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HELP CEILIDH. AN INVITE TO SWAP YOUR RUNNING SHOES FOR DANCING SHOES.....

Hi everybody

You are all warmly invited to the Help ceilidh on Saturday 24th October at 7.30pm in Tyninghame Village Hall. This promises to be a fantastic event, even better than last year, anc tickets are available at £7 (including food but not drink - you need to bring your own) from Ian Murphy, tel 01620 829357 or Joe Forte's shop.

Hope to see you there.

Best wishes
Ian Murphy

London Marathon 2010

The club has been given two places for the 2010 London Marathon!

 

If anyone has been unsuccessful in the ballot for the London Marathon (we already know of one person), please let Anne know as soon as possible if you would still like a place.  If there are more than two people, we will do the usual drawing the names out of a hat to determine who gets the entries.

From Dunbar to Inverness

Dunbar Running Club hosted their annual 10 mile mile multi-terrain race on Saturday, sponsored by British Energy.

The gale-force conditions made the run a difficult one, particularly on the final climb, but that didn't deter the winner, 17 year old Andrew Crichton of Dunbar Running Club, from finishing in under an hour in 59:35, nearly four minutes ahead of Moray Peterson of Portobello, who finished in 1:03:33. Stuart MacLeod of Edinburgh AC finished third in 1:04:23. He was closely followed by Charlie Gillon of Alnwick Harriers, who took first veteran prize in 1:04:39. First male supervet was Stuart Symington of Dunbar in 1:06:56.

First female over the line was Katy Anderson of Gala Harriers in 1:12:08 – well ahead of the second placed female, club mate Jane Chalmers, who finished in 1:18:15. Third female was Marie Storrie of Lothian Running Club in 1:20:46. The female vertan prize went to Saran Jones of Lothian in 1:23:17 and first female supervet went to Jill Horsburgh of Lothian in 1:24:26. The male team prize was presented to Dunbar – Andrew, Stuart and Ross Combe; the female team prize to Lothian – Marie, Saran and Jill.

Race Director, Stuart Hay, thanked the sponsors and everyone who helped make the event a successful one.

The following day, several Dunbar runners took part in the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon and 10K. Ian Rowland finished the Marathon in 2:38:02 (46^th overall), with Stuart Hay finishing in 3:00:31. Rhona Anderson had an incredible debut into the Marathon distance with a time of 3:10:55, which gave her a prize in the female veteran category. Richard Taylor also ran an excellent first Marathon with a time of 3:13:41. Also competing were Steve Pattison (3:35:18), Emma Taylor (3:47:12), Neil Jones (3:47:52 a PB), Anne Hay (3:51:13), Mary Pattison (3:55:30 - a PB), Valerie Herring (4:13:08) and Sheila Morrison (4:54:31). Running in the 10K were Andrew Anderson (43:10) and Jamie Cherrie (46:06).

BRITISH ENERGY, DUNBAR 10 MILE RACE. RESULTS AVAILABLE

Well done to everyone who turned up for a VERY windy 10 mile race on Saturday 3rd October.

Provisional results are now published HERE.

There are also lots of pictures HERE.

(Many thanks to Pete for the photos).

DOON HILL - ROUTE

Click on the picture for a larger copy.

The above map shows the route of this year's British Energy Dunbar 10 Mile race.


Please note that there have been one or two small changes to the route from previous years, to take into account East Lothian Councils new pathways scheme (or whatever it's called).





Hopefully the weather will be kind to us.

Hawick Half-Marathon

Four Dunbar runners travelled to the Borders on Sunday to take part in the Hawick Half Marathon, a challenging course, taking in Clarilaw and Horsleyhill.  Stuart Hay came in second overall in a time of 1:20:59, with Richard Taylor coming in 6^th in 1:25:28 – taking three minutes off his previous best for the distance.  Rhona Anderson defended her title as first lady, improving her time from last year and finishing 10^th overall in 1:29:49, with Anne Hay coming in further down the field in 1:50:23.

 

The previous Sunday had seen Lee Curtis taking part in the difficult Ben Nevis race finishing in a creditable time of 2:23:43. 

 

At the FreshnLo Great Scottish Run in Glasgow on the same Sunday, Brian Davidson achieved a personal best in the 10K with a time of 43:27, with Theresa Leslie finishing in 1:02:13.  Suzanne McCullough finished her first Half Marathon in 2:03:39, with Katy Gardiner finishing in 2:14:04.

 

LIFE'S ONE BIG HOLIDAY ANYWAY...

My. What a virtuous lot we are...mostly.
90% of respondents to our latest poll report that they take shoes and kit with them to sunnier climes and run while on holiday.

10% prefer a complete break

A new poll appears to your right.....

Reminder From Gordon Eadie - Musselburgh Turf Cutting Race

Dear All,

 

A reminder for:-

 

Saturday           12^th September           Musselburgh Turf Cutting race

Race will be run in an orienteering format (maps will be given out and / or you can run with a local) with checkpoints at each of Musselburgh's Turf Cutting Stations, a total distance of approximately 7.5 miles. The race will start at 11:00 am from Pinkie playing fields and will be open to senior members of MDAC plus the Haddington and Dunbar Clubs. The race will be followed by soup and sandwiches.

 

I have booked the kitchen and changing rooms at Pinkie.

To help with catering, can you please confirm to me if you intend to run.

Great North Run

From Lee Curtis (contact Anne if you can't get Lee directly):

I have in my possession two entries for the Great North Run on
September 20th. If anyone at the club are interested, or know anyone
else who may be then (given the short notice) I'll let them go on the
cheap.