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The opening event in our Road Running Grand Prix took place on Saturday afternoon at the popular Cupar 5. There was a huge field of around 250 runners and with Cupar escaping the snow a great race was enjoyed by all.
Twenty two Harriers took part and Allan Fotheringham was the leading Carnegie athlete placing 8th overall and 1st M40 in 27.39. Ian Johnstone dipped under the 30 minute barrier finishing 28th in 29.51 while Scott Bradley clocked 30.40 in 48th position. Steven King completed the out and back course in 31.17 (57th), John Fulham set a PB of 32.05 (74th) and Kenny McDonald timed at 32.09 (75th).
Gail Murdoch clocked a personal best of 33.04 finishing the leading Carnegie lady while Kieran Morgan also ran personal best of 34.09 a few hours after running the Edinburgh parkrun 5k. Morna Fleming was the 2nd Carnegie lady home in 37.56 followed by Susan Cederstrom (40.23) and Val Macaulay who reached the finish in 44.07.
The Road Running Grand Prix table has been updated and the second event will take place on Sunday 21st March at the Alloa Half Marathon.
A superb selection of photo's from the Cupar 5 courtesy of roadrunpics.com can be found HERE.
Carnegie's Colin Reid and his Border Terrier Mitch will be taking part in the forthcoming European CaniX championships in Belgium. Further details about Colin's participation in this unique form of athletics can be found on the STV website HERE.
Kirkintilloch Olympians hosted their annual 12.5 kilometre race on Sunday attracting a field of 158 runners. Icy conditions forced the route to be changed for safety reasons. Frazer Munro had no issues with the revised course clocking a time of 52.49 placing 28th and Allan Brannigan timed at 57.00 in 50th position.
Bill Duff was the 2nd M60 (62nd overall) in 58.40 and Carnegie finished 3rd male team with 140 points. Well done to Ken Daniels who completed the challenging race in 1.05.55 (97th) placing 1st in the M70 category.
Carnegie's Iain Taylor was amongst 881 runners taking part in Sunday's Great North West Half Marathon in Blackpool. The race was almost cancelled due to an overnight snowfall but a rapid thaw allowed it to go ahead with the competitors facing slushy underfoot conditions over the opening few miles.
Thankfully the weather didn't have any real impact on the event and with little wind it allowed for a good race on the two lap course on Blackpool's North promenade.
Iain recorded his fastest 13.1 miler since 1999 finishing strongly in 8th position overall in 1.17.17.
The complete set of results can be found HERE.
Carnegie's 2009/2010 Cross Country Grand Prix reached its conclusion on Saturday at the National Cross Country Championships in Falkirk. The popularity of the event continues to grow with 89 club members taking part over the course of the nine races series.
Congratulations to Ian Johnston (285 points) and Fabienne Thompson (299 points) who are the overall Cross Country Grand Prix winners. Peter Simpson (275 points) and Isobel Burnett (294 points) both enjoyed a superb cross country season and they finished 2nd male and lady respectively. Well done to Steven King (264 points) and Gail Murdoch (287 points) who both placed 3rd overall.
In the age group categories, Kieran Morgan is the M40 winner (241 points) and Helena Sim was the leading F40 (280 points). Stephen Greer is the winner of the M50 category (254 points), Bill Duff is the winner of the M60 age group (146 points) and Morna Fleming wins the F50 category (267 points).
Well done to everyone who took part and a special mention to Helena Sim, Linda James, Morna Fleming and Stephen Greer who completed all nine counting events!
The Cross Country Grand Prix awards evening will take place at 8pm on Tuesday 30th March at Dunfermline Academy of Sport.
Carnegie Harriers were represented by twenty club members at Saturday's National Cross Country Championships which were held in Callendar Park, Falkirk. As always the event attracted a high class field of athletes and congratulations to Central AC's Alastair Hay and Edinburgh AC's Freya Murray who retained their senior male and ladies titles.
In the Under 13 girls race (3200m), Aurelie Thompson represented Carnegie finishing 109th in 18.53. Fergus McGaw contested the U15 boys race finishing a creditable 56th overall in 15.33.
Fabienne Thompson was Carnegie's leading lady covering the two lap 8,000m course in 34.53 placing 58th. Gail Murdoch had a strong run finishing 69th in 35.30 and Linda James placed 119th in 38.58. Helena Sim reached the finish in front of Callendar House in 39.20 (126th), Morna Fleming was 162nd in 41.50 and Mehrnaz Campbell was 184th in 56.42. Carnegie ladies placed 13th team overall.
The senior mens race attracted a huge field of 447 runners and fast improving John Lambie produced a superb run finishing 78th overall and leading Harrier in 44.08. Ian Stewart completed the 12,000m course in 44.16 (85th), Allan Fotheringham placed 105th in 45.19 and Stevie Ogg finished 140th in 46.41.
Steven King worked his way through the field to finish 156th in 47.09 and Ian Johnston despite a mild hamstring strain placed 211th in 49.11. Peter Simpson clocked 50.27 finishing 238th, John Fulham was 264th in 51.15 while Stephen Greer put in a strong effort timing at 55.12 (356th). Kieran Morgan contested his second race of the day placing 363rd in 55.43, David Greig was 366th in 55.57 and Bill Duff was 378th in 57.00.
Carnegie's male team placed 13th overall with 28 teams taking part.
Well done to all the club members who took part and to the others who came along to watch and provide encouragement to all our runners.
Eight Harriers were amongst the 170 runners at the 18th edition of the Edinburgh parkrun. An overnight frost resulted in parts of the flat and fast promenade course being icy underfoot resulting in slightly slower times this week.
Roger Clark was the leading Carnegie runner placing 4th overall in 17.33. Alex Keenan made his return from injury after a fractured ankle and was rewarded with 6th place in 18.02. Campbell Hutt crossed the finishing line in 8th position posting a time of 18.24 and Alan Cockburn clocked 19.03 finishing 17th.
Robert Milton completed his 13th parkrun in 20.01 (30th), Ross Carrie was 37th in 20.23, Malcolm Smith was 42nd in 20.36 and Kieran Morgan finished 43rd in 20.39.
The annual Auld Toun 10K Road Race which is organised by Carnegie Harriers takes place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 2nd June 2010. The race will start and finish in Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline and new for 2010 we are introducing chip timing by Winning Time UK.
Further event information can be found HERE and a downloadable entry form can be found HERE.
Online race entries can be made by clicking on the Entry Central logo below;
or through Q-Buster by clicking HERE
All finishers in the Auld Toun 10K will receive a race medal and we hope you can join us by taking part in this year's event.
A record field of 220 runners took part in the 17th edition of the Edinburgh parkrun 5K on Saturday morning. Conditions were chilly with a slight breeze which didn't seem to affect those taking part with many fast times recorded.
Roger Clark making his 2nd visit to the popular weekly event recorded 17.07 finishing 8th overall while Campbell Hutt clocked 17.20 placing 9th. Ian Johnston was the leading M50 reaching the finish on Silverknowes promenade in 18.11 (11th overall).
Alan Cockburn just missed going 'sub 19' timing at 19.02 in 23rd place, Robert Milton on his 12th parkrun was 27th in 19.25 and Bernt Cederstrom made his debut run placing 30th in 19.30.
Congratulations to Gail Murdoch who recorded a personal best of 19.58 finishing 3rd lady overall. This was Gail's 3rd parkrun and her 5k time has improved by 33 seconds since her first event back in November.
Susan Cederstrom who has just returned from injury clocked 22.34 finishing 14th lady and well done to John Milton who ran a parkrun PB of 24.05 placing 108th.
A photo of Alan Cockburn from this weeks parkrun can be found HERE.
All the results, more photo's and further event information can be found at the Edinburgh parkrun website by clicking HERE.
Carnegie's Andy Symonds was in tremendous form at Saturday's Carnethy '5' covering the 6 mile course with 2500' of climbing in 48.58 finishing 2nd overall. Andy enjoyed an excellent tussle with race winner Rob Jebb (Bingley Harriers) who successfully defended his title crossing the line in 48.41.
Richie Cunningham ran a strong race placing 38th in 59.06, Tommy Lawrence was 41st in 59.47 and Peter Simpson finished 54th and 3rd M50 in 1.01.07.
Carnegie's men finished 3rd team overall with 125 points behind Carnethy HRC (83 points) and Hunters Bog Trotters (87 points).
Fabienne Thompson finished 11th lady in 1.09.45 while Alison West was 39th lady (2nd F50) in 1.12.12 and Isobel Burnett was 41st lady in 1.22.08. Carnegie's ladies finished 8th team overall.
There was an excellent turnout of 27 Carnegie runners amongst the 484 finishers with many members finding superb early season form on the hills. Alan Manson clocked an impressive 1.06.40 (107th) removing over 6 minutes from his 2009 time. Simon Kuz ran well posting a time of 1.15.38 (246th) and Bill Duff was one of the leading M60 runners completing his race in 1.18.18 (282nd). New member Chris Davidson despite going over on his ankle finished 351st in 1.24.14, Mark Johnstone timed at 1.32.57 and well done to Ken Daniels who placed 2nd M70 in 1.32.58.
The complete set of results can be found HERE.
Forfar Road Runners hosted their annual Forfar Multi Terrain Half Marathon on Sunday morning attracting a field of just over 100 runners. The course was very challenging with the hardy competitors running on every surface imaginable including a section through thigh deep water.
Richie Cunningham led home the nine Carnegie members taking part placing 8th overall in 1.26.57. Steven King despite running the Masters Cross Country the previous day clocked 1.31.25 finishing 12th and Gail Murdoch had a cracking run to place 3rd lady in 1.39.07.
All the Carnegie results are now on posted on our website and the complete set of results can be found HERE.
An excellent selection of race photo's courtesy of roadrunpics.com can be found HERE.
Five members of Carnegie Harriers have volunteered to run as pacers at the forthcoming Chris Hoy Edinburgh Half Marathon which takes place on Sunday 18th April.
The race which is supported by New Balance will see Scott Bradley pace the 1.30.00 group and John Fulham the 1.45.00 group. Paul Hutton paces the 2.00.00 group, Lynne Bennet will pace the 2.15.00 group and Chris Davidson the 2.30.00 group.
This is an excellent way of assisting the competitors to their target times and it proved very popular at last year's event.
If you would like to take part in the Chris Hoy Edinburgh Half Marathon then further information can be found HERE.
Carnegie Harriers are a friendly running club that cater for runners of all abilities. Our club has teamed up with EntryCentral.com and you can now join Carnegie Harriers online for only £15 (membership valid until May 31st 2010) by clicking on the Entry Central logo below;
Carnegie Harriers are a friendly running club who cater for the interests of road, country, hill, ultra, trail and fun running. The club meets for training at Dunfermline Academy of Sport, Pitreavie Playing Fields, Dunfermline, every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.20pm (for a 6.30pm start). The Academy of Sport offer superb changing / showering facilities along with a licensed bar and cafe.
We welcome new members of all abilities regardless of whether you are a serious competitor or just wanting to keep fit. We organise structured group training sessions throughout the year along with promoting several open races, club member only events, time trials and social nights. Membership through to the end of our current memberships year on 31/05/10 is only £15 per year for adults and £7 for juniors (15 - 17 years old).
If you would rather download a membership form then please click HERE.
If you're still not convinced about joining, come along and try out our training sessions before making that final commitment - we're sure you won't regret it!
The annual Scottish National Masters Cross Country Championships took place in Forres on Saturday afternoon with eight Carnegie members taking part. Our men put in a tremendous team performance winning the silver medals finishing behind a very strong team from Ron Hill Cambuslang with the local club Forres Harriers in the bronze medal position.
Tommy Lawrence was in top form over the six mile course placing an excellent 6th overall (3rd M35) in 34.19. Ian Stewart finished a superb 10th and 2nd M50 in 34.54, Allan Fotheringham was 15th in 35.28 and Lewis Lawson was 18th in 35.43 to secure the silver medals for our club.
Steven King enjoyed a strong run placing 38th in 38.12, Peter Simpson was 50th in 39.06 and Stephen Greer finished 86th in 44.15.
In the ladies race, Fabienne Thompson put in an excellent run finishing 13th overall in 25.31.
A dozen Harriers were amongst the 162 runners taking part in the 16th Edinburgh parkrun with five Carnegie members setting 5k personal bests. Iain Taylor recorded his second 'sub 17' parkrun, finishing 3rd overall in 16.59 closely followed by 6th placed Andrew Smith who clocked 17.13 removing 43 seconds from his previous best. Campbell Hutt enjoyed a fine run placing 7th in 17.25 and Ian Johnston was 9th and leading M50 in 18.17.
Robert Milton placed 23rd in 19.40, Kieran Morgan was 28th in 20.01 and Isobel Burnett on her parkrun debut ran a PB of 20.08 finishing 4th lady and 33rd overall. Malcolm Smith set a PB of 20.16 (35th), David Greig was 43rd in 20.57 while Campbell Reid was a second behind placing 44th in 20.58 (PB).
Morna Fleming on her parkrun debut clocked a PB of 22.07 (59th) and John Milton was 86th in 24.18.
Carnegie Harriers continue to be the most represented club at the Edinburgh parkrun with 53 members having taken part. The event takes place at 9.30am every Saturday morning from Cramond and further information, results and photo's can be found HERE.
The annual Auld Toun 10K Road Race which is organised by Carnegie Harriers will take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 2nd June 2010. The race will start and finish in Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline and new for 2010 we are introducing chip timing by Winning Time UK.
Further event information can be found HERE and a downloadable entry form can be found HERE.
Online race entries can be made by clicking on the Entry Central logo below;
or through Q-Buster by clicking HERE
All finishers in the Auld Toun 10K will receive a race medal and we hope you can join us by taking part in this year's event.