St Cyrus Solos Running Club

From birthday celebrations to our 10km event St Cyrus 10km on Sunday! It’s quite a week!

Only 4 days to go!!!

It’s T-shirt reveal time!!!

Collect your T-shirt at registration time. 9am to 10.30am at Village Hall

If you have selected a Tree 🌳 - thanks! You will receive information on your tree planting 💕😀

Happy 10th birthday St Cyrus Solos Running Club!! 🎂💕😀🎉

40 club members past and present enjoyed recreating the first run from 16th June 2016 followed by cake, drinks and the presentation of the first ‘Outstanding runner of the decade’
to one of the club’s fantastic run leads- Iain Campbell. 🏆

Original club members Si, Elaine and Nicola were reunited for a picture! 💕

Thanks to Chair Vicki for organising and Rach, Nicola W, Sarah and Adrian for their help 😀

What’s the story behind the St Cyrus Solos?

Set in a rural Aberdeenshire village lies the stunning St Cyrus Beach, the many undulating farms and hills and the St Cyrus Solos Running Club which celebrates its 10 year anniversary in 2026.

Aged 16 to over 60s - we are a group of about 80 runners with a range of backgrounds and abilities and meet twice a week at the local village hall before heading into the countryside hills - - being the club motto - or we descend the cliff paths to run on the stunning beach.

What started as a poster in the local village pub in 2016 - 'Anyone fancy meeting up for a run' - local resident Simon Chalmers asked. He turned up at the proposed time and place....noone came....his workmates called him 'SOLO' - poster went up again but this time a few inquisitive residents decided to join him.

The name stuck and the St Cyrus Solos was born. The club now hosts its own annual - hilly and challenging 10km event every June - this year it's 21st June - welcoming 350 runners and a community spirit like no other! The club donates its profits to the local schools and playparks and also owns and maintains two defibrillators and recently named three park benches in the new community space.

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We host an annual Christmas Dinner and awards night, an AGM and Quiz, we 'takeover' local parkruns in Montrose and Stonehaven, have many social nights out and we are hosting an Anniversary ceilidh in November 2026.

We ran to our newly planted tree near the church - planted in honour of a decade of friendships, miles and memories 😀💕

Here’s to the next 10 years and beyond! 🎉
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We had an amazing hat-trick of fabulous runners who scored some great times up at Skye Half Marathon 😎 No penalties in Raymond’s way as he netted a PB! 🎉

Rach and Mhairi gave it their best John McGinn and finished well! 😀

Susan was first female at Lady Mary’s Walk parkrun! We doubt any walking took place! 🎉

The countdown is on for our 10km event St Cyrus 10km next Sunday! Email instructions are with our Referee Mark and ready to be sent to the 350 team members.

The celebrations continue this week with our 10th birthday party on Tuesday night!

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Sunday’s Solos Celebrations! 🎉

Well done to Barry, Mark C, Archie and Mollie at the Dundee 10km 😀

PBs for Archie and Mollie with Mollie being crowned top U20 female! 💕🎉

A group of Solos - Sarah, Rach, Adrian, Carol, Daisy and Nicola enjoyed their trip to Ury Parkrun in Inverurie- Nicola was first female 🎉💕

This week was our June Handicap 5km - won by Raymond and Nicola! 🎉

Also another Solos on Tour to Marykirk, Montrose 😀

Two weeks today - it’s our St Cyrus 10km and we can’t wait to welcome all the runners and their families and friends 😀😎

Our final thanks (for now! is to PWS 😀 for their support at our upcoming St Cyrus 10km

For over 42 years, Powerwasher Services (PWS) has been a cornerstone of reliability and expertise in Scotland's industrial cleaning and heating sector. Based just outside Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, our family-run business has grown from a one-man operation to a thriving company with 25 dedicated staff members, spanning three generations.

https://powerwasherservices.co.uk/

Day 4 of being hugely thankful to our wonderful sponsors GoFibre - Aberdeenshire

GoFibre is a Scottish independent broadband builder and provider, delivering lightning-fast, ultra-reliable full fibre to towns and villages across Scotland and the north of England. Scotland's fastest-growing broadband provider, GoFibre's on a mission to improve digital connectivity in rural and hard-to-reach areas. And we do it with industry-leading customer service and a community-focused approach.
https://gofibre.co.uk/

It’s Global Running Day 🏃‍♀️🌍🏃💕

Day 3 of celebrating our St Cyrus 10km sponsors!

Thanks EJB Plumbing And Heating Services 😀

We are a Gas Safe registered plumbing company which offers a wide range of plumbing services from repairs of existing systems to the installation of new systems.

Please note that Thursday 4th June - we are on tour! Meet 7:30pm Marykirk Hotel - 10km run.
No session at St Cyrus 😀

It’s day 2 of saying thanks to our amazing sponsors for our St Cyrus 10km event 💙😀

Moates Offshore Ltd provides many services, including engineering and design, machining, fabrication/welding, hydro testing, equipment rental, storage, offshore services and personal. We also provide rentals of various products.
Moates Offshore Ltd

Please note tonight is our June Handicap 5km
No session at the Village Hall
Meet at Ecclesgreig Park at 7:30pm 😀

It’s June! Our St Cyrus 10km is less than three weeks away!

This week - we are thanking our amazing sponsors - we are hugely grateful to them! ❤️

First up is Aberdeen Industrial Crating 😀

AIC is based in Aberdeen with decades of experience in packaging solutions, we work with clients across Scotland and the UK to deliver reliable, compliant, and tailored packaging – including timber crates, plywood cases, flight cases, foam inserts, and CNC design support.
http://www.aberdeen-crating.co.uk