Time Trials 2017 – Motherwell AC

Senior Endurance Christmas Time Trial 2017 and Road Runner of the Year

Posted on 10 December, 2017 by Renatas777

We had 22 athletes and a dog (Zara McIsaac) taking part in this year’s Christmas Handicap. Whilst this is a fun event we still have winners and a wooden spoon. So the first male was our very own Coach John Hughes (his first time trial win in 7 years) in 25:57 (his fastest time this year) and first female was Susan Stewart in an excellent time of 27:09. Winner of the wooden spoon was Mae McIsaac in a very mediocre time, although she was just pipped at the post by Peter Blackmore and Phyllis Hands.

Thanks to Santa’s helpers for making the race run so smoothly – Anne Hughes, Lynsey Sneddon, Tommy Sneddon, and Angela Downie.

See the full results (December tab) however note this is not a championship race.

Back at the Electric Bar Jim White was voted Road Runner of the Year by his fellow athletes. Well done Jim from your all in the Senior Endurance section.

Jim White is this years “Road Runners, Road Runner of the Year”

Toy Drive at Christmas Time Trial

Posted on 29 November, 2017 by Renatas777

It was decided at the committee meeting last night, that instead of a Secret Santa at the Christmas handicap race weâ€™re going to do something a bit different.

We will be donating to a Toy Drive ran by the Motherwell Community Trust & the MFC Podcast to make sure underprivileged children in our area have a present on Christmas morning. All contributions are going to the Salvation Army in Bellshill.

So rather than bringing a gift for a fellow clubmate we ask that you bring a toy (any value, no matter how big or small) to the Xmas handicap race and the club will pass these gifts on.

November Senior Endurance Time Trial & Time Trial Championship 2017 Results

Posted on 9 November, 2017 by Renatas777

November 2017 Time Trial

We had a brilliant turn out of 35 athletes for the final race in this year’s Time Trial Championship. The weather was cold but thankfully the ice had not affected the paths for the duration of the race. Well done to everybody who made it down for tonight’s race.

Tracey Lamont won the women’s race breaking the 29 minute mark for the first time, and John Burns won the men’s race in PB of 27:39. Gary Wood picked up the wooden spoon in a slower than usual time.

The full results with the winners of this year’s champions will follow tomorrow.

Thanks to Anne Hughes, Lynsey Sneddon, Ally Robb, and Angela Downie for helping the race go smoothly once again.

Full results on the 2017 Time Trial Championship Page.

2017 Time Trial Championship Winners

Following the race we are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s championship.

Female

1st Equal – Elaine Jamieson and Tracey Lamont (52 points)
2nd – Joyce Allardice (51 points)
3rd – Patricia Allen (46 points)

Male

1st – Jim White (52 points)
2nd – Christie Nisbet (43 points)
3rd – Dougie O’Hare (40 points)

Well done to our medallists and everyone who took part in this year’s championship. Over the course of the season 25 women and 59 men took part in the 10 championship races.

Thanks once again for positively supporting the event for another year.

Joe

As above see the 2017 Time Trial Championship Page for full details and past results.

Time Trial (and Foodbank Collection) – November 2017

Posted on 6 November, 2017 by Renatas777

Remember remember…it’s time trial night on Tuesday which also means we’re collecting as usual for the foodbank.

It tends to be the same things they are short on so the list this month is:

Milk (whole and semi-skimmed)
Tinned meat
Tinned potatoes
Tinned fruit
Savoury rice

As always though, they are always grateful for donations of any non-perishable foods.

See the Time Trial 2017 Championship page for handicaps, recent results and the League Tables.

RR New Winter Time Trial Route

Posted on 24 September, 2017 by Renatas777

The next Road Runners Time Trial will be on our new winter route.

We will run the course next Thursday (28th September) to give runners the chance to try it out and give any feedback.

Paul Harkins has taken kilometre splits on his watch and logged it on TomTom

We’d encourage you to view this.

Screenshots of each km (and the last 400m-ish) are below.

You can download all of the images from this link.

September 2017 Time Trial Results

Posted on 6 September, 2017 by Renatas777

We had 28 athletes taking part in this evening’s Time Trial Handicap Race. The weather gods were with us once again and we had some great performances (full results to follow tomorrow). Miranda Richmond won the women’s race in 30:37. John Burns won the men’s race in 29:12. Peter Blackmore picked up the wooden spoon in an uncharacteristically slow time. Well done to Miranda, John, Peter and everyone who made it down to Strathclyde Park tonight.

Thanks to Irene Kerr, Margaret Hoolaghan, Nick Hughes, Andrew Steel, and Douglas & Gayle Samson for helping make things run smoothly.

Please see the 2017 Time Trial Championship page for the league tables and full results.

August 2017 Senior Endurance Time Trial

Posted on 2 August, 2017 by Renatas777

The August 2017 time trial took place on 1st August.

There was a good turnout of 26 athletes on a pleasant evening for racing giving the conditions earlier in the day.

Jim Tracey won the men’s race in 35:30 and Angela Downie won the women’s race in 33:04.

Craig Mackenzie picked up the wooden spoon for a performance well below his best.

Thanks to Anne Hughes Lynsey Sneddon Catherine Kerr Thomas Sneddon David Gardiner and Andrew Steel for making the race run smoothly once again.

Please see the 2017 Time Trial page for full results and league tables.

July 2017 RR Time Trial

Posted on 11 July, 2017 by Renatas777

We had a smaller than usual turnout of 20 athletes for tonight’s time trial. Perhaps, the start of the school holidays and the rather strange weather for the time of the year had something to do with it.

That said, we had some great performances.

First male in a 26:11 was Lorne Crawford with 2 minutes off his PB and first female was Alison Murray in 29:19 which was a wee bit faster than last month’s time. The wooden spoon surprisingly went to Susan Stewart who is training for next week’s Clyde Striders Ultra Relay.

Thanks to Lynsey Sneddon, Anne Hughes, Ross Thomson, Tommy Sneddon and Andrew Steel for making things run smoothly once again.

See the Time Trial 2017 Championship page for the full results and league tables.

Foodbank Collection at July 2017 Time Trial

Posted on 28 June, 2017 by Renatas777

The next time trial shall take place on Tuesday 4th July 2017 at 6:30pm, starting at The Boathouse.

The club shall be collecting for the local food bank again at the Time Trial. The following items are required if you wish to donate.

Super Noodles
Tinned Custard
Tinned Meat
Tinned Potatoes
Savory Rice
UHT Long Life Milk (Whole and Semi Skimmed)

Senior Endurance June 2017 Time Trial Results

Posted on 3 June, 2017 by Renatas777

We had a great turnout 37 runners taking part in this evening’s race. The weather was pleasant and we had some excellent performances (more about that in the full results tomorrow). Miranda Richmond won the women’s race in 33:51 and Neil Richardson won the men’s race in 24:41. Catherine Kolb had a bit of an off night and picked up the Wooden Spoon (The JIm Tracey Award).

Louise Speirs was presented with a cake on the occasion of her birthday.

Thanks to Anne Hughes, Lynsey Sneddon, Tommy Sneddon, Louise Speirs and Lesley Ross making things run smoothly on a busy evening.

A special mention to Neil Richardson who won the race and broke the 25 minute mark and Mark Gallacher who dipped under 24 minutes for the first time. Well done guys.

The results are now available on the 2017 Time Trial Championship page. Remember to click the June tab at the top of the 2017 Time Trial Results spreadsheet.

June 2017 Time Trial and Food bank Collection

Posted on 29 May, 2017 by Renatas777

The next Time Trial takes place Tuesday 30th May at 6:30pm from The Boathouse, Strathclyde Park.

Please see the 2017 Time Trial page for handicaps and league tables.

The club will be collecting items for a local food bank at this session. Items required include

Super Noodles
Tinned Potatoes
Tinned Fruit
Tinned Custard
Tinned Meat
UHT Longlife Milk (Whole & Semi Skimmed)
Long Grain Rice
Savoury Rice
Cuppa Soup

RR May Time Trial 2017 Results

Posted on 3 May, 2017 by Renatas777

We had 33 athletes taking part at last night’s race on what was a fine evening for racing, although perhaps a wee bit windy at the lochside.

Joyce Allardice won the women’s race in 29:29 and Alan Keachie won the men’s race in 26:38. Well done Joyce, Alan and all of our athletes who made it down to Strathclyde Park for the race. The Wooden Spoon (The Jim Tracey Award) went to none other than Jim Tracey!

Thanks to Irene Kerr, Lynsey Sneddon, Tommy Sneddon, Anne Hughes and Robert Pattinson for making things run so smoothly once again.

The full results are available on the 2017 Time Trial Championship page.

RR Time Trial May 2017 – Foodbank Collection Items & Helpers Wanted

Posted on 1 May, 2017 by Renatas777

The next road runners time trial takes place at 6:30pm on Tuesday 2nd May, meeting at The Boathouse Gym as usual.

Please see the 2017 Time Trial Championship page for handicaps, league tables and more.

We could be doing with a couple of helpers for the finishing line to make sure we capture all of the finishers in the correct order. If you are available please reply to the post on Facebook. A bonus point is available to helpers.

Foodbank Collection

We will once again be taking donations for the Lanarkshire Foodbank at Tuesdayâ€™s Time Trial. Any non perishable goods and toiletries are greatly accepted, however they are in particular need of the following items:

UHT Long Life milk (whole and semi skimmed)
tinned tomatoes
tinned meat
long grain rice
small jars of coffee and
super noodles.

Football Collection – Tue 4th Apr

Posted on 2 April, 2017 by Renatas777

Tinned meat, small jars of coffee, tinned fruit, savoury rice, super noodles and UHT Long Life milk (whole and semi skimmed)

David Shaw, Manager of the Foodbank has accepted our invitation to come down to the Boathouse at the end of the TT to receive our donations, and this will give us the perfect opportunity to get some photographs taken, and perhaps some publicity for The Motherwell Times.

Thanks,

Elaine

March 2017 Road Runners Time Trial

Posted on 8 March, 2017 by Renatas777

We had a fantastic turn out of 40 athletes at this evening’s Time Trial on a very nice night for this time of the year. Louise Speirs won the women’s race in 34:50 and William Martin in a return to form won the men’s race in 30:51. Chris Macdonald picked up the wooden spoon following a rare DNF.

Thanks to Anne Hughes, Lynsey Sneddon, Tommy Sneddon, James Proffitt, Irene Kerr and Wendy Kerr for making the race run smoothly.

We also had a small celebration for Angela Downie’s birthday.

Results and updated league tables to follow soon on Time Trial Championship 2017 page.

Road Runners February 2017 Time Trial – Handicaps and Traffic

Posted on 5 February, 2017 by Renatas777

The next time trial takes place on Tuesday 7th February 2017 at 6:30pm, starting at The Boathouse Gym, Strathclyde Park.

Please see the handicaps and the Time Trial Championship page.

Access to Strathclyde Park for Tuesday’s Time Trial

The main entrance to Strathclyde Park is closed to traffic on Tuesday 7 Feb. You can still get to the Boathouse one of the following ways.

From the Bothwell end at the Raith interchange.
By parking at the Palace Grounds and walking through the tunnel.
From Community Road in Bellshill and driving past the new cemetery then on to the middle of the park.

Please spread the word.

Road Runners January 2017 Time Trial

Posted on 11 January, 2017 by Renatas777

There was a Record Turnout at the Senior Endurance January 2017 Time Trial.

We had 42 athletes competing in tonight’s Time Trial race. That is beats our previous best by two since the monthly competition started in October 2004.

We had some great performance – too many to mention, and Susan Stewart won the women’s race in a PB of 27:23, and Ewen Cameron won the men’s race also in a PB of 23:53. Mark Paterson picked up the Wooden Spoon [The Jim Tracey Award] in a slow time on his return from injury. Well done to everybody who managed down for the race tonight.

Thanks to Irene Kerr, Anne Hughes, Lynsey Sneddon and Lesley Ross for helping out on what was a rather hectic evening.

Please see the full results.

January 2017 Road Runners Time Trial Handicaps

Posted on 28 December, 2016 by Renatas777

The next time trial takes place on Tuesday 10th January 2017, 6:30pm at The Boathouse.

Please see the handicaps.

NOTE: there is a slight change in the Time Trial Championship Rules for 2017.

The December Time Trial is no longer part of the championship even for markers.

The January Time Trial has been reinstated to the championship and the times recorded will be used in the process for working out the handicaps (best of last three results).

The 2017 Time Trial Championship page has been created to reflect the new rules.

Food Bank Collection Jan 2017

Posted on 21 December, 2016 by Renatas777

The Committee have recently agreed to a proposal to support the Basic Food Bank, which is local to us, having bases in Motherwell, Wishaw, Airdrie and Bellshill.

We will be encouraging runners at the monthly Time Trials to bring along items of non-perishable foods, toiletries, nappies, etc. You can bring as many, or as little items as you choose, and Elaine will make sure these are collected on the night and dropped off at the local base in Motherwell.

We will put reminders out on Facebook and the website on the lead up to the Time Trial, but it is hoped that you will all support this venture, and help those less fortunate than ourselves, much of the time through no fault of their own.

This is also an excellent way to get rid of all those unwanted boxes of chocolates, biscuits and selection boxes that youâ€™re never going to eat anyway because youâ€™re a fine tuned athlete…simply put them away, and bring them down to Januaryâ€™s Time Trial on 10 January.

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