Dundee Roadrunners

Friday 24 April Dundee Roadrunners were invited to travel to our twin city Würzburg by the local running club LG Würzburg in order to compete in the annual 10k race Würzburger Residendenzlauf 2026. Eight of us made the trip, travelling to Germany on Friday 24th of April. Surprisingly all of our travel went extremely smoothly, and our fabulous host Chris picked us up early at Würzburg railway station, so we had time to get checked in at our hotel the Maritim, prior to the off

The trip began with two very difficult decisions. The first being choosing to ride the FLY Dundee airport bus. As the Ember bus’s number one fan, I felt quite the hypocrite. The second was choosing coffee over a pint in the airport Spoons, I was an elite athlete for the weekend after all! Would the Kenyan runners I was lining up against in just two days be downing Tennents in Spoons at 11am? Unlikely. I have always found that water is strangely hard to come by in airports, pa

8 DRRs headed up the glenshee for the Glenshee 9 hill race on Sunday. It was the 4th race in the Scottish Hill Running championships so a...

Running annually since 1897, Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and is no doubt one of the most popular. It is elusive...

The Ramsay Round is a Scottish hill running challenge of 24 hills around Glen Nevis. The aim is to do this in under 24 hours. To succeed...

The road to the round The idea of me doing a Ramsay Round first came about in 2019. After running Coniston Marathon in June, a summer of...

I left Dundee (and Scotland) on March 19, 2024, but continued to represent DRR in Chile in the Viña del Mar Half Marathon on April 7,...

Despite living in Cupar for 1.5 years prior to moving to Errol and joining Dundee Road Runners, this was a race I had never run....

After much anticipation, my biggest race of the year and final big race pre-baby took place on Sunday 14 April. Although I am prone to...

This was my 3rd Inverness half marathon and it’s definitely one of my favourites. With 99 metres (325 ft) of elevation gain around the...

One of the earlier races in the year, Smokies is a ladies-only 10 mile road race that just continues to grow in popularity each year!...

The route For those unfamiliar with this one, the Highland Fling Race is a point-to-point trail ultramarathon along the southern 53...

After a rather fraught start to the trip (see the following “cautionary tale”) Boston was a wonderful experience! We made the error of...

As the second biggest in the UK, Manchester always seemed attractive as a first marathon without seeming as big and scary as London. So...

Running in the warm sun in December to the sound of parrots in the palm trees, with tapas and beer to recover. This is what brought me...

Valencia has one of the fastest marathons in the world, with a flat course and typically calm and cool December weather combining to make...

The Glen Clova half marathon was a new race for me. After deferring from last year, this was the final DRR Grand Prix event of the year...

Four Dundee Road Runners in search of their 6 stars (Hannah Barnet, Marcus Sheridan, Jackie Heilbronn and myself) along with their...

Organised by Strathearn Harriers, this 4-leg relay race is dedicated to Simon Wake, a member of the club who sadly died of pancreatic...

A small band of DRRs took part in the East Neuk 10K road race in Anstruther, hosted by the Anster Haddies, on Sunday 17th September....