RTC Warriors

📢 Sunday Shout-outs 📢

And off we go! Lots and lots and lots to be proud of!🌟🙌🎉

On 2nd September, Owen took part in the challenging Caerketton Downhill Race...for which he was rewarded with a lovely pot of jam! A sweet alternative to a medal...and he's always a winner in our eyes! Bravo, Owen! 🌟🙌

On Saturday, at Armagh Parkrun, Stephen S was 2nd 🥈finisher and he picked up a course PB! Also picking up a PB was Colin, who was 1st 🥇 finisher at Bo'ness Foreshore Parkrun! At Nottingham Road Parkrun, Shanna was 2nd 🥈 lady and Andrea was 3rd finisher 🥉overall. At Falkirk Parkrun, JB completed his run on the Falkirk course, taking his total to 345 Parkruns overall! What an unbelievable achievement, JB! Jack S also completed his Parkrun too. Wow!! So many speedy runners and milestones to celebrate!! Truly top trotting everyone! 🌟🙌🌟🙌🌟🙌

Linda J set off to tackle the Highland Perthshire Challenge on Saturday...and she aced it!! Tricky terrain combined with some wild weather didn't hold this Warrior Woman back. Linda rode 100 miles and climbed over 6000ft of elevation...she's just incredible! A huge congratulations from us! Chapeau! 🚴🏻‍♀️🌟🙌

At the Podfather Stirling 10km today, 9 RTC Warrior stepped up to the start line with Joy achieving a course PB (close to a 10km PB), Vicki achieving a SB (also very close to a 10km PB) and Sharon a 10km PB!! A huge congratulations to all the RTCers- to Ali, Judith, Kenny, Shirley, Robert and Jacqui too!! You're all going from strength to strength and running outstanding races!! Absolutely amazing!! Bravo, bravo, BRAVO!! 🌟🙌🌟🙌

Our epic triathletes shone today too at the Gullane Beach Triathlon. A huge congratulations to Ford and Iain T who displayed all of their tremendous talents in style! Bravo, gentlemen!! 🏊🏻‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🌟🙌

Remember to add to your Strava posts, or message us on Facebook or Instagram, as your name will be added to the Autumn Challenge draw!!

As always, my apologies if I have missed anything or anyone out. Please just post below.

Happy running, everyone! 😀

Final Summer TT- Well done to all Warriors who posted a time this evening. As it was also the first event in our Autumn Challenge I'm pleased to report Simon, Janet and John M are already in the draw having snagged either a SB or PB. Strava suggests Conor and Darius also PB'd

Well done everyone!

Remember to enter or along with your Strava post.

Roy 7.01 6.59
Iain S 6.48 7.08
Simon 6.53 7.41
Kris 5.51 6.13
Stuart 6.19
John M 7.19 7.45
Jonny 5.01 5.18
Stephen G 6.53
David G 6.36 6.38
Stevie P 7.27 7.42
Gordon 7.10 7.18
Albert 6.53 6.43
Darius 5.42 5.38
JB 5.01
Arthur 7.23 6.41
Ford 6.01 5.58
Matthew 7.20
Robert 5.47
Wallace 6.15
Conor 5.33

Alison 6.01
Julia 6.12
Hazel 8.34 8.33
Joy 8.18 8.26
Janet 8.29 8.42
Jacqui 8.33 8.38
Fiona R 8.24
Shirley 8.14 8.47
Anne Marie 8.30

RTC Legion d’ Honneur awards
Christmas night out
Autumn Challenge

Good afternoon Warriors, three important pieces of news for you.

Firstly, our ‘Legion d’ Honneur’ awards celebrate those Warriors who show dedication and perseverance by completing the events we run each year.

The Legion d’ Honneur award is presented to those who complete two out of three of our main events (Winter Series, Summer Series and Tour of Falkirk)

I am delighted to announce this year’s recipients are John M, Rosemary, David G and Conor.

The Gold Legion d’ Honneur is awarded to those who complete all three of the above events. Drum roll please for Alison, Hazel L, Linda S, Ruth and Sara!

Congratulations to all our award winners who will be presented at our annual dinner in the Four Marys which I can exclusively reveal will take place on Saturday 5th December. Make a note in your diary! Kirsten will in due course have further deets.

Many of you will be aware ‘We❤️PBs at RTC!’ The Autumn Challenge is your opportunity to turn PBs or SBs (seasons best) into entries to our grand prize draw.
The way it works… Each PB or SB gives you one entry. There is no limit to the number of times you can enter so the more PBs you can clock up the better your chance in the draw.
You need to let us know either on Strava or through our social media feeds you’ve snagged a PB/SB by using the tag line
The challenge runs until the end of October so you’ve got 8 full weeks to clock up those fast times!
And finally, like everything we do at RTC there is no charge!
Tonight’s final Summer TT is your first chance to get in the draw - so good luck and run fast Warriors!

Welcome Warriors to a new week of training.

All locations and postcodes are on our website.

RTC Autumn Challenge starts tomorrow. More info from Coach to follow.

Tuesday 1830 Meet at CSA for the last Summer Time Trial of 2026. Don’t forget your food donation for the food bank.

Thursday 1830 Grangemouth Sports Complex for a road session.

Saturday 0845 front of Callendar House for a pre-parkrun grass session.

📢Sunday Shout-outs 📢

What a line up we have in store for you!

Ding,ding! 🔔🔔Starting at 5am, our incredible Ultra Warrior Women, took to the hills...with over 7400ft of elevation and 54 miles of challenging terrain, they absolutely smashed it!!! A HUGE congratulations to Linda, Rosemary, Ruth, Sara and Jackie who raced at The Highland Fling yesterday. You're truly amazing women and we are bursting with pride at this awesome achievement!! Bravo, ladies...take a bow!! 🌟🙌🌟🙌🌟🙌🤩🎉

At the Knockhill Run Prix on Friday evening, Julia was 1st 🥇 lady over the 6 lap course! What an superb race from this brilliant Warrior Woman...that pace was blistering! Bravo, Julia!! Well done! 🌟🙌

Over at the Parkruns, JB was 1st 🥇 finisher and Matthew picked up a course PB at Oriam Parkrun whilst Alison was 1st 🥇 lady at Ganavan Sands Parkrun. Sean picked a big PB as he raced at Auldcathie Parkrun, crossing the line in under 20mins! At Falkirk, Sharon finished 2nd 🥈 in her age category. Very, very speedy indeed from these outstanding runners! An impressive pace by you all, bravo! 🌟🙌

Linda J and Lynne took on a 95 mile bike challenge on Saturday as they completed Ride the North which included covering over 6000ft of elevation!! Still smiling all the way through! What an inspiration these tremendous Warrior Women are! Chapeau, ladies! 🌟🙌🚴🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️

At the Perth 10km this morning, both Alan Purves and Liam ran superb races and didn't let the rain slow them down! Absolutely fantastic performances and top trotting Indeed, gentlemen! Bravo! 🌟🙌

At the Kirkcaldy Half Marathon today, Conor flew past over 500 other runners to finish 75th overall! This was a magnificent race for Conor! A huge congratulations and well done! Bravo! 🌟🙌

Scott B displayed his many talents at the Scottish Triathlon Relays this morning as he finished 8th overall in a very competitive field. He's excellent at so many sporting pursuits! Congratulations from us all! Well done, Scott! 🌟🙌

As always, my apologies if I have missed anyone or anything out. Please just post below.

Happy running, everyone! 😀

New Kit has arrived. If you ordered a vest/t-shirt Linda has your order and will be at training Thursday and Tuesday for you to pick up.

Here’s what’s coming up this week:

All locations and postcodes are on our website.

Tuesday 1830 Meet at Callander House for a grass session at Graeme High. £2 to cover the cost of the ground hire.

Thursday 1830 Falkirk Wheel visitor centre for a trail session.

Saturday. 0845 for a pre-parkrun grass session.

📢 Sunday Shout-outs 📢

Let's celebrate our awesome warriors!

On Tuesday, as part of our Summer Series events; Ruth, Linda S, Rosemary, Sara, John M and Alison B flew around the Knockhill circuit in the Graham Clark Memorial race. Absolutely brilliant running by all! Congratulations, you smashed it, Warriors! Bravo 🌟🙌

On Saturday morning, facing some significant elevation at the Tom Robb Trail Race, five of our fabulous warriors showed everyone just how it's done! A huge congratulations to Alan T, Stephen G, JB (who was 5th), Graeme who was 2nd 🥈 overall with a PB 🏅and Alison who was 1st 🥇 lady! Outstanding performances and top trotting! Bravo 🌟 🙌

Top 10kms this weekend too as Dean, Ali M and Hazel L aced their Killin 10km race yesterday. Another one with some superb views and a tasty treat at the end. At the MAKOA 10km, John M ran a cracking race! Well done, truly brilliant running everyone! Bravo! 🌟🙌

Check out our Parkrun results too! A huge congratulations to Mark Sutherland who flew round the Bo'ness Parkrun run in 19mins 28 secs for his fastest age grading ever and a course PB!🏅At Plean, Natalie was 1st 🥇 lady and Hazel S was 1st 🥇 in her age category. At Cuningar Loop, William was 2nd 🥈 in his age category and at Blandford, Ruth was 1st 🥇 in her age category too! At Falkirk, Stephen S was 3rd 🥉 finisher overall and both John M and Sharon achieved PBs with Sharon 1st 🥇 in her age category! An incredible amount to celebrate! Amazing results and the dedication of all of these magnificent RTC Warriors is impressive! Chapeau! Epic! 🌟🙌

A busy weekend for half marathoners too! On Saturday Liam raced at the Bellahouston HM, whilst Gary was 9th and 3rd 🥉 in his age category at the North Lanarkshire HM this morning. At the Devilla Trail HM, Thomas also smashed his race with some tricky terrain! A huge congratulations to these marvellous runners! Displaying their tenacity and skills across the board! Bravo!🌟🙌

At the Devilla 5km, Pauline and Lucy knocked it out of the park! A huge congratulations to these terrific Warrior women! Bravo!! 🌟🙌

Apologies if I have missed anything or anyone! Please post below!

Happy running everyone 😄

SUMMER SERIES - FINAL RESULTS!
Congratulations to John M and Alison on the wins and well done to everyone who took part! (If you think you’ve been missed from one of the races send us a DM.)

Good evening everyone! The message below is from a truly wonderful RTC Warrior who is running to raise money for a very important and worthy cause. Please consider supporting him and his charity, if you are able to do so. Many thanks everyone 🥰

From Gary McKenna

This September I’ll be running the Loch Ness Marathon to raise money for Alzheimer Scotland, in memory of Mary Gold, Grant Thomson and Ray Lynch who were affected by dementia and are sadly no longer with us. ❤️

This is a cause that means a great deal to me and to people close to me. I’m hoping that by taking on the 26.2 miles around Loch Ness, I can raise something in their memory while helping Alzheimer Scotland continue to support people living with dementia, their families and carers.

If anyone would like to sponsor me, I’d be incredibly grateful. Any amount, no matter how small, would be hugely appreciated — and sharing the post would help too.

Thank you for your support — in memory of those we’ve lost, and for everyone living with dementia and the families and friends who are affected by it. ❤️

https://www.justgiving.com/page/gary-mckenna-3