Just thought I would be the first to post in the Scotland section Have we any Scottish runners on here? Introduce yourselves now!

Hi msfenetre
I am not Scottish but have lived in Scotland before and I'm about to go back.
Whereabouts in Scotland are you from?
I used to stay on the isles and in St Andrews.

I am not Scottish either but I'm currently living in Edinburgh. Can you recommend any good races up here in Scotland?

Not far from you, there are some great races in Fife.
Fife AC usually have a good calendar and Forum (mostly covering local events, not like this one that covers many different topics) - www.fifeac.co.uk

From May to September you can also race in the Highland Games - check the calendar here: http://www.albagames.co.uk/

Unlike you two sasanachs, I am born and bred Jock

The best place for seeing a race calendar is on the Scottish Athletics website, www.scottishathletics.org.uk

There are a couple of good races coming up over the next few weekends.

This Sunday (5/3) the BUPA sponsored Lasswade 10. - A tough and challenging start to the season, don;t expect a PB.
Then next Saturday (11/3) the Fife AC Cupar 5 mile road race - flat, fast and popular race.
Both of which I am running.

During the summer there are the midweek meadows series sponsored I think by Run and Become. The races vary from 1 2 and 3 miles, and usually attract from the elite to the beginner. Good speed sessions.

During the summer months you can race every weekend and during the week if you wanted to in the central belt of scotland.

There are also plenty hill races if you are into that, look up the carnethy website www.carnethy.com or the scottish hill runners website www.shr.uk.com

I think that should keep you going for now!

I am humbled

Me too. Run anywhere in scotland and abroad but based in Inverness most of the time!!

Did anyone on this forum run the Edinburgh Forthside Half Marathon on Sunday?
This was my first " big event ", and I thought it was a complete shambles.
Is there anyone else out there wanting to vent their spleen?

John By all accounts this was a shambles. there is an apology on the runnersworld site. They seem genuinely contrite. Don't let this put you off. Most events are very well run.

Forever in my memory will be the announcement, as I approached the tape, sprinting like a bat out of, well not quite hell, and not quite like a bat....but you get the picture!
" slow down as you approach the finishing line, folks, then you can be funnelled through "
Never in the history of athletics, I'll bet, has an announcement been made like this.
It has put me off running another race in Edinburgh...............but back to Stornoway I'll be in May for another Half Marathon which was my first ever last year. You don't have to slow down, you get a goody ( Co-op ) bag with more than leaflets inside, and the hospitality is superb.
Anyone else going?

John