Scout Adkin landed European Mountain Running bronze a couple of years ago British Athletics website team announcement Scottish hill running has hit a new peak with no fewer than eight selections for the European Off Road Running Champs. GB and NI will send strong teams to the event which takes place between May 31 and June 2 in Annecy, France. And hill running in Scotland will be superbly represented with eight athletes picked to add to two named previously for the trail element of the European Off Road Champs. World and European medallist Scout Adkin leads the way in the senior women’s team a ..read more

scottishathletics are seeking support from the track and field community for championship and open graded events coming up soon. The 4J Studios District Championships (U17, U15, U13) and National Open events (Senior, U20, U18) will be held at Grangemouth, Kilmarnock and Inverness over the weekend of May 10-12. The weekend has attracted over 2,300 entries from 1,300 athletes. With no fewer than 70 affiliated clubs represented across the three venues, it is set to be a busy weekend of athletics for all involved. We already have support from 200 Officials and volunteers to assist w ..read more

Road Race GP shares after Marathon Champs The countdown is almost over as we head towards Friday night road racing and the eagerly-awaited Scottish 5K Champs beside the seaside in Edinburgh. Very few events in Scotland sell out quite as quickly as this one hosted at Silverknowes by race organiser Adrian Stott and the Sri Chinmoy club plus local volunteers. And if you have to be rapid simply to ensure your place in the race, then the Men’s and Women’s podiums are liable to be even more hotly contested. Individual medals are up for grabs at U20, Senior and Masters level (in ten-year bands) and t ..read more

Road Race GP shares after Marathon Champs The countdown is almost over as we head towards Friday night road racing and the eagerly-awaited Scottish 5K Champs beside the seaside in Edinburgh. Very few events in Scotland sell out quite as quickly as this one hosted at Silverknowes by race organiser Adrian Stott and the Sri Chinmoy club plus local volunteers. And if you have to be rapid simply to ensure your place in the race, then the Men’s and Women’s podiums are liable to be even more hotly contested. Individual medals are up for grabs at U20, Senior and Masters level (in ten-year bands) and t ..read more

Men’s Mid Trail Race podium last year Matt Knowles, James Wilson and John Fergusson   Enter now: Birnam Trail Race The Scottish National Mid-Trail Champs will be held in Perthshire next month. Dunkeld is the venue for the Birnam Trail Race with Scottish championship medals up for grabs. Races are over two distances with the event open to all from U15 through to Seniors and Masters. The two races; 5k for U15 and U17 runners and a 10k for U20, Seniors and Masters, take place on the trails in Birnam Wood. The terrain is a mix of all that is good in trail running, giving athletes a true ..read more

Larkhall YMCA Harriers club website By Katy Barden The theory of marginal gains was made famous by Dave Brailsford in his role as performance director of British Cycling. A similar principle has been adopted by Larkhall YMCA Harriers in their bid to make the club more accessible and to reduce some of the barriers to taking part in sport. Larkhall YMCA Harriers was founded in 1930. David Gracie – one of only two members to win a Scottish national senior title (the other being William Morrison over 880 yards in 1960) – is the club’s most distinguished member. A former Scottish record holder, he ..read more

Guest of Honour Eilidh Doyle with a Shetland vest at our 4J Annual Awards last year – when the island club’s Elaine Park landed HLM status Job vacancy – more info Shetland Amateur Athletics Club is a well-established, ambitious and successful athletics club based in Shetland. Shetland Amateur Athletics Club have a membership of over 140. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new role within Shetland Amateur Athletics Club for a Project Officer as part of the scottishathletics Club Together programme, regenerating athletics in Shetland. Club Together is a fundamental project within Scot ..read more

Glas Tulaichean event website Nine of our top hill runners have been picked to represent Scotland at the Senior Home International. Scotland host the race this year at the Glas Tulaichean event organised by Dundee Hawkhill Harriers at Spittal of Glenshee. It is an uphill only race which covers 7k and 670m of climb. And we are delighted to name two very strong Scotland teams with a number of GB and NI internationals involved therein. Scotland Women: Scout Adkin (Moorfoot Runners); Kirsty Dickson (Carnethy); Catriona Graves (Highland HR); Naomi Lang (Carnethy);  Pippa Carcas (Edinburgh AC ..read more

RRGP RD3 Five athletes have landed shares in the Scottish Athletics Road Race Grand Prix following the London Marathon. The event hosted our Scottish Marathon Champs and was part of our five-race series in the GP. Shares have already been allocated for the Half Marathon and 10-Mile events held at Inverness and Strathclyde Park respectively. Now five athletes are in for a share of the overall £4000 prize-money – split evenly between the men’s and women’s divisions – via their marathon performances. *Callum Hawkins (2:17:34) and Tom Martyn (2:19:56) were inside the A standard *Mhairi Maclennan ..read more

Rowan Boswood comes home to win the Highland Fling Race  Full results HERE *Boswood takes the men’s win in the second fastest time on the course *Elsey Davis smashes Beth Pascall’s course record in finishing fifth overall *Boswood and McGill take the Scottish Ultra Trail titles Report by Adrian Stott There were fast times at the Highland Fling race as Rowan Boswood (Carnethy) took the win and the Scottish title in the second-fastest time seen on the Fling course. He led From the start and in perfect conditions, recorded his second victory in the Fling Race. His time of 6:50:26 has only be ..read more