The Winter Championships are now well and truly underway with the first two races having taken place. The first being the George Cummings Road Relays in Houston on 06/10/2018 and then the West District Cross-Country Relays on 20/10/2018. In the George Cummings Road Relays, eleven Harriers took part in what…
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The news story below comes courtesy of Scott Martin: Last weekend a number of local athletes headed South where the now established Chester Marathon and Metric Marathon were being held. The races are rather unique, in the sense that after 8 miles the course heads over the border into Wales…
The Dumfries Half Marathon was held last Sunday. Amanda Bryden and Connell Drummond were there to represent the Harriers. This was an undulating and challenging course and both Amanda and Connell achieved great times. Connell was the first male veteran in the over 45s category so a huge congratulations to…
Following last year’s format, we are going to do another time trial so that we can get an idea of where the senior runners are at prior to the relays in the Winter Championships. For those thinking or planning on taking part in the Winter Championships then please do come…
The North Ayrshire Athletics Club 10k was held last Sunday. There were eight Harriers who took part in an ever popular race (with 460 in total completing it this year). There were some excellent times in the race. For the women the top three were Claire Orr (45:35), Amy Alexander…
The Dundonald 10k was held on Wednesday evening earlier this week. There were fourteen Harriers out on show for this hillier 10k route. The weather conditions were good for running in. There were a lot of excellent times at this race so well done to everyone who took part. For…
The Charlie Kilshaw 5 mile charitable race was held at Milngavie Reservoir on Thursday 12/07/2018. The race was organised by Garscube Harriers and we were invited to take part. The weather conditions were suitable for running given it was not too hot nor too windy. Eight Harriers showed up for…
The Brian Goodwin 10k was held last night in ideal weather conditions for running and eleven Harriers were out on show. For the women the top three to finish were Jacqueline McConnell (45:43), Rhona O’Neill (47:01) and Francesca Capaldi (47:29). For the men the top three to finish were Connell…
Tonight was the CCL Land o’ Burns 10k race. The weather conditions were very favourable and seventeen turned up from Kilmarnock Harriers to run along with a good support crew. For the women the top three to finish were Kirsty McNulty (46:01), Jacqueline McConnell (46:35) and Viv lambert (48:21). For…
There was an excellent turnout of runners from Kilmarnock Harriers with 32 showing up at the 33rd Troon 10k race. There were 1,118 runners there in total. Whilst there was some slight wind in places, the weather conditions were otherwise ideal for the night. There were some excellent performances all…