Running Blog

WROCLOW MARATHON 2017 During my well earned Christmas break from work, I tend to not only review how my running year has went, but also try to devise a plan for the following 12 months and at the end of 2016, once more, I did just that. My self-assessed report…

FRANKFURT MARATHON 2016 BUILD UP 2013 and 2014 were probably my 2 most successful years to date as regards athletics, and at the end of this wee spell of form I had fulfilled a personal ambition by dipping below the 2.40 barrier for the Marathon for the first time. My…

Congratulations to all 81 runners who competed in this years Rowallan Rosebowl on a wet and blustery night at the AAA. It was great to see the junior section so well represented and so many new faces in the race, I am sure they all benefited from (and enjoyed!) the…

WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Lyon 2015 BEFOREHAND 2014 was a pretty successful one for me as I had finally broken the 2.40 Marathon barrier at the 11th attempt (2nd serious attempt), won the inaugural Barry Buddon Half Marathon, achieved a few other running goals, and although I started 2015 by…

Super fast times were promised and this was the main reason that Connell Drummond, former Harrier Scott Russell, Stephen Allan of Kirkintilloch Olympians, and myself made the decision to take the trip to Yorkshire to try out the Age UK Leeds Abbey Dash 10K. Personally speaking it was a judgement…

On Sunday October 5th Kilmarnock Harrier duo Scott Lyden and myself lined up along with many other athletes to take part in the 5th staging of the ever popular MBNA Chester Marathon, confirmed by the fact that the race was voted the most popular Marathon in the UK in 2013….

My International Experience Cardiff Having won the 400m at Scottish Schools Championships, I was given the opportunity to compete for the Scottish Schools squad at the SIAB international in Cardiff, an opportunity I couldn’t refuse. On the 19th of July, we left Hutchison’s Academy for Cardiff Metropolitan University, a journey…