Category Archives: Race Reports

As I was the only Harrier who ran Largo Law, I was not going to write a blog post. Who really cares what a middle age bloke, with the mental age of a 22-year old, does in a race? However, … Continue reading →

Our amazing girl has cycled with her crazy team all the way from John O’Groats to Lands End !  You can read her blog here http://fransbigcyclingadventure.blogspot.co.uk/ and donate to her charity here http://www.justgiving.com/Frances-Jones2  I’m sure you will all agree that … Continue reading →

Isobel Knox HBT won the Scottish 100Km Championship last weekend.   The championship was run as part of the Anglo Celtic Cup in Newport, Wales.   Despite blistering heat, she managed to maintain a steady pace to finish 12 minutes ahead of Gail … Continue reading →

Fran arrived in Penicuik today on the 5th day of her epic cycle from John O’Groats to Lan’s End – it was great to see her!!!! Good luck for the rest of your incredible journey – I will see you … Continue reading →

Day 1 of a two week holiday – Andrea (with much persuasion) and I just ran Dollar. This is one of my favourite hill races: 15km, 850m climb. http://www.scottishhillracing.co.uk/RaceDetails.aspx?RaceID=RA-0071 This is a race of 3 flavours; after a quick half … Continue reading →

What an amazing day running the 7 Hills of Edinburgh Race with Paul, Chris, Andrea, Kevin and Rob (kind of). Lots of mud, refreshments and more mud! Really amazing experience that I would love to do again, thanks to Paul … Continue reading →

So here I am, in Florida and what better way to spend your holiday than do a race!  This race wasn’t far from our villa so the registration time of 6.30am (!!) didn’t seem too painful.  There’s good reason for … Continue reading →

Sunday was the 10th Edinburgh Marathon and also AYE member Chris’s 10th – well done Chris!  A record field of Penicuik Harriers were out in force, not only for the full marathon, but the relay and also the half marathon … Continue reading →

I took part in the 2012 Scottish Islands Peaks Race as part of a team of 5 [3 sailors and 2 runners] on the 11m yacht “Vaila”. With generally light winds it took us from 12:00 on Friday 18 May until … Continue reading →

Six of us met in the Penicuik Centre and bundled into Susie’s people carrier for a trip to Peebles.  Andrea, Chris Downie, Mike Brooks and Rob (who was our photographer) had all run the race before, however Susie and I … Continue reading →

Road Race tomorrow and everything is nearly ready for the 29th ‘running’ of this great race. 171 pre-entries so only 129 places left for entries on the day – get there early! Susie  

If it wasn’t for Rob’s emails I would still be blissfully ignorant of this amazing hill run. Three intrepid Harriers set off on Saturday morning to drive the 1 1/2 hours to the scenic village of Strathyre, 9 miles north … Continue reading →

22 April 2012 – Left by train on Friday and had all of Saturday to enjoy London. Visited the ExCel  Centre to get running pack and had a great time window shopping.  I stayed in the Premier Inn Tower Bridge. … Continue reading →

Gilly organised a team for the Hoka Highland Fling Relay that took place yesterdy (Sat 28th April).  Louise, Paul, Gilly & myself had to cover 53 mile between us, running alongside amazing people who were running the whole way! The … Continue reading →