We are very pleased to launch this years achilles heel Bella 5K. The race takes place in Bellahouston Park on Sunday 8th August starting at 11am. All the details are on the events page here. We are very pleased to launch this years achilles heel Bella 5K. The race takes place in Bellahouston Park on Sunday 8th August starting at 11am. All the details are on the events page here.
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A massive shout out and very well done to our very own Tracey Murphy who completed the Marathon Des Sables at the weekend. Tracey finished the 6 day, 151 mile race in 204th position overall, and 12th female. Described as the toughest footrace on earth, competitors have to carry everything they will need for the duration (except tent) on their backs. Mid day temperatures reach 120°F and the running or walking is on uneven rocky, stony ground as well as 15-20% of the distance being in sand dunes! Tracey was raising funds for the Motor Neurone Disease charity.
Congratulations to Kenny Richmond who broke two club records at recent races. At the Balloch To Clydebank Half Marathon Kenny improved his PB and the club record at that distance finishing in a time of 1:10:27. Following on from that, Kenny also broke the club record and set another PB for 10 miles at the Tom Scott Memorial Road Race at Strathclyde Park finishing in a time of 53:06. Well done Kenny, any more to come we wonder?
Well done to the Bellahouston Road Runners Men’s team who finished in 7th place in the National Road Relay’s held in Livingston on Saturday 3rd April. This was an improvement of two places from the previous year. The Bella ‘A’ Team was made up of Alasdair McLeod, Mark Johnston, Matt Williamson, Russell Whittington, Scott Kennedy and Colin McGill. Well done boys.
The club has – as usual – been asked to provide start area marshals for the forthcoming Ignis Asset Management Women’s 10k on 9th May, 2010. Gent’s from the club, and ladies who aren’t running, can sign up to help out on the club forum. The MHFS 10k for men, on 20th June is also on the lookout for volunteers. The event – the only men-only 10k in the country – is run by a small charity, so is dependent on lots of volunteers coming forward. Find out more, and sign up, on their website. This year all members wishing to complete the club’s championship criteria need to volunteer at at least one running event.
Well done to everyone who ran at the National Cross Country Championships at Callendar Park, Falkirk today. We managed to find the coldest place in the park for changing but it didn’t rain and the sun shone. Underfoot it was frosty limiting the amount of mud on the challenging Falkirk course. Bellahouston Road Runners emerged in 7th place overall in the Senior Men’s race, up one place up from last year. Well done boys! In the Senior Ladies race the girls team finished in 14th place. Many of the team were running at the National’s for the first time so well done to you, and everyone else. Full Results Here
Training Camp will be at Dunolly House in Aberfeldy, on the weekend of 5th, 6th and 7th March 2010. Cost £50.00, please bring along a £20 non-refundable deposit to the club to reserve a place!There will be a range of runs catering for all levels, and is great fun, and a great chance to get to know your fellow club members!
Well done to the men and the ladies teams for winning gold medals at the Renfrewshire AAA Road Race at Battery Park, Greenock. There was a great turnout from the club with the purple vest dominating the senior races. Individual medals went to Shona Donnelly for 3rd lady overall, and Linda Kennedy for 1st vet. Well done everyone!
Bellahouston Road Runners were well represented at the Scottish 4K Cross Country Championships taking place on our home turf of Bellahouston Park on Sunday 31st January. In terms of entries we had the highest number of runners entered of all clubs in the senior races. On the day numbers were slightly down due to illness and injury but we still faired well. We’re all looking forward to our next cross country challenge at the Scottish National Championships in Falkirk on Saturday 20th February when the club should have 30 plus athletes out in force.
Bellahouston Road Runners sent seven full teams (a total of 42 runners!) to the Devil’s Burdens Relay Race on Saturday 23rd January. The top male team and the top female team both scooped 2nd open prize. Well done all! Another success for us road runners up on the hills!
We’ve had a number of enquiries about whether the club is meeting in the current cold conditions. We can confirm that the club is meeting as usual: sessions take full account of the conditions and are always enjoyable! More details on the club forum. If you don’t have an account, please get in touch. See the forum tab for more information on getting an account.
A little rain, a bit of mud and autumn leaves blowing around the park made for excellent cross country conditions today at Pollok Park for the Renfrewshire Cross Country Relays hosted by Bellahouston Harriers. Both captains had a stress free day with all runners reporting for duty as requested. In an exciting climax to the Ladies race our girls were in with a shout of a medal right to the very end, finishing in 4th place, only 6 seconds behind the 3rd place team. The boys on the other hand weren’t so close, finishing in 5th place, but less than a minute from the medal positions in the end. The course was a little shorter than advertised but that just meant the fun was over a wee bit quicker. Thanks to the numerous supporters and all the runners. I hope you all had a good day. Roll on the nationals next week…
If you’re already a club member, the forum is a really important service to sign up to. It’s the online meeting place for club members, and where you’ll find all sorts of details about local races, championship details, social events, and race reports. To sign up, visit the forum page above, or send an e-mail to the club webmaster, giving your details and when you joined. We’ll set you up in no time, and you’ll be ready to go. If you’d signed up previously, and have been having difficulty logging in, drop a note to the webmaster as well. In the next few weeks we’re hoping to have a ‘forum helpdesk’ so you can ask questions, get your password reset. Speak to Richard or a committee member to find out more.
Results for the Bellahouston Road Runners first ever hill race, the Ben Venue Challenge, are now available. Click here for the results (PDF). Please report any result corrections to Andy Birnie via benvenue@bellahoustonroadrunners.co.uk. Feel free to send any comments or suggestions via e-mail, or in the comment section below. Drop us a note too if you have any pictures from the event. The gusting 80mph wind forced a course change, but nothing could dampen the friendly atmosphere or the competitive racing for Bellahouston Road Runners’ inaugural Ben Venue race. The race had a bit of everything – fast forest paths, muddy bogs, open hillside & a quick taste of the gales at the cairn but more importantly there were lots of smiling faces and plenty of homebaking at the finish! Matt Williamson (Bellahouston Road Runners) was eventual winner of the 6 mile race (1800 feet of ascent) in a time of 51 mins 17secs, having led for most of the way. He held off newcomer Peter Devenport (Unattached) and Matthew Sullivan (Shettleston Harriers) during the fast descent through Gleann Riabhach. In the girl’s race, Fiona Maxwell (Shettleston Harriers) had a slightly greater winning margin, winning in 59 mins 22 secs from Ellie Homewood (Westerlands) and Lyndsey Munro (Bellahouston Road Runners). The boys from the east coast cleared up the vet prizes with Carnethy boys taking the vet40 prizes in order of Adrian Davis, Bruce Smith & Steve Fallon. Gordon Pryde (Lomond) collected the V50 prize while Keith Burns (Carnethy) was 1st in the competitive group of V60s. The ladies vet prizes were better spread around Scotland, with Jo Schreiber (Lochaber), Joanne Anderson (Carnethy) & Caroline Strain (Wee County Runners) collecting the V40 prizes and Helen MacPherson (Westerlands) taking the V50 prize. Both team prizes went to the home club with counting runners Matt Williamson, Mark Johnston & Marcos Sans Gomez for the guys and Lyndsey Munro, Pauline Wright & Katie Padgham for the girls. Many thanks to the 83 runners who ignored the weather forecast and turned up today, and helped raise over £400 for the Lomond Mountain Rescue Team. This was Bella’s first hill race, so we’d love to hear your suggestions for how to improve things for next year. And there will be a next year, since we want to run the full advertised course, because we are so confident you will just love it! Please email any comments to benvenue@bellahoustonroadrunners.co.uk