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Eilidh sets new record at Pitreavie

EILIDH Child raced to a new championship best time at the recent Scottish Championships held at Pitreavie, reports Gordon Bannerman. Read

Runners rise to the annual 10K challenge

LAST week saw Perth basking in its nicest run of fine weather for a couple of months and then it all came to a wet end just in time for the start of the city’s 10k road race. Read

25th Perth 10k roll call sprints past the 100 mark

WITH just over a week to go, entries for the 25th Perth 10k have already topped the 100-mark. Read

Impressive show by young athletes

NEARLY 200 competitors from all around Scotland came to compete in the George Duncan Testimonial Athletics Competition last Saturday at the Perth stadium. Read

Runners take on a dual challenge

WITH many Perth Road Runners cycling for leisure and fitness, the annual club duathlon held at Pitcairngreen is an ever-popular event. Read

Silver medalist all set into Spring into action

THE latest candidate to be awarded the Highland Spring Young Sports Person Award is 15-year-old Laura Muir from Kinross. Read

Perth ‘Two’ all set for Ultra Fest

CURRENT Scottish 100km champions Paul Hart (Dumfries) and Sandra Bowers (Winchester) are two of the leading names to have entered the Perth Ultra Fest 100km – confirmed this week as a Scottish Championship event. Read

Perth and Kinross host the Middle Distance Triathlon

THE 2008 Aberfeldy Middle Distance Triathlon incorporating the Scottish National Long Distance Triathlon Championships and Club Relay Championships is once again being hosted by Perth and Kinross Leisure. Read

Organisers call ‘time’ on Kinnoull Hill handicap

BEING in a canoe without a paddle could so easily have described Perth Road Runners’ handicap race as runners were required to remove all watches prior to the event start. Read

He’s the oldest runner in town

A VETERAN athlete is raring to take on the Perth 10K’s young guns – even though he’s FOUR TIMES older than many of them. Read

Perth Road Runners finish Summer Series

This year’s series comprised of six races with two races each in May, June and July. Read

All set for ‘ultra run’

SCOTLAND’S proud tradition in ultra distance running enters a new chapter this autumn as Perth and Kinross hosts a high quality set of road races at the Inches/Bell's Sports Centre on September 13 and 14. Read

Club runners take on the Corrieyairack Challenge

THE first weekend of July saw three members of Perth Road Runners take up the Corrieyairack Challenge. This involves a 17-mile run over the 18thC military road from Fort Augustus to Garva Bridge followed by a 26 mile cycle to Kincraig. Read

Commonwealth goal

IT’S back to school for Kinross hurdler Eilidh Child, who has her sights set on bagging a Scotland squad place for the next Commonwealth Games. Read

Team GB legend reckons Eilidh will ‘be a force’

FORMER Olympic champion Sally Gunnell is convinced Kinross hurdler Eilidh Child stands on the verge of greatness as she heads to this weekend’s Beijing Olympic trials in Birmingham. Read

Perth Road Runners compete in Norway and France

THE race round-up for the Perth Road Runners this week reads like the side of an exotic version of Del Boy Trotter’s Reliant van, with members competing at events in Norway, Nice and – Bridge of Earn. Read

Junior contest will celebrate Harriers legend George

A MAJOR athletics event, to celebrate the dedication of Perth man George Duncan to local and national sport, is being held in the city next month, writes Les Stewart. Read