Dear Member, Please find attached members results for the summer period of July to September. It has been a busy period for events of all distances with some fantastic perfromances and PBs. In addition a reminder of the following coach led activities the club offer; Monday Nights - 6.10pm at Currie Community Centre - Strength & Conditioning Class with Gordon Robertson, Middle & Long Distance Running IAAF Elite Level 5 Coach Tuesday Nights - 6.30pm at Bruntsfield Terrace - Interval Training with Ian Beattie, CIRF Thursday Nights - 6.40pm at Saughton Athletics Track - Interval Training with Darren Cavaroli, CIRF and Nicola Freedman Level 3 PT. These sessions are an ideal way to improve your core strength, running technique, endurance and speed. If you have not attended them before, newcomers are always welcome and if you know of persons who are not members of the

Here are the results from this weekends xc race against Corstorphine. I'm delighted to report that after last year's draw this year we won the trophy outright!  The results are here: Harmeny v CAAC XC Results 2019

Ultra #10 Glenmore 24 24 hours to run as many laps as you can of a 4 mile route at Glenmore along the bank of Loch Morlich & then if you have any time (or energy) left as many laps of a shorter loop around the hayfield to the cheers of the amazing support crews, family, friends & race crew with music blaring! Wow, what can I say, what a weekend & what a race! I managed to finish the race having clocked up 103.20 miles, which got me 2nd in my age category, 7th female & 17th overall (out of 107).   I can genuinely say I loved almost every minute, the first 40 miles absolutely flew by with the help of Amanda, who I started chatting to in the first lap & that was us for the next 10! We were counting laps rather

What a weekend for Harmeny athletes!  *drawing breath* Lyndsay Cockburn came home in first place in the beautiful, but tough, 35 mile Tiree ultramarathon in 4hrs37mins. Iain Hutchison continued his fine run of form with a first Brit over the line at the popular Budapest half marathon in 1.19.29. Our new head Jog Scotland leader Kim Kenny proved yet again what an inspiration she is by completing a mind-boggling 102.99miles at the Glenmore 24hr race, although we wonder how much effort it would have taken to reach 103. Probably quite a lot!!! And Rona Perkins ran 38.9 miles in the Glenmore 12 hours race, her first ultra distance and the longest she has ever ran. In the junior section, Matthew Holden took a prestigious title by winning the junior Great North City Games Run. We had a club outing to The Meadows junior parkrun on

A great day out at the Scottish Trail Championships for the second year running with some fine performances from our young athletes! U11’s - Fergus 1st & Josh 4th boys and Carys 3rd girl. U15’s - Finlay 4th, Archie 6th & Ethan 3rd counter for the winning boys team. Some fine weather topped off the day and we will certainly look forward to coming back here next year!

Thanks to John P for organising our annual Water of Leith race and to all the helpers who made it possible. Our winners were: First female:  Jackie Pringle Second female: Jessica Hoggarth First male: Norman Dixon Second male: Mark Jones   Well done to all!  

We were so lucky with the weather for our Annual Awards event at Foxlake Adventures this weekend. 46 junior members tackled the tricky Foxfall course and they all had a great time.  Our awards were then presented by coaches Lorraine Boyd, Derek Johnston and David Law. The winners are: Junior Award Winners 2019 Male Athlete of the Year  : Alexander Columbine-Green Female Athlete of the Year  : Olivia Faith Muir Competitor of the Year : Esther Taylor Best Performance: Tendai Nyabadza Endeavour Award: Coll Dracup Congratulations!    

It turned into a muggy but dry evening for the most recent Grand Prix event at the Meadows last night. In another fast event the Harmeny ladies were able to pick up 3 medals with David Alexander missing out on a medal by 5 seconds. Well done to everyone who turned up. Results can be found here:  https://uk.srichinmoyraces.org/files/10_july_19_5km_sheet1.pdf  

My preparation in the weeks leading up to the West Highland Way Race is never the same.  This year, the wedding of my stepson Stephen and his fiancée Gillian in the Dominican Republic at the end of May meant that things had to be done a bit earlier than usual.  Final race instructions were sent out in early May, with an end May deadline for return.  Almost everyone managed to do what was asked, and after the normal chasing of a few stragglers, I had a clean sweep of information with just over two weeks to go to race day. I felt very emotional about the race in the week leading up to it.  The Facebook page was full of questions, previous race memories and various other chat, and I didn’t seem able to read any of it without the tears welling up in my

Another great event this weekend for the second of three FVL matches. I'm pleased to report that Harmeny A Team are sitting in position 2 going into the final match and the B Team are in 3rd place. Well done to all involved.  The results can be found here: https://www.forthvalleyleague.org.uk/theresults/  

It was another busy weekend for Harmeny with 2 events taking place. First we had 5 teams attending the U12 Superteams event at Scotstoun Stadium. It was a fabulous full day out. All teams of 4 compete in 4 events - Turbo Javelin, Long Jump, 75m sprint and 4x100m relay. Special mention to Ben McDonald who came first out of in 197 boys the long jump with a jump of 4.17m and also got a new club record. And the boys A team also came first out of 50 teams in the relay with a new club record of 59.27s - well done Ben, Dan McGuire, Alex Columbine-Green and Fergus Ross. The girls event was also very exciting and I'm delighted to say that Olivia Faith Muir achieved a new club record for 75m with a run of 11.58s. Well done Olivia and thanks to

It was great to see so many members out in the hotly contested Corstorphine match. All members did 100m and 800m and 2 each of high jump, long jump, shot put or javelin. We had some brilliant results and I'm delighted to announce we finally won the overall trophy! Results can be found here: CAAC v Harmeny 2019  

RACING THE PLANET – NAMIB DESERT RACE https://namibracevolunteer.home.blog/2019/05/25/elaines-volunteer-adventure/?fbclid=IwAR2n5YzSO1yZeYGkmY9cqu8bI4ezPJSe9Nbzu5XRn1Bf1hYTqt-i3OxVgz8 This is my first attempt at writing a blog! I have done numerous races myself from parkruns to multi day ultras as well as marshal, sweep and first aid at events so I understand to a certain extent what the competitors are going through! I would really love to be able to do a huge adventure race like this but having had previous disc problems with my back, I would not take the risk of carrying a heavy bag for that extended period of time. Anyway I hope that it may be of interest to tell what it is like to be on ‘the other side’ of a 7-day adventure race. I have previously volunteered at the Atacama Crossing in Chile and at the Gobi March in China as my husband Donald competes in the races. We both

  Harmeny were out in force this weekend with 43 runners running in every EMF race from marathon to the kids 1.5k. We had a couple of podium places from Finlay and Fergus Ross and lots of pb's! Well done everyone. Results can be found here: https://www.edinburghmarathon.com/results/    

Thanks again to all the runners, marshals, helpers and Gala Committee members who made this years race a success. There was a record number of entries and in perfect running conditions the winning time was one of the quickest we've ever seen. The provisional results can be found here    

When I ran my first marathon in 2015 I never thought that I would ever be able to achieve a good for age time for any of the majors. I 2017 I got a ballot place for Berlin Marathon. I ran the race in an incredible 3.51 which as well as good for age for London 2019 was also a good for age time for Chicago 2018. Entered both Chicago 2018 and London 2019. In Chicago I took another minute of my pb to take it to 3.50.26. Race didn’t go quite to plan with hip pain at 14 miles making the second half a struggle. After Chicago I ran the Aviemore half marathon the following week then park run the following week and was able to achieve PBs in both runs. In November with London training I had a discussion with Darren at work

Thursday 9th May, 2019 saw Harmeny AC Club to Schools Officer Gordon Robertson and Club Development Officer Graeme Stewart head out to Kirkliston Primary School for their second hosting of a XC event for P6/7 and P1/2 (also known as, 'The Charge of the Weenies'). The course is just over a mile for the older kids, and a shorter, but still hilly course was laid out the same as last year on the parkland at the rear of the school for the wee ones. The school cluster is one those that the Club now supports and delivers Active Schools athletics sessions in, and the number of sessions we run for them will expand again next year. A huge number of kids got to run, including Coach Stewart who led both the boys and girls, 'Charge of the Weenies'  after Club Secretary Craig Stewart started the

The topic for 2019 is Body image – how we feel and think about our bodies. Studies have suggested that exercise is one of the most effective ways to improve your mental health. Regular exercise can have a profoundly positive impact on depression, anxiety, ADHD, and more. It also relieves stress, improves memory, helps you sleep better, and boosts your overall mood. It can also combat loneliness. Why not join us and benefit from 2 coached and 3 member-led runs every week, meet like-minded people of all athletic abilities and make new friends. Don't be put off by the cost of membership as we have a confidential assisted membership scheme, details can be found on the junior or senior sections of the website. https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week  

Harmeny had much to celebrate at the recent Virgin London Marathon. Firstly, we had 8 runners  complete the course, 2 of whom had 'won' their places in the club ballot - well done to Kim Kenny and John Pringle, we hope you enjoyed the experience. All our members did well however two of our athletes performed exceptionally well in their respective age categories. Helena Mackay (75-79 ages) finished 3rd in her age group in a time of 4:55:32, which was a new PB Patricia Hampton (70-74 age group) was 4th in a time of 4:25:09, missing out on 3rd place by under 30 seconds. Well done to everyone who took part!  

Well done to Peter Kadobinskyj for his fantastic win at the Glen Lyon Trail Race on 5th May. The results can be found here: http://www.runyabam.com/downloads/results/glenlyon/2019/Glen%20Lyon%20Trail%20Race%202019%20Results%20v1_0.pdf?fbclid=IwAR09CXozTZTT6Frzp__2LAd1z8-xFFLdHbkTOAWG_Jef0BRDwWQjLog_n24

May 01/05/2019 Grangemouth OGM http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events 05/05/2019 Meadowmill OGM http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events 10-11/05/2019 East District Championships Grangemouth http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events 18/05/2019 FVL match 1 – Craigswood, Livingston Club Entry 22/05/2019 Livingston OGM http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events 24/05/2019 The Monument Mile Classic -Stirling University http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events 25/05/2019 EMF Junior road races Holyrood Park https://www.edinburghmarathon.com/ 25/05/2019 Scottish Athletics Throws GP Craigswood, Livingston http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events 29/05/2019 GAA Sprint Gala Crownpoint Glasgow http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events 31/05/2019 GAA Miler meet 800m OGM Scotstoun, Glasgow http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events June 01/06/2019 SSAA Secondary Track and field Championships Grangemouth, School entry 01/06/2019 Harmeny v Corstorphine Track & Field friendly match. Saughton, Club entry 05/06/2019 Grangemouth OGM http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events 07-08/06/2019 SSAA Secondary Track and field Championships Grangemouth, School entry 15/06/2019 Superteams Scotstoun Glasgow – Club entry 18/06/2019 Linwood OGM http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events 19/06/2019 Livingston Open Meeting Craigswood http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events 22/06/2019 FVL Match 2 Craigswood, Livingston Club entry 28/06/2019 Meadowmill OGM http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events 28/06/2019 GAA Sprint Gala Scotstoun Glasgow http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events July 03/07/2019 Grangemouth OGM

It was a great day out for Harmeny at the Scottish Schools xc this weekend. From hardly an entrant a few years ago we had entries in all age categories and 3 boys in the top 6 in the P6 race. Well done to everyone who competed on the day. Results can be found here: http://www.ssaa.co.uk/results/2019results/Primary_XC_2019_results.pdf  

It was another great day for our annual club championships - thanks to everyone who came along and helped and to the kids who did us all proud. Results can be found here Harmeny Club Champs 28.4.19 Results Further photos can be found on our private fb group.  

Well done to everyone who took part and special mention to Tendai and Charlotte who both achieved new course records and U15 boys/U13 girls club records. Full results for our annual mini marathon are now on the juniors page under junior club results.

Entries for the annual Rigg Race are now open, for more details please see the race page here Please note that on-line entries can only be made via the official Entry Central page which is here