A lovely spring evening saw 48 athletes take on the the first club handicap of the year – The Valley Dash – a challenging 7.3 kilometre circuit, featuring a combination of road, hill and trail racing. This year the race moved from the traditional start in Newmilns, to Galston, which…
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Large number of Killie athletes head for the seaside. On Wednesday May 7th, Troon Tortoises hosted their annual and massively popular 10K Road and once more entries were sold out well in advance as close on 900 people of the 1,000 pre entrants lined up for the race start down by…
The first club handicap race of the year – The Valley Dash – will be held on Tuesday 13th May at the running track in Barmill Rd, Galston. The Race starts at 7.00pm but I need all runners to be at the start no later than 6.45 to finalise handicaps…
A year on from our debut 5th place in the Highland Fling relay we returned, this year with 2 teams. Killie Highlanders (Male team) and Killie Crocks (mixed Team). But first the real heroes – the solo runners from the Club in the event – Jim Connelly (143rd in 10.31),…
As part of the 150th anniversary of Galston becoming a Borough, Galston Community Council and Kilmarnock Harriers are organising a 10k race from Portland Park in Galston to The Gallowhill Cairn and back. The race is being held on Saturday 10th May at 12.00 noon. Entry is available on the…
This year’s Arran relays take place on Saturday 19th July. There are 3 south legs which are hilly and between 7 – 9 miles and 3 north legs which are flatter but longer at between 10 and 12 miles. The club need to decide how many teams to enter so if…
Marathon season kicks off in Earnest This weekend a number of athletes were in action at different parts of the UK taking part at Marathons in Manchester and Fort William. South of the border, new member Stuart Murdoch was first Kilmarnock Harrier home in a fantastic time of 2 hours…
Livingston once again was the venue for the yearly National 4/6 Stage Road Relays Championships at the weekend, and although it was a slightly disappointing turnout from Kilmarnock Harriers who lined up for the start of the race, nevertheless 10 athletes took the trip East to make up complete Teams…
Last saturday 6 Kilmarnock Harriers ran the Clydebank 5K. The course known for being flat and fast produced some excellent Pb’s for the athletes even in the windy conditions. First harrier home was Cammy Wilson followed by Neil Walker who dipped under 17 minutes for the first time. Robert Lindsay and…
On the 27th February 2014, 5 of us (including Lanzarote Lovers Keith Haining and Christine McShane) set off from Prestwick to the Sun to compete in Saturday’s Music Marathon Festival. This was mainly due to Keith going from a shade of brown to a light tan colour during the winter…
