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7k or 14 k with a handicap. Sally did the 7k version.
Pos
Actual
time + handicap =
Net time
36= Sally May 36:18 40
76:18
98 runners
by Bob Douglas "The weather was almost ideal - dry, sunny, no wind, a hard frost, but
the ground of the horse racing course used for this meeting was pretty treacherous with
chewy grass and the occasional hoof mark on the frozen ground. At least it was taking long
spikes (15 mm).
After failing to
make any real impression in my heat of the “Big” sprint, it was back to business
as usual in the 90m handicap. I’d been pegged back 2 metres from last year, but won a
competitive heat and was in the Vets final again. And as the official report says (http://www.sportingworld.co.uk/cgi-bin/newyearsprint/thisyearssprint.pl#90MV)
'Yet again
the Veterans 90 metres final produced a very tight finish with David Grieve just breaking
the tape ahead of Bob Douglas in 9.68 secs. ….”
And so it was onto
the final of the Open 90m where I came in 5th, but ahead of Davy Grieve who’d
just edged me in the Vets. C’est la vie.
Four races in one
day! Approx 41.5 seconds of actual racing time!! Totally shattered!!! Who says sprinters
have it easy (apart from all you long-distance folk).
In as ideal conditions as you can get on New Years Day, ie dry, mild, windless, and not
hungover, eight of us braved the annual trek along the promenade at Seafield. I may have
done a pb for this race, but it was due to a desire catch Joe from Dunbar Running Club, a
long-time stalwart of his club that I meet every year somewhere on the circuit. Our annual
exchange goes along the lines of:
Joe “You’re
too old for this”;
Me “If I’m too old, you’re too old!”
Joe is nearly 69, and I beat him by 4 seconds.
107 Richard Gray
26.13
118 Tom White (V)
26.37
183 Bob Douglas (SV)
29.41
215 Alex Sommerville (SV)
31.15
252 Lynsey Boyle (FV)
34.11
255 Catherine.Porter (F)
34.20
257 Jackie Allen (FV)
34.35
268 Pauline White (FV)
35.46
284 runners
“This race is
getting more popular. We might need to think about toilets for the runners. The Cat &
Dog Home owners are not very happy about…………”
“If God
invented marathons to keep people form doing anything more stupid, then Triathlon must
have taken Him completely by surprise” from www.edinburghtri.org/
96 Catherine Barr F
Senior
9
111 John Gordon
M Veteran 29
196 Janice Carruthers F
Veteran
7
243 Sally May
F Senior
35
274 Amy De Boer
F Senior
42
297 Norma Bone
F Super Vet 4
351 finishers
This was the second big target for the jogScotland girls. (The first target was 15
minutes, which 10 of the girls had managed a few weeks earlier). Once we confirmed what
the actual route was, the girls were under strict instructions to walk up the hill …
there would no Running Police to whip along any stragglers…
For call-of-nature
reasons, we had a cheer to ourselves when we crossed the Start line behind the main field,
but soon made up ground and knew we were really on our way when we overtake Rupert the
Bear.
We had absolutely
ideal conditions, no rain, no wind, no snow (it’s not always like this!) There were
also some of the regular runners taking part and all known times are given below. I’ll
save everyone’s embarrassment by not including which age group they were in (it’s
on the web-site anyway), but it’s worth noting that Helen was 2nd in her age group
and Margot 3rd in hers.
Results are at: http://www.greatrun.org/Results/gwr2006/gwr_sen.htm
314 Paul Thompson 25:50
647 Beverley Dodgso 30:05
665 Helen Robinson 30:21
1019 Louise Tindall 36:55
1050 Lindsey Middleton 38:00
1051 April Birrell
38:00
1052 Margot Ward 38:01
1090 Heather Love
39:54
1091 Aileen Macleod 39:54
1092 Anne Macnab 39:54
1111 Bob Douglas
42:09
1112 Elizabeth Martin 42:09
1141 finishers
With more & more
runners at all levels it would be great if we could put a bit more of a group structure to
support folk at the different levels. Using a ski-ing analogy we’ve probably got:
Black Group:
Fast, furious & will tackle anything. Always looking for new
bogs and hills
Red Group:
Good runners, under 50 min for 10k. Will do sensible
black or hard blue runs
Blue Group:
Slower and steady, most can glide along a half or full
marathon.
Green group: “5k
is fine for me” … with an annual social 10k run
Beginners:
“Is that five minutes yet?”
So if anyone would
like to take, or take turns at taking a group, hit
the email button. Right on cue I’ve received the latest jog-leader course info
from Scottish Athletics:
Jog
Leader Courses
Sat 4th February
Edinburgh
– Heriot-Watt University
Saturday 11th February
Glasgow - East
End Healthy Living Centre (4 places left)
Wednesday 8th March
Forth
Valley College (Falkirk)
Thursday 16th March
Dundee
– Ashludie (former NHS Hopsital)
Sat 29th April
Glasgow -
Glasgow Green
Our current qualified (and insured)
jogleaders are Bob Douglas, Anne Douglas and Catherine Barr. The club pays course fees.
Sundays @ 10, Weds @ 7, Thursdays @ 6.30
don’t suit everyone, so is there a demand for additional days or times (eMail Button)?
Any other evenings?
Sundays at an earlier time?
Daytime groups?
Saturdays @ 7 am Iain
Morrice
449
6546
(Black)
Saturdays @ 9 am
Anne Douglas
449
6105
(Blue)
Sundays @ 7 am
Alex Gordon 335 0379 /
Catherine Barr
(..or at agreed times)
Speakers have now been confirmed and we’re
now sorting out a venue. It looks like being a Tue evening in late Feb or March. Open to
all: £3 members / £5 non-members. Spread the word, but get a ticket early. Further news
when confirmed.
Run-4-it are also
doing something similar on Tue 7 Feb in their shop in
Iain’s Marathon Training Programme
A few folk have been asking Iain about his training programme for the Dublin Marathon.
It's here.
Last August we did our first club pursuit
handicap, slightly more than 10k, off-road down the Water of Leith walkway & Canal
path. We aim to repeat this in August. If anyone has a view on this route or thoughts on
alternatives, hit the eMail Button.
Other target-time
(handicap) events: If there is support for this we’ll designate some of the most
popular local races (eg Dunbar 10k, Rigg Race) as club handicap events and have one or
more handicap prize winners based on how well everyone has performed relative to their
handicap / target time.
Iain Morrice has suggested a couple of
weekend running trips:
Freuchie Family Frolics:
Contact Iain NOW on 449-6546 if you’re interested or would
like more info. Iain will also be handing out flyers over the next few weeks to drum up
interest.
Local, or popular
Forthcoming Races
All events listed on
the Scottish Athletics web-site, http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/events.php
We’ve ordered another batch of fluorescent tops which will be handed out as and when
we see you. Team Yellow is quite an impressive sight on Wednesday evenings.