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…

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.

Dear All, A reminder for:- Saturday           12th September           Musselburgh Turf Cutting raceRace 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…

No, that wasn’t a reference to Haddington, though it was a bit on the tough side.  The reference was to the Devil O’ the Highlands, the 43 miler Ian Rowland did on Saturday, starting at 6:00 am at Tyndrum, heading to Fort William.  Ian came 8th out of 96 finishers with a time of 6:39:11.  So Ian was well finished by the time the runners were setting off for the Haddington…

Saturday 29th AugustEast Lothian 5k Champs This is the first running of this event. The race will be open to the senior members of the Musselburgh,Haddington and Dunbar Clubs, and will be held at St Davids Campus,Dalkeith in conjunction with East Lothian Junior Champs. The racestarts at 11 am, with registration at 10.30am.

30 Miles a day – 6 days a week – for 11 weeks!Eddie Izzard is running 1100 miles up and down the length of the UK for Sport Relief.You can follow his progress on his web site ( http://www.eddieizzard.com/blog/ )

Gordon Eadie, stalwart of Musselburgh Running Club, and well known face to all of us is celebrating his 50th birthday this April by running the London Marathon. Gordon writes: "Dear All, On the 19th April this year I will be 50. The week after I intend to run the London Marathon in aid of Fanconi Hope. http://www.mycharitypage.com/geadie/ Many of you will already know Bob & Jeannie Dalgleish and their daughter…

Well, here is the list of races.  There was the feeling that previously there were too many races in the championship, so averaging two a month seemed a better idea.   Race Venue Date Time Lasswade 10 mile RR Rosewell Sun 1 March 2009 12:00 H-W Uni Round the Grounds 5K trail Race Heriot-Watt University Sat 21 March 2009 1:00 pm Heaven & Hell Half Marathon Scone Airport, Perth Sun…

We are happy to reveal that the results of February’s poll “What’s your favourite race distance” are now in. Results are: 10k – 22% Half Marathon – 61% Marathon – 11% “what’s a ‘race’” – 5% Remember to take part in our new poll (see right hand side – near the bottom).

Hi,  I trust you’ll forgive this unsolicited approach, but I’m just going through the process of launching a running related business on Mull in the Western Isles of Scotland. You can see what I mean at www.running-holidays.co.uk.  It is also possible that in seeking to promote this website I might be of some help to yourselves. For example, you may be seeking additional sponsors for any races or events that…