Cumbernauld and Loch Lomond

We would like to draw your attention to two races that have recently
been added to the Q-buster race entry service.

Cumbernauld 10k Race - 9th September
Cumbernauld New Town is 50 years old this year. To celebrate the
anniversary, organisations and communities across Cumbernauld have
planned a variety of commemorative and celebratory activities. The
Cumbernauld 10k race and 1k fun run are core to these celebrations.

Where: Broadwood Stadium
When: Sunday 9th September 10.00am

Participants must be at least 17 years of age on race day to enter.

Entries close on 31st August, 2007.

Bring your family and friends along to cheer you on. As well as the
race and fun run, there will be face painting, tri golf, a climbing
wall and much more - fun and activities for all!

You can enter this race using the Q-buster online race entry service
from Interloq.

Cumbernauld 10k Race Entry
The event is being run by North Lanarkshire Council, in partnership
with North Lanarkshire Leisure and the North Lanarkshire Partnership.

The event is sponsored by the Antonine Shopping Centre and the
Campsies Centre Cumbernauld.

Additional support is provided by A G Barr, Asda (Cumbernauld) and
Tesco Extra (Cumbernauld).

LoveLochLomond 10k Race - 16th September
In association with St Margaret of Scotland Hospice.

The race will start at Loch Lomond Shores then cross the River Leven
and enter Balloch Park affording beautiful views of Loch Lomond before
exiting the park at the highest point on the trail, it will then
follow the River Leven through Jamestown eventually crossing it via
Bonhill Bridge. You will then pass the only roundabout in Scotland
with a pub and a railway station before returning along Alexandria
Main Street to Balloch and then to a fast downhill finish at Loch
Lomond Shores.

Where: Loch Lomond Shores
When: Sunday 16th September 10.00am

The race is open to all runners aged 15 years and older on 16th September 2007.

Entries close on 12th September, 2007.

Entries must be received by 27th August, 2007 to guarantee t-shirt size.

You can enter this race using the Q-buster online race entry service
from Interloq.

LoveLochLomond 10k Race Entry

Club Championship

The presentation of the prizes for the inaugural Club Championship
will be on Sunday 30th September - the date of the last event in the
Championship.

This is going to be an informal event to which all members (and
partners) are invited. Please do come along - it will give everyone a
chance to relax and have a chat (without a starting gun going
somewhere in the background!).

Amanda Thornton has kindly agreed to host a barbecue at her home from
3:00 pm onwards. Food and some drink will be provided, but if people
want to bring any special food items and drink, they are welcome to do
so.

Just to give a rough idea of numbers, let Amanda or Anne know if you
are likely to come.

Lammermuir Circuit

The date for the Lammermuir Circuit will be Saturday 1st September and
from now on will be held annually on the first Saturday in September.
Remember this is an informal event, so whatever distance anyone
decides to do - 10K, 13 miles, 20 miles or 30 miles - the intention is
that everyone should aim to finish at Hallhill around 12:00 - 12:30,
so have a chat with other people who are doing the same distance as
you, so you can set off in groups.

As always, there will be sandwiches at Hallhill afterwards.

PLEASE let Anne know if you are going to take part (and if you are
inviting any friends or family who might like to give it a go) so that
we have an idea of numbers for the day.

Scottish Gas Races (and a couple of others..)

Granton was the venue for the running of the Scottish Gas 5K and 10K
races, which took place on Sunday 5th August.

Amongst the 425 finishers of the 10K event was Stuart Hay from Dunbar
Running Club, who achieved 20th place overall with a personal best
time of 37:02. Club mates Anne Hay and Jamie Cherrie finished in
44:26 and 46:28 respectively, with Fay Stanton also achieving a
personal best time of 54:16. Graeme Jones did well in the 5K,
finishing 11th out of 103, with a time of 19:23, with Steve Pattison
finishing not far behind in 20:17 and Mary Pattison taking 34th place
with a time of 23:47.

Several of the runners had taken part in the North Berwick Law Race
the previous Wednesday along with Ian Rowland and Ian Sills who
finished the challenging run in 22:09 and 22:32 respectively. Graeme
Jones finished in 24:10, Stuart Hay in 24:41 and Richard Taylor in
25:07. Rona Anderson was first Dunbar lady home in 26:30 with junior
runners Cameron Law and Hamish Law finishing well in 29:31 and 30:33.
Other senior runners were Steve Pattison 27:08, Frank Weissgerber
27:25, Anne Hay 27:36 and Andrew Anderson in 28:32.

Eleven runners also enjoyed the popular Musselburgh 6 mile race.

Lammermuir Circuit

A date for the above will be set at the next committee meeting on 14th
August - we were waiting to see if HELP set a date for their 25 km for
25 years (as mentioned previously on the club news), but that seems to
have been postponed until later in the year. As an invitation had
been extended to Dunbar, we didn't want a clash of dates. Plus, this
is an informal event and does not need the sort of planning of an
official race.

If anyone has any dates they wish to suggest (or if they would like
changes to the event or even if they think this is an event too many)
please let Anne or any of the other committee members know before the
14th.

Thank You

Cancer Research UK 10K Series

The Cancer Research UK 10k series is Britain's biggest 10k run series
and this year we have three events at superb venues in Scotland -

Hopetoun House, South Queensferry, Sunday 7th Oct
Scone Palace, Perth, Sunday 21st Oct
Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, Sunday 28th Oct

We warmly welcome all standards of runner, from complete novices at
the 10k distance to seasoned athletes. It is perfectly ok to 'run a
bit.... walk a bit' and many participants do this at our events. It
costs £17.50 to enter, which includes a t-shirt and medal. Entry is
via our web-site only - www.cancerresearchuk10.co.uk.

To summarise very briefly, we are Britain's leading charity dedicated
to researching, treating and preventing cancer with an annual research
expenditure approaching £30 million in Scotland - almost entirely
funded by sponsorship, donations and bequests. The three Scottish
events are part of the wider series of thirty-four 10km runs across
Britain. This year and we are hoping that the 10k series as a whole
will raise in the region of £4 million towards research expenditure.

If you would like to receive some leaflets and perhaps also some
posters, could you please let me know - my contact details are shown
at the bottom of the page. I will need a postal address for you.

Thank you for taking the time to consider this request, all the best
for the continued success of your club.

Andy Wilson
National Events Executive - 10K
Cancer Research UK
Tel: 01423 864134
Mobile: 07918 662965

Challenge yourself or a friend to run 10 km at a Stately Home near
you. To register, or for more details, visit
www.cancerresearchuk10.co.uk.

Carfraemill to Gifford

HELP have extended an invitation to Dunbar to the annual Carfraemill
to Gifford run.

For those of you who haven't taken part before, this is a nice 11 mile
(fun) run with some stunning views, whatever the weather - well worth
doing! Yes, a chunk of the run is uphill, but then you wouldn't get
the brilliant views and the descent back down towards Gifford where a
nice meal will await you. This will take place on Wednesday 15th
August. Please let Anne know if you are going - will need an idea of
numbers for the bus from Gifford and for the meal at the Goblin Ha' to
pass on to Joe.

The Haddington Half Marathon is on Saturday 11th - if anyone is
available to help out, please let Anne know.

Well done everyone who ran the Curfew Race in Berwick-on-Tweed last
night - 1.3 miles round the walls - a real short sharp shock to the
system. Andrew Taylor demonstrated his sprinting technique - very
difficult to catch and his sister Isabelle managed to run and chat all
the way round while some could hardly draw breath. Ian Rowland,
Stuart, Richard, Steve, Anne, Jamie and Mary all put in a good fast
run and were glad it stayed dry!

The Sun, The Sea, The Sand.......

The 28th Northumberland Coastal Run took place on Sunday 15th July,
with several Dunbar runners taking part in the scenic 14 mile route
from Beadnell to Alnmouth. The summery weather attracted the crowds
to the beaches who gave great support to everyone competing in the
race. There were 800 finishers in the event – a far cry from the 12
competitors who took part in the inaugural run in 1979.

Ian Rowland of was placed 18th overall, with a time of 1:27:09, with
Ian Sills completing the course in 1:28:11. Stuart Hay had another
good run in 1:43:03 with Graeme Jones finishing only seconds behind in
1:43:24, pleased with his first longer distance run. Frank
Weissgerber; 1:47:57, Anne Hay; 1:51:47, Hannah Stevens; 2:07:15, Mary
Pattison; 2:11:10, Steve Pattison; 2:11:11, Fiona Brewster; 2:15:48,
Val Herring; 2:18:22 and Sheila Morrison; 2:19:01 also had good runs
on the day. Dunbar was awarded third team prize.

Jedburgh Half Marathon

Jedburgh Half Marathon

As a registered runner in last years Half Marathon we are sending you
details about the 2007 event, this time under the sponsorship of
Emtelle. It is also this year a part of the "Navyblue Roadrace
Grandprix 07".

The Emtelle Jedburgh Half Marathon will be run on Sunday 28th October
2007 and it is now open for entries. You can choose to again register
and pay on-line by accessing the dedicated website
www.jedburghhalfmarathon.org.uk and following the registration link,
or you can submit the registration form by post, a blank copy being
downloadable from the website.

This year we are also setting up an e-newsletter which all runners or
potential runners can opt into receiving, this newsletter keeping you
updated on news about the event and any pre-run instructions. To
register for this you simply need to go to the website home page and
click on the newsletter registration.

We hope that if you have not already register we can encourage you to do so now.

Feels Like Doing the Cross-Country Again....!

A number of Dunbar Running Club members made the trip to Norham to
take part in the multi terrain Stewart Black Memorial Castle Bank
Challenge on Thursday 28th June. The heavy rain that had continued
all day made parts of the course a little treacherous by the river
side, but most runners posted reasonable times over the 5.8 km course.

Ian Sills took 2nd place in the event, finishing in 21:06, with Ian
Rowland achieving sixth place with 22:04, followed by Graeme Jones in
22:15. This meant the threesome took away the team prize, the Stewart
Black Memorial trophy. Stuart Hay (22:29), Richard Taylor (22:49),
Neil Teather (25:30), Anne Hay (who was award the prize for first
female - 25:40), Frank Weissgerber (25:46) and Keith Mills (41:16) all
had a good, if rather soggy, race.

The following evening saw a considerably bigger field taking part in
the Black Rock 5 at Kinghorn, Fife. Steve and Mary Pattison
thoroughly enjoyed the event with Steve finishing with an excellent
time of 32:30 and Mary coming in well up the field in 40:10.