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Club Championship Results – 2015
Well done to everybody at the club for a great 2015. The club continues to grow with members competing in all sorts of events far and wide. Gordon and Alastair have done a great job as Chairman and Secretary respectively and a big thanks to them and the coaches too who give up their own time to turn up and lead the Sessions week in week out.
On the running front members have been involved in all sorts of events from 5ks to Ultra Marathon’s, which have become more and more popular. On that front it’s worth mentioning Tony Brown who’s been particularly focused on Ultras and has had some great runs throughout the year, notably coming third in the Cataran Trail 55 mile ultra, well done Tony.
However, the club’s ethos is about encouraging people to run and a big thanks has to go to Richard O’Grady, he’s head coach for the Junior Section, he runs a highly regarded technique session each week, and he’s now started a beginners group. So once again thanks to Richard.
Being a member of WCH definitely helps people improve. You just need to talk to people at training on a Tuesday or Thursday night to hear how many members consistently get PBs. Or look at the Most Improved Runner League (MIRL) to see the amount of people getting PBs in the Club GP Races alone. If you do take a look, you will see that the title of:
– Most Improved Runner, 2015 is shared between Claire Watson and Scott Wilson…. well done to both of you.
Finally, the Club Champions for 2015. Well it won’t surprise anyone to know that the Ladies title goes to Linda Lucey, who’s consistently been first home in the Club’s GP races this year and has also been placed in her race category at numerous events. Bob Warnock, has taken the Men’s title again coming in first in all the GP events he’s taken place in. Again Bob has had a great year, probably most notable was being first in his category in the Lairig Ghru marathon (off-road mountain trail race).
The first three home in each category – Ladies and Men are as follows:
– Ladies: 1st Linda Lucey; 2nd Fiona Nichol; 3rd Sue Woods
– Men: 1st Bob Warnock; 2nd Alasdair MacNair; 3rd Ian McFarlane
Full results here: GP Standings
Well that’s the results for this year. Time now for winter training to begin and to get ready for 2016!! Once again thanks to you all for your contribution in 2015.
New Training Approach
Due to the large number of members attending each training session, sometimes over 40, there is a great risk of an incident happening. Often the gap between the slowest and quickest runners is huge and with a limited number of coaches personal safety is at risk. The coaches have agreed we must reduce this risk by dividing the training group into two.
So, as from this Thursday we will be asking members to move into one of two groups:
– Group A will be for those members who can maintain a pace of under 8 minute miles for a 10k run.
– Group B will be for members who run over 8 minute miles for a 10k.
Both groups will do the same training just at a pace best suited to their group’s ability and each group will have a lead coach. We will also be sending each group on different warm up & cool down routes to & from the various training sites to avoid overcrowding the pavements around the Town Hall.
The coaches thank you for your cooperation in ensuring this new training regime is successful as it is for your own safety and to ensure all members enjoy a good training session with the club.
Training Location Change this Thursday (8th October)
Please note, due to the darker nights the proposed location for Thursday has now changed.
We will now meet at Alloa Town Hall at the usual time, i.e 6:30pm start.
October Schedule now updated
The training sessions for October have now been posted. Note: As we move into the dark night nearly all the Sessions apart from those at Lornshill will be on the Road so unless you hear differently road shoes will be assumed for the winter months.
September Schedule now posted
Hi, just to let you know the September Training Schedule is now available on the website.
Sherriffmuir 11 Results Now Posted
Thanks to all who participated in yesterday’s Sherriffmuir 11 race, hope you all had a great time.
The race results are now posted, you can get them by going to the Sherriffmuir 11 Menu and selecting race results or just clicking on the link below.
GP Race Results updated
The Website has been updated with the results from the Falkirk Parkrun, Knockhill, and the Haddington Half Marathon.
The GP League Tables have also been updated, Linda Lucey is now leading the race for the Ladies title, closely followed by last year’s winner Fiona Nicholl. Bob Warnock on the other hand is more reluctant to give up his crown and is now beginning to pull away from Graeme Wilson in the race for the men’s one. In terms of the Most Improved Runners League, Scott Wilson has been joined in first place by Claire Watson.
GP Race Results
GP Standings
Most Improved Runners League
GP Standings and MIRL updates
The results from the Garscube Foodbank Race the Milnathort Dash, and the Brig Bash, have been added to the Website along with the updates to the GP Standings and MIRL tables.
Could everyone that competed in those races check the information that’s been added to make sure it’s correct
Falkirk Parkrun GP event this Saturday, 11th July
A quick reminder to everyone the annual GP event at the Falkirk Parkrun takes place this Saturday.
For those of you have never done it before, you simply register on line at https://www.parkrun.org.uk/register/. Once registered you are provided with some Barcodes that you print off and take to the race with you.
It’s a free event and you can participate at any Parkrun in the UK.
Ultra Marathon Race Plan
Anyone interested in running an Ultra Marathon?
If so, a beginners training plan has been added to the Training Plans section of the Website.