Well done to the 17 Bellas who took part in the Alloa Half Marathon on the first day of Spring – Sunday 20 March 2016. With over 1500 finishers, this event is hugely popular and well worth it’s inclusion in our own Club Championship. As ever if I’ve missed any PB trophy icons below, do let us know: Full results here: Runbritain results
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Well done to all the Bellahouston Road Runners who took part in the Clydebank 5k on Saturday. When 16 out of the 23 competitors for the Club get PBs in a race (70% Bella PBs compared to 43% PBs of all entrants), you have to ask if the course was short or the timer forgot to start the clock! There certainly were some issues with the results on the day, and the published ones currently still seem to have given everyone the time of the person ahead of them. However, PB improvements of 20-30 seconds were not uncommon, and some GPS’s even measured the course slightly long. The perfect running conditions, very strong field and great winter training were clearly much bigger factors in such good performances by Bellas. Full results available here: Runbritain Results Photo by Danielle
Epic turnout and results at the Balloch to Clydebank Half Marathon today, 37 Bella finishers and great results across the board. Bruce Carse 1st Bella male, Louise Ross 1st Bella lady, Gerry Scullion 1st MV50. Louise, Ann and Debs won the ladies team prize (Louise and Ann having far too much fun judging from the photo). Well done everyone! If there are any missing PB’s below let us know. Full results here: Balloch to Clydebank Runbritain results
Great club day out at the Scottish National Cross Country Championships in Callendar Park Falkirk, well done to everyone who took part and a big thanks to the marshals and organisers. Full results here: Scottish National XC Championships 2016 – Full results
The Renfrewshire AAA 5 mile road race took place at Battery park in Greenock on 7 Feb 2016. The wind is always a challenge for this Club Championship race, but this year high winds and heavy rain had caused the approach road to Greenock to be blocked causing long travel delays. Just getting to the start line was therefore a major achievement and unfortunately not everyone made it, with several turning back or arriving after the race had started. Battery Park had its own flooding problems with 30m long puddles, knee deep in places, a major obstacle for runners not expecting “cross country on the roads” as one competitor put it. In the latter stages of the race, submerged kerbs in these water features were tripped over causing a number of runners to fall and one competitor even broke his ankle. Although the rain held off for the race, the wind was particularly brutal this year. On re-entering the park after the out-and-back along the esplanade the gale force wind was like a solid wall slowing everyone’s progress. Well done to everyone who took part but particularly well done to Ann, Claire and Katie who took Bronze medals in the ladies competition, with Claire coming 2nd V40. The men’s team were 4th for the second year running. Full results Runbritain Rankings Photo by Gordon Goldie
A wet and windy Glasgow University Hares and Hounds 5 mile race took place on Saturday, with 16 Bellas running as part of the Club’s Winter Championships. The race was one by Deeside’s Robbie Simpson in 24:34 with Garscube’s Lesley Chisholm first lady home in 29:09. Provisional results are available here A video of the event by Gordan Curran is available here:
Bella Results from the Jimmy Irvine Bella 10k on 8th November 2015 are shown below. Full results available here
There was a fabulous turnout of 79 Bellas at the Great Scottish Run events today. 49 took part in the Half Marathon, 10 were in action in the 10k and a further 20 volunteered to marshal the start. Conditions were ideal for running and there were a number of big PB’s. The Half marks the last race in the Club championship for this year. Well done to everyone who took part and a big thank you for all the support.
There was “Sunshine on LeithMusselburgh” last Sunday for the second ever Scottish Half Marathon, and the penultimate race in the Club Championship. Nine Bellas took part and earned themselves possibly the biggest race medal ever created. After spending some time scouring the provisional results, the times are shown below. Well done to everyone who took part. Do let us know if we’ve missed anyone or you need a PB trophy added. Full results will appear on http://www.runbritainrankings.com after a week or so. Photo from Maddie
Well done to all the Bellas who took part in the Kilmacolm Running Festival on Sunday. In the Half Marathon, a race in the CLub Championship, Alex was 1st Senior Female and Carla was 2nd Senior female. In the 10k Debs was 2nd female vet and 2nd female overall. Let us know if you’re missing a PB trophy icon. Note that as this race did not have a UKA licence or TRA permit, the results will not appear on Powerof10 or RunBritainRankings Full results available to download from here: Inverclyde Leisure – Kilmacolm Running Festival 2015
Sunday 13th September 2015 must be one of the busiest days of the year for athletics, with a cornucopia of races organised. The Round Cumbrae 10 mile race, a new 7 mile trail race in Helensburgh and the opportunity to run with Mo Farah (and a few others) in the Great North Run were all on offer today. Even the Bellahouston Road Runners Club Championship schedule had a choice of the Kilmacolm Half marathon or the Stirling 10k to choose from. Weather forecasts earlier in the week had us expecting hail and wintery showers this morning, but with barely a cloud in the sky, and the sun shining it felt more like July than September. 15 Bellas were running in Stirling and there were a number of big PBs. Well done everyone and thanks to those who came to support. Full results here: Sportssystems – Stirling 10k 2015 Photos: Helen Craig and Garry Porch
Results for the Bellahouston Road Runners taking part in the 10k (a medium distance race in the Club Championship). Particularly well done to Debs Gray, Ann Robin and Louise Ross for winning 2nd team prize in Sunday’s race. full results here: paisley 10k 2015 – Full results
Well done to the 8 Bellas who were in Club Championship action, taking part in the Marymass 10k in Irvine last Wednesday night. Particular congratulations to Shona who was first FV40.
11 Bellas took the trip down the coast to Girvan for this Club Championship Half Marathon today. The race was well organised and marshalled so a big thank you to Girvan Athletic Club for putting this on. It was a productive afternoon with Bruce Carmichael and Debs Gray 1st Male and 1st Female respectively and the ladies team prize went to Debs, Hayley McCrorie and Maree Shepherd. Congratulations and well done team! Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to those who PB’d on a challenging course. Results below: