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2014 24 Aug Birthday Bash-tastic – The 5th Annual LP Run Race Report Edinburgh Running Network is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary this year, and 2014 also saw the 5th running of one of Scotland’s most unique running events, which caters equally well to fast club …

13 came out to Marchmont on a breezy Sunday morning for a trip to the top of Blackford Hill and, for those going long, on to Braid Hils, before returning to Marchmont for refreshments at Freemans.

A bit of fresh air and a run around the dunes and beach at Aberlady and Gullane the morning after the club ceilidh!

Edinburgh Running Network has been putting on Scotland’s most unique running event since 2010. Now in it’s 4th year, the LP Run took place in Edinburgh on Sunday 18 August.

On the crack of the starting pistol everyone began running as many Revolutions Per Minute (laps) of the track as they could during 33 and a third minutes, all the while listening to top tunes from the 1960s, 70s and 80s. The music soundtrack had been selected by runners as part of the entry form and most people will have heard a snippet or more of their favourite running track.

"The things we do for an ice cream!"

Well done to everyone who came along and either ran, counted laps or supported ERN’s 2nd annual LP Race. An excellent day all told. More or less double the numbers from last year, 23 superb entries into the cake-competition, good tunes and “Barry the Gun”! Oh and it stayed dry as well!

This event was the brainchild of Heather Jones and is based on a similar annual event run in Houston Texas (2010 was their 43rd anniversary) which Heather had previously taken part in while working in the USA. The event is pretty straight forward; you try and run as far as you can in 33 1/3rd minutes round a 400metre track.