This road relay takes place in Houston at 14.30 on Saturday 26th September and is organised by Kilbarchan Athletic Club Men’s teams of four each running 2.7 miles Women’s teams of three each running 2.7 miles Any one who wants to enter a Tortoise team please let any committee member know http://kilbarchanaac.org.uk/2015/08/25/george-cummings-road-relays-sat-26-sep-2015/
On one of the wettest nights of running I can remember thirteen Tortoises made the short trip to a wet Irvine to run the annual MaryMass 10k, despite the horrendous weather there was a good turnout for this popular road race. Matt Pearce led the Tortoises home in 38.58 running strong after his week cruising […]
Please note that this years AGM will take place this coming Tuesday 25th August at 7pm in the sports hall at Marr College, please make every effort to attend as there are a number of new positions that require voting on for the forthcoming year, the meeting should last around 30 minutes and will be […]
Thirteen Tortoises gathered at Androssan Harbour to join 28 other running club teams to journey over to Arran for the annual Round Arran Relay race. For those who are not familiar with this event the relay consists of teams of six runners who combine to run the 56 miles around the Island, the legs are […]
Two Tortoises travelled north for the inaugural Fort William Marathon. Anne Noble and Matt Pearce.What a great day it turned out to be! Whilst Southern Scotland got damp weather and England got battered by wind and rain, the Highlands got blessed with perfect running conditions! No wind, no rain, perfect temperature, sometimes cloudy, sometimes sunny! […]
Ten Tortoises made the short journey to support the annual Irvine 5 mile road race organised by Irvine Running Club, the start and finish was next to Irvine train station and the route headed towards the Magnum and joined the cycle path, you stayed on this until the Gailes roundabout where you doubled back on […]
As part of the Island’s famous highland games there is a 10k race, last year three runners represented the club George, Mags and Matt while I supported from the beer tent ! Entry is on the day and doubles as your entrance into the Highland Games arena, a great day out. http://www.butehighlandgames.org/bute-highland-games-10k-road-race/ Darrell
The latest club championship league table will be posted after the August club 5k, with a number of local 10k’s in the coming weeks plus a number of runs posted during July there may well be some changes at the top. In the ladies championship Lucy Oldham posted an impressive Arran Half Marathon time and if she can make […]
The start of the summer has seen a number of Tortoises posting some good times and running lots of races including the Arran Half Marathon, 10k’s and various 5k’s across Scotland coupled with various park-runs across the Uk from Cambridge to Burnley its been a busy start. Special mention for Bruce Walker who again completed the Hebrain […]
This popular local five mile road race is now open via Entry Central, £8 SAC £10 unaffiliated, a great way to spend a Monday evening, entry in advance is advised. http://www.entrycentral.com/event/101042