Category Archives: Race Reports

The DB relay is becoming a bit of annual fest of many many hill runners now. With a 148 teams of 6 runners each, that was a lot of runners this year – especially when they invade Falkland. Honestly, I … Continue reading →

It was a nice mild day for the race this year with unseasonably warm temperatures. Unfortunately that meant that the snow fall of the previous days was mostly melted making conditions underfoot rather muddy and sticky which was a bit … Continue reading →

As usual the juniors went off first and we all enjoyed cheering them on. Next was the turn of the seniors: Position Number Time (mmss) Forename Surname Gender Cat GenderPos CatPos Juniors 79 349 16:30 Lewis Cairns M M8-9 55 … Continue reading →

A great start to the year by Penicuik harriers, We had the most runners from a single running club. Plus Bill and Dave were there too supporting and assisting with timings. The weather was stunning and the ground a little … Continue reading →

This was a fund raiser for Dementia Research. A cause very close to my heart as my nana and grandad were both affected by dementia. The route was just over 2 miles (once round) or just over 5 miles (twice … Continue reading →

There were a few of us worse for wear for this race as it was the night after the harriers christmas party. Juniors Position Number Time (mmss) Forename Surname Gender Cat GenderPos CatPos 65 349 19:25 Lewis Cairns M M8-9 … Continue reading →

It was a cold morning on Spittal beach. The race goes along the sand then up some steps to higher ground. Then the route is through a couple of fields next to the railway, louping round and returning back the … Continue reading →

Juniors: 101 16:48 Lewis Cairns U9 M Seniors: 40 26:09 Des Crowe V50 M 50 26:45 Billy Colvin V40 M 53 26:57 Yan Horsburgh V50 M 95 29:24 Gillian Cairns V40 W 99 29:43 Charlie Crawford SEN M 104 29:48 … Continue reading →

marathon (or should it be renamed mountain ultra) 28.5 Miles Distance 6063 Feet Ascent 6102 Feet Descent 8.5 Hours Cut Off position, gender position, age category position Tim Doyle 06:49:35 89 M 79 MV50 6 Tracy Philp 07:03:47 108 F … Continue reading →

My first hill race for a while and my first Tinto since 2010 and I absolutely loved every minute, of which there were many, of it!!  Only entered the race on Wednesday, not hill or running fit at all but … Continue reading →

Fabulous turnout for the harriers at the first of the borders cross country series at Lauder. The weather felt very wintery with most of us keeping warm with several layers of clothing plus hats and gloves right up until the … Continue reading →

The Jedburgh ultra is part of their running festival which has the Ultra and Canicross races on Saturday and a wheelchair/handbike race, 10k and Half Marathon on the Sunday. The races used to be a bit more connected and you … Continue reading →

It was another early start for this race, you have to be up before the birds to run these long races. We had a collection of ultra runners, relay runners and marshalls in the car heading to Jedburgh. This is … Continue reading →

It’s a hard marathon to get into as it goes on sale at midnight on Hogmanay and sells out really fast, within 12 hours this year. It was voted the most beautiful marathon at some point and it prides itself … Continue reading →