Author Archives: sooz

Thank you so much Penicuik Harriers for our places in the London Marathon – we all LOVED it!!! The whole experience was incredible with unbelievable support from the crowds and because we all had our names on our charity vests … Continue reading →

Carl Proctor was due to have his last training session with Penicuik Harriers on Tuesday but didn’t turn up, however some crazy guy in a pink George the Hippo costume did !!!! We will miss his neverending enthusiasm and wonderful … Continue reading →

Another great Harriers Ceilidh last night with very energetic dancing and lots of laughs, many thanks to everyone who attended.  The Whiskey & Sweetie Jar game raised £80 for the Beeslack Malawi Fund and the 50/50 game raised £52 – … Continue reading →

If you want to get in early you can download and print out an entry form for the 2014 Penicuik 10k Road Race on the ‘Race details and entry forms’ page.  Post it to the address on the form. Alternatively … Continue reading →

Mike, Stu, Julian and I headed down to Selkirk on Sunday for the Feel the Burns that Mike had done last year and thoroughly recommended it to everyone. The distance is 13.73 miles although my Garmin clocked it at 12.1 … Continue reading →

Looks like it was a beautiful day on Christmas Day for the Caper this year! [picasa width=”650″ height=”500″ bgcolor=”#000000″ autoplay=”1″ showcaption=”1″ user=”penicuikharriers” album=”es_CarnethyChristmasCaper”]

Lots of Harriers headed to Broughton to blow away a few cobwebs in this mad 2 mile hill race!  It’s a great route with a few obstacles including a wall, fence, stream and a very sludgy bog!  Oh yeah and … Continue reading →

Great xc race at Galashiels last Sunday – Harriers out in abundance! The course was everything you would expect from a xc with woodland trails, streams, mud, sheep running at you, manure pile to run through, steep hill and not … Continue reading →

Bob Marshall sent us a link to his fantastic photos – a fair few Harriers in there! https://picasaweb.google.com/113562417702657933373/LauderCrossCountry2013#

The Pentland Skyline is a great race, a real achievement to run 16 hills, 16 miles (although my Strava said 17.5m) and climb 6200ft all in one race and of course in the beautiful Pentlands! Carnethy HRC do a great … Continue reading →

Below is the link to Rob’s report from last year which describes the route so well, especially the slope coming off W.Lomond that was so steep and sheer it was almost vertical, it made me stop, swear a bit and … Continue reading →

Great race at Caerketton tonight, thanks to Carnethy for organising. Since 2011 the race has been extended to 3.6km with 300m climb and you head up the steepest path as opposed to zig zagging up the hill. Rob, Kevin, Mike, … Continue reading →

Thank you to all of you who donated to Cancer Research in exchange for the wonderful home-baking and sandwiches they enjoyed after the Penicuik 10k this year. We raised a fantastic £225 for this very good cause.and are so grateful … Continue reading →

Thanks to all of the wonderful runners who ran in our race today and made Penicuik Harriers’ 30th Annual Road Race such a great event.  It was lovely to welcome all of you and fab to hear that you had … Continue reading →