Announcements

Congratulations to Ian Cran & Graham Donaldson who ran the Abernethy 10m trail race.
Times were as follows:-
Ian Cran 74:20
Graham Donaldson 61.58

Well done guys!

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Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Fishie Tower 10k on Sunday.
No sign of official times yet, hopefully have something for next week.

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Congratulations to Duncan & Cameron Leel who took part in last week's Run4it 5k at Hazelhead park, Aberdeen.
Times were as follows:-
Duncan Leel 20:25
Cameron Leel 19:45

Judging by these times, it looks like the rev 2 model of the Leel running machine is going to be even faster that the first one!
(not unless Duncan has something to say about this....)

Only joking, well done guys!
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Been on holiday & missed a few runs lately?
Been on a drink and/or foodie bender & havent felt like running?
Missed a few runs on the autumn marathon schedule?
And now you're feeling guilty about it all?
Yeah, me too (to all of them I'm afraid); that is until I listened to a podcast at the weekend about forgiving yourself for missing runs - and now I am forgiven!
Check out podacst #52 in the archive at http://www.steverunner.com/podcast.htm

What's Up This Week

Tuesday Evening...

Club run at Back o' Bennachie near Oyne.
Meet at the usual 6-30 pm in the car park.
See club website for directions and route maps if youre not sure of the location

Thursday Evening...

Club Run at Pitfichie Castle, near Monymusk.

Saturday 19th

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.

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There's the Tap o' Noth Hill race (5.5m, 1250ft ascent)
Part of the Rhynie gala, so bring along the family. race starts 2.00pm
Other gala highlights include sheepdog trials....

or

There's the Nairn Highland games half marathon, 2.00 race start.
This is a much flatter affair terrain-wise, but is also a great day out for all the family as the games, the beach & the amusements keep everyone else occupied while you sweat it out.
Ask around on the club run nights to see who is heading up, as we usually have a few runners in this race.

Sunday 20th
There's the Forfar 10k race (11.00 start at Market Muir, Forfar).

or

There's the Bennachie Duathalon from the Back o' Bennachie @10.30.
There's a choice of 2 distances:-
5k trail run / 40k bike / 5k trail run
or 3k trail run/ 16k bike / 3k trail run

Have a great week

Run Long and Taper.
The GariochRR team.

Aviemore 1/2 Mar Update

Entries for the Aviemore half marathon are now closed; hope you managed to get your application in on time - by the sounds of things, most of the club seems to be going!