Fairy Light Run

The fantastic four tonight as winter colds and injury takes its toll....we had a  great Fairy lights run....you had to be there to appreciate it! Next session on TUESDAY and adjourning to the George straight after!

Inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.£1/session. 01499302160

Jingling all the way home.

A fantastic turnout for the Jingle Bells run yesterday with runners and walkers  from the Ormsary and Mid Argyll groups joining us for a run, a chat and some festive fodder. Many thanks to all who came and bought contributions. Now the results.....
Toby put in a fantastic time of 29 minutes to come in first overall and first male junior in hill race which was thankfully snow free. Dave was followed him over the finish line in a time of 33.43, a great time on an unfamiliar course with haphazard sign-age and was promptly given the job of time keeper. A little bit of position jostling went on in the final stages with first females Naomi and Rebecca  coming in together with Matt 41.18 closely followed by Freya first junior female and Garret in 41.25. Fee and Jacky came next in 47.22, followed by Fiona in 50.10. With Alison keeping Linda company on her way back from the coastal route in 51.51 the hill runners were all home in under the hour. A smaller field set out for the coastal route but nonetheless competitive wuth Rosie leading the way on familiar ground to finish in 44.10 as first overall and female junior winner, Simone was on her heels at 44.55. An absolutley heroic run from Ben with coach Dinah in under the hour 59.30 and some good chat along the way. A great run from Tilly and Mum Janet too, she is going to catch you soon Janet!. 


Hill route
Freya 41.25
Toby 29
Garret 41.25
Fiona 50.10
Jacky 47.22
Alison 51.51
Rebecca 41.18
Dave 33.43
Fee 47.22
Naomi 41.18
Matt 41.18


Coastal Route
Rosie 44.10
Simone 44.55
Dinah and Ben 59.30
Linda 51.51 (late start)


More photos  

Inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.£1/session. 01499302160

Jingle bells update

Garret just back from running the route and all is fine if a little wet underfoot! See you soon..

Inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.£1/session. 01499302160

Jingle Bells news

Liz and I ran the route today and it is oh so pretty!! It will hopefully be okay on Sunday but as a contingency plane we will run it as early as possible and leave an update here and on facebook . At present the snow is soft and there are quite wet patches so please bring a change of footwear.

 

Inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.£1/session. 01499302160

Tonights session cancelled due to wind!!

Tonight's session cancelled for obvious reasons! Please let me know if you are Jingling on Sunday? I have Fiona, Alison, Linda plus two walkers,Liz ...and Janet walking with Pippy and Tilly as confirmed. Cheers!

 

Jingle Bell Details

 

Inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.£1/session. 01499302160

December 1st

Sprinting and sprinting and sprinting...well done AND there wasn't any rain (bit of sleet but no rain!) . Dont forget to let me know if you are in for the Jingle bells run...so far I have Linda plus two walkers, Alison, Fiona, Liz, Matt and the Corners.

 

Inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.£1/session. 01499302160

Jingle Bells Run December 11th at 11am

 

Informal Jingle Bells run around Clunary....Two routes:- One a two mile out and two mile back (if you dont want to do the four miles you can turn at any point and retrace your steps), the other one is a round route 4.5 miles with a stiffish (400ft or so) climb at the start but then it is mainly downhill with a great view. Walkers/hangers on welcome. There will be some signs at main junctions...and folk to run with. Soup and Mince pies at Claonairigh afterwards. Please let me know if you are coming for planning reasons!! As always no insurance and certainly no marshals. £1 donation for the soup etc. festively themed attire i.e. bells encouraged but not essential.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Four and a half mile route..goes anti clockwise from the start. The shorter flatter route goes clockwise from the start to almost the point where the track leaves the loch-side. The start point is top left hand pointy bit 

 

Inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.£1/session. 01499302160

And we thought last week was lousy weather.....

Much respect to all who came tonight...(and there was an impressive number)  braving the wind and rain yet again...The castle grounds warm up was more like a river run but we all survived the weather and some interesting driving manoeuvres/ lamp post rage (you had to be there) during some hill work, some circuits and some lamp posts. Note for diaries....The last session of the Christmas term will be on TUESDAY December 20th .Usual running nonsense followed by a wee visit to The George. Jingle Bells run is 11th December and I promise I shall set the route before next week...honest.











Inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.£1/session. 01499302160

Magnificent effort from the Magnificent Seven

Through lashing rain and howling winds we splashed our way through 100m-400m sprints last night. However we were still smiling and smug with the effort of a good work out. Thanks for turning out. Jingle Bells run 12th December. More info soon. Big thank you to everyone who supported the Glow in the Dark run. Nearly £500 raised so thank you one and all.

 







Inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.£1/session. 01499302160

By the light of the silvery moon..................

Good session tonight organised by Toby. A new twist to the weaving run (if you missed it you will have to wait and see......) followed by a mile trial ably completed by all in under 10 minutes, and we did Pyramids and skipping too...a nice warm up for tomorrow's Glow run. Well done to Janet and Kerry for a PB. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow night. Please have a look at a letter I have sent from Matt, mid Argyll jog leader re a Run 4 it session and reply to him if you are interested.





Winter Mile Time trial (last done February 8th 2011)

Fee   7.37 (7.45, 7.13, 7.22, 7.18)
Janet 9.25 (10.23)
Ann - (9.10 8.23, 7.14)
Fiona - (9.31 9.36, 9.57, 9.45)
Alison 8.40 (8.05, 9.19)
Kerry 7.12 (7.51, 7.21)
Jacs 9.53 (9.25, 9.52, 10.38, 9.50)
Toby 5.15
Freya 7.43
Penny 7.37



 (Previous in brackets PB in red)

Hard core runners

Great to see a good turn out on what could not in any way be described as a nice evening... Until the end when the moon shone on Kerry's excellent drill session. Thanks Kerry. Between the driving and torrential rain showers we did a really decent warm up ( we needed it) christening Kerry's new trainers nicely... Sorry about that. The hill training was a delight I am sure you all found (PS the lights are now back on...there's service for you!!) . Then the drills so a good session. Good luck to all Tin Farm 5ers on Sunday. Now that really will christen any new trainers!! Will post last nights route as soon as I have edited it to delete the car journey home as I forgot to switch off. A reminder for the Glow in The Dark run next Friday...meeting as usual on Thursday and then meeting at 1800, or preferably 10 minutes earlier at the school on Friday...my hair gel has arrived so be ready to be amazed!!
Other events...Linda is doing a charity challenge for Marie Curie Cancer care:-

The  Etape Caledonia charity cycle race. This event starts at Pitlochry, goes for a wee loop around Loch Tummel, Loch Rannoch and then up the side of Schiehallion before returning to Pitlochry. A mere 80 + miles!  What a woman!!





Many thanks to all for their congratulations on the award at the weekend. It was a wonderful evening that I thoroughly enjoyed. It was great to meet the jogscotland folk and have a chat.... And we know how I like chatting. Oh, and great to get an award for doing what I love,running and chatting. You have kept ME supported,motivated and focused all year and and I thank you for it!

inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160

Fartlek times three

Good warm up tonight and then a mere 6 minutes of different speed running...oh and then again...and again.Well done all for sticking with it. Great to catch up again and be back into the training groove. Entries are open for the 2012 MOK already so get in there as it fills up FAST! The excellent Argyll and Bute council supsidised training courses are back and can be applied for here . If there is something you fancy the group will help in a small way towards your fees...depending on how many people want to do the various courses.






inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160

Members take part in Mid Argyll Triathlon

Toby, Rosie, Liz, Garret and Fee took part in this local event last Sunday. The weather was lousy but spirits high for the 10th anniversary event. With all of us in different heats except Liz and Fee it was difficult to keep track! Rosie was first away from the pool but unfortunately had a fall from her bike within about a mile or so, she was patched up and amazingly set out again to complete the cycle amongst much admiration, very cold and tired by then she withdrew from the run. Toby despite being baulked in the swim put in a great performance with a time of 1:16:39, definitely beating his Dad this year who did a stalwart time of 1:22:42. Liz was the star of the day coming in at 1:27:07 and scooting third female veteran, second Mid Argyll female finisher and fastest T2 transition of 16s!! Fee was over the line in 1:31;02 and happy to be home! Well done all!

Last nights session was a good one with a new 4 minute killer session that will be reappearing and some Squats, Skips and Steps...ahhhh the winter is here!! I shall not be here for the next three Thursdays but the group will be meeting as usual. No time to relax yet...Below is a message from Kirsty re The Tin Farm Five

Hi All

Well it's that time of year again folks! The summer has fled, winter is on its way and we're all looking for something that will keep us motivated to get out train as the nights get darker and those runs become cold and wet.  I have just the thing for you!  Get yourselves along to Ormsary Estate on November the 6th, for the 5th annual Tin Farm 5.   If you are interested in a 5ish mile run through woodlands and over beaches then please send the attached entry form with you entry fee (made payable to 'Tin Farm 5') to me at the address below.

Dinah and I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank, as ever Sir William and Lady Lithgow for their continued support of the event and allowing us to make use of their beautiful estate.  We have 70 entries available for this years race so get your entry in early to avoid disappointment as there will be no entries on the day. We look forward to seeing you on the 6th November for a great days racing.

For further information please contact:

Kirsty Young

T: 01880 770 330

E: zircon_midas@hotmail.com

This is a great event...please e mail Kirsty for a form or I can forward.


inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160

It's getting darker and so the sprints are back!!

No fancy route map tonight as my gadget failed miserably but a fabulous 4.6 miles of running, sprinting, weaving, lamp posting etc etc! Good luck to all in events over the next week or so...Penny is up for another 10k in Edinburgh and of course it is the triathlon too...so good luck Garret, Fee, Toby, Liz and of course rosie in her first sprint distance.....
inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160

Summer (!) Mile Trial...

Well done all in the Mile trial tonight...a beautiful mile on a beautiful night! Results below...the last one was incredibly over a year ago....31st August 2010. Especially well done to Janice and Janet...what stars!! Pbs in red, previous summer mile times in brackets.
Fee   7.46       (7.31) (7.13)
Jacs   9.34      ( 9.13) (9.50)
Fiona 9.09      (9.13) (9.45)
Alison  -          (8.42) (9.19)
Ann     -          (8.14) (7.41)
Rosie   -          (9.27) (-)
Linda   -          (9.17) (9.03)
Kirsten  -         (8.06) (-)
Kerry  8.25     (7.24) (7.21)
John      -         (6.25) (-)
Garret   -         (6.40) (-)
Toby   -           (5.45) (6.30)
Janet 9.49
Janice 11.39






inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160

Achnamara 10k

The pre flurries of Hurricane Irene could certainly be felt as we headed our way down to Achnamara for this local fund raiser! However the rain did clear after a short sharp shower on the way to the start line and stayed away almost until the end...the wind on the other hand was certainly an issue especially after the 7k mark!
Times
Fee 54.52
Linda 1.02.36
Liz  54.06
Fiona  1.08.09
Kirsten  54.58

inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160

Caloonan Run

A very pleasant run around to Carloonan and back with Kerry, Fee and Fiona adding a bit along the river as well. Might as well take advantage of the light nights whilst they last.......

inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160

Results from The Great scottish Run

Well done all three of our runners in The Great Scottish run....Linda and Alison running in their first 1/2 marathons...a fantastic achievement and Penny in her first (I think!) 10k





Linda  2:15:44
Alison  2:37:55
Penny  1:00:11

Next up the Achnamara 10k on Sunday.

inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160

Thursday 1st September

Good session this week despite the shameless cheating in the sprints...naming no names!! Three folk going for it this weekend at The great Scottish Run are Linda and Alison competing in their first 1/2 marathon...Fantastic!! and Penny in a 10k after only joining us a few months ago. Good luck all and let us know how you get on....we want all the gory details...oh and your times too!! Achnamara 10k next Sunday still has plenty of places the last I heard.

Starting as we mean to go on.....

Fabulous turn out tonight...great to see you all and well done with those sprints!! Any ideas that anyone wants to include feedback/suggestions etc gratefully received!





inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160

Last run of the summer holidays and next session.

A reminder that the new session starts next week on a THURSDAY and all are welcome whatever level!! We shall be delighted to see the new members that started the walk/jog programme in May and have done so well. Despite expectations (of heavy rain!) Kisten, Rosie, Fiona and I had a lovely run around and about at Ardcastle last night and only got a little bit muddy........If anyone is looking for running buddies to help them along the way either on those longer training runs or as a bit of motivation don't forget to post on facebook, or if you don't have it ask me and I will do it for you.





inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160

Tuesday....

Application forms for Achnamara 10k available here.  Meeting for the last time on a Tuesday this week and am hoping to make it Ardcastle meeting in the car park at 7pm, have  e mailed to see if it is open again yet and will keep you up to date if not...anyone passing with room for Rosie and me??

inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160 DURING HOLIDAYS STILL MEETING TUESDAYS AT VARIOUS VENUES ..SEE FACEBOOK/E MAILS FOR DETAILS

Tonights session plus Achnamara 10 k

An invitation to attend this annual fund-raiser...if a few of us are going we could car share? I am hoping to go so let me know if you fancy it. Tonight we did a very pleasant run around the Dubh Loch in very nice conditions..perfect!! Details for next weeks run to follow...when I have decided! Suggestions welcome!





inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160 DURING HOLIDAYS STILL MEETING TUESDAYS AT VARIOUS VENUES ..SEE FACEBOOK/E MAILS FOR DETAILS

Run out of Claonairigh

Great to be back and running with you again. The run out last night was from Claonairigh with a very steep start indeed. The views were good though from the top and the chat even better. Well done Janice, Rosie, Linda, Fee, Alison and Jacs. Next week we are planning on the Dubh Loch (Black Loch) circular route (? aprox 3 miles) so will meet there at 7pm. Anyone wanting to be picked up let me know...




inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160 DURING HOLIDAYS STILL MEETING TUESDAYS AT VARIOUS VENUES ..SEE FACEBOOK/E MAILS FR DETAILS.

Friends of The Beatson Run

Well, runner extraordinaire Liz set off last Saturday, with fabulous support from friends, family and fellow runners and five days/ 77 miles later finished at Dall Farm, Ardeonaig on the South Side of Loch Tay having raised  funds for Friends of the Beatson Charity.  
Prominant amongst the runners for the first day were many fellow inveraray jogscotland runners giving support to Liz along the way. Garret, Fiona and Kerry took the first stage from Minard to Auchindrain. Kerry peeled off here leaving Fee, Alison and Jacs (on her first cross country run...and this is cross country in the true sense of the word....) to take the second stage and third stages. Garret and Fiona stayed the full distance with Rosie and Toby picking us up for the last 4 miles of what turned out to be a very hot run!! So well done all on supporting Liz (and well done Jacs on your longest run ....so far!!). Photos here.






inveraray jogscotland meets every Thursday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.   £1/session. 01499302160

End of session stuff and changes afoot!

Fantastic turn out for the end of session run last night although the rain also turned up albeit briefly. A variety of runs and distances were on offer and most were taken advantage of . With the "no longer beginners" taking the anti clockwise route and the old hands going the other way we fully expected to meet Toby first on his way round clockwise but no, Matt, Rosie and Kerry hove into view with Toby a little way behind having discovered that texting/facebook+running= taking a wrong turn.....He soon corrected the running order and we all turned to continue in the return direction....alas the GPS never lies and shows how we cut a corner on the way home......I hope that everyone enjoyed the evening as much as I did...Thank you very much for my presents. The beautiful Border Collie tile in proudly in place as from 8am this morning, the wine is still intact and the flowers are beautiful. I shall look forward to spending my token having refused this am to let Garret use it to buy compost.....
Then it was my turn to thank you all which I think I managed very inadequately but you all know how much you have supported, teased, sympathised, encouraged and listened over the weeks so THANK YOU!!
Awards...Toby presented medals to Penny, Janice and Jillian for all their hard work both at home and on a Thursday night. Keep on running girls!!
Fiona was given the "Most Miles" Award and Janet in her absence the "Most Improved". Rosie, Linda and Alison are all "Going for a Challenge" this year with Rosie facing her first sprint triathlon soon and Linda and Alison take on a half marathon each in September...this is what the group is about and it is great to see you all taking on the miles! Penny is also going for it with a 10k also in September. Kerry and Liz both have supported the group when I have been unable to run recently and for this I thank them very much more than the "Special Award" could show really. Ditto for Jacs who has been a very motivating and helpful member of both groups encouraging the beginners group to continue and also supporting Toby when he was leading the group in my absence. Finally Very Special thanks went to Toby for leading and planning the sessions for the beginners...he approached this with trepidation but has been a great jogscotland leader taking his responsibilities very seriously.We also discussed the merging of the two groups and summer plans. It was decided that a different person will take responsibility for planning a run each Tuesday mainly out with Inveraray in the area from the Dhub Loch to Ardcastle to give wider scope of run. The person leading the run (Kerry is next Tuesday) will keep all informed through Face book (everyone except Jacs who will need to be texted...apply to me for number!) Kerry is planning an event yet to be confirmed in Furnace probably on the last Tuesday before the schools return. It was also decided to move the day of the running group to Thursday night 7-8pm as a trial from the start of the Autumn term until October to avoid a clash with Zumba. Any feedback on the above will be very welcome!






inveraray jogscotland meets every Tuesday 7-8pm at the shelter shed at Inveraray Primary School during term time. All levels of runner welcome.Beginners group  6-7pm Shelter Shed Inveraray primary school.   £1/session. 01499302160