This weekend the club is celebrating its 20th anniversary! We’re delighted to have reached this big milestone, and look forward to marking it this weekend, and right through the year! We’ve a few events planned, starting with birthday celebrations this weekend at an exclusive booking of the indoor track at the Emirates for a series of 1 mile race heats for members. It’ll be the first time many members will have had an opportunity to run at this prestigious venue, so we’re all quite excited! After the heats, we’ll be having a birthday party nearby, which includes a birthday cake. It’s then back to business for a few training talks over the afternoon on marathon training, and sports psychology. The club is hugely grateful to everybody who has been involved with, and supported the club throughout its 20 year history. All members, past and present, their friends, family and supporters, runners at our events, as well as a huge number of other clubs, groups, organisations and individuals throughout Glasgow, Scotland and further afield: You’ve all helped us get to where we are today, and we couldn’t have done it without you all. Many thanks! We’re of course looking forward to the future with exciting plans in progress which we hope will help continue to develop the club as a fun, supportive, and enjoyable place to develop as a runner, contribute to the local community, as well as work towards our next milestone celebration! We were also honoured too to read that Glasgow MSP Johann Lamont submitted a motion at the Scottish Parliament, which reads: That the Parliament congratulates Bellahouston Road Runners, one of Scotland’s biggest and most active running clubs, on reaching its 20th anniversary; acknowledges the commitment to advancing running as a mass sport in Scotland and the opportunities the club provides for runners to become coaches and event organisers; recognises the achievements of both the men and women’s running teams; understands that the women’s team won the 2019 Great Scottish Run and won medals in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 competitions; notes the efforts of the club in organising the annual Jimmy Irvine 10k event in Bellahouston Park, which it understands is open to 750 runners; believes that this group has made a real contribution to promoting healthy living and exercise in Glasgow and beyond, and sends the club and its members every best wish as they look ahead to the next 20 years. Thanks again to everybody who’s helped and contributed to the club over the years! See you soon!
Yearly archives: 2020
Sometimes it’s important to take time out from hard training and racing, to just enjoy the sport of running. In Glasgow we’re close by to lots of stunning Scottish countryside. The club has plenty of trail runners, ultra runners, and hill runners who all love to get out amongst it. Our social media feeds were lit up at the weekend with some inspiring pics from members who were (quite rightly!) pleased with their efforts, so we thought we’d share them with you! We’ve also included links to Strava too to help with ideas. Simon Wells took the amazing featured picture for out on a run at Glen Loin/Ben Vorlich with Derek and Christie. It’s a favourite loop of theirs, and relatively easy to get to, and scenic right through the year. Huge credit to them though for taking this amazing pic when it looks so cold (Extra kudos for the Shorts Simon!) Elle, Alison, Terry, Lynn and Kelly were out near Helensburgh doing a recce of the From Hel’n Back hill racethat takes place later in the year, and took this super selfie with the backdrop towards the Clyde estuary. Of course some members just love running around muddy fields, and the Kilmarnock Harriers Roon The Country open XC was on on Sunday, and a few club members headed down the road to take part (and managed to win a case of beer as a spot prize!). Cat MacDonald had earlier continued her excellent cross country season, with the overall win of the Ladies event. Closest to home, the brilliant trails of Pollok Country Park are always a great option, and this weekend were the focus of the latest in the new South by Five series of races. The 5k trail race was certainly a muddy affair, although Jamie Wieland here in this pic by Bella and marshal Garry Smith was taken just before the heavy going section down past the North Wood pond. Anyway, always lots to inspire and enjoy in and around Glasgow, and great to see so many members getting out and about enjoying the beautiful Scottish countryside!
Saturday saw a couple of brilliant results for Bellas. At the Scottish Athletics Inter-District XC, Catriona MacDonald finished 7th overall, and as 3rd team counter, helped the West District secure team silver in the Scottish Athletics Inter-District XC. 🥈 Ciaran Dougherty was also in action, winning the Great Stirling Castle run a 7.3k multi-terrain race taking place earlier in the day, in an impressive 28:29 🥇 Well done to both Catriona and Ciaran!