Club News
For details of forthcoming events, please check the Events page and future training session check the where to meet page.
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.
Weekday Club Nights
The Monday and Wednesday club nights recommenced on Mon 12th April 2010 and Wed 14th April 2010 respectively. Meet at the Rothiemurchus & Aviemore Tennis Club House. Steve has put together a great programme for Wednesdays nights See below:
Wednesday Night Training Programme
Club training sessions start at 6:30pm every Wed evening. Meet at the Rothiemurchus & Aviemore Tennis Club House. The latest Wednesday programme is as follows:
| 8 Sep 10 | Hill session | Alan Sandy Frances |
| 15 Sep 10 | 7 mile Fartlek session | Alan Sandy Frances |
| 22 Sep 10 | Interval session | Alan Sandy Frances |
| 29 Sep 10 | Hill session | Alan Sandy Frances |
| 6 Oct 10 | 7 mile Tempo run | Alan Sandy Frances |
| 13 Oct 10 | 4th 5km Time Trial | Alan Sandy Frances |
Sunday Morning Training Programme
Sunday runs remain open to all club members at the normal meeting place at Rothiemurchus and Aviemore Tennis Club at 10am. These are not organised runs and will not be led by a jog leader, just turn up and run, the emphasis is on a social run followed by coffee and cakes. From 29 Aug 10 until the Aviemore Half Marathon a programme of increasing mileage will be adopted to help those running in the Half Marathon
2010 Club Season
The 2010 club season began on Monday 12 April/Wednesday 14 April 2010 and will run through until 31 Mar 2011. We offer a variety of training options, with Mondays being a Jog Scotland run night. We follow the Jog Scotland Training Programmes which aim to increase the length of time you run each week. The programmes are for all abilities but more particularly for beginners and intermediates who are aiming to increase their stamina and fitness through increased time and distance. See example training programmes on the Take up Running Page.
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 Enrolement Night, our 2010 Membership Forms are available to download. If it is your first time attending , please come just after 6pm so that there is time to complete registration process, otherwise you may miss the strat of the run.
Mr Wheels gets his chair!
Read how Cairngorm Runners helped local wheelchair athlete Bryan Stevens with the funds to purchase a new chair in our Aviemore Sports Centre Project report.
End of Season - Club Awards
If you didn't make it to our recent celebration of another great season, check out the report on the End of Season Do.
jogscotland Awards 2009
Cairngorm 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!
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.
3. Yoga sessions are now on at Hilton Coylumbridge on Wednesdays 6pm - 7pm. If you have your own mat there is no need to book, those without are required to book 01479 810661 highlighting option 0 and ask to speak to Capers Leisure Desk. Sessions are £4.00.
Membership Applications Available Online
The World's newest race distance - The Kilomathon
The World's newest running distance The Kilomathon™ (pronounced Kil-om-athon) is an innovative new race distance of 26.2 kilometres (16.3 miles) in length that has been developed by GSi Events, the same company that deliver the second largest marathon in the UK, the Edinburgh Marathon. The race distance has been billed as ‘the perfect race distance’ for anyone who is training for a marathon and is an ideal stepping stone from the half-marathon distance. A Kilomathon can also be undertaken as a stand alone challenge.
Double Olympian Liz Yelling said; “The Kilomathon will be an exciting new fixture on the UK running calendar. This innovative event will be a new target distance for lots of runners, from experienced looking to develop their performance or runners looking for a different challenge”.
The world's first Kilomathon will take place between Nottingham and Derby on 14th March 2010, 6 weeks before the 2010 Virgin London Marathon. The Scottish Kilomathon is planned to take place on 3rd October 2010 starting and finishing in the Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston and goes over the spectacular Forth Road Bridge.
Be part of history; take part in the world's first Kilomathon. Entries are limited and are on a first-come, first served basis. Enter soon to avoid disappointment see our Events page for full details.