October 5k (Physio attendance)

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 […]

London Marathon Places

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 […]

Ultra Results

Amazing running from the Ultra Guys !!!! Devil O’ The Highlands Footrace 42 miles, Tyndrum to Fort William on 1st August 15 David Ruthven 8hrs 38min 25sec and Bobby Millar 9hrs 25min 54sec Tiree Ultra Marathon 35 miles on 6th September: David Ruthven 6hrs 19min 38sec (28 out of 120) and Ian McNee 6hrs 40min 32sec (45 […]

Update Men’s Championship

Jim Phillips first Tortoise finish on Cumbrae saw him establish a healthy lead over second placed Matt Pearce, however Matt has a couple of Marathon and half marathons planned before year end plus his 5k to defend so still plenty to run for. Darrell manged to take advantage to injuries to Rob and Stuart to boost […]

Update Ladies Championship

Results are now updated including the Fort William Marathon and Round Cunbrae race, as you can see from the table below Anne is now within three points of long time leader Caroline, with the Loch Ness marathon this weekend and both Sharon and Lucy running there may be further changes at the top of the […]

Kilmacolm Half Marathon Report

Another perfect weather day for a race! I could get used to this! A really good route for a half marathon (they also do a 10K and a 3K that follow the same route but obviously turn around earlier!)… the route is all on tarmac and quickly leaves the village to join a very nice cycle path along […]

New Cross Country Season

Here are the 2015/16 dates, these are good fun (honest) and a good way of keeping fit over the winter period, the local races are target races where we hope to have a good strong turnout of members, they are  open to everyone the first one being the relay in October. West District X/C Relays – […]