On Sunday August 31st I took part in the inaugural staging of the Barry Buddon Half Marathon, a race I had entered a few weeks beforehand and I felt was perfect timing before a planned Marathon in early October. The fact it was billed as flat and fast was a bonus,…
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Realising that I was at the point where I needed to sensibly add a few races to compliment some decent recent training, a few weeks ago I decided to enter the Haddington Half Marathon. The race was on a Saturday (which meant I wouldn’t really sacrifice a Sunday long run),…
DECENT DEFENCE BY KILLIE AT THE ROUND ARRAN RELAYS On Saturday, a number of Kilmarnock Harrier athletes were in action at Arran where they found themselves in the pleasant position of having to defend a title that they won 12 months ago. The Round Arran Relays take place each July…
GIRVAN HALF MARATHON A number of Kilmarnock athletes took part in Sundays Girvan Half Marathon and all fared well on what is widely known as a tough 13.1 mile course. In decent, but humid conditions, at the sharp end of the field it was Kerry Wilson of Cambuslang who took…
5 take part in the Scottish Masters 5K Champs Last Wednesday evening a few Harriers were in road racing action at Clydebank in the Scottish Veteran Harriers 5K Road Racing Championships. Showing the rest of the team how it’s done, Keith Haining demonstrated a return to form by easily smashing…
The Queen’s Baton Relay will play a starring role in River City next month when Molly O’Hara (Una McLean] becomes Shieldinch’s official batonbearer accompanied by running groups from across Scotland. In scenes from the popular BBC Scotland drama to be aired on Tuesday 22 July (BBC One Scotland, 8.00pm)…
A few of our members will be carrying the Queens Baton around East Ayrshire on Saturday 21st June, and below are some known venues and times of those members involved as we know a few people were keen to come along. A great honour for the Club to have so many…
Dear Member. We are organising a wee night out on Saturday June 21st in The Broomhill Hotel in London Road, after the Queens Baton Relay goes through EA. For anyone who wants a meal (I was there last night and it was excellent) it will be at 7.30pm, so please let…
World Age Group Duathlon Championships, Pontevedra, Spain Having qualified for the Great Britain Age Group Team back in March, Kilmarnock Harrier Neil Walker made the journey to Northern Spain (via London and Porto!) for the World Championships. With two months of hard training behind him, and a week of specific…
KILLIE MASSES HEAD TO LAND O’ BURNS Last Wednesday, an army of Kilmarnock Harrier athletes took the short hop across the county for the next instalment of the Club Summer Championship at the hugely popular and brilliantly organised Ayr Seaforth Land O’ Burns 10K Road Race. A large number of…
