Club Bulletin 17th July 2023

Graham Clark Memorial Race – Tuesday 15^th August

Thank you to those who have already responded offering to help.  If you haven’t yet been in touch, please complete the GC volunteer form  here, by July 24^th.  An email about buffet contributions will be sent out at the beginning of August.

Training this week:

Tuesday July 18 (led by Nicole): Pittencrieff Park (aka The Glen). Meet at Glen Pavilion. Park in the city’s car parks or around Limekilns Road.

Cruise intervals using the long and short loop.  5 x 6 mins @ 10k pace with 1 minute recoveries, (no recovery following the final rep, straight into 30s fast) then 4 x 30/30 (30 secs on, 30 secs off).

Thursday July 20 (led by Kathryn):  Grange Park (opposite the King Malcolm Hotel), meet for warm up Grange Drive Warm up meeting place   Plenty of street parking locally.   (Gym 64 loop will be used if the underfoot conditions are slippery)

Speed Intervals – 45/90 x 10 with equal recoveries (45 secs on, 45 secs off, 90 secs on, 90 secs off).

There will also be a Return to Running Group on Thursday.

All training starts at 18:30 from the session meeting place with a warm-up, a dynamic warm up at 18:45 and the session proper 18:50.  If you can’t make the 18:30 warm up, don’t forget to do a good warm up before the dynamic warmup, and a cool down afterwards.

 

2023-24 GP – Upcoming Events

Details of all GP events can be found here. on the website and will be updated as and when further information is known. The GP and ARC results can also be found here on the website.  The next GP race isn’t till August but don’t forget to share any non GP results so we can share them in the bulletin.

We’ve spotted that there has been a change of date for GP RACE 11: LAST DUEL TRAIL RACE (TRAIL) and it will now take place on Sunday 24^th September.  Entries are open now on EntryCentral The Last Duel

Race Results

We will automatically report the results of GP races. However, if you have taken part in other events, please let us know by sending your results to: [email protected]

 

 

Race Results

We will automatically report the results of GP races. However, if you have taken part in other races, please let us know by sending your results to: [email protected]

Grand Trail Cormayeur, 100km, 7,400m ascent

261      Derek Fish                   28:33:30

383 finishers with 147 DNFs

Race Reports

Race reports can be found here. If you’ve run a race and would like to tell club members about it – the highs and the lows – please send reports and photos to [email protected]

Sportsshoes Discount

The discount code for July, valid until 3^rd August is DTLVI8.  This code gets you 10% off the whole range on orders over £50 and free standard shipping (normally £4.99) on all orders.  Don’t forget to shop around to get the best deal!