Announcements

Club Subs Now Due

Ah yes, its that time of year again - time to stump some of your hard earned cash to the running club.

The subs are the same as the last couple of years, £12.00
So what benefits does your £12 membership give you then?

The privilege of running with rest of GariochRR (ahem)...
10% club discount from Tri-Changing Gear shop in Inverruie.
10% club discount from The Running shop in Aberdeen.
10% club discount from Run-4-It in Aberdeen.
Discount on Physiotherapy sessions from Sonia Armitage in Monymusk.
Automatic entry into the Loch Ness Marathon.

What a bargian!

Theres a couple of ways you can pay:-
1) In person at one of the club runs, to either Steve Waites, or Bruce Taylor.
2) by Post to Bruce Taylor (21 Dunnydeer Park, Insch, AB52 6GD)
3) by internet banking to the Royal Bank of Scotland, Inverurie Branch sort code 83-23-12, a/c 00160997
4) by Paypal to bruce@axoninstruments.com (please add 50p to cover paylpal's handling charge)

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Congratulations to our runners who took part in last weekend's Forres 10k.
The flat course, blue skies & cool breeze produced some good times including a PB from GRR's newest member Gillian Burtwell; sub-50mins next time perhaps?
Commiserations to Rab Murray who was gunning for a PB, but later said that an over-agressive training schedule in the run up to the race (4 x 10k at race pace in 8 days) took its toll on race day. Well done Rab, despite what you think, you did us proud!

Results were are follows:-
Gillian Burtwell 51:23 (PB)
Rab Murray 39:08
Bruce Taylor 41:20
Leigh Summers 48:51
Well Done everyone!

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Congratulations to GRR's David Blaine who has been competing in the Prom 3k series ahead of the Fife 50k (and I thought the guy in the goldfish bowl was crazy...)

Aberdeen North 3k Run 10:39
Aberdeen South 3k Run 10:45
Stonehaven 3k Run 10:49
David is now lying 26th overall in the Prom race series.
Well done!
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Speedwork Facilities - Now available!

Watch this space for more details of GRR organised training nights, hopefully with a qualified coach!.

The warmer weather is upon us (honest) and so Inverurie Academy have laid out their playing fields for the Athletic season.
The good news is that it means we have a 400m track (grass) on our doorstep - all nicely laid out waiting for you to have a blast round some night when speedwork takes your fancy (I know & when hell freezes over I hear you say...)


Not sure where the track is? click here

What's Up This Week

Tuesday Evening...
Run from Shakin' Brig, Burnhervie, 6.30pm.
Meet at the Shakin' Brig Car Park for one of the club's favourite runs.
Meet at Shakin Brig car park at 6.30pm
Click here for more details on this route
Click here for a map of where to meet (use the zoom to find your bearings).

or

There's the Balmedie Beach Bash at 1900hrs.
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Thursday Evening...
Blairdaff Post Office run, near Inverurie.
Meet at BLairdaff at the usual time of 6.30pm.
Where exactly is the old post office then? ah well its long gone I'm afraid; click here for a map of where to meet (use the zoom to find your bearings).
Click here for more details on this route

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Saturday 20th
Club run from Essons Car Park Bennachie.

Usual weekend fun run round our favourite hill.
Its a 8m run round the rally route, with options for adding more if you want.
Meet at Essons car park at 8.00am for a run in the best weather of the day.
Dogs and hangovers - all welcome!

or

There's the Dunfermline 5K - from Pittencrieff Park at 2:00pm.
Click here for more details.

or

There's the Longside 10k (near Peterhead) - part of the Longside Gala, race starts at 2:30pm.
Click here for an entry form.

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Sunday 21st

There's the Dunfermline Half Marathon - from Pittencrieff Park at 11:00am.
Click here for more details.

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There's the Dunnecht 5k, race starts at noon.
Click here for more details.

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There's the Britannic Asset Management Women's 10k in Glasgow, race start at 10.00am
Entry form is available here.

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Have a great week.

Run Long at Taper.
The GarriochRR team.

Dunnydeer Hill Race

*corrected details*

The Dunnydeer Hill race is back again this year, as part of the Insch Strawberry Fair fundraising event for Freinds of Insch Hospital.

The event is on 11th June.
Its a 6km race from the grounds of Insch hospital in Insch up to the top of Dunnydeer Hill and back again; total acsent 400ft.

This year we are assisting the organisers by providing the SAF race permit, so all the more reason for the club to be well represented.

So if you fancy taking the kids for a day out with a tub of fresh strawberries & ice cream, and squeezing in a short hill race, then mark your diaries for Sun 11th June!

NB: entry is on the day.