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this page is to raise awareness for calton athletics base camp Everest challenge 2016
we are an alcohol/addiction recovery group from eastend of glasgow.

27/03/2026

Another Birthday celebration. Well done to Marcus reaching a fantastic 4 year in recovery.
Well done for all his hard work and effort he has put in. Helping him integrate into the group as well as constantly at his meetings the most important part of this recovery procedure.

With 2 full Edinburgh marathons and a midnight marathon in Bilboa under his belt. He has also completed three Glasgow half marathons and a Trek over the West Highland way from Milngavie to Fort William.

One of his greatest achievements is being part of our very own GB Ultra team. Marcus ran and completed a 57 mile cross country over central Scotland. We are sure you will all agree this is some achievement.

All his family and friends must be as proud of if not prouder of him as we are.
Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.

24/03/2026

Two fantastic sessions and Yoga and sound bath over the last two Mondays.
This allowed nearly every single member to take part. With some of the lads experiencing this for the first time.
Firstly a massive thanks to Rosie for the Yoga.
Putting the lads through their paces making us stretch muscles we didn’t know we had.
After this it was total relaxation and thanks to Jodi, from Lovemore therapy for the soothing sound bath.
Both these health & wellbeing therapies complement each other and are greatly beneficial for our mental health.
Once again Thanks from all the members to both these ladies for their time and effort.

21/03/2026

Another Birthday Celebration this week.
Well done to Adam, reaching 5 year in recovery.
One of our leading examples over the recent years with 3 Scottish marathons and a Bilbao marathon in Spain, Dunoon ultra marathon. The Drovers ultra and the GB Ultra Marathon 57miles over central Scotland and 4 Glasgow half marathons.

As well as the Bobble hat sprint triathlon he has also took part in the live it for Lee triathlon.
With several Munro’s including the inaccessible pinnacle on Skye he’s also completed the West Highland Way.

We are sure you will all agree this is one way of running back to happiness.
We are also sure all his family and friends are as proud of him as we are.

Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.

11/03/2026

Another Birthday celebration.
Well done to Del, reaching 7 year in recovery.
An absolute remarkable achievement and another person who brings so much laughter to the group.
He’s ran aswell as 7 half marathons he’s also completed a full Edinburgh marathon. Numerous times over the Carman Hill.
He has scaled Ben Nevis several times aswell as many other Munro’s
He has also completed tough mudder and The trek over The West Highlands way. The trek from Milngavie to Fort William, where he kept all the group full of laughter from start to finish.
He has also been the main logistics man in all our big events over the recent years.
We are sure all his family and friends are as proud of him as we are and what a valued member of the group he is.
Keep up the hard work
Do Well Doubt Not.

09/03/2026

A massive Thanks, To all organisers, Johnny and the players, family and friends who took part in a charity football match raising funds for our club.
The match was in memory of Joe Docherty, and was and took place on his birthday last November.
Joe, himself started fundraising with his wife Claire, after meeting one of our members whilst getting stuck in the snow with their snack van.
They went on to raise over £4000 for our Everest trip.
Joes family contacted us telling us how much we were dear to his heart and wanted us to benefit from the charity match. They raised £2500 which will help massively towards our costs.
We would like to once again thank Joes sister and his kids and all involved.

04/03/2026

Another Birthday celebration.
Well Done to Davie, reaching Three year in recovery. An absolute remarkable achievement and also one of the best examples at the club.

He has completed two full Edinburgh marathons
Four half marathons, The Live it for Lee sprint triathlon and Two treks over the West Highland Way.

Davie is constantly at his meetings and is one of the main members for turning up for runs.
Well done with all the hard work you’ve put in and especially with your family.
We are sure he has made all his family and friends as proud of him as we are.

Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.

27/02/2026

Double Birthday celebration this week.
Firstly happy 4th Birthday to Stephen,
Superb achievement reaching 4 year in recovery.
Completing an Edinburgh marathon, several half marathons and 2 sprint triathlons.
He is Also the member who organised and completed The West Highland way trip in 2025
guiding 20 members 100 miles over the Scottish hills.

Happy 16th Birthday Tam,
A fantastic achievement reaching so many years in recovery
Tam is our technical support setting up and maintaining our website.
He has also completed 4 full marathons, numerous half marathons, tough mudder, 2 sprint triathlons and was part of both The Austria and Everest crew. Now one of the best examples at the club.

With Both these lads constantly at their meetings The most important part of our recovery process. We are sure all their family and friends are as proud of them as we are.
Keep up the good work lads
Do Well Doubt Not.

14/02/2026

Another Birthday celebration,
Well done to Paul reaching two year in recovery.
A fantastic achievement. Smashing three half marathons and completing the west highland way trek last year a 100 mile trek over Scotland.
Paul has also scaled many Munro’s
Been a constant at his meetings Paul is now being a great example to all around him.
This year he has signed up for The Edinburgh marathon and the Great Scottish run later in the year in October.
We are sure all his family and friends are as proud of him as we are
Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.

12/02/2026

A massive thanks to Glasgow Salt Therapy
For kindly donating 10 free spaces to our group
This was a fantastic relaxing evening.
In a hymalian setting in vaporised salt let into the room via vents.
We got some good feedback from the lads saying they felt it helped with inflammation and one reporting back who suffers from sleep apnoea saying it helped his breathing.
The rest of the lads found it very relaxing and hopefully feel the benefits in the coming days
We would like to thank Pat, John and especially Joanne who took us through the whole process for their time hard work and effort.

07/02/2026

Happy Birthday to Scott,
Well done reaching two year in recovery.
Constantly at his meetings and a great example in how to integrate into the group.
As well as two Glasgow half marathons and two Edinburgh marathons Scott has also done 57mile ultra across the central belt of Scotland.
He’s completed the live it for Lee sprint triathlon twice and done the midnight Marathon Bilboa Spain.
Scott was also part of the West highland way team last year completing 100 miles over the Scottish hills.
He has also been fantastic at supporting all other members at the group.
We are sure all his family and friends are as proud of him as we are.
Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.

01/02/2026

Another birthday celebration this week.
Well done to Tam, reaching a magnificent 44 year in recovery.
We are sure you will all agree this is an outstanding achievement.

Tam, is lifelong friend of Davie Bryce and Wullie Burns coming through school and larchgrove they then went their three seperate ways.
With Brycie going on to create the club in his adult life with Wullie by his side.

Tam himself went on to become a christian.
Whilst on holiday one year Tam came across Brycies Alive and kicking book and realised he knew the characters in it and went in search for Calton Athletic. Firstly finding Wullie Burns, before being put on to Davie himself.

Tam has now went on to become chairman of the group and we all celebrated his birthday at his church in Irvine (seen here in the photo)
We all appreciate his guidance and words of wisdom.
Keep up the good work.
Do Well Doubt Not.

26/01/2026

Another Birthday celebration, well done to Paul reaching two year in recovery.
A superb achievement with all the hard work put in constantly at his meetings.
Paul has completed two full Edinburgh marathons, three half marathons, two sprint triathlons at Live it for Lee.
He has also done the Father’s Day run in June.
As well as completing the West Highland way last year Paul got involved in helping the Iron men train and get ready and at one point he completed a hundred mile cycle with them .
We are sure you all agree this is a magnificent accomplishment.
This is a lad that’s been an inspiration and a great example to all around him
Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.

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1317 Gallowgate
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G314DN

Telephone

+447760591733

Website

http://www.caltonathleticrecoverygroup.com/

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