Brechin Road Runners had their first meet up on 22nd October 2017, after Pauline set up a Facebook Event and advertised it on a Brechin Community page. A lot has happened since then. Stuart had the bright idea of doing a back-and-forth interview about the first year of our fledgling club. But of course with …
Springburn Parkrun – November 17th 2018
The decision to do Springburn Parkrun was very much a last-minute one. Michael and I had booked tickets for the Glasgow Games Festival months ago, as we (mostly he) run a board game review site. Last year was the first year we had gone to it, and we had just driven through early on the …
Hartley Cup 2018 – November 18th 2018
The Hartley Cup 2017 was my first experience of racing for, and with, a Running Club. I’d only joined up about 6 weeks prior to it and, as such, had nothing to prove. Though somehow I’d managed to get myself into the mixed team rather than a female-only team due to the (lack of) availability …
Glen Clova Half Marathon 10th November 2018
Despite David reminding us all the night before, and warning us that Glen Clova sells out quickly, I completely forgot about it. On the evening of 20th August when it went live on Entry Central, I went off for a shower at about 9:00pm, just as entries were opening. By the time I next checked …
Loch Rannoch Marathon – 14th October 2018 – by Barry McDonald
Although I’ve been playing football for a number of years, I only really starting running properly (rather than for football training) this year. I had done Montrose Parkrun a few times, entered a few 10km races, a few half marathon races (including the Dundee Half DRAM where I was the first BRR member home despite …
Debbie’s Forfar 5k for Guide Dogs – by Debbie Thain
The Forfar Guide Dogs 5K is another local event that I had no idea even existed until recently. This year it seems I have found many new local races by following more running groups on Facebook, and with so many long and large big city races, I’ve been finding it fun to try out new …
Forfar 5k for Guide Dogs – 14th October 2018
Having missed the first Guide Dogs 5k on 8th July this year – which was won by BRR founding member Stuart McConnachie, I was very pleased to hear that Charlotte was organising a new event just a few months after the inaugural one in aid of Guide Dogs Week. Charlotte is a core part of …
An Evening with Eilish McColgan
Fellow Brechiner Pete Barrow, in conjunction with Arbroath Footers, arranged a Q & A and warm up with Eilish McColgan on Tuesday 2nd October 2018 at the Arbroath branch of Mackie Motors, who sponsor the athlete. Tina Fowler of the Footers took on the task of advertising the event to club members and sending invites …
Debbie’s Loch Ness Marathon Race Report – 23/-9/2018
The Loch Ness marathon was a bit of an afterthought on my race calendar. After struggling the last few miles at the Stirling Marathon, I wondered if my Edinburgh Ultra run in October might be a bit ambitious. One way to know for sure was to sign up for a long-distance event a short while …
Loch Ness Marathon – 23rd September 2018
If I had to sum up this experience in one word, it would be phenomenal. That covers the effort involved to get race ready (which I covered in this previous post), the scenery along most of the route, the hospitality shown by Inverness for the Festival, the running community in general, and my experience of …