Announcements

XMAS Party Update

Thanks to Ian Cran who has booked us up for the 'bring a party to a party' in the Kintore Arms on Friday 22nd Dec.

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Congratulations to David Blane who took part in the Dundee 10miler race yesterday, finishing 42nd in a time of 1:07:00.

Well done David!
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Congratulations also to Sandra Reid who took part in the Methlick Duathalon the other week, finishing in an overall time of 1:20:24

Well done Sandra!

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Win a pair of traininers

Runners world & Saucony have a competition going every day this month to win a pair of Grid Triumph trainers.
Sign up on the runners world web site & check for your name on the winners list every day - you have to claim your prize the same day your name is published.


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Latest GRR Gossip

Got a wee note from Dave Kilshaw earlier today (after he received a couple of concerned phone calls last week from friends in the Garioch).
Dave would like to put everyone's mind at rest make it known that he has not had a heart attack/heart scare and is well on the way to getting back to fitness after a cartilage operation on his left knee 4 weeks ago.

Dave went on to say " I don’t know where these rumours came from and though I’ve very much appreciated people’s concerns I’ve got every intention of completing the Cross again next year as well as Le Tour D’Etape!"

As further evidence of Dave's determination to return from injury, he issued the following challenge "My other main sporting ambition at the moment is to beat Pete Stephen in any form of race, which even if I did have a heart condition shouldn’t be that difficult..."

So the gauntlet has been thrown, Pete....
Tune in next week to see if our beloved Chairman will accept the challenge...

What's Up This Week

Tuesday Evening...
Club Run round Inverurie.
Usual Meeting time of 6.30pm at the foyer in the Garioch Sports Centre.
There's a choice of distances including 5m/6m/7m & 8.6m & even the odd hill for added fun.
GRR also has an arrangement with the sports centre for free use of their changing & shower facilities (just say you are with GRR at reception).
Click here for a map of where to meet (use the zoom to find your bearings).

Thursday Evening...
Club Run round Inverurie.
Usual Meeting time of 6.30pm at the foyer in the Garioch Sports Centre.
Despite the less than ideal running surface, this isnt as bad as it sounds; its fully lit throughout, and at this time of year a clear crisp autumnal evening can be quite refreshing.
Click here for a map of where to meet (use the zoom to find your bearings).

Saturday 11th
Club run from Esson's car park, Bennachie.
Meet at 8.00am for an off-road run on our favourite hill.

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Theres Glen Clova Half Marathon.
Race starts at Noon, registration at the Glen Clova Hotel.


Have a great week

Run Long and Taper.
The GariochRR team.

NY Marathon Competition

Well, Lance 'youre the man' Armstrong did it yesterday - he completed his first marathon.

"That was without a doubt the hardest physical thing I've ever done," an exhausted Armstrong said after pounding the pavements with some 38,000 other runners.

"In 20 years of pro sports, endurance sports, from triathlons to cycling, all the Tours, even the worst days in the Tours, nothing was as hard as that, and nothing left me feeling the way I feel now in terms of just sheer fatigue and soreness."

I suspect there's quite a few of us who can relate to that sheer fatigue & soreness feeling mate.....

Anyway, he took a wee bit longer than everyone who entered our competition last week thought he would, finishing in a time of 2:59:36 (still a cracking time mind you!).
So well done Ian Cran who was closest with a predicted time of 2:55:55 - your prize is on its way....Ian

Congratulations also to Graham Donaldson, who must have a wee smile on his face today, knowing that based on his time in the Edinburgh marathon earlier this year, he would have beat the mighty Lance with over a minute to spare .....nice one Graham.