Road Running

At 9:30 on the 29th February, amidst great hype, I sat frantically trying to get entry to “The Southside Six” as if I was trying to get tickets for a big one off gig by some big act. By 9:35, people were being put on the waiting list. I, fortunately…

Bright sunshine greeted the 26th running of Ruby’s Race, which now includes an increasingly popular kids 1 mile fun run. This no doubt boosted the attendance resulting in 139 entries for the 5K and 72 for the 1 mile. In the ladies race Laura Wallace of Ayr Seaforth, a very…

Results from today’s 5K are here  – rubys-race-results. Race report to follow.

THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREETS OF GLASGOW Amongst thousands of athletes taking part in the nation’s largest running event at the weekend were a number of Kilmarnock Harriers who had taken the short hop up the M77 and although the first sign of winter temperatures awaited everyone, by race time…

HARRIERS IN 10K ACTION. Last weekend (4th September), the latest instalment in the Kilmarnock Harriers Summer Championship took place at the excellently organised Race The Prom 10K which was organised by North Ayrshire Athletics Club. Close to 500 athletes were taking part in the race and as far as Kilmarnock…

I know most people have heard enough of this story by now but I just thought I’d type something up from my true perspective. On the morning of Sunday the 4th September, I started off the Moray Marathon course. I guessed the field wasn’t the strongest so in first mile…