Author Archives: Allan Dunbar

This month we celebrated some non-running success as club member Daniel Greens graduated with his Masters degree in History from Edinburgh University.  Congratulations Dan, great work there and obviously using running to manage the stress of studying! Another success for … Continue reading →

A fun month for the club as cross country season begins (mud mud mud!) and the wackiest race ever took place – the Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra with 38 miles of bats, dinosaurs, unicorns and a play park thrown in … Continue reading →

The ultra madness continues with two of our members vying for top spot this month! First up is Mark Dawson who completed the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc TDS Race from Courmayour in Italy to Chamonix in France. Mark ran 95 … Continue reading →

What a month for the club as the madness of ultra racing season commences!  Topping the list of achievements (quite literally with a total ascent of 7,218m) is Adam Gray who took part in the 215 mile Race Across Scotland, … Continue reading →

A huge achievement for Gilly Marshall this month running the Montane Lakeland 100 – a 100 mile ultra tour of the Lake District fells in just over 37 hours.  The route covers some very technical terrain which is super tricky … Continue reading →

Another hosting success for the club with 79 runners taking part in the Turnhouse Hill race on the beautifully warm and sunny evening of 14 June 2023. A new route record of 22m 53s from Jamie Crowe, a great effort … Continue reading →

We had fantastic weather for our 10k road race on 13 May 2023 with 168 runners taking up the challenge and success for the club with our boys (Dan McQueen, John Gibbs & Simon Jarvis) scooping the prize for 1st male team.  We … Continue reading →

RACE REPORT BY ANNE WATSON We set off from Penicuik around 7.00am in damp, drizzly conditions. As we travelled up the M9, the surrounding countryside became whiter with a surprising covering of snow, and by the time we crossed Kincardine … Continue reading →

Entries have opened for our 10k road race, being held on Saturday 13th May 2023. Pre entry is on Si Entries or limited places will be available on the day. Come and join us for our “undulating” course with the … Continue reading →

Lakeland 100 Before the race Alan and I drove down Friday morning and pitched our tent in the event campsite, it was already very hot. As we had been driving down I watched nervously as the car thermometer climbed degree … Continue reading →

I hadn’t really been doing any longer training runs, I can’t remember the last time I did a run over 8 or 9 miles, doing most of my longer sessions on two wheels rather than two feet. But with a … Continue reading →

A cool but thankfully dry evening saw a good collection of runners assemble for the latest CAAC 5 Mile road race. Despite being a Wednesday night and with a hill grand prix race also taking place at Red Moss Kips, … Continue reading →

Three intrepid Harriers set off for the long drive to Royal Deeside for this picturesque race around the estate of Balmoral Castle. A 1pm start time meant an early rise was not necessary and Ngeme did the honours and picked … Continue reading →

I can’t remember when or why I decided it might be a good idea to run an ultra. I suppose some might say it’s a logical progression once you have done a few marathons to dip your toe in the … Continue reading →