Free Couch25k Starting January Have you always wanted to give running a try but struggled to get started or keep up motivation? Harmeny AC’s jogscotland course could be the answer! On Sunday January 9th at 9:30am Harmeny AC will be starting a brand new jogscotland course from Bavelaw carpark in Balerno. The beginner session includes a combination of gentle walking and jogging, with a gradual increase of jogging duration over the weeks as fitness & confidence grow. The aim being that by the end of the course people will be able to complete a 5km (3.1 miles) parkrun - handy now we’ve got one right on our doorstep at Oriam The course is totally free of charge and fully supported by trained Jog Leaders with a wealth of running experience & qualifications If you have any questions please e-mail me on jogscothac@gmail.com or to register

It was a return to proper xc weather on Saturday for the East District Champs in Stirling but this did not deter our young athletes with a Team gold medal for our U13 girls, bronze medal for our U13 boys, bronze medal for our U15 boys and silver medal for our U17 men. And individual medals for Daniel McIntyre GOLD U13 boys and Tendai Nyabadza BRONZE U17 men. Well done all! Results can be found here: Results        

We took 5 U17 men down to their first trip to the British Cross Challenge in Liverpool at the weekend. It was a good experience for the boys and everyone had a good time despite Storm Arwen trying it's best to disrupt the trip. Our highest finisher was Tendai in 15th place followed by Ethan and Archie. There was a large Scottish contingent and it was great to see our former coach Jamie Crowe placing third in the men's race, booking his spot at the Euro xc. Results can be found here: Results

Well done to all our athletes on Saturday in Dundee. Results can be found here: Results Currently we are leading in the following age groups: U11 Girls U13 Girls U11 Boys U13 Boys U17 Men Roll on Livingston on the 22nd January!      

30th October saw 37 Harmeny athletes make their way to Hawick, on the day after major floods in the area, for the first event in the East District XC League. And we made it well worth the trip. Results are as follows: U11 Boys - 1st Place U11 Girls - 2nd Place (Just 2 points from 1st) U13 Boys - 1st Place U13 Girls - 1st Place U15 Boys - 3rd Place (Just 5 points from 1st) U17 Boys - 1st Place Senior Men - 14th Place Senior Woman - 6th Place And we also are sitting at second place in the overall competition for both male and female teams. http://www.salroadrunningandcrosscountrymedalists.co.uk/Archive/East%20District%20League/Template%20Files/Results/2020s/EDL%202020-2.html Results can be found here:  http://www.salroadrunningandcrosscountrymedalists.co.uk/Archive/East%20District%20League/Template%20Files/Results/East%20District%20League%20Results%20index.html

Our U17 men came away with the top spot at the Short Course Champs on Saturday 6th November winning gold after a hard fought race with Tendai Nyabadza taking an individual silver medal too. It was a great team performance and our first xc series Gold team medal following on from a bronze in 2019. It was typical cross country weather - cold, wet, windy but that didn't deter 25 Harmeny members joining Olympians Laura Muir, Jake Wightman and Andy Butchart on the start line. Results can be found here:  11917-2021 4KXC Results Provisional_1

It was a brilliant return to xc racing on Saturday after many, many months away from the mud. First up racing for Harmeny were the junior boys. An exciting race right to the line saw Alastair, Matthew and Daniel take top stop and win the East District Quoich. Our other teams came in 4th, 12th and 19th places. Then came the senior woman - we had 3 teams racing over 4k. Thankfully the rain had stopped by then and everyone had a smile on their face when they finished! One mens team ended what was a great day out. Well done to everyone who raced on the day. Results are here : 11894-2021 EDXCR Results-combinedPROV (2)

Yesterday started quite early as I was staying with my brother-in-law just north of London. A 05:55 alarm call was required for me to be able to prepare and eat my requisite large bowl of porridge before catching the 06:52 train down to King's Cross. From there I joined the hordes of runners making their way down to London Bridge for the train down to the Blue start point in Greenwich Park. I wasn't due to start till 10:00 so this gave me plenty of time to take in some more pre-race nourishment, warm up and take in the atmosphere. I was off with Blue Wave 6, crossing the start line at 10:03 along a surprisingly interesting route south of the river, through Greenwich, past the Cutty Sark, through Bermondsey & Rotherhithe and then hitting Tower Bridge at 12.5 miles. I was running surprisingly well

Lothian Track Event July 2021 RESULTS v1

The Rigg Race this year was a virtual event due to the ongoing Covid restrictions Runners had from Monday 31st May to Wednesday 30th June to run the route and post their finishing time, and the results are here

Announcement on behalf of the Board of Trustees of Harmeny AC None of us could have envisaged what an impact the Pandemic would have on all our lives and the inevitable disruption this has meant for our organised club activities and social events. Thankfully we have built up a strong group of coaches and volunteers who have worked hard to remain connected with the membership. From remote coaching to organising virtual events, quizzes and local cross-country events over the winter for our young athletes. All this against a continually changing backdrop of Covid related restrictions and guidance. Emerging from lockdown has also created a variety of challenges for our coaches. New regulations, procedures, heavily restrictive and difficult to interpret at times have meant quickly adapting to new ways of delivering organised sessions and events. The board would like to extend their gratitude to all our

Harmeny AC are running 2 x 10 week local couch to 5km jogscotland groups starting on Sunday 23rd May at 9:30am & Wednesday 26th at 12:30pm - both totally free to attend To receive further details on meeting points & what to expect please register your interest by visiting http://harmenyac.org/ & clicking on join jogscotland here. If you have any questions please email jogscothac@gmail.com

Full results can be found here:  https://results.livingstonac.com/?m=55&e=

Full results are here: 2021-05-01_Lothian_Time_Trials

Attached are full details and start lists for the first event in the Lothian Together Apart series. 2021-05-01_start_list_draft Saughton Together Apart Info Results can be found here. https://results.livingstonac.com/?m=53

Well done to everyone who took part in the WOL Mini-marathon. Over 50 entries in total and some great times. Well done to Carys , Alasdair and Tendai for setting Virtual age category records. These will be noted alongside the actual club records on the website. I had 2 entries with no names , shown as unknown. If one of these runs belongs to you let me know and I'll add you to the results. Thanks also to our local clubs Edinburgh AC and Corstorphine AAC who added a wider competitive element this year! The results are here: WOL Minimarathon results 2021

When - Complete your run between Saturday 6th and Sunday 14th March. Where – On our usual annual water of Leith Mini-Marathon course below.   Entries- Please see attached file for entry links and further information. Full Details here  General  - near the end of the race is Currie Rugby Club who are serving hot drinks and snacks, see their website for details https://breakout.club/ Queries to harmenyxc@gmail.com.   Have fun and Stay safe!  

We're pleased to announce the return of our annual Water of Leith Mini Marathon. This will be held on our established course between the dates 6th - 14th March. Full competition rules and details of how to upload your Garmin / Strava link will be posted on our website before the event. Start preparing!

A very well done to the 39 Harmenites who completed the December Heriot Watt 5k Handicap Race. It isn’t an easy course and I know that some of you completed it during difficult conditions. Now here are the results! The winner of the Race was Susan Irwin taking an incredible 4 minutes and 53 seconds off her previous best 5k time. Well done Susan and to Eleanor Mitchell and Kirsten Pringle in 2nd and 3rd places respectively. In 4th place and best net male result was Ian Smith who took almost 2 minutes off his previous best. The fastest gross male and female runners and times were Phil Buckley at 18.49 (3 seconds faster than Philip Holden!) and Elaine Walker at 22.39. As with the August Handicap Race, prizes in the form of Club Merchandise, will be handed out at our Awards Evening whenever we

Latest results are now up on line. The latest batch have been delivered by Santa's little helpers, all sober this week. As the cut off was the 15th these are the final results which will go towards determining the prizes-subject to Admin's verification. We'll be keeping the results page open to allow all those who couldn't run due to the restrictions to run later & have their results recognised. I've also included-just for bragging rights the team positions on the results page as well-just click on 'Teams' in the left hand corner to see the table-not saying anything but well done to HBT men & Harmeny Ladies! We had a total of 288 runners taking part & considering some of the weather conditions it's commendable to see the run so well supported. As usual any queries please let me know & I'll adjust the times

Here are the results for the second match. Well done everyone! https://salicence.sportserve.net/useruploads/eventinfo/11596-Lothian_Junior_XC_Foxlake_Results.pdf    

Please see attached all the details for the race this Saturday. Please read carefully. Foxlake Parent Info FOXLAKE START LISTS

Here are the provisional results from the junior xc on 14th November 2020.   Lothian xc 14-11-2020 Race Results