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9th January And with that...we are one year old! What a crazy first year it's been. Tonight, despite the ice and extreme cold dozens of our most dedicated members (we only have dedicated members!) came out to celebrate with a recreation of our first ever session - a three person team relay. After an incredible workout we were treated to some custom cupcakes from our incredible safeguarding officer (and club baker). Thanks Rhea! Here's to another amazing year! 7th January It is with great excitement that we can announce the next exciting step on the West Edinburgh Running Club journey...Our annual Club Championship! Watch our promo video for all the details Click here to watch 13th December  Well done Piotr! As an affiliated Scottish Athletics club with a membership between 40 and 180 people, we are allocated one guaranteed entry to the London Marathon for 2025. We asked those who would be keen to run, but didn't have a place, to enter a small ballot that would see one lucky...

Meeting Point

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  Meeting Point Below are the details of where and when we meet each week: Thursday Nights at 6.30pm for a 6.40pm start Saughton Park Winter Gardens, EH11 3BQ (what3words location ///happy.news.note) Link to google maps

Upcoming Sessions

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  We understand that Thursday nights at West Edinburgh Running Club form just one part of your training and running life. So that you can plan effectively, we'd like to give you a sense of what to expect at club over the next few weeks .  Please note that when we plan Thursday night sessions we take a number of factors in to account; our membership, the weather, how busy the surrounding areas are, number of coaches etc. This can require your coaching team to make changes to the sessions with little to no notice. We recognise for some that this may have impact on your overall training regime, thus we will only make changes when it is felt absolutely necessary and attempt to give prior warning. JANUARY 2ND - THURSDAY CLUB 5-5-10 Let's improve our aerobic capacity and mental toughness with 5 minute efforts, 5 times at 10k pace. JANUARY 9TH - THURSDAY CLUB THE BIRTHDAY SESSION We are one years old! For this session we are going back to where it all began with an all club relay rac...