Saturday 22 November 2014

jogscotland awards 2014

Good Luck Lucja- have a great night.

Tuesday 18 November 2014

Run in the Dark Edinburgh

As darkness swept across the globe on Wednesday 12th November at 8pm local time thousands pulled on their running shoes, flashing armbands and various guises of lights and neon colours and headed for the door. Joining over 30 cities worldwide Edinburgh was lit up with 149 runners joining a living light show flowing through the streets and Holyrood Park like lava.

Lit up like lava
Lit up like lava

The Lifestyle Sports Run in The Dark plays a vital role in funding the Mark Pollock Trusts’s mission to find and connect people around the world to fast track a cure for paralysis. Runners paid an entry fee of £15 which goes directly to the trust with the event being supported by volunteers. The super trio of Lucja Leonard (www.edinburghruntours.com), Iona MacArthur and Sue Finn put their hearts, minds and time together to organise the pop up event for Edinburgh utilising the Crowne Plaza Edinburgh – Royal Terrace as the race headquarters on the night. A special thanks goes out to the volunteers that assisted on the night with registrations and marshalling duties as well as local sponsors of the goody bags including Crowne Plaza Edinburgh -Royal Terrace, Nira Caledonia, Matthew Clark, Vivimoss sportswear and Lululemon.

Holyrood park looking back to the city
Holyrood park looking back to the city

The night wouldn’t have been complete without the support from C. Pendleton/W.Robb from Iconic Photo Tours Edinburgh (http://www.willrobbphotography.com/2012/09/iconic-edinburgh-photo-tours/) who sat in Holyrood Park to capture some stunning photos of the light streams created by the runners with the dramatic Edinburgh city line in the background.
Edinburgh weather played ball ensuring a fun, dry and safe night was had by all. With the event being such a great success along with the high level of interest from the Edinburgh running community all keen to support such a worthy cause, Run In The Dark is sure to become a fixture in the yearly running calendar. For more details visit www.runinthedark.org and sign up to the newsletter so you don’t miss out on next years event.

The amazing trio and a handful of the super marshals.
The amazing trio and a handful of the super marshals.

Sunday 9 November 2014

this wednesday is run in the dark day

Lucja is organising this year & this citys runinthedark. check out the website for full details,

http://www.runinthedark.org/edinburgh/

Thursday 6 November 2014

jogscotland awards 2014

Lucja has been shortlisted for the jogleader of the year award- well done- have a great night at the awards Lucja. 
 [sehttp://www.jogscotland.org.uk/news/7305-jogscotland-awards-shortlist-announced ]

Lucja & her husband Dion were both 2nd overall in the  Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon with Lucja coming 1st on day 3 & 4. Exceptional work. looks like the hot climate training was worthwhile. well done.

Saturday 1 November 2014

want to let the world of jogscotland know how your training is going?


IT'S STRIDE TIME! We're starting the next edition of our fab members' magazine, and we'd love to include YOU! Have you started jogging recently and been amazed by your progress? Reached a long-held goal? Perhaps there's someone in your jog group you think is an unsung hero, or the group itself is worth shouting about?
Just let us know - drop a line to sue.gyford@scottishathletics.org.uk if you think you have a story to tell - we'd love to hear from you.