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Category Archives: Half Marathon
RACE REPORT: RunGarioch Half Marathon 2013
24th March 2013 RunGarioch Half Marathon Time: 1hr 56m 52s (from my watch; the chip timing system was not used, for an unknown reason.) After four straight days of howling gales and relentless snow, I had really, really hoped that … Continue reading
Posted in Half Marathon, Race Reports, Races, Running, Scotland, Training
Tagged half marathon, medals, race report, RunGarioch, rungarioch 2013
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RACE REPORT: Forfar Multi-Terrain Half Marathon 2013
The Forfar Multi-Terrain Half Marathon 3rd February 2013 Official Time: 2:10:09 When I heard about this half marathon back in December, I signed up as soon as I could. I distinctly remember chatterings amongst friends on facebook about it … Continue reading
Hoka Highland Fling 2013 – Training begins
Hello and welcome back to RedWineRunner! Over the last couple of weeks my blog has been moving hosts and now is securely at its new home. Visually things look the same for now but I am busy teaching myself WordPress … Continue reading
Posted in Half Marathon, Life, Races, Running, Scotland, Training, Ultramarathon
Tagged 6 nations, d33 ultra, hoka highland fling, paris marathon, rungarioch 2013, training, ultramarathon
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RACE REPORT: Fraserburgh Half Marathon 2012
Fraserburgh Half Marathon 2012 18th November 2012 Gun time: 1hr 56m 9s Position: 162/242 finishers Gender: 37/82 Ladies Category: 16/34 Senior Ladies Another end of season, and another great day out at the Fraserburgh Half Marathon, affectionately known around these … Continue reading
Posted in Half Marathon, Race Reports, Races, Running
Tagged broch half, fetch, fetch everyone, Fraserburgh half marathon, fraserburgh half marathon 2012, fraserburgh running club, half marathon, half marathon training, PB, Personal best, race, race re-cap, race report, races, racing, running, Scotland, stonehaven running club
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Fraserburgh Half Pre-amble
There are four days to go until the Fraserburgh Half Marathon; my 8th half marathon and the second time around for me on this course. In 2011 I managed to complete 5 halfs and was hoping to get around to … Continue reading
Posted in Half Marathon, Races, Running, Training
Tagged body pump, cross training, Fraserburgh half marathon, half marathon, race, stonehaven running club
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RACE REPORT: Crathes Half Marathon 2012
Crathes Half Marathon 15th September 2012 Time: 2hrs 7mins 29secs Position: 272nd/463 finishers Gender: 83rd/283 females Category: 57th/142 The Crathes Half Marathon takes place in and around the grounds of Crathes Castle, a beautiful 16th Century castle surrounded by nearly … Continue reading
RACE REPORT: Stonehaven Half Marathon 2012
Stonehaven Half Marathon 1st Jul 2012 1hr 59 mins 14 secs – NEW PB! Overall – 199th/267 Category – 26th/46 Gender – 35th/75 I’ve done it! I have finally cracked the two hour mark at the Half Marathon! And on … Continue reading
Posted in Half Marathon, Race Reports, Races, Running
Tagged half marathon, medals, PB, Personal best, race, race re-cap, race report, races, racing, running, Scotland, stoenhaven, stonehaven half marathon, stonehaven half marathon 2012
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RACE REPORT – Rock ‘n’ Roll Edinburgh Half Marathon 2012
Rock ‘n’ Roll Edinburgh Half Marathon 2012 Official Time: 2hrs 01min 50secs Overall placing: 1835 out of 3748 finishers Gender: 607 out of 1922 Age group: 382 out of 1193 The much-hyped Competitor Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon series rolled into … Continue reading
RACE REPORT – Fraserburgh Half Marathon
Fraserburgh Half Marathon 20th November 2011 2hrs 07min 17secs – Gender: 67/87 – Age Group: 22/28 Half marathon #5 is in the bag! I had the best time on Sunday and ran my heart out to achieve a new personal … Continue reading
Posted in Half Marathon, Race Reports, Races, Running, Scotland
Tagged Fraserburgh half marathon, fraserburgh running club, half marathon, Personal best, race, race report, Scotland
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Ten Mile Sunday
What was I saying last week about getting my mojo back? It didn’t really stick around unfortunately My thoughts on running have been all over the place recently and up until the other day I really couldn’t figure out why. … Continue reading
Posted in Half Marathon, Running, Training
Tagged half marathon, half marathon training, injury
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