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Stuff:
Membership
fees for 2007/08 are coming in at: a steady rate.
We do know how forgetful folk are, so we help out by providing reminders….
such as this.
Members can get 10% discount at Run
& Become (
Running
Fleeces:. The next batch will be ordered in early December, so get your order into
Norma by Nov 30th. An order form
can be downloaded, or ask for one at training. (www.pentlandrunners.org.uk)
Harmeny Athletic
Social/Fun Evening – Open to all
Come along and exercise the mind, body, jaw and drinking arm
Currie
Tickets £5 includes buffet. Bar available.
Raffle with exciting prizes – donations of prizes needed!
Tickets now available - at club runs or phone Norma, 449 2384 or Pauline, 346 1458
New
JogScotland Beginner Groups: Spread the word around to any potential beginners, or
simply drag them along. New groups start on Sunday 11 Nov, (10:00 am Pauline White) and
Monday 12 Nov (9:30 am Norma Bone).
Performance
Details
Loch
Ness
By Kenny “A great marathon, would
recommend it, I will do it again next year. They bus you out to the start (about 25 coaches
winding along B roads) and you hang about in the middle of nowhere for an hour (probably
the best fertilised patch of ground in
You basically run along the side of
Loch Ness to
The course is tough (the flat bits are
hilly and the hilly bits are murder) even the downhill is nasty as it comes late on. Having said that, my time was a little
disappointing but if you have not put in the miles, you get what you deserve in the last
10K of a marathon (glad Tom White was not running as he would have beaten me. There is also no truth in the rumour that I am
avoiding him now with my absence from Aviemore!) My
usual test for runs these days is that I have run well if there are no FSVs that beat me,
the classification was a little odd here but there was no F55 beat me (a victory) but 6 x
F45 beat me (a humbling, probably required).
I would also not recommend three hours
on the A9 after a marathon, or any time for that matter...”
397 Kenneth Tindall
03:43:04
846 Christina Doyle
04:14:15
1445 finishers
1360 Anne Marie Fleming 01:04:51
1714 finishers
By Ian May and Paul Thompson (the Jack
Lemmon and Walter Mattau of race reporting?)
“This was another of the clubs
handicap events, with the added pressure of defending the men’s team award won in the
inaugural race lat year. The race is through attractive countryside and attracted a larger
turn out than last year after the organisers boosted numbers to 1200. We had opted to travel up on the morning of the
race – being more than aware of the importance of avoiding the attractions of the
nightlife of Aviemore prior to Sunday’s race (no-one can party like Ian, so I decided
to remove the temptation from his plate – damn that was stupid, might have been
better to let him go so I could have passed him in the race)!
Another note from Paul – he
missed out the early morning rise, driving in the pitch black up the A9 and finding a
suitable tree when things got desperate. Speaking of which did I mention Norma….?
In order to avoid missing registration
we had arranged for the men’s captain (is that what we call Tom???) to pick up our
numbers and chips the evening before the race. On
Sunday morning we were almost panicking (speak for yourself sirrah, I was still asleep!)
as he failed to appear at the agreed time – but ¾ hour later we received numbers and
timing chips (just thought of a name OLD Faithful!).
The start is 13.1 miles away from the
finish – seems logical – so we were bussed up to the start. Unfortunately this caused some problems as it
required 3 trips by the buses which meant that the race was about ½ hour late starting
– Paul, again, I don’t remember getting 3 buses (might still have been asleep at
that point). Those on the first buses had to
wait about 1/1/2 hours at the start for the rest to “catch” up, and those on the
last had no opportunity to warm up – but plenty of time to find a loo!
37
Stefan Knupfer
1:25:52
41
Paul Houston
1:27:03
75
Alan Kerr
1:31:10
86
Iain Morrice
1:32:42
167 Tom
White
1:39:28
206 Ian
May
1:42:46
262 Paul
Thompson
1:47:46
305 Frank
Tooley
1:50:08
444 Anne
Douglas
1:59:17
459 Janis
Graham
2:00:20
528 Pauline
White
2:05:03
562 Norma
Bone
2:07:18
563 Morag
Leitch
2:07:25
597 Morag
Tweddle
2:10:24
599 Will
Cummings
2:10:28
830 runners
Handicap Results.
This was the first time we’ve
done a half-marathon handicap medal. Handicap targets were base on applying a standard
factor of 2.25 to 10k target times. This will suit some better than other … lean mean
running machines powered by Duracell will tend to do better than converted sprinters, (but
it should work the other way when dropping down to 5k).
Target
Time / Over
Time
Janis GRAHAM
2:07:07
2:00:20 (0:06:48) 1st
Female
Frank TOOLEY
1:52:30
1:50:08 (0:02:22) 1st
Male
Stephan KNUPFER
1:27:45
1:25:52 (0:01:53)
Pauline WHITE
2:04:52
2:05:03 0:00:10
Iain MORRICE
1:32:15
1:32:42 0:00:27
Alan KERR
1:30:00
1:31:10 0:01:10
Norma BONE
2:06:00
2:07:18 0:01:18
Ian MAY
1:41:15
1:42:46 0:01:31
Paul
Anne
Morag LEITCH
2:03:45
2:07:25 0:03:40
Bob TURNER
1:17:38
1:21:22 0:03:44
Thomas WHITE
1:35:37
1:39:28 0:03:51
Paul THOMPSON 1:40:41
1:47:46 0:07:05
Morag TWEDDLE
1:58:07
2:10:24 0:12:16
Will CUMMINGS 1:52:30
2:10:28 0:17:58
Congratulations to Janis and Frank,
winners for the first time.
The course was relatively dry but was
very demanding – which I suppose one should have guessed as one of the hills was
called lung-buster hill (Paul - did this one in Feb, when it had been raining, in road
shoes and spent some quality time on my hands and knees).
The men did three laps and I sure that most competitors enjoyed the three
ascents of this feature. The pace is allegedly
fast and furious (?? Seemed pretty damn fast to me!!!) at the front of the field. Towards the rear it is rather more sedate (it’s
where we with the zimmer frames tend to congregate) – but no less effort is required!
If you haven’t had a go at it yet
come along and try it – there are still a number of opportunities this winter!
(plenty of time, to freeze, wade through rivers of questionable consistency and be lapped
by bearded, old gentlemen)”
137 D.Gibson 37:49
152 R.Gray
38:22
161 K.Tindall 39:01
162 T.White
39:13
192 I.May
41:19
193 A.Wilhelm 41:19
197 P.Thompson 41:42
211 R.Macauley 43:02
74 A.Gordon 28:26
78 V.Missen
28:44
88 F.Donaldson 30:17
92 B.Dodgson 31:11
99 C.Murdoch 33:33
Tom White
1.38.53
Margi Leitch
1.46.??
(missing from results)
Paul Thompson
1.47.18
Fiona Donaldson
1.49.47
Bev Dodgson
1.50.52
Frank Tooley
1.52.42
Allan Price
1.54.36
Anne Douglas
1.57.19
Janis Graham
2.00.37
Pauline White
2.06.59
Karen McKay
2.13.52
Jill Cox
2.14.35
Helen Robertson
2.15.36
Congratulations to Bob Turner on an
excellent time in the
East
District CC Championships, Sat 8 Dec,
Entry forms have now been received,
and entries need to be in by Sat 24 Nov. If you’re interested, please contact Tom
asap. (Note: All entrants must be members of the Scottish Athletics membership scheme
– this operates independently of club membership)
Great
Winter Run, Sat 12 January
If anyone is looking for a 5 k fun run
during the winter, there is the annual Great Winter Run (& walk) round Arthur’s
Seat in January. Officially billed as a fun run to entice the un-knowing, it attracts
runners of all abilities, the majority of whom will walk the steepest parts of the course.
A refreshing day out and a sense of achievement for anyone tackling their first 5 k is
guaranteed, and the climb is fun if walked whilst chatting.
Enter online at https://entry.greatrun.org/EventInformation.aspx?StreamId=6
Sat 10 Nov
Glen Clova
half marathon.
Sat 10 Nov
Edun Univ
Hare & Hounds CC races, Braid Hills
Sun 25 Nov **
Kirkcaldy (
Sat 8 Dec
East
District cc Champs,
Sun 16 Dec
Queens Drive CC
races,
Fr 28 / Sat 29 Dec New Year Sprint Meeting
New Years Day Portobello Promethon (4 Miles)
Sat 12 Jan
Great
Winter Run, Holyrood park
Sat 19 Jan
Livingston
(Deans) Cross Country (E League)
Sat 9 Feb
Scottish
Masters CC Championships, venue tba
Sat 16 Feb
Scottish
Masters Indoor T&F, Kelvin Hall,
Sun 17 Feb
Grangemouth 10k
Sun 2 march Arbroath
Footers 10 mile Ladies Only race.
The Scottish Athletics fixture list
for the coming season is at http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk