Good Luck Lucja- have a great night.
Saturday, 22 November 2014
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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/
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.
[see http://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.
[see http://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.
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Steady - I don't think so!
It was a cool night, but the two groups warmed up quickly and they were all gunning for PB's last night I think! You couldn't hold them back as we did a nice steady route heading up Craigleith Road, before looping back onto Queensferry road, running past the stunning Stewarts Melville College.
Heading back over Dean Bridge and back through the stomping ground of Stockbridge and Inverleith Park to get us home.
I'm on 'holiday' now for the next 2 weeks, so the 6pm group will be looked after by Andy and the 7pm group by Ali, so definitely no rest for the wicked.
Most of you know I am off to run the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon in South Africa, a 250km race through high desert temperatures of anywhere from 30-45 degrees, carrying all my own food and kit for the week over a 6 stage race. We kick off the race on the 1st November and if you are interested in keeping up to date with my progress, follow me on twitter @runningdutchie or find me on Facebook as Lucja Leonard (my PR agent ;-0 my friend, Nina, will be updating my pages with details as we are able to send out one email a day from camp). Daily updates will be posted on their website as well as photos and video http://www.kaem.co.za/ and if you fancy sending me any messages you can email runners@kaem.co.za . I will post a full blog on the event afterwards, but in the meantime if you enjoy reading my blog www.runningdutchie.wordpress.com please vote for me at http://therunningawards.com/ I am under Publications & online/Blog/Running Dutchie .
See you when I get back!
Heading back over Dean Bridge and back through the stomping ground of Stockbridge and Inverleith Park to get us home.
Most of you know I am off to run the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon in South Africa, a 250km race through high desert temperatures of anywhere from 30-45 degrees, carrying all my own food and kit for the week over a 6 stage race. We kick off the race on the 1st November and if you are interested in keeping up to date with my progress, follow me on twitter @runningdutchie or find me on Facebook as Lucja Leonard (my PR agent ;-0 my friend, Nina, will be updating my pages with details as we are able to send out one email a day from camp). Daily updates will be posted on their website as well as photos and video http://www.kaem.co.za/ and if you fancy sending me any messages you can email runners@kaem.co.za . I will post a full blog on the event afterwards, but in the meantime if you enjoy reading my blog www.runningdutchie.wordpress.com please vote for me at http://therunningawards.com/ I am under Publications & online/Blog/Running Dutchie .
See you when I get back!
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Run in the dark
Tuesday night groups were treated to hill reps last night, and boy did they give it some. The darker nights haven't put these guys off that's for sure!
Comely Bank Avenue in Stockbridge set the scene for 8x1min ascends as fast as they could go with a 2 minute recovery back down between sets, keeping track of their markers, many of them went on to get stronger and smash their targets. The 3 lads in our 7pm group were seriously competitive and were nearly up and around the corner!
Speaking of running in the dark.....There is an event you may be interested in. Check out www.runingthedark.org/edinburgh there is a choice of a 5k/10k run which will be on Wednesday 12th November at 8pm leaving from Crowne Plaza Edinburgh - Royal Terrace, 18 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH75AQ and doing a loop from there through Holyrood Park and Hunters Bog under Arthur's Seat. It is £15 to enter and all proceeds go to the Mark Pollock Trust raising money for spinal paralysis research, a very worthy cause. And you get a goody bag with a flashing arm band , perfect for these darker nights! Any questions please email Lucja at runningdutchie@Hotmail.com or on twitter @runningdutchie
Comely Bank Avenue in Stockbridge set the scene for 8x1min ascends as fast as they could go with a 2 minute recovery back down between sets, keeping track of their markers, many of them went on to get stronger and smash their targets. The 3 lads in our 7pm group were seriously competitive and were nearly up and around the corner!
Speaking of running in the dark.....There is an event you may be interested in. Check out www.runingthedark.org/edinburgh there is a choice of a 5k/10k run which will be on Wednesday 12th November at 8pm leaving from Crowne Plaza Edinburgh - Royal Terrace, 18 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH75AQ and doing a loop from there through Holyrood Park and Hunters Bog under Arthur's Seat. It is £15 to enter and all proceeds go to the Mark Pollock Trust raising money for spinal paralysis research, a very worthy cause. And you get a goody bag with a flashing arm band , perfect for these darker nights! Any questions please email Lucja at runningdutchie@Hotmail.com or on twitter @runningdutchie
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