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