Fraserburgh Half Marathon

Well i really enjoyed the Fraserburgh Half Marathon today, was delighted with my time of 1 hr 44 min 40 secs, as hadnt really done a lot since accident 6 weeks ago. Ran all the way Nicola Drummond who had pb brilliant. Hope you like the photograph of Blootoon Maniac Mo,s after the run!!

MACBI FUN RUN

MACBI Fun Run Sunday 17th March 2013 MACBI Fun Run2013 Following the success of the first two MACBI (Mintlaw and Central Buchan Initiative) Fun Run events, Aden Country Park in Mintlaw is to again play host for the 3rd family friendly MACBI Fun Run on Sunday 17th March 2013 at 1pm, with registration taking place between 12 noon and 12.45pm The fun run event is aimed at both helping to raise awareness and support of the creation of the state-of-the-art community and sports centre in Mintlaw, as well as providing the local community with a fun day out. There is a 1K, 3K, 5K, and for the more adventurous a 10K run around Aden Country Park. Entrance to the event is free for Children (under 16’s) with a £5 entry for adults (over 16’s). 1.00pm Start 1K Boys & Girls (Under 8’s) 1.15pm Start 3K Boys & Girls (Age 9 – 15) and Adults (16 and over) 1.30pm Start 5k Adults run (16 and over) 1.45pm Start 10k Adults run (16 and over) Medals will be awarded to all finishers and all proceeds will go to the MACBI Community & Sports Centre Project. All runners should gather in the courtyard area (in front of the Aberdeenshire Farming Museum) in Aden Country Park, Mintlaw. Registration 12 - 12.45pm. Please allow enough time to hand in your entry form prior to the race. Entry forms can be downloaded from http://www.adencountrypark.org.uk/eventslisting/193-macbi-fun-run Please complete and bring on the day. Alternatively entry forms can be picked up on the day of the Fun Run. Times: Start times: 1.00pm, 1.15pm, 1.30pm & 1.45pm (Registration 12 - 12.45pm) Suitable for: All ages welcomed Meeting point: Courtyard area outside the Aberdeenshire Farming Museum Registration 12 - 12.45pm on the day of the event Charge: FREE entry for Children (under 16’s) £5 Entry for Adults (over 16’s)

Peterhead To Fraserburgh Beach Run

Well thats the Peterhead to Fraserburgh Beach Run over for another year, i think thats the fourth time i have done it and it was the best conditions yet. Two years ago we have a northly gale and it was such a struggle i said i never do it again ha ha. This year my time was 2 hrs 28 mins which was delighted about and beaches all the way were just amazing. Its a shame we dont get better weather in our small corner of world as we must some of most beautiful beaches in the world. Whens last time parked at Scotstoun or drive down to Rattray and walked the beach? This year Beach Run was biggest entry yet and being going for over 20 years hopefully it will keep growing!! Thanks to Sandy and Carol Hastie for organise and all who helped on the day.

Members Benefits February 2013

We are really keen to encourage you to keep coming to Peterhead Jogscotland, as a result we have built in a number of benefits/discounts in being a Peterhead Jogscotland Member. 1. Discounts of 10% to 15% at Run4 It in Aberdeen. 2. Corporate Membership of the Waterside Leisure Club £199 per annum (available end January) instead of the usual £290, or £85 for 5 months (available now) 3. Free Bronze membership to Jogscotland - Stride logbook, monthly e-news letter, quarterly Stride Magazine and special offers throughout the year. 4. Subsidised bus travel (or even for free) to jogging and running events throughout the year. 5. A number of subsidised social events throughout the year 6. Discount rates for treating injuries and free advice for the Injury Time Clinic Peterhead. 8. Have a good cause you would like to see supported? Fundraising events are held throughout the year. Members and friends are very generous with their time and efforts. 9. Circuits at Harvest Church Hall on a Thursday cost only £1.50 If you know of any other benefits/ discounts we could offer our members please don’t hesitate to let us know. As we have over 200 members this could also benefit your business as well!!!!

Fun Run and Disco

Stuart Laird and Family are holding a fundraiser this Saturday 3rd December to raise funds for the gynaecology ward @ARI (where his daughter Darcie was treated after being diagnosed with a 14cm x 10cm tumor back in march) there is a 3k, 5k or 10k walk, jog, run at 1pm at ugie bridge (golf course) followed by a charity disco / auction etc at 7:30pm in Peterhead football club. Tickets are £10 per adult, £5 for kids or £5 for run only. If you would like tickets or to make a donation see Stuart tonight or contact myself and i will supply more information.

Peterhead to Boddam 12 or 14km

14km peterhead to boddam

8.7 miles / 14.0012928 km
Created 10.14.11 by guest

"> This is Sunday routes- choice of 12 or 14km if are doing 12km you just turn at Station Road Boddam, if your doing 14 km you go all the way around Boddam!! Meet at Catto Park Sunday 2pm. Click on route to have a closer look!!

New Hoodies etc for sale

Thanks to Cammy and Jennifer we have a whole new range of clothing with our logo for sale. This includes a hoodies, Ladies and Mens tracksuits, Ladies jackets. We also ordered new Tshirt in Hi-vis Yellow and white TShirts we will be taking orders in the next few weeks. Do forget with weather getting colder you can also order base-layers (thanks to Marshall) at http://www.playerlayer.com/teams/peterhead-jog-scotland

Baxter Lochness Marathon

Have you ever been to the Baxters Lochness Marathon and Festival of Running, if not i would highly recommend it. Last weekend 16 of us from Phd Jogscotland went up and we had a great weekend. We had runners taking part in the 5km, 10km and the Marathon. I took part in the Marathon along with Andy Davidson, Willie Thomson, Mark Strachan, Stuart Robertson and Margaret Birnie. The Lochness Marathon starts at Fort Augustus and takes along the shores of Lochness into the Inverness City Centre, I never seen "oor monster" alias Stuart Robertson till about 4 miles from Inverness and he took of like a bullet when he saw me, fortunetly i was able sneak past him with 2 mile to go again!! I finished in a pb of 3 hrs 46 mins and 55 secs so was delighted, to see all the photographs simply click here

Well done Stuart and Jacqueline

Stuart Robertson and Jacqueline Henderson Peterhead Jogscotland members took part in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Walk to Cure Diabetes on Sunday 4th September at Hazlehead Park and raised the fantastic sum of £1600. This year JDRF introduced the TAQA 10k run (which Stuart took part in) as well as the 7km walk, and 5km run which Jacqueline took part in. The whole event raised a staggering £100,000 with more funds rolling in every day. Stuarts son and daughter have been both being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and as a result Stuart a Jogleader at Peterhead Jogscotland took part in the event to raise money for this great charity and raise awareness of this condition that effects so much young people. Stuart said: “The Walk to Cure Diabetes was a fantastic success with so many people stepping out together to support the type 1 community, which means so much to my family. It’s great to know that any amount of money we manage to raise will help JDRF fund more vital research into finding a cure for type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition that causes the body’s own immune system to turn on itself and attack cells in the pancreas which produce insulin. The condition affects about 350,000 adults in the UK, including over 26,000 children.It can cause devastating complications including blindness, heart disease, amputation, stroke and kidney failure and reduces life expectancy by 20 years. Ashley Adamson, Fundraiser for Scotland at JDRF added: “The efforts of all of our supporters continue to astound me. With so many people still being affected by type 1 diabetes it is crucial that we continue to be able to fund research into the condition, as this is the only way we can make progress in finding the cure for a condition that has such a dramatic effect on people’s lives.” .

Peterhead Running Festival

Thanks to Bruce Calder for his photographs from the Peterhead Running Festival to see them all simply click here. I have also added some photographs of all the prize winners on the day.

New Pilates Class

Our new Pilates class will start on Wednesday 26th October at 7.30 to about 8.30pm, as a result we will be starting all our groups at 6.30pm prompt, so we can get some lite refreshments before the Pilates start. If you havent tried Pilates before (i never had before last year) it really helps to build up Core strength and a result your stamina, and helps prevent injury etc when running. I would highly recommend you give it ago, as over a period of time i know you will feel the benefits as i have!! The cost of Pilates will be £12 for 6 weeks, and we start taking payment soon!!

Dyke 10km

What a great time we had when 16 of us went up to the Dyke 10km, there was some really good times with several of our club members posting pbs including Edward Ferandes 40 minutes 20 secs Graham Simpson completing his first 10km in 44mins 16 secs, Jackie Stuart Robertson 45 mins 03 secs and Jennifer Robertson 46 mins 26 secs, Margaret Birnie 52 mins 40 secs taking more than 5 mins of her time last year, well done again Margaret. I took 45 mins 52 secs about 6 secs over my fastest time, hoping to beat 45 mins one of these days!!! To see so photographs of the day simply click here If never been to an organised running event i would thoroughly recommend it, especially with our crew its a great day oot, and some much fun!!

Winter Schedule

Over the winter months we are making several changes to help you keep your fitness up. After the clock changes in October we are hoping to have the following schedule!! Monday 6.30pm Catto Park Pavilion Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced and Track group (floodlights offcourse). Wednesday 6.30pm Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced Group 7.30pm Pilates £12 for 6 weeks with Suzie Crane (non- joggers welcome). Thursday 6.30pm - Circuits with Jim Mundie Harvest Community Church Hall Chapel Street Peterhead cost only £1. Friday 6.30pm Catto Park Pavilion 50p only to cover costs -Start the weekend with a jogging 3 or 5km or 5miles the choice is yours!! OR 6.30pm Rescue Hall Zumba with Steph cost £3 only (the cheapest Zumba in the Toon!!) Sunday 2.00pm Catto Park come along and do a 10km or more if your training for a Half or Marathon!! ALSO IF ANYONE INTERESTED IN ORGANISING A CYCLING GROUP I WOULD KEEN GET THIS GOING IF YOU ARE PLEASE GET IN CONTACT???????????????? PETERHEAD CYCLESCOTLAND SOUNDS GREAT TO ME, AND WE WILL GIVE YOU ALL BACKING TO GET IT STARTED!!

Peterhead Jogscotland Base-layers

Thanks to Marshall you can now order Peterhead Jogscotland Base-layers and you can even get your name on then if you wish!! Simply click here for further details

Dyke 10km

Yes we are off on our travels today 15 of us are off to the Dyke 10km near Forres. Really enjoyed it last year hoping for a good time as its quite a flat route!! This event is organised by the Forres Harriers to visit their website simply click here

Bike Event In Peterhead

Aberdeenshire Council will be hosting a fun Bike Event on this Saturday 24th September at the Community Centre Car Park, Peterhead as part of the Cycle Demonstration Town Project. This will be a great opportunity to: Try out some weird and wonderful bikes at the bike road show, Get some advice on buying a bike Have your bike checked over for free at the bike clinic Find out about future proposals for cycling in Peterhead Share your ideas on cycling schemes get hold of some hi-vis giveaways to help cyclists be seen this autumn. As part of the project Aberdeenshire Council are trying to gather as much information on levels of walking and cycling in the area . I'm looking for as large a response rate as possible as its vital we can benchmark our progress over the coming years and use the information to help deliver future schemes. Please complete the following survey simply click here Also see the link below for more information http://www.youtube.com/v/ifw5pYdB1NQ?version=3

Peterhead Running Festival & Fun Day

I am really excited how Peterhead's First Running Festival is taking shape. We have had so much support, enthusiasm and help organise this major event for Peterhead it just fantastic. On the day we now have planned (and we are still adding bits and pieces). At 10am we have the Shell School Funs Run(free event) on the track at Catto Park, this fun event hopes to encourage the kids to get active takes place from 10am, Primary's 1 to 3 One lap of track 400 metres, Primary's 4-6 two laps of track 800 metres , Primary 7 and 1/2 years of Secondary School 3 laps of track 1200 metres. Each child taking part will get a medal and goody bag, and certificates will be given for the first 3 pupils in each fun run, also the school with most pupils taking part per head of school role gets £200 to spend on sport equipment for their school.Please come along and cheer the kids on!!!!At 11.15am starting on the Buchan line across from Catto Park we have the Peterhead Half Marathon (to see all photos from last year event simply click here, costing £12 only all those taking part will get a beautiful medal courtesy the Rotary Club in Peterhead, and Goody bag, Cups will be present to the winners courtesy of the Scottish Building Society, along with some prize money. At 11.30am we have the Shell 5km Run, Jog or Walk, again starting on the Buchan line and finish on the track at Catto Park this event is for all levels of abilities, costing £6 only all those taking receives a goody bag and a medal courtesy of Shell. Both the Peterhead Half Marathon and the Shell 5km are chipped timed, so please get your entry form in as quick as possible or enter online here As well as the running events we have the Health and Activity Fair in a large marquee across from the Football Staduim, giving you vital health and activity information for all the family to get you active and hopefully keep you healthy. Everyone attending the Health and Activity Fair has a free entry into prize draw for a Bicycle courtsey of Halfords. Upstairs in the Football club its great to have Connies Craft Stalls, so come along a pick a bargain on the day, and if you need some refreshments teas and coffees will be served, and bar will be open, thanks to Peterhead Football Club and Mary for organising this for us. In front of Running Track we have also a Children Activity Fun Area which will have Bouncy castles/ slides etc etc costing only £1.50 to entry this area all money raised will go to our brillant Peterhead Seacadets. After the Shell School Fun Runs we also in the centre of the Running track "Come and try field sports" for kids to try on the day which should good fun, so please encourage the kids to join in. At 12 noon Suzie Crane is organising a Nordic Walk demonstration( more information on Nordic Walking can be found here,), if you would like to try out Nordic Walking Demonstration see Suzie at the Health and Activity Fair and book your place. I have tried Nordic Walking and Suzie its great fun and you get a good work out at the same time!! As well as teas up in the Football club down beside the Running Track we have the Starlight Parade Marquee which will hav teas/coffee and lots to eats all in aid of Scottish Spina Bifida Assocation. Run4it Peterhead Jogscotland main sponsors will also be along to offer advice on running shoes, wear etc etc and will have some special bargains on the day, if you are taking part in any of the runs you will also have a 15% discount voucher in our goody bag which can spent on the day, or at their shop in Holburn Street Aberdeen. At 1.30pm we are also looking to have Zumba in the Park with Steph, this free session will be great fun for all the family. The Peterhead Running Festival is a joint partnership between Peterhead Jogscotland, Aberdeenshire Council (Active Schools Aberdeenshire and Leisure & Recreation Department, and the Starlight Parade Committee. It would be impossible to have a large event like this without the financial help of our main sponsors Shell and Eventscotland and an our other partner sponsors Scottish Building Society, Peterhead Jogscotland, Bright Beginning Nursery, Thistle Group, Quantum Data Solutions, Robert Emslie Jewellers, Peterhead Rotary, Waves Fm, Northern Platforms & Staging, Finnie Motors, TSL Training Services and the Buchan Observer we are really grateful to each of them for their help and support. The Peterhead Running Festival is not just an event for runners but for all the family, please please encourage your family, friends and work colleagues to come along and support this great event. All profits from the day will go to Scottish Spina Bidifa Association

Invitation to the Opening of Scottish Parliament

On Friday 1st July Roselyn and i were invited down to the opening of parliament, what a great time we had!!! First of all we went on the Riding which was basically a parade to celebrate to the Opening of Parliament, then we had a packed lunch outside Hollyrood,and then our local msp Stewart Stevenson give us a brillant tour of the parliament which we really enjoyed. Along the way we meet a few friends include Andy, Helen and Cameron Brown fae Peterhead. To see all photographs from the day simply here

Peterhead Marinathon

Thank for all your amazing support at this years Peterhead Marinathon even though the weather wasnt great we had about 400 people along, and it was great to see so much Mums,Dads,Girls,Boys and even Grannies and Grandads dressed to support this year theme "PROUD TO BE SCOTTISH" end up raising £600 for Scottish Week which we are delighted about!! Thanks to Alexander Lemon and Johnny Johnston for their great photographs simply click here to see them all. Hope you enjoyed Scottish Week i think it was brillant!! By way next years theme will be the OLYMPICS just give you plenty warning!!

Trip To Rome

Roselyn and i had a great time recently when we went to Rome, an offcourse we brought along our Peterhead Jogscotland T Shirts, to see all the photographs simply click here. If going away on holiday remember take your Peterhead Jogscotland TShirt you never know you could win a prize at our next our next AGM.