McVinceSCT Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Are there any goods Ekiden (marathon by 6 persons) in Scotland, or some good team (3, 4, or more people) races? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilser Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Have signed up for the Ellon (Middleton Trust) 10k on 11 September, the week before the Crathes Half Marathon. Quite a small field (200). http://www.middleton-trust.org.uk/raceroutes.htm  https://resultsbase.net/event/3446    Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld_Reekie Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Less than 3 weeks til the Dundee Half, havent trained at anything more than 5/6 miles and been floored with heavy cold last 2 weeks. Cant say Im looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Peterhead half last Sunday - crashed and burned in the heat. Nice course apart from having to croak the main road. Stonehaven half this weekend. Just doing it as a training run though - too hilly for anything else, just hope the sun stays away!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Lamia said: Peterhead half last Sunday - crashed and burned in the heat. Nice course apart from having to croak the main road. Stonehaven half this weekend. Just doing it as a training run though - too hilly for anything else, just hope the sun stays away!! It's light rain forecast all day. Perfect running weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 8 hours ago, deecie said: It's light rain forecast all day. Perfect running weather. Hope it says that way - it wasn't meant to be like it turned out at Peterhead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 Perfect running weather indeed at Stonehaven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) 5 hours ago, Cove_Sheep said: Perfect running weather indeed at Stonehaven! . Â Edited July 3, 2016 by deecie Too much abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 On 3 July 2016 at 5:06 PM, Cove_Sheep said: Perfect running weather indeed at Stonehaven! It was indeed, thankfully. That last hill in the forest was a killer though.Enjoyed it so much more than Peterhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caledonian1 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Unfortunately I had to withdraw from Ironman Copenhagen on Friday. Have struggled to run all year with a dodgy ankle and now I have to get an MRI scan on my knee (currently a bit swollen and making creaking noises that it never did before) Pretty devastated as I was really keen to beat last years time in Barcelona but that required a better marathon time and that was becoming increasingly difficult on the back of minimal run training - never mind there is always next year. Not wishing to waste my current fitness and swim training I have today entered the Scottish 10k Open Water championship at Loch Venacher next month. I have swam 4k a few times (incl yesterday at Knockburn) but never further so this will be a fair old challenge...definitely out of my comfort zone. Looking to swim 6 times a week with 2-3 Masters swim classes, a couple of Open Water swims at Knockburn Loch and perhaps the odd sea swim at Aberdeen beach (really enjoyed that last summer) If I recall, G-Man does a lot of open water swimming...may get in touch Well done to the many who are continuing to succeed in various races...enjoy reading all the reports  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 3 hours ago, Lamia said: It was indeed, thankfully. That last hill in the forest was a killer though.Enjoyed it so much more than Peterhead Safe to say that yesterday was the least i've even enjoyed a race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 8 minutes ago, deecie said: Safe to say that yesterday was the least i've even enjoyed a race. I really liked it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 On 04/07/2016 at 9:50 PM, Lamia said: I really liked it! It was a nice route, much better than the previous one - it's just my race did not quite go to plan. To try and get over it, i've signed up for the Dyce Half....and my first Ironman, what could possibly go wrong? As an aside, how expensive is IM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caledonian1 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 57 minutes ago, deecie said: It was a nice route, much better than the previous one - it's just my race did not quite go to plan. To try and get over it, i've signed up for the Dyce Half....and my first Ironman, what could possibly go wrong? As an aside, how expensive is IM? IM is really expensive....the IM branded events are typically 450 euro to enter. It is a huge event with extensive road closures (the bike is 112 miles but typically 2 loops) and hundreds of volunteers for feed stations / marshalling / safety /logistics etc.......however I think they do play on the brand name...there are many other Ironman distance events but people like me are enticed to do the branded events probably to say that we have done a "real" ironman....get all the kit / medal etc. Each event typically has 2600 entrants (thats an awful lot when you consider all are in the water swimming at the same time - loads of marshalls on kayaks / boats) It is expensive but I would have paid more for the experience I had last year in Barcelona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 8 minutes ago, caledonian1 said: IM is really expensive....the IM branded events are typically 450 euro to enter. It is a huge event with extensive road closures (the bike is 112 miles but typically 2 loops) and hundreds of volunteers for feed stations / marshalling / safety /logistics etc.......however I think they do play on the brand name...there are many other Ironman distance events but people like me are enticed to do the branded events probably to say that we have done a "real" ironman....get all the kit / medal etc. Each event typically has 2600 entrants (thats an awful lot when you consider all are in the water swimming at the same time - loads of marshalls on kayaks / boats) It is expensive but I would have paid more for the experience I had last year in Barcelona. Great to hear, as it's Barcelona I signed up for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo87 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 New official PB of 41:55 yesterday for a 10k. Pleasing. The quest for the sub 40 continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Donaldo87 said: New official PB of 41:55 yesterday for a 10k. Pleasing. The quest for the sub 40 continues. Good stuff. I'm hoping I can finally go sub-43 at some point this year. Maybe Stirling will be the one for that. Race schedule for rest of this year (so far) being: Ballater 10 mile Forfar 10k Stirling 10k Berlin Marathon Templeton 10 mile And most likely Fraerburgh Half.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 9 hours ago, Cove_Sheep said: Good stuff. I'm hoping I can finally go sub-43 at some point this year. Maybe Stirling will be the one for that. Race schedule for rest of this year (so far) being: Ballater 10 mile Forfar 10k Stirling 10k Berlin Marathon Templeton 10 mile And most likely Fraerburgh Half. Â ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld_Reekie Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 22 hours ago, Donaldo87 said: New official PB of 41:55 yesterday for a 10k. Pleasing. The quest for the sub 40 continues. Great effort. I managed just over 42 minutes at start of year - Im determined Im going sub-40 by end of the year but it's a f***er of a time to beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld_Reekie Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Ran the Half DRAM this morning in around 1h38. For an overall downhill course, found it more difficult than I remember. First two miles tough uphill and the A92 at 9-11 miles can go f*** itself - torture. In general though, a decent run. A bit different to most halfs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McVinceSCT Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 PB on 10K: 37'05. A little disapointed but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Would recommend the Fort William marathon as an ideal long mid-summer 'E' run to prepare for your Autumn main event. They had a bit of a disaster with signs meaning all the elite runners did about 3 miles extra, but luckily I was running right behind a local at that junction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 5 hours ago, deecie said: Would recommend the Fort William marathon as an ideal long mid-summer 'E' run to prepare for your Autumn main event. They had a bit of a disaster with signs meaning all the elite runners did about 3 miles extra, but luckily I was running right behind a local at that junction. Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 12 hours ago, deecie said: Would recommend the Fort William marathon as an ideal long mid-summer 'E' run to prepare for your Autumn main event. They had a bit of a disaster with signs meaning all the elite runners did about 3 miles extra, but luckily I was running right behind a local at that junction. I know one of those poor souls! I can't begin to get my head round how I would cope with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Ballater 10 mile race was interesting. Tough hill and track sections but at least it wasn't hot which would have killed me off I think. Was a minute quicker than the flat icy Lossie Turkey trot so happy enough and I kept going which I have been struggling to do for the half marathons - having a few mental battles this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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