Runs in Edinburgh
Runs in Edinburgh
Runners keep their cool to beat freeze
HUNDREDS of youngsters set the scene for Saturday's Bupa Great Winter Run in Edinburgh.
Athletics: Farah scores a brilliant win in the snow
The runners came despite the weather which closed Edinburgh Airport till noon on Saturday but, by some miracle, came too late to affect athletes arriving, and Holyrood Park duly delivered another glorious spectacle for television of the BUPA Great Edinburgh Cross Country.
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Thousands set to take part in Great Winter Run
FROM the world's best athletes to fundraisers who have been in training for a few days, the stage is set for thousands of competitors to converge on Holyrood Park tomorrow for this year's Bupa Great Winter Run.
Race entrant is big news
ITV newsreader Nina Hossain is set to tackle this weekend's Bupa Great Winter Run.
Record numbers for big race but some dreams turn to ash
THOUSANDS of runners are gearing up for the biggest Chris Hoy Half Marathon tomorrow.
Hector is on his marks to be youngest at Great Run
THEY say you shouldn't run until you can walk. So little Hector Eccles is sensibly waiting until just after his third birthday before taking part in the Mini Great Edinburgh Run.
Plans for Great Winter Run race ahead despite weather
ONE of the biggest televised events in Edinburgh's sporting calendar is due to go ahead despite the freezing conditions.
Survival of the fittest as Old Town forms obstacle course
STREETS in Edinburgh resembling an obstacle course is nothing new.
Timing error adjusted for 300 who ran out losers by wrong clock
ORGANISERS of the Bupa Great Edinburgh Run have been forced to apologise to around 300 competitors after a glitch in the timing system wrongly recorded the time it took them to complete the 10K course.
Great Edinburgh Run: Kogo takes crown from his friend Kipyego
"The King is dead, long live the King" was the story yesterday just a couple of hundred yards from the Castle as Kenyan Micah Kogo won this year's Great Edinburgh Run.
New route under fire as 10,000 tackle run in sun
A RECORD 10,000 runners took to the streets of the Capital yesterday for the fifth Bupa Great Edinburgh Run.
Pupils and teachers put hearts into run for spinal injury charity
MORE than 200 schoolmates of a Scottish teenager who injured his spine in a rugby accident will sweat it out in tomorrow's Great Edinburgh Run. Former Scottish under-18 international Nick Watt is still recovering after a scrum collapsed during a schools match.
Great Edinburgh Run set to be televised for first time
THE cameras will be rolling when the starter's gun fires at this year's Bupa Great Edinburgh Run, as the event is televised for the first time.
Bekele injury proves a blessing in disguise at Capital race
EVEN though he was not there, the multi world champion Kenenisa Bekele was able to help race promoter Andy Caine beat the credit crunch at windy Holyrood Park on Saturday.
7000 women on their marks for cancer cash
THOUSANDS of runners are set to descend on Edinburgh for the second consecutive weekend, with the aim of raising £500,000 for charity.
10,000 take to streets for Great Edinburgh Run
ELITE athletes were joined by hen parties, Star Wars fans and Elvis impersonators for the Bupa Great Edinburgh Run.
Great Run champions do it their own way
AUSSIE Benita Johnson and Kenyan Bernard Kipyego were the elite winners in yesterday's fourth Great Edinburgh Run but used contrasting tactics to secure the results they wanted.
Rare illness won't stop mum from running 10k
IT'S a challenge that most people would find daunting.
Runners at the ready
THE annual Edinburgh to North Berwick road race will take place on Saturday.
Model athlete Chris is all set for Edinburgh run
WHEN the thousands of runners, joggers and walkers take to the city centre streets next month in the annual BUPA Great Edinburgh Run, there will be a few familiar faces.
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Weather for Edinburgh
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 5 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Light rain
Temperature: 5 C to 11 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
Wind direction: South west
