The Kilpatricks Hill Race
On Wednesday 30th, David Parrish was the only DRC runner to travel to West Dunbartonshire to take part in the Kilpatricks hill race...
The EMF Edinburgh Marathon
Congratulations to Shiona Armstrong, Vicky Hart, James Grierson, Alistair Bloxham, Sebastian Pflanz and Danny Queen of DRC who ran the EMF Edinburgh Marathon last Sunday. The marathon is the premier event in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival which saw a record-breaking 23,000 take part in the various events over the Festival weekend…
Kirkcudbright Half Marathon, Chris and Jo win Club Championships
The Kirkcudbright Half Marathon was the Dumfries Running Club road race championship for 2012 and 17 club members were among the 153 race finishers, with several other club members out on the course to lend support and encouragement to those participating...
David sets hot pace in Beeches run
While many of their club mates were running the Kirkcudbright half marathon, 8 Dumfries Running Club members made the sensible decision, given the hot weather conditions, to run the 11.2K Beeches run instead...
Brathay Windermere Marathon
On Sunday 20th May, Sandie Donald took her place on the start line of the Brathay Windermere Marathon alongside nearly 800 other runners. This was Sandie's debut at the distance and judging by the following account it was an experience that she thoroughly enjoyed....
The Manchester Bupa 10K
Sarah Queen, fresh from the women's race in Glasgow last weekend, was back on the 10k trail again, this time in the Bupa 10k in Manchester...
UK Inter-Counties Fell Running Championships
On Saturday 19th May, Shining Tor in the Peak District was the venue for the UK Inter-Counties Fell Running Championships and David Parrish, who was making his debut for the Scotland West team was both excited and apprehensive at the prospect of taking part…. David reports:
Weegie Wifeys' 10K
Dark overcast skies greeted the thousands of runners who gathered on the south side of Glasgow on Sunday morning for the 2012 Ignis Asset Management Women's 10K, amongst them were 16 Dumfries Running Club ladies...
Muckletoon Doctors' Run
Although the ladies' field was depleted by the Glasgow 10K, the Dumfries Running Club men still turned out in force for this multiterrain race at Langholm which is just short of 8 miles. First home for the club (and showing his fine form in short races with his 3rd strong race of the week) was Alan Baxter finishing in 5th position in a time of 48.09, with new club member Ranjit Thomas taking home the first male doctor's trophy in a time of 52.28. Club results are as follows.....
Troon 10K
On Wednesday 9th May Alan Baxter, Kevin Conchar and Mark Johnston took part in the well organised and ever popular Troon 10k....
Holywood Stroll
On what turned out to be a lovely summer evening, there was a record turnout for the 2012 running of the 5 mile Holywood Stroll. The race was won easily by Mickey Breen of Costorphine AAC in 25:48 and Lisa Finlay of Dumfries Running Club in 30:03. Chris Wood had a fantastic run to finish as first DRC runner in 27.57, with 18 year old Alasdair Stapleton as the first under 20 in 30:04...
The Marathon of the North
On Sunday John Jarvie, Gemma Leadbetter and Tom McCauley headed to The Stadium of Light in Sunderland to take part in the Redspottedhanky.com series of events….
The Edinburgh to North Berwick race
The Edinburgh to North Berwick road race has been a classic long-distance event in the Scottish running calender since its inaugural running in 1958 when the 22 mile route was actually run in reverse from North Berwick to Edinburgh (though it had been run twice in the usual direction prior to that as a time trial)....
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