Over the last few weeks a number of Tortoises have made there running debuts on grass at the XC in Kilmarnock and also ran a couple of hill races, who better than our very own Ladies Club Champion Anne Noble to give us an insight into this type of event and run Hill Running – one Tortoise’s […]
1st November saw five Tortoises head from Troon along the A71 to run Strathaven Striders Run With The Wind 10k , with the West Of Scotland in the grip of some crazy weather, bright blue skies no wind and warm conditions in November ?? Even Darrell ran with just the running vest for the first time […]
After a hectic last month of running the ladies championship is hotting up with Lucy Oldham’s marathon time at Loch Ness being the fasted female time this year, with Sharon McNicoll also posting a PB is this race it has changed the leading placings. Caroline, Lucy and Anne now are seperated by only six points […]
After a number of hectic weeks running the mens championship at the top shows little change except that Rob Carroll has now run into third place after his return to the club 5k in October. Strong Scottish Half Marathon times from Fraser Mcphail and John Allen saw them both leapfrog Darrell and Stewart in the […]
Twenty six Tortoises attended the physio session taken by Michelle Pollock on Tuesday 6th October, Michelle took the warm up and showed members both dynamic and static stretches and talked through any injury questions, the evening was a success and all members i spoke to got a lot out of the session, thanks to Michelle […]
Last Sunday i ran the 6th MBNA Chester Marathon, consistently ranked as one of the top marathons by Runners World this was my second time at this race, my previous time i was still a lone runner and was not a member of the Tortoises. I set of Saturday morning with an overnight in Runcorn a half […]
A great turnout of 16 Tortoises ran this weekends Great Scottish Run across the 10k and half marathon distances, results are on the 2015 Results tab.
Hi All The next 5k on October 6th we will have Michelle Pollock joining us for the evening. Michelle is a trained physiotherpist and works at Achilles Heel in Glasgow, Michelle has agreed to attend to take the warm up and any questions around general running injury queries. This is a fantastic oppurtunity for all […]
All those Tortoises who have applied for the 2016 London Marthon you should know in the next week if you have an official place, if you have been unsuccesful and want to apply for one of the club places you need to keep the rejection slip inside the magazine and hand into a commitee member […]