Club News

For details of forthcoming events, please check the Events page and future training session check the where to meet page.

Facebook

Cairngorm Runners are on Facebook, if you have an account then join them as another means of staying in contact with fellow club members in a social context.  Arrange car share to training and events, make social arrangements, stay in touch with club developments and so on.  jogscotland is trying to netwrok other clubs through Facebook so join us and stay in touch.

New Jog Leaders Required

The club is looking to expand its pool of jog leaders in 2010 so volunteers please give your names to Sandy or Marilyn.  Full details can be found on the jogscotalnd web at http://www.jogscotland.org.uk/jog-leaders/jog-leader-welcome.  The date for the next course is 13th Mar 10 and will be held in Aviemore.  Confirmed vacancies are for Annie Fraser (Aberdeen 20th February 2010) and Aviemore course for Mark Allan, Pauline Mitchell, Wendy Grigor and Frances Bain.  The course cost £70 and includes free insurance, a grant from Coaching Highland covers 50% of that fee and the club pays the remainder.

Winter Club Nights

We are continuing Monday and Wednesday club nights through the winter dependent on the snow cover. The meeting time/point is 6:30pm at the reception area of Aviemore Highland Resort Leisure Centre. Due to extreme weather the next running programme may be postponed until further notice. Please keep checking the website for updates .
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Wednesday Night Training Programme

Club training sessions start at 6:30pm every Wed evening. If you own a headtorch bring it along with you.  The latest Wednesday programme is as follows:

Sunday Morning Training Programme

Sunday runs remain open to all club members at the car park opposite the Rothiemurchus Visitor Centre at 10am.  These are not organised runs, just turn up and run, the emphasis is on a social run followed by coffee and cakes.   

Cross-Training Opportunities

1. Highland Nordic based at Glenmore Lodge are offering Club Members a chance to join them Roller Skiing on Tues evenings at 5:30pm. Roller Skiing is the training medium for Cross-Country Skiing (Nordic Skiing) during summer months and is an excellent cross training session for runners. Highland Nordic provide all the equipment necessary. Contact our very own club member Bill Wilson on 01479 861253.

2. Boxing Circuit Training at the Cameron Club in Inverness by kind invitation from our club member Kevin Riddoch. This is non-contact training on punch bags only between 6-7pm each Wed evening. More details from Kevin on Mon evening running sessions.

2009 Club Season

The 2009 club season began on Monday 6 April/Wednesday 8 April 2009 and will run through until 31 Mar 2010. We offer a variety of training options, with Mondays being a club run night with a focus on running sessions for all abilities and Wednesdays offering a more technical programme to help intermediate/advanced runners develop. Example training programmes are listed on the Take Up Running! page. For those that didn't make the Enrollment Night, our 2009 Membership Forms are available to download.

Membership Applications Available Online

jogscotland Awards 2009

Caingorm Runners were awarded Runner-Up in the Community Group of the Year Award 2009 at the recent jogscotland awards. Read Melissa's full account of the scottishathletics Annual Award Dinner and check out the photos of our club representatives schmoozing with celebs!

2009 End of Season Function

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