Well done to all the Bellas who took part in the Giffnock North festival of Running 10k last Thursday. The hilly course was made more difficult by the hot conditions. James Montgomery was first Bella home in 5th place overall and Mhairi Hill was first female Bella home, scooping the Womens V40 prize. Full results here: Runbritain – GNAAC festival 10k
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Results from tonight’s President’s Cup are shown in the table below. Congratulations to tonights winners Barry Freel – 21:33 and Alison Brown – 24:28. Fastest time of the night for the men was 17:00 by Iain Burns, and for the women Ann Robin ran 19:17. Special mention to Lynn Reid who finished bang on her predicted time of 24:40. Thanks to everyone who helped out. It was very much appreciated.
The rain cleared up (mostly!) for the Dumbarton 10k last Thursday, for which the 38 Bellas participating were very grateful. There were at least 8 PB’s (let us know if you’re missing a PB trophy) – very well done. Congratulations to Bruce Carmichael who was 10th overall and Gerry Scullion was 2nd V50. Well done to everyone who took part. Full results are available here: Runbritain – Dumbarton 10K 2016 results
Congratulations to Bruce Carse who finished 10th overall in the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday in a time of 2:35:22. Other Bellas in action in the capital were first time marathoners Dave Ferguson (3:24:02) and Graeme Pert (3:44:29). Meanwhile in Liverpool Pauline Bradley ran the Marathon in 4:00:58. Let us know if we’ve missed anyone! Well done to you all.
For those coming to the Club tomorrow (Wed 1st June) for the President’s Cup 5k handicap race, don’t forget your club vest for the annual club photo. We’ll allocate numbers at Nethercraigs, before heading up to Bellahouston Park. The presentation will take place back at Nethercraigs after the race, and food will be provided.
Well done to all 42 Bellas who took part in the Polaroid Clydebank 10k last Thursday. Special mention to Gerry Scullion who was 1st MV50 again this time, after his Helensburgh triumph the week before. At the rate he’s winning sunglasses we wouldn’t be surprised if he tries to open up a Specsavers franchise at the back of the training room at Nethercraigs. Better running conditions saw 14 members running a PB, some of 2 minutes or more, which is a fabulous achievement! Congratulations to you all (Let us know if you’re missing a PB trophy icon). Thanks to the Bella support crew who were out in force once again. The shouts and photos are always welcome. Full results are here Runbritain results Clydebank 10k 2016
Check out details for this year’s President’s cup on the forum: Presidents Cup details Have we got a time for you listed? Photo: 2015 winners Lynne Goldie and Norman Boyle
The Loch Leven Half Marathon took place in Fife on Saturday and three Bellas headed east to take part. First Bella home was Alan Moss in 1:28:26, Michael Lancaster ran in 1:29:23 and Ann Robin won the 3rd Senior Ladies prize completing the course in 1:31:01. Congratulations and well done all. Full results Loch Leven HM 2016 On Sunday at the Monklands Half marathon Andrew Walls was 1st Bella home in 1:32:49, Anthony O’Neill 1:37:53, Bryan Evans 1:45:55 and Murdoch Rodgers 1:46:25. Well done all. Full results here Running with a buggy didn’t slow Graeme Paterson down much at Pollok parkrun on Saturday. Young Joseph slept through it all and didn’t seem at all impressed by his dad coming in 2nd overall, ahead of 471 other runners, in 18:20. “I reckon I can do that course in under 18 minutes” said Graeme. We’re looking forward to seeing that! Checkout our Bella parkrun results page for links to consolidated parkrun results for Bellas over the last few weeks.
Great turnout of Bellas for the first of the Polaroid 10K races in Helensburgh last Thursday. Congratulations to Gerry Scullion who won the 1st MV50 prize on a particularly warm evening. PBs were hard to come by so very well done if you managed to achieve one. Well done to everyone who took part. Let us know if you’re missing a PB trophy. Full results are available here: Runbritain – Helensburgh 10K 2016 results
Full results of the 2nd round of the Bella Hill Racing Championships can be found here. https://www.stir.ac.uk/dumyat/ 2016 Dumyat Results Well done to all the Bellas taking part: Updated Championship Standings are shown here: Hill Racing Championship Current Standings Photo ©Copyright John Chroston and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Well done to all the Bellas who ran in the Self Transcendence 5k in Edinburgh. Some great PBs in there. Full results: Runbritain results – Self Transcendence 5k – 2016
Our new Hill Running Championship gets underway this Wednesday with the Whangie Whizz – click here for details . Club members can find details on the forum: https://bellahoustonroadrunners.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php… Take a look at Al Ewen’s excellent video on hill running to get in the mood…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1J3sj-7clw
Graeme Paterson won MV40 Bronze at Crownpoint on Friday night with a time of 35:06 in the 10,000m. Congratulations! Earlier on Friday, at the 3k on the Green at lunchtime, Iain Burns PB’d with a time of 9:43 (equalling his 3k track time from January) and Stuart McMillan also PB’d in 10:11. On Saturday, Michael Lancaster was 1st MV40 in the Tiree Half Marathon (1:33:19). Congratulations! Early on Saturday morning, four Bellas took on the Hoka Highland Fling Ultramarathon. 53 miles from Milngavie to Tyndrum on the West Highland Way. A brilliant achievement just to finish – but look how fast they did it: Very many congratulations to you – enjoy your well earned rest! You can read Grant’s race report here: http://www.grantmacd.co.uk/highland-fling-2016/
Congratulations to Russell, Greig and Robbie who won Bronze Medals at the Scottish Marathon Championships at the the London Marathon on Sunday. A fantastic result. http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/rio-on-radar-for-scots-in-london/#scottishmarathon
From the pen of Henry, comes his tale of a first ever Marathon… Having moaned, moped, grumbled and complained my way through the training for my first marathon, I was surprised to find myself looking forward to the race on Sunday. I’ve made no secret of my goal of sub 3hrs, and although this was always going to be a stretch, nothing in training had left me feeling it was impossible. The early morning rain had stopped by the time we got to Blackheath, but it was still a chilly 4-5C, cloudy, and with an occasional gust of an icy northerly wind. Great for running but not ideal for spectators or standing around waiting for the start. There are loads of toilets so queues weren’t bad at all. Just as well, because I made no less than 4 toilet visits before the start. I was rather bemused by the notices for female urinals. Obviously, I have no idea about such things, but I shall say this: I didn’t see anyone look desperate enough to use them. Joining me in pen 2 of the Blue start was Craig Taylor from Portobello, who I’d met on the Jog Leaders course last year, and Bella David Lockhart. We made a procession round to join up behind the championship and elite starts and I spotted fellow London Marathon Golden Ticket winner Hamish. Friendly faces really helped settle the nerves, and after handshakes with these guys and a countdown from astronaut Tim Peake, we were off. I’d expected streams of runners to go past me in the first mile or two, but the speed was dictated by the crowd who were only pushing each other, not the pace. I enjoyed a comfortable mile settling in, waving to Fiona and Danielle on the sidelines, and chatting to Hamish before he urged me to go on and I remembered I had a race to run. There was a bit of space on the pavement and I picked up the pace and caught up with Louise. Ever the coach, she checked I hadn’t done my usual and gone off too quickly. We then merged with the Green start runners alongside the 3hr pacer. I was high-fiving the kids, and enjoying the local shouts of “Well done ‘Enry” thinking that I’d better enjoy this all now as I’ll not be feeling like it 15 to 20 miles down the road. London’s an extrovert’s paradise, and the crowd support is worth several minutes to someone like me who energises on people. Down the hill we went, steel bands playing and a public address blaring out “Welcome to Woolwich”. Time for the first gel and I’m running comfortably and feeling confident. The next few miles, I’m trading places with the pace group and scrambling for water at the water stations. I see Al Maclachlan just up ahead at one point and am looking forward to one of his pearls of running wisdom, but when I look again he’s disappeared. Only later do I […]