Want to try athletics? Want to run socially? Want to improve? Want to excel? Corstorphine Athletics Club offers running and more to athletes of all abilities, young and old. As Corstorphine AC we take part in everything from Track & Field to Hill, Road, Cross Country and not to forget the extremes of Triathlon, Duathlon and Adventure running!
Corstorphine AC, CAAC as we are branded are based in Edinburgh.
We've got some great races and some great runners lined up for this Fridays Race Night. See the attached Race Card.
If you don't have a clue on how the bookies work, don't worry its nothing like that. The format of the night is that there are eight races. Each race has eight horses.
As a "Punter" all you have to do is decide on with horse(s) you want to back ( 1 to 8). For each horse you stake 50p. Once all the bets are in, the Odds are calculated by the Tote (based on how many people have bet on each horse).
The lights then go down and the excitement begins as we watch the Race on the Big Screen.
Once the race is over, if you are lucky enough to be a winner you go up and collect your winnings.
We will also be asking for people to sponsor each race for £10. The last race is the sponsors race, and a victorious sponsor has the chance of winning big !!!!!!
Always a good early season marker and opportunity to get a few rounds under the belt. CAAC was represented by a small but hardy few at Meadowbank. Starting in the age groups Fraser Scott completed a superflous double, scooping both the 1500m (4.13.13) and 3000m U17 Mens East of Scotland Championship titles. The latter of which was combined with the West Championship race and he strode away to win in a new PB by 12s finishing in 8.55. In the U20/Senior combined Closed Scottish Championships middle distance events a more resolute Winter of hard training reaped rewards for Scott Pilkington. On Saturday in the 1500m Pilky finished fast to take Silver in a new PB of 3.56.36, in the same race i finished 6th with Callum McKenzie unfortunate not to progress from the heats finishing as 5th fastest loser overall to miss qualification by 1 place. Sunday staged the 800m and again Pilky used the same quick finish to scoop Bronze in the 800m on Sunday in a SB of 1.54.84 this was all the more... [Read More]
A few us CAACers ran in Dunfermline today, see the 'Chip' times below.
It was a tough undulating course of 2 laps, the girls ran well and seemed very happy with their times. Cian ran exceptionally well, I was left well behind trailing in his wake, well done to all today. No pb's for me today, but I just managed to beat my target time for the 'Scratch Attack' so can't be too unhappy.
CIAN MCHUGH 01:29:58
STEVEN BLAIR 01:35:37
SUSAN TULLY 01:44:26
LESLEY FERRY 01:58:01
MARGARET MCCAIG 01:59:22
A grand day for the hill, mild and warm with some weak sunshine, the tops clear, and nae midgies. Who could ask for more? A field of 120+ made their way up the most southerly Munro in ideal conditions, 9 miles there and back with 3142'ascent. I had a good run this year, reaching the summit in 55 minutes, finishing 28th in 1.25.04, best time for 4 years, making up for a below par performance at the Stuc a Chroin last weekend. I thought I was the only CAAC representative this year but Tommy Hepburn was there too, finishing 38th in 1.28.47. Once again Westies put on a great event, with Don Reid not only organising the thing but running it as well! He must have done twice the distance with all the pre and post race running about. The post race soup and crusty rolls supplied by the hotel afterwards following a brief dip in the still baltic waters of Loch Lomond was most welcome.
Quite a few CAAC athletes salivated on the start line today at the prospect of the plethora of home baked fancies and treats awaiting them at the finish. The only problem: 10km of tough racing ahead.
It was my first time at the Penicuick 10km and all warnings and tales of the infamous hill had me fairly keen to get stuck in. The hill, which starts about 800m in and continues to about 2km, was tough indeed, and certainly separated the men from the boys. Unfortunately, today, I was a boy as Paul Arcari race away up the hill leading a posse of 4 other runners including Keith Hood tailing the pack. as the race continued I had a few sights of those in front of me but was nowhere near enough to catch them. I did enough on the lungbuster to get a gap on the rest of the field though and, despite a few anxious glimpses of a white capped pursuer, I managed to hold on to my 6th place throughout the whole race, spurred on in no small measure by Al Hart of HBT who was out supporting... [Read More]
There are 2 events in quick succession where some help is very definitely needed!
The first is the CORSTORPHINE FAIR on the 7th of June 2008
Donations of books and other valuable goods to be sold at a tidy profit for club funds will be gratefully received by Bryan, Jan or Sheena (check with us where to drop them off before you come armed with boxes full of goodies!).
Volunteers are also required to man the stall at the Corrie Fair between 11 and 4pm in 1.5 to 2 hour slots.
That is:
Set Up + 11am - 12.30pm (2 volunteers)
12.30 - 2.30pm (2 volunteers)
2.30 - 4pm + take down (2 volunteers)
The second event is the CAAC5 on the 11th of June 2008
Volunteers are needed for Marshalling (12), Time Keeping (2), Registration (2), Parking (2), Refreshments (2), Route Marking (2) and Setting Up and Cleaning Up (4)
The race starts 7.30pm so we would hope volunteers... [Read More]
"We are in desperate need for more marshalls on Saturday!
"Due to the Council deciding to resurface the raod on Pomathorn Brae we now require an extra 12 marshalls for Saturday. Could everyone ask their partners, cousins, aunties if they can help. As you can imagine they have scraped the top surface off and we now require 80 traffic cones and many more bodies to ensure that the runners are safe.
"Please email me back asap....... Susie Maxwell, Penicuik Harriers"
If you can help our friends in Pencuik (and our own club members who are running) please do.
There was a few of us that headed west.. ok slightly west to the first Open Graded Grand Prix of the season.
In the 1500m, Scott Pilkington and i went off in the first heat. Pilky just got beat on the line clocking an impressive early season 3.58.44, i finished not too far behind in 4.02.19. In the second heat Megan Smith ran, and the third heat her 'wee' brother Callum who ran a PB. Unfortunately i missed the results on the night to get their exact times.
The 800m then followed it wasn't part of the Grand Prix but was still well supported. Again in the first heat were Pilky and i joined this time with Paddy Jumelle. It was nearly a glorious 1-2-3, with Pilky (1.59.04) again leading home from myself (1.59.41) and Paddy (2.03.??) just got taken in the last 100m finishing a solid 4th. Kathleen Dempsey was off in the second heat and with the sun setting in the background ran solidly to finish well.
Ill post a link to the full results in due... [Read More]
A few of us joined the masses on the Meadows for the Bupa Great Edinburgh 10K this morning. Better conditions than last year (remember the wind?) but maybe a bit too warm for fast running. Been a long time since I've felt too hot in a caac vest.
The mens race race was won by one of the Ugandan Kips (Bernard) in 28:59 and the other Kip (Boniface - great Scottish name that) 2nd just 3 seconds behind. The elite womens race was won by Benita Johnson in 32:20.
Us mere mortals were a wee bit further behind, and the times for Corstorphine runners were :-
Bruce Malcolm 41:16
Dave Henderson 43:14
Nick Brown 47:09
Corrie Roberts 49:39
Sorry if I missed anyone out, it was hard trying to find anyone amongst the 8,500 runners!
It was a fabulous night in Kinghorn for the annual beach race organised by HBT. 564 runners finished the race, which was held in good conditions, and the water wasn't too deep out at the rock. Sadly, no beer for Corstorphine and even worse still, not much beer for HBT as Central just beat them to the team prize, so it was a fairly dry train home!
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