Sunday 17th March 2013 – A number of people are intending running this race, and some may be looking at ways of getting through to the Race. A wee idea of mine was to organise a bus, however we likely won’t have the numbers to fill it. It does appear…
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Club Night Out As we now have a very large and growing Membership, consisting of a lot of people who possibly won’t know too many people at the moment, we thought that it may be a good idea to have a wee social night in order that people from all…
NATIONALS CLOSE CROSS COUNTRY SEASON. On Saturday 23rd Feb, Falkirk’s Callander Park once again was the venue for the highlight of the Country’s Cross Country season as the National Championships took place. The venue now seems set in stone, and no wonder. The route combines Grass, trails, woodland, hills and…
Killie Athletes join thousands in London. On Sunday morning (April 21st), 5 Kilmarnock Harriers took to the streets of London as the World famous Virgin London Marathon took place. With all having trained and raced well in the lead up to the race, each had their own goals, ranging from…
Last weekend, the first major Cross Country event in the athletics calendar took place at Hollyrood Park in the Nation’s Capital at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country Races. Preceeding the televised runs were Inter District Races and Kilmarnock Harriers had a few athletes who gained selection for the West District…
Ideal conditions at Strathclyde Country Park Although this weekend was fairly quiet regards racing, 2 Harriers were in action at the Tom Scott 10 Mile Road Race which was being held in and around Strathclyde Park on April 7th. The Race which was also the incorporating the Scottish 10 mile…
Masters Cross Country Champs On Saturday afternoon (2nd Feb), a couple of Kilmarnock Harrier athletes took the long trip to Forres in the Highlands to compete in the Scottish Masters Cross Country Championship. The race was over 8 Kilometres, or in old figures 5 miles of tough competition. A tough…
Seniors take to the National Stage in the Relays. On Easter Sunday, a large number of Kilmarnock Harrier athletes ventured East, to Livingston for the annual National 6/4 Stage Road Relays. So called by virtue of the fact that the Ladies consist of 4 athletes per team, while the Men…
MASTER ATHLETES TURN OUT IN FORCE. A massively impressive turnout of 18 Kilmarnock Harriers joined a number of the Country’s finest athletes aged 35 and over for the popular and annual Scottish Veteran Harriers Road Relays on Sunday 27th January. Held as ever at Strathclyde Country Park, each runner completed…
Alloa Half produces excellent results. A great benchmark to a number of people’s hard Winter training came to light on Sunday as one of the first main Half Marathon’s of 2013 took place in Alloa, the 31st staging of the towns event. A measure of the popularity of the race…