Today is the 34th running of the Traprain Law Hill Race. I’ve ran this route countless times. Sometimes as a hard training run and sometimes as a gentle recovery run, mostly with fellow villager, runner and general clown, Lee Curtis. We’ve been up there in all seasons and conditions and even when it’s freezin’ cauld,… (read more)
A cracking local event through the grounds of Winton House, Pencaitland. Now in its 5 year it is turning in to a favourite with events for children, cyclist, runners and walkers with over 500 participants. A fast course for a trail race unless you get caught out by the two road crossings! Well organised with… (read more)
Members of both the Running Club and Jog Scotland were out in force again at the weekend with for some, it being the biggest weekend of their year. Adrian Dingwall, Mike Hoppe, Callum MacDonald, Martin MacDonald, Paddy McDonald, Graham McInnes, Norrie McKinley, Lesely Nichol, Neil Scott and Martin Wood set off in the wee hours of… (read more)
I went down to London on the Friday before the race to pick up my number from the Expo, held at Excel in Docklands. I’d wondered about the number of people who’d be trying to collect numbers simultaneously but the organisation was excellent and it only took me a couple of minutes to pick up… (read more)
East Lothian was again represented in the Annual Pardubice Wine Half Marathon in Pardubice, Czech Republic with Haddington Running Club members making up a stunning 50% of the East Lothian field! Prague on the thursday before the race was a warm 18c ! Roger arriving on the friday brought the scottish weather with him down… (read more)
Two Haddington Running Club members have just completed the Glasgow to Edinburgh Ultramarathon (G2E) finishing well up the field and posting superb times. Bill Watson and Adrian Dingwall have both completed several ultramarathons with this being the second time that Adrian has taken part in this event. Previously, Adrian ran to raise awareness of the… (read more)
There was a fantastic show of Haddington runners at the 2015 Dunbar Spire 10k with 10 Haddington Running Club and 14 Jog Scotland runners (of which at least 7 are Haddington members) participating. The field was filled with some great runners from a variety of clubs and the race was won by ex-HRC member, Callum… (read more)
A race of two halves, 4 miles up and 4 down,easy running on land rover track with a nice gradient to pull you up the hill. 53 starts which is a good number for a first time event.Well organised by local charity ” Skidaddle ” who plan to hold more running and cycling events. 1st… (read more)
Perfect weather for x country, freezing! Rain, gusty wind anAnd a course that after several races prior to the Senior men’s, looked more like the Somme than a park . Three laps for the senior men’s race 12k and two laps for the senior ladies’ 8k although there was two or three ladies who ran… (read more)
During discussions at recent committee meetings it was proposed that we should revive the “Club Trips” and some suggestions have been put forward for this year. We’ve tried to choose events that can be done in a day although the preferred option would be to take advantage of the transport and accommodation arranged by the… (read more)
