2015 Road Running Championship

Tollcross Parkrun 3 October – RRs Championship Race

Posted on 5 October, 2015 by Renatas777

We had 16 Motherwell AC road runners taking part in the penultimate championship race. The results are set out below.

It was a fantastic day for the club with Craig Mackenzie finishing 1st male with Nick Hughes not far behind him in 2nd place. Nick’s sister Clare Hughes was first female and Emma Stevenson took second place. Mark Gallacher was first male V40. Excellent performances all round.

The Championship and League tables have been updated.

Pos’n	Name	Time
1	Craig MACKENZIE	00:17:42
2	Nicholas HUGHES	00:18:43
5	Clare Elizabeth HUGHES	00:20:31
6	Mark GALLACHER	00:20:45
9	Marcus WHYTE	00:21:26
10	Emma STEVENSON	00:21:29
12	Kevin DURNIAN	00:22:11
13	Thomas SNEDDON	00:22:13
22	Ross MCLEAN	00:23:26
24	Susan STEWART	00:23:36
26	Craig WHITESIDE	00:23:46
31	Angela DOWNIE	00:25:02
34	Gary WOOD	00:26:09
40	Jim TRACEY	00:27:04
45	Lesley ROSS	00:27:41
52	Patricia ALLEN	00:29:35

Dumfries Half Marathon Championship Race – Results

Posted on 27 September, 2015 by Renatas777

Here are the results for the Dumfries Half Marathon.

Congratulations go to Tracey Lamont for her achievement of 1st Female V40, and to Chris MacDonald who finished 4th overall. Well done to the rest of the MAC RRs who took part in this race.

Position	Name	Time
4	Christopher MacDonald	77.35
9	Ben Smith	81.36
65	Marcus Whyte	99.05
72	Craig Whiteside	100.01
75	Edward Toal	100.31
81	Mark Gallacher	102.06
110	Angela Downie	109.25
112	Tracey Lamont	110.20

The 2015 Road Running Championship and League table have been updated.

Tollcross Park Run Championship Race – Change of Date

Posted on 25 August, 2015 by Renatas777

The RR championship race at Tollcross parkrun was due to take place on Saturday 17th October. However we believe that will clash with the Road Relays.

Therefore the parkrun has been moved to Saturday 3rd October.

Victoria Parkrun – Road Running Championship

Posted on 17 July, 2015 by Renatas777

The Victoria Parkrun on the 11th of July was the latest Championship race. The results are as follows.

Position	Name	Time
1	Christopher MACDONALD	16:20
3	Craig MACKENZIE	16:46
6	Nicholas HUGHES	17:37
10	Mark GALLACHER	18:23
19	John Gerard HUGHES	19:06
26	Marcus WHYTE	19:32
38	Jim WHITE	20:35
47	Eddie TOAL	21:08
53	Craig WHITESIDE	21:41
55	Thomas SNEDDON	21:47
63	Peter BLACKMORE	22:24
68	Susan STEWART	22:36
96	Gary WOOD	23:49
115	Gillian MCCAFFER	24:39:00
131	Angela DOWNIE	25:21:00
141	Donald MCCAFFER	25:47:00
147	Dougie O’HARE	26:06:00
168	Patricia ALLEN	26:45:00
191	Jim TRACEY	27:36:00

Please see the Victoria Parkrun website for the results.

The Championship table and league tables have now been updated.

Car Pool – Victoria Parkrun (Saturday 11th July 2015)

Posted on 9 July, 2015 by Renatas777

Those who wish to car pool for the Victoria Parkrun on Saturday 11th July 2015 should meet at The Boathouse, Strathclyde Park at 8:15am on Saturday morning.

The event takes place in Victoria Park, Victoria Park Drive, North Glasgow, G14 9NW, starting at 9:30am prompt.

Don’t forget your barcode. If you have never run a Parkrun before you can register up to the day before.

Brian Goodwin 10km 2015 Results

Posted on 27 June, 2015 by Renatas777

The Road Runners had a fabulous evening at the Brian Goodwin Memorial 10K at Pollock Park on Friday 19 June.

We had a near record turnout of 32 competitors in the race. We had a number of PBs, really too many to mention.

Clare Hughes broke the 40 minute barrier, only the second MAC female to go under 40 minutes in a 10K road race.

Chris Macdonald was first man home in 34:32 closely followed by Craig McKenzie (35:46) and Graeme Kennedy (36;18). Katelyn McGeever was second female in 45:57 with Gillian
McCaffer third female in 52:17.

Well done to everyone for making it a memorable evening.

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Balfron 10K Provisional Results

Posted on 13 May, 2015 by Renatas777

Following the timing issues at the Balfron 10K the race organisers have issued a set of provisional results. The Championship and League Tables were previously updated based on finishing positions which have remained unchanged; however, the finishing times have been added.

Posâ€™n Name Time

11 Nicholas Hughes 00:37:53

44 Mark Gallacher 00:41:34

50 Marcus Whyte 00:42:10

98 Emma Stevenson 00:45:20

163 Craig Morris 00:49:09

193 Andrew Scott 00:50:34

205 Peter Blackmore 00:51:15

319 Lesley Ross 00:56:52

328 Patricia Allen 00:57:13

335 Jim Tracey 00:57:51

Balfron 10K, Championship and League Tables

Posted on 6 May, 2015 by Renatas777

You may be aware there have been some problems with the results from the Balfron 10K on Sunday 26 April, and we have been unable to give an update on the race or update the RRs Championship and League tables.

Following discussions between Peter Blackmore and some of those who ran, we have decided to publish the finishing places (without the times) so that we can update the tables. When the official results are announced we will publish them on here.

Please see the updated 2015 Road Running Championship and Leagues tables.

Greater Manchester Marathon

Posted on 20 April, 2015 by Renatas777

Here are the official chip times from the Asics Greater Manchester Marathon for the Motherwell AC athletes. These times have been recorded for Road Runners Hypothetical Marathon. Well done to all the athletes for outstanding performances.

Athlete	Time
Graeme Kennedy	02:54:29
Gary Lines	02:57:49
Andrew Buchanan	03:03:41
Graham McEwen	03:18:41
Edward Toal	03:28:10
Stuart Gray	03:45:25

Please see the detailed information on times, age category places, and split times.

Dumfries Half Marathon Entries Open

Posted on 16 April, 2015 by Renatas777

Entry is now open for the Dumfries Half Marathon on 20 September which is one of our Road Runners’ Championship races and the West District Half Marathon Championship. Enter at Entry Central.

Tom Scott 10mile 2015 Race Results – Road Runners Championship 2015

Posted on 15 April, 2015 by Renatas777

We has a great turn out of 20 athletes at the Tom Scott Road Race on Sunday 5th April. Well done to Graeme Kennedy who was first Motherwell AC male in 59:09 and Susan Stewart who was first MAC female in 1:16:45.

Here are the official results extracted from the Winning Time website for the Tom Scott 10 Mile Road Race. All of the finishers registered under Motherwell Athletics or Motherwell AC are included. If you ran the race or know of someone who ran the race and for some reason registered under another category please let Joe Hoolaghan know.

Num	Name(s)	M/F	Rank	Gun Time	Chip Rank	Chip Time
361	GRAEME KENNEDY	M	50	00:59:09	50	00:59:09
389	CHRISTOPHER MACDONALD	M	59	01:00:04	59	01:00:04
514	GERRY SEENAN	M	74	01:01:34	74	01:01:34
241	ROSS BURTON	M	111	01:05:42	111	01:05:42
238	ANDREW BUCHANAN	M	114	01:05:56	114	01:05:57
561	JIM WHITE	M	122	01:07:08	122	01:07:09
297	MARK GALLACHER	M	127	01:07:53	127	01:07:53
380	PAULO LEITE	M	133	01:08:38	133	01:08:38
564	MARCUS WHYTE	M	148	01:11:32	148	01:11:32
474	ROBERT PATTINSON	M	151	01:11:42	151	01:11:42
562	CRAIG WHITESIDE	M	169	01:13:38	169	01:13:39
227	PETER BLACKMORE	M	185	01:16:18	185	01:16:18
533	SUSAN STEWART	F	190	01:16:45	190	01:16:45
577	VICKI WRIGHT	F	199	01:17:51	199	01:17:51
277	SCOTT DICKSON	M	213	01:19:04	213	01:19:05
367	ANDY KNOX	M	224	01:20:32	224	01:20:33
208	PATRICIA ALLEN	F	266	01:32:05	266	01:32:05
435	SEAN MCQUEEN	M	279	01:41:49	279	01:41:49

National Road Relays – Road Runners Championship 2015

Posted on 14 April, 2015 by Renatas777

Results for the National Road Relays which took place on the 29th of March at Livingston.

Motherwell (Women) 21st 2:11:08

Clare Barr	22:44
Emma Stevenson	40:05
Susan Stewart	22:50
Phyllis Hands	45:29

Motherwell (Men) A 34th 2:45:50

Nicholas Hughes	17:55
Andrew Buchanan	36:34
Mark Gallacher	19:45
Brian McLinden	36:50
Ross Burton	19:51
Chris MacDonald	34:55

Motherwell (Men) B 49th 3:21:09

Kevin Durnian	21:49
Robert Pattinson	40:58
Peter Blackmore	22:48
John Burns	44:24
Thomas Sneddon	23:41
James Proffitt	47:29

Motherwell (Men) C

Gary Wood

23:35

Strathclyde Park Run – Road Runners Championship 2015

Posted on 13 April, 2015 by Renatas777

The Strathclyde Park Run Championship Race took place on the 7th of March.

What a fantastic turnout of 32 Road Runners in a championship race. It must be a record! Well done to everyone, and special congratulations to Craig Mackenzie who was the overall winner, Nick Hughes who took 3rd place, and Clare Hughes who was first female. As ever there were too many memorable performances to mention in this post.

Here are the results that extracted from the official parkrun webpage. Two names have been added following an enquiry about runners who did not register as Motherwell AC.

Pos	Runner	Time
1	Craig MACKENZIE	17:20
3	Nicholas HUGHES	18:01
4	Gerry SEENAN	18:24
7	Andrew BUCHANAN	18:54
10	Brian MCLINDEN	19:24
11	Mark GALLACHER	19:34
13	Clare Elizabeth HUGHES	19:47
14	Scott DICKSON	19:58
15	Deborah COMER	20:00
18	Jim WHITE	20:09
19	Stuart GRAY	20:16
23	Paulo LEITE	20:36
28	Ross SINCLAIR	20:55
32	Emma STEVENSON	21:14
34	John MCPARLAND	21:32
44	Ewen Robert CAMERON	22:13
45	Kevin DURNIAN	22:15
50	Peter BLACKMORE	22:48
53	Andy KNOX	22:51
58	Thomas SNEDDON	23:13
59	Elaine JAMIESON	23:16
61	Susan STEWART	23:23
62	Andrew A SCOTT	23:26
66	James PROFFITT	23:36
72	Gary WOOD	23:55
79	Dougie WADDELL	24:26:00
83	Pamela MURPHY	24:47:00
95	Jim TRACEY	26:00:00
97	Lesley ROSS	26:21:00
111	Patricia ALLEN	27:52:00
129	Leigh MATHIESON	30:17:00
130	Mae MCISAAC	30:18:00

Category: 2015 Road Running Championship