27.17 (PB) and well done to Linda James who on her marathon debut timed at 3.46.37.
Lesley Halstead ran an impressive race recording a personal best of 4.04.14 and Morna Fleming was the 3rd F55 in 4.07.32. Gordon Somerville completed the point to point 26.2 miler in 4.10.58, Fiona Rennie clocked 4.17.05 and well done to Tony Smith who finished in 4.26.58.
The complete set of results including Gun and Chip time can be found HERE.
Also at the weekend four Harriers made the trip to Ben Venue for Bellahouston Road Runners new hill race. Due to 70 mph winds and the fact that the mountain rescue team could not stand up on the ridge it was decided to run an alternative route this year. 83 runners took part and the course was changed to a 6 miler with 1800 ft of climbing.
Tom Bowie was the leading Carnegie runner placing 2nd M60 and 45th overall in 1.12.08. Neil Campbell finished 49th in 1.13.12, Phil Smithard was 50th in 1.13.14 and it was good to see Jim Lang back in competitive action and he placed 77th in 1.25.13. A few photo's can be found on our Hill Running Blog by clicking HERE.
Tommy Lawrence was in excellent form at Sunday's Strathcarron 10K Road Race in Denny where he placed 4th overall in 34.36. Mike Harvey clocked 36.06 finishing in the top ten and Alan Manson covered the undulating course in 41.16. Kirsty Baird was one of the leading ladies in a time of 43.20 and Kieran Morgan reached the finish at Denny High School in 44.35. Allan Brannigan also took part but his race time is not yet known.
Four Harriers took part in the River Ness 10K Road Race with Allan Macaulay placing 256th in 46.06. Mark Gray clocked a gun time of 50.19 while Pauline Walker and Val Macaulay completed the 6.2 mile course in gun times of 58.13. Over 3000 runners took part in this event.
Frazer Munro contested the 10 mile Dunbar Multi-Terrain Race on Saturday where he finished 18th in 1.16.25. There were 75 finishers in the event.
The New Balance English Half Marathon took place in Warrington on Sunday with three Carnegie members running as pacers. Stevie Ogg helped many competitors break the 1.30.00 barrier by clocking 1.29.00 while Colin Reynolds ran a paced time of 1.43.35 and Paul Hutton 2.00.45.
Congratulations to Peter Humphreys and Isobel Burnett who are our 2009 Road Running Grand Prix winners. The series of fifteen events (best nine to count) reached its conclusion at Sunday's Loch Ness Marathon and well done to Peter and Isobel who have both enjoyed a superb season of road racing. The Road Running Grand Prix opened back in March at the Alloa Half Marathon and this year featured a mixture of relatively local races, the Loch Ness Marathon and a ten mile race on the Isle of Cumbrae. Once again the Grand Prix has proved incredibly popular with 97 club members taking part this year.
Our men's champion Peter Humphreys wins the Grand Prix with a total of 432 points and well done to Ian Johnston who finished 2nd overall with 421 points. Sid James has ran consistently well throughout the year resulting in a 3rd place finish with 419 points. Ian Stewart placed 4th overall and wins the M50 category with 397 points. Iain Taylor was 6th overall and wins the M40 category (388 points) and Phil Smithard was the leading M60 (17th overall) with 224 points.
Isobel Burnett became the ladies Road Running Grand Prix champion with 443 points from her best nine scoring events and well done to Lynne Bennet who places 2nd overall with 430 points. Linda James who has recorded personal bests at virtually every distance this year finished 3rd lady with 428 points. Susan Cederstrom wins the F40 award (4th lady overall) with 422 points and Morna Fleming wins the F50 award (5th lady overall) with 419 points.
Bernt Cederstrom finished 2nd M40 with 381 points and Kieran Morgan was 3rd M40 on 328 points. Iain Thomson placed 2nd M50 with 154 points and Stephen Greer was 3rd M50 on 151 points. Lesley Halstead wins the 2nd placed F40 award on 403 points and Fabienne Thompson was 3rd F40 with 339 points.
Well done to all our award winners and to everyone who took part in this year's Grand Prix. Momentoes will also be awarded to John Fulham (7th overall), Paul Arnott (9th overall), Ben Borkowski (10th overall) and Allan Brannigan (13th overall) who all completed nine counting events.