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Congratulations to everyone who completed today's Harray Half Marathon, especially overall winner Gary Ward who finished in 1:20:23, a personal best over the distance and enough to hold off Colin Barnett and David Grant who finished second and third respectively.
Jocelyn Forster was the first female home in 1:32:11, 19 seconds clear of Vikki Budge who also clocked a PB and who finished another 20 seconds ahead of first Super Vet Paul Clark (1:32:50) who I can only assume entered his date of birth wrong on the form as he's never over 50! Dawn Williams was the first Super Vet female in 1:46:55
Well done also to OARC's Leaders in Running Fitness Carrie Gunn & Sarah Finn who finished in 2:31:24 along with future leader Karen Petrie. The runners reported an excellent race in suspicious still conditions, so well done to the organisers and I hope everyone is still up for next weekend's Dounby 10k - if you haven't entered yet, you have less than three hours - www.entrycentral.com/dounby10k
Elsewhere, OARC's John Gonnella was in action at the Great North Run and came home in a mightily impressive 1:15:02 - just inside his previous best on a hot day to finish 142nd in a field of 63,000. Fantastic running John! Also running was Magnus Bichan who crossed the line in 1:47:48.
I'll finish with a few pictures I've pinched off Strava! Full results at my.raceresult.com/422819/results
www.entrycentral.com/dounby10k three hours to get your entries in for the Dounby Pharmacy 10k season closer next week!
Well done Gary Ward 👏
Good luck to everyone running the Harray Half today!
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Today is the last day to sign up for next Sunday's Dounby 10k.
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Dounby Pharmacy 10K Event Sunday 20th September 2026 - 11.00am Starting point and registration: Dounby Community School, Dounby, Orkney KW17 2HH Entry cost: £6 OARC members/£3 OARC & SA members £11...Save the date(s)!
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Honourary Life Member William Sichel - Scottish Ultra Runner has completed the GOMU 6 Day World Championships, running around eleven and a half marathon distances over six days. A phenomenal effort, well done William!
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.If you'd prefer you can have 23 half marathons or 92 loops of the Sunnybank Island Games half course!
WOW - that's HUGE !
We're heading towards the end of the home road running season, but there are two events still for come and open for signups!
Dounby Pharmacy 10k is on 20th September, with entries closing Sunday night the 13th. www.entrycentral.com/dounby10k
Harray Half (not OARC) is on this Sunday 13th, entries open up until the evening before. www.entrycentral.com/harrayhalf
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Dounby Pharmacy 10K Event Sunday 20th September 2026 - 11.00am Starting point and registration: Dounby Community School, Dounby, Orkney KW17 2HH Entry cost: £6 OARC members/£3 OARC & SA members £11...
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As well as providing regular athletic instruction and training sessions, one of the key aims of OARC is to promote pathways to performance and as part of this, the Club organises and participates in a range of home and away competitions throughout the year.