The 7 Reservoirs Half Marathon

Submitted by MikeA on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 5:49pm

Sunday saw the first running of the Harmeny 7 Reservoirs half marathon in the Pentlands.. Four from CAAC braved the cold a bit unsure on what to expect as we had all ran the course last month in mud. I had decided to get to the car park early and thankfully once registration was done there was a 15 min walk to the start which helped keep the cold out. The start was at Threipmuir Farm Steading but we had to run on a grass embankment as the path had iced up and this was a taste of what lay ahead. After some 'dancing on ice' it was up the road to Glencorse which was impossible to run on so

Borders XC - Peebles - Race 3

Submitted by Jan-Bert on Sun, 02/12/2012 - 7:50pm

The Strathaven 10K and my dad's 90th (!!!) birthday had got in the way of the start of my Borders XC series till today. With two races already gone in the 6 race series today participation in today's race was pretty essential if I wanted to add to my extensive collection of Borders XC horse brasses. You only get one if you complete at least four races or - as happened last year - you are at the prize giving where they start giving them out like sweeties after a while.

Livingston masterclass led by Selman and Addison

Submitted by c0b on Tue, 27/11/2012 - 2:00pm

The much loved course at Deans in Livingston was the host of the second East District Cross Country League meeting of the season. The course was mixed underfoot with some good runnable sections, however where it was muddy it was very muddy! We got the day off to a good start with David Addison finishing 4th in the U11 Boys race. A feat which was then bettered by big sister Hannah, who is in impervious form taking the win in the U15 Girls race by the smallest of margins. She also finished only 15s behind the U17 winner, in taking win 2 of 2 from the league.

National 4K Cross Country Championships 2012, Bellahouston Park

Submitted by Moray Anderson on Tue, 13/11/2012 - 1:13pm

Another first for Corstorphine at the weekend as the club followed up first ever senior medals in the national relays with first ever team medals in the national 4km cross country championships at Bellahouston park.

The annual mud fest again saw a decent turn out from the club with eleven guys on the start line and in a break with tradition all made it to the finish line too!

Strathaven 10K

Submitted by Jan-Bert on Sun, 04/11/2012 - 6:49pm

In an attempt to see if I can catch Mike Anderson in the 'can't stop running' category I thought I would try enter as many races as I possibly could between now and Christmas. So today it was the Strathaven 10K. An easy downhill course I had been reliably informed by course record holder Ken - ideal I though after a rather hilly weekend last week. A total descent of 118m would suit me fine. 11.8m descent a kilometer means no really steep downhills and therefore no danger of Ken making any unsportsmanlike remarks.

Dublin Marathon 2012 - A short story !

Submitted by Dean Carr on Thu, 01/11/2012 - 12:24am

Beachy Head Marathon

Submitted by Jan-Bert on Mon, 29/10/2012 - 12:45pm

In my hunt for obscure races where I might be able to set a club record I had found the Beachy Head Marathon. Good idea I thought, it's pretty far south so little chance of any other CAACers doing it or ever having done it. Well I suppose on that count - yes it was a good idea. However, perhaps I should have studied the terrain and course profile a little closer before entering...... This is a marathon which is on grass, trails and rather a lot of hills - rather a lot of hills with 3,500ft of ascent across the 26+ miles.

National XC Relays - Cumbernauld

Submitted by johnohara on Sat, 27/10/2012 - 6:49pm

More silverware for the boys (and the old men) this weekend.

Bronze medal for the CAAC A team of Selman, Berry, Christy & Breen in a time of 53.21.

And Silver for the Men's Masters of Wilkie, Anderson, Ferrington & Milne in a time of 58.16

Well done them and to everyone who took part.

East District League #1. Stirling 2012

Submitted by johnohara on Sun, 21/10/2012 - 9:31pm

Results are up, and CAAC once again feature prominantly!

U11B

5 D.Addison 5:42

26 F.Campbell 6:20

43 C.Thones 6:46

58 S.Cavens 7:12

U11G

8 R.Dee 6:40

U13B

8 S.Addison 10:42

U13G

54 E.Laing 15:54

U15B

Aviemore Half Marathon

Submitted by Jan-Bert on Sun, 14/10/2012 - 11:42pm

Saturday in Dundee had been pretty amazing. The CAAC senior men's team had broken Central AC's strangle hold on the first two positions in the East District XC Relays by winning a well deserved silver. Whilst the master women's and men's went one better by winning gold. Awesome!

Sunday in Aviemore proved to be pretty fruitful too. A first place, two second places and a handful of PBs made this a pretty successful weekend for CAAC. Keith won the half and was of course also first vet. Gillian was 2nd senior lady in the half in a new PB time. Grant - I won't tell anyone when I am running a race - Wilkie appear out of nowhere to take 2nd place in the 10k also in a new PB time. In addition to the Gillian's and Grant's PBs, Sarah, Rachel and I also improved our half marathon times. It only took me 6 years to improve my time..........

Corstorphine Athletics Club