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Meadows Marathon

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Meadows Marathon set to expand for 2012 »

Serious athletes and wannabe runners alike will be making their way to the Meadows Marathon this year. Promised to be their biggest and best yet, 2012 sees a new race added to the circuit and expectations of raising record-breaking donations for charit...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Ruth Jeffery | Read more »

Meadows marathon sets standard for another year of giving »

With a variety of costumes, ranging from ill-fitting running shorts to competitors in blue body paint in homage to James Cameron’s Avatar, the fourth Meadows Marathon on 7 March has now "firmly established itself in the Edinburgh calendar". Beli...

Mon 15 Mar 2010 by Al Innes | Read more »

Meadows Marathon countdown: 5 days to go »

Meadows Marathon countdown: 5 days to go

The Meadows Marathon is taking place this Sunday! Places have been filling up so fast that we have over 800 signed up. However, we have extended the deadline by two days, which means today is the last day. Please visit www.meadowsmarathon.org.uk to avo...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Alexandra Budge | Read more »

Meadows Marathon countdown: Halfway there »

Halfway there Only three weeks to go! I hope you are all following your training regimes religiously and fundraising as much as you can. You should be running up to 12 miles on a Sunday if you are doing the half marathon. Our student launch night in C...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Alexandra Budge | Read more »

Meadows Marathon countdown: 5 weeks to go »

Five weeks to go people! Watch out for the student launch night in association with The Journal on 9 February in the Speakeasy, Cab Vol. Discounts off entry fee will be available for those who sign up on the night! For more details, check out the Faceb...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Alexandra Budge | Read more »

Meadows Marathon: Week 3 »

Meadows Marathon

I am a regular 10km runner, so I was fairly fit when I started training for this half marathon, but the extra 12 km unbelievably is so much more than it sounds. Over the last two weeks I have deviated from the regular meadows route and tried lengthenin...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Natasha Heald | Read more »

Meadows marathon diary 2009: week 2 »

Meadows Marathon

Now that temperatures are above freezing, I have no excuses. And my competitive side is kicking in – I really want a good time on this run! So my training is now in full swing and the most difficult part of training at the moment is negotiating r...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Natasha Heald | Read more »

Meadows marathon diary 2009: week 1 »

Although I am a regular runner and have competed in fun runs and 10ks, I tend to let myself go and dramatically reduce my running during the winter months. I am not one for the cold weather and hibernate between October and February. But not this year...

Mon 09 Feb 2009 by Natasha Heald | Read more »

Meadows marathon back on track »

Meadows Marathon

Following weeks of uncertainty, council officials have given the go-ahead for the 2009 edition of the Meadows Marathon. Following the voicing of support by numerous charities, and also by Edinburgh University Students' Union President, Adam Ramsay, th...

Wed 04 Feb 2009 by Marthe Lamp Sandvik | Read more »

Meadows runners hold their breath »

Meadows Marathon

Organisers of the popular charity event, the Meadows marathon, remain in the dark this week as council officials continue to withold their permission for the annual ten kilometre run. Despite being promised a decision in December, organisers are becom...

Mon 12 Jan 2009 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

Meadows Marathon: Week 3 »

Hannah Thomas

I'd been feeling rather smug in the run-up to the big day. And with good reason, too. My tortuous month of thrice-weekly runs was about to pay off: I would finally reap the benefits of my punishing training regime and take great pleasure in lapping all...

Sun 16 Mar 2008 | Read more »

Meadows Marathon sets charitable sights high »

Last year's winner William Hyde (front)

The Meadows Marathon, which is set to take place on 2 March 2008, is to be the largest event of its kind in the country, according to organizers. So far, around 1,000 runners are expected to hit the beaten paths around the Meadows Park in order to ...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Benjamin Edwards | Read more »

Development project sponsors Meadows Marathon »

Quartermile

The Quartermile, Edinburgh's largest forthcoming urban development, will sponsor the annual Meadows Marathon charity event that will take place in March 2008.The sponsorship by Quartermile will provide substantial support in helping Meadows Marathon to...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 | Read more »

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