Hill Championship

The weather has certainly been kinder for MOST of the last few weeks (we won’t talk about Land O’Burns) and our athletes have been a very busy bunch at events up and down the country. I hope I’ve captured everything since the last report on the 2 nd of May,…

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How can it be May already? It finally seems like spring may have arrived after some challenging weather weeks for training and racing, and our athletes have been super busy since our last roundup with lots of exciting results to report as always! This week we start off up in…

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Well the last 3 weeks have been nothing short of chaotic, with Harriers competing at events the length and breadth of the country and there is so much good news to report on – apologies if I’ve managed to miss anyone (please let me know and I’ll put it right…

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Since our last report, the spring season has really started to pick up pace, with Harriers posting some great results across the disciplines in the last few weeks including the first marathons of the season. On the 15 th of April, multi-eventer Brooke Dunlop took 4 th place in the…

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Another week, another batch of success stories from our senior/U20 athletes stretching from road, to XC field, to hills and fells! The main event this weekend was the Ayrshire XC relays, with our ladies team hoping to defend their title from last year and the senior men hungry to reclaim…

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2014 Hill championship

The 2014 Kilmarnock Harriers Hill championship has been won by Colin Glencorse with a narrow victory over previous winner David White. An excellent hill runner of many years this is Colin’s first championship success, having not previously taken part in enough qualifying races. Of the 5 qualifying races Colin was…

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Kilpatrick Hill Race

  Another Wednesday, another Bog and Burn hill race, this time at Old Kilpatrick, looking over the Erskine Bridge. This is one of the faster B+B races and would suit roadrunners/trailrunners (Keith Haining has done well here in the past). On a night that was cool and cloudy but ideal…

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Cairn Table

Muirkirk was the setting for another race in the Bog and Burn series of hill races. The Cairn Table race involves  360m of climbing on an out and back course(straight to the top and staight back down again!) with the main hazard being boggy sections on the relatively flattish sections…

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Kilpatrick Hill Race

Next up for Kilmarnock’s growing band of hill runners was the 10.2km Kilpatrick Hill Race, just over the Erskine Bridge. Five Harriers took on this 426m ascent with Stephen Gilmour making another hill debut. This race involves a short road section to start followed by a relatively steep ascent which…

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