The true versatility of Dumfries Running Club was illustrated this week when 21 members of the jogscotland group graduated on Monday after a 10 week supported programme to encourage newcomers to take part in sport...

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Sian and Lisa Finlay have just returned from a fantastic few days at the World Masters Championships in beautiful Budapest and Lisa sent the following report on their very successful trip...

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On Sunday 23rd March, Sarah Lancaster took part in the Wilmslow half marathon in Cheshire..

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Last Saturday 22nd March saw the 5th edition of the Hardmoors 55 Ultra trail race. Seb Pflanz, who was participating for the first time, was DRC's sole representative at the event... Seb reported as follows...

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On Sunday March 16th, Dumfries Running Club held their first race of 2014, the Criffel Hill Race. The race is approximately 10.5 km long and involves 550m of ascent/descent. Ranjit Thomas, the current race organiser, arranged three cheers at the start in memory of previous race organiser Elspeth Baxter, and many of the runners carried a flower up to the summit to leave there in respect for her...

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On Saturday 15th March, Les Hill, tackled his first ultra in nearly two years. He picked a tough race to make his comeback, at least 30 miles of the total is off road and there are nine hills that have more competitors walking the ascents than running up. The total climb is 4,400 feet, a similar height to Ben Nevis...

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On Saturday, Alison Groat made her debut into the world of ultra marathons at the D33...

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It was another active weekend for DRC with Club members travelling as far afield as Inverness and Dent to test the effectiveness of their winter training...

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Sunday 2nd March saw the inaugural running of the Lindsays Borders Marathon at Kelso Racecourse. To complete the accurately measured distance, runners were required to do 23.5 laps of the gravel/mud inside track of the racecourse. This made the race not only a physical but a mentally challenging one, passing the start/finish every 1.1 miles. With a strong headwind for half of each of the laps it was a testing course for everyone. There was a combination of full distance runners and relay teams of 4 who were completing an average of 6.5 miles each as a team. Susan Gallagher reports as follows...

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On Sunday 2nd March, a smaller than usual field took part in the Glenkiln 12 mile race, organised by Ian Anderson and his team from Dumfries Harriers...

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Last Saturday, the first race of the 2014 Dumfries Running Club Grand Prix series saw 24 club members take part in the Stranraer Half Marathon. Despite a clear, dry and warm day this is not the easiest of courses with a number of steep hills to catch the unwary or to slow down those who start too quickly. After a solid training programme over the winter, a number of club runners were keen to test out their early season form whilst for others reaching the finishing line was the main objective...

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