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Running Performance Details
Ros Smillie
0:55:38
Sarah Craig
162
Andreas Wilhelm
290
Bill Stobie
477
Paul Thompson
551
Sally May
1:57:17
814 finishers
Kinross
Half,
This was a triumph for Anne who finally completed a half in under 2
hours
84
Richard Gray
135
Thomas White
272
Alexandra Gordon
284
Paul Thompson
345
Anne Douglas
445
Beverley Dodgson
459
Pauline White
498 finishers
Rigg Race, Balerno, 22 May
Conditions were probably as benign as I can recall over the many
years I’ve stood shivering in the field. The rain stopped, there was little breeze,
so times were generally a bit quicker than usual.
The “battle of the Barrs” is turning into an intriguing
contest. Last year Andrew finished 2 seconds ahead of Catherine, this year it was 3
seconds.
17
Andrew Neilson
35:40
*
30
Mark Doughty
37:37
* 2nd M
37
John Gordon
38:24
38
Tim May
38:26
*
40
Iain Morrice
38:32 1st M50
59
Richard Gray
39:53
61
Tom White
39:56
97
Hugh Chalmers
43:23
106
Janice Carruthers
43:45 1st F / 1st F35
116
Alex Gordon
44:42
117
Neil Wilson
44:51
125
Andrew Barr
45:23
126
Paul Thompson
45:26
127
Catherine Barr
45:27 2nd F
149
Peter McGavigan
48:14
165
Norma Bone
52:41 1st F 45
169
Beverley Dodgson
54:17
171
Ray Wyper
54:46
172
Pauline White
54:46
175
Steve Nuttall
59:01
* 1st three counters for the Balerno Organisation trophy
Stranraer Half, Sat 3 June
51 Andreas Wilhelm
228 finishers
Dechmont
Trail run, 10k,
By me: Some serious preparation went into this. Knowing it would be
warm I had my summer haircut the day before. “That’ll be worth 5 seconds” I
thought. I dug out my 10k running shorts. “That’ll get a wee breeze round the
…….. and be worth 5 seconds” I thought. Lying on the grass reading the
paper after collecting my race number I said to Tom “Warm-up time”. So I lay
back and stretched out on the grass. After all this serious preparation I thought to
myself “I should really run a bit harder
for a change”. It paid off, I was 19 secs faster than last year.
Thos who were at the marathon clinic in March (DVD’s still
available – hint!) will remember Alex McEwan, the first (“you don’t need to run hard every day”)
speaker. The aerodynamically sleek Tom cruised past him at the 6k point.
“You need a
haircut.. ” I said to Alex afterwards, “…it’ll be worth 5 seconds.”
I think he appreciated my tip for faster running.
“Have they re-built your knees yet?” .. he asked me
“They did it for the 6 million dollar man.” I
appreciated his tip for faster running.
The organisers appear to have got a couple of reported times wrong,
so I’ve adjusted to what we saw and timed on the day.
24
David Gibson MV
39:15
30
Paul Houston M
40:37
37
Thomas White MV
41:48
75
Bob Douglas MSV
49:01 (reported as 49:28)
101
Catherine MarkeyFV
56:43
102
Derek Wilson MV
56:43
103
Rosalind Smillie F
56:56 (reported as (54:56)
105
Pauline White F
58:16
Dechmont Law was our third monthly medal race, and the results are:
Handicap
Race Over /
New
Target
Time (Under)
Target
Time
Catherine MARKEY
David GIBSON 0:40:00
0:39:15 (0:
Thomas WHITE
0:42:30
0:41:48 (0:
Pauline WHITE
0:58:25
0:58:16 (0:
Bob
Ros
SMILLIE
0:54:30
0:56:56 0:
Paul
Well done to Catherine, those hard runs the previous week paid
dividends, and to David who beat Tom by 3 seconds! Paul
appeared in his first “real” 10k, and we expect to see 40 min broken sometime
this summer.
PS
This run goes up the
side of Dechmont Law 4 times. I mis-counted last year.
The next Handicap Medal event is the Scottish Gas 10k on 6 August.
Tullialan 10k… later that same day
37
Paul Thompson
49:58
70
Beverley Dodgson
57:14
87 finishers
10K
By Morag Leitch: “I started running in September and it has
taken me till 1 June to run my first race. I
much enjoy everyone’s running report so now it is my turn.
I am sure I had “this is my first run” written all over
my face and that I had the tender age of 63
on my back as my running partner and I arrived on the bonnie banks of Clydebank! My experienced marathon running partner said I was
to start watch by man on left which I did and off we went. We ran twice round the circuit
and arrived at the end together but then I stopped by man on right which was too early so
partner grabbed my arm and yelled to keep running another 100 yards. My official time was 57.20 and of course I was
disappointed that I hadn’t kept running which proved that is was my first run. I enjoyed the experience and now feel that I can
run.
My next foray into running was the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday. Anne Douglas made up our Public Health Sciences
team. I ran the Silverknowes/Ocean Terminal
leg and of course this time I was truly on my own and I made it in a respectable time. We ran the relay in 4hrs.10secs.
Finally, I want to thank Anne and Bob Douglas for their total
support in helping me achieve my dream which is being able to run.”
749
Morag LEITCH 0:57:20 3rd FV60
864 finishers
Dumbarton 10k, 8 June
Mark reported that it was hot and sunny, not terms we normally associate with
somewhere-beyond-Wee-G-land, and that he’s never seen so many folk walking in a 10k. Maybe they were walking as
somewhere-beyond-Wee-G-land you risk falling off the end of the world?
133
Mark DOUGHTY 0:40:44
846 finishers
What can we say? On a day where even sprinters would have warmed up
by lying in the shade gently stretching for fear of dehydration, it was a case of
survival. Over a third of the field didn’t turn up. Quite a few who did struggle as
never before, and must wish they hadn’t turned up... Some of the stories…..
By Richard “This will probably sound like a familiar tale from some of the others but the heat got the better of me in the end, the day itself was very well organised and the route was much better than last year, I was going really well, pacing myself nicely as I was aiming for a 3:20, I past 8 miles in 56 minutes, 16 miles in just under 2 hours and was at 24 miles in 3:04 when things started to wrong, first came the vomiting (rather embarrassing in front of the good residents of Northfield), then the excruciating painful cramp and to top it off, I was starting to feel dizzy and thought I was going to pass out, fortunately, I managed to keep going in the right direction, albeit, rather slowly and finished in 3:32 where my brother was waiting for me to help me to the shade and help me back to normality.
I shouldn't be too despondent about things as 3:32 isn't a bad
time but I really felt as though a PB was on the cards at around midday on Sunday but
C'est la vie, onwards and upwards till the next one!”
Verity: “Not a good story I'm afraid. I was feeling
really good and strong for the first half, then started to struggle, and unfortunately
passed out in sight of the 19 mile marker.. I think it was heat stroke and
dehydration. So, I will keep dreaming of doing 3.30 - maybe next year.”
Alex: “I pulled out at 13 miles, with nausea and
lightheadedness - on reflection I hadn't taken on enough water - easy to say now! …Major lesson to be learnt though - setting a
target time for any race, but especially the marathon is not as simple as it seems. Just
because I had trained to run 20 miles in 3 hours was not a good enough predictor. I didn't
take into account adverse weather conditions. Similarly, I had done all my long training
with the same formula for taking on board fluids, which was fine for your typical overcast
Scottish summer's day, but obviously not adequate for 25 degree heat. I should have used
my brain more, and adjusted my predicted finish time and therefore pace. Similarly I
should have increased my fluid intake significantly to account for the heat.”
Paul: “… heat was a big factor for me, though judging by
the number of others who started walking i wasn't the only one! Never seen as many in any
race I've been in!!!
Also had a bit of a problem with the isotonic drink I took round -
ended up with stomach cramps and nearly had a Paula Radcliffe episode. Not my best
hour(s). To add insult to injury my cousin completed it in 3:24”
There were some happier reports:
Bev: “Well Pauline and I went to the
was in the distance and we crossed the start as 2 stragglers !
Not a good way to start the day ! It took a few miles to get back into it ....... It was
tough and the heat made it hard but it was fun ! Running down Portobello watching folk in
bikinis made you want to give up too!
If it wasn't for Pauline I would've dropped out half way ! So thanks to Pauline !”
Sally: “..made it round in 4 hours 32 and a few seconds. Back
to the short stuff for me...expect me back at the track - all is forgiven, it's definitely
the easier option!”
By Tom: “I had a great day, felt really good most of the way
and was not bothered by the heat. I was under
3.30 pace most of the way up to about 24.5mile when it started getting hard but managed to
keep going and finished in 3.35 a couple of minutes faster than last year. Pauline
finished in about the 5 hour mark again she could do better if she actually tried training
for it some time but she had a really good day as well.”
Andreas: “I don’t like big city events with thousands of
people (I prefer peace, quiet and muddy trails), but this one was a lot better than
expected. I thought there were quite a lot of spectators. The start was as chaotic as
expected but that is normal in these days, isn’t it. The finish line was ecstatic and
almost deafening (it was either my good looks or there was someone famous finishing just
behind me).
It was a bit hot though and now I look like a red squirrel. To continue the political
theme, maybe to use those hosepipes isn’t such a good idea ?
It was my fastest marathon this year and also a new personal course
record in
There were 4090 finishers,…… plus a couple of thousand
who didn’t turn up
Not the Blaydon races…
New member Bob Turner has been doing some races in Geordie-land
whilst recovering from injury:
21/6 -
31
39:54
351 finishers
26/6 - Heaton Harriers Jesmond Dene Handicap 3.41
miles –
13
94 finishers
These times still look rather quick!
Although not a running event, 4 of us, Anne, Carol Blamire, Janis
Graham and Lindsey Boyle took part in this 26 mile walk for Breast Cancer, which started
at midnight and took us up round Arthur’s Seat, up the Royal Mile, along Princes
Street and then eventually out to Silverknowes, back along the prom all the way to Joppa
and then back into town to finish at the Meadows. It
took us just over 7 hours ( we did occasionally jog, apparently we were not allowed to,
but this was only to relieve the pain in our legs and feet
for a few minutes). Janis
refused to wait in the queues for the portaloos so went behind a tree in London Road,
Lindsey was very excited when we got to Silverknowes and saw all the cows in a field lying
down sleeping (it was about 3am I think), Carol just kept walking and we all had to jog to
catch up with her whenever we had a toilet stop, and I can honestly say that running a
marathon was less painful than this walk. However
between us we must have raised well over £500 for Breakthrough Breast Cancer and it was
definitely an experience to remember.
More Continental Drift!
Drifter 1: Those of you who know Mark Doughty will
be aware that he and the family have sold up and are off to
As well
as being a regular down at Saughton where he has put in many a hard training stint over
the winter, Mark has been a regular helper with the juniors on Monday evenings and will be
missed by us adults and the club’s juniors.
Drifter
2: … and those of you who ran
with our son, Stuart, during his brief return from a ski season in the Alps are probably
aware he’s of to the
FUTURE EVENTS
Adult Track race night, Wed 9 Aug
The folk who train on Thursdays at Saughton have suggested we have
an evening of track races so we can see what their short distance race times are like.
This will be Wed 9 Aug at Saughton, first event 7:00. Everyone who would like to try some
shorter events is welcome, as are children. We can organise children’s events (eg
Long jump) whilst the adults get their breath back. Likely programme for the adults will
probably include 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, & 1500m but
I’d strongly recommend a maximum of 3 events. I’ll
only include a 100m if anyone else (apart from me) wants it!
Anyone who is interested should state which would be their three
preferred events would be (from 100 /200 /400 /800 /1500) so I can then timetable it to
suit the majority. Anyone with children too young to join in (under
Club Handicap Pursuit Sun 27 Aug
We’ll go with the same format as last year (when we had 37
runners!), the slowest runners head off first, with the faster runners starting according
to their target 10k times. These have been
updated regularly since last year and a close finish can be expected.
All finishers will get a pretty decent medal, and there will be at
least 2 x M and 2 x F handicap medal winners. We’ll make the split according to high
/ low target times rather than age, so it is more of a race based on ability. Friends can also join in, but I’ll need their
2 most recent 10k or Half times.
Other events
There are a few companies who organise trips to various popular
marathons abroad …see: www.nirvanaeurope.com
Trail races: There a few 10k’s which are on forest trails
rather than roads:
Entries online at www.greatrun.org
There’s
also a series of 5 Mile Series & 2K Fun Run this summer at The David Marshall Lodge,
Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, Aberfoyle on Sats 8 Jul, 26 Aug, 23 Sep, 14 Oct
Enter
online at www.entrycentral.net
Round
Cumbrae 10 miles, 10th September (Millport): Iain recommends this as a good loosener /
tester for those doing the Aviemore half (15 October). Contact Iain 0131-449 6546 if
interested.
Sports
Relief Mile – July 15th: Lets see some fast ones
JogScotland Beginner Group
We’ve
a new group started on Wed evenings. It’s still possible for new folk to join in, but
they should be capable of about 5 mins slow jogging to keep up with the group.
Reminder of club events … Get the diary out now!
Sunday 6 Aug Granton 10k Club Monthly Handicap Medal
Wed 9 Aug Saughton Track Adult Track Race night + family events
Sunday 27 Aug BHS – Harrison Park via WoL / Canal Pursuit Handicap