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Personal Best for Patrick Leask at Loch Leven Half, 52nd Fastest M40 1.46.19

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This post was written by Tommy on May 15, 2011

Official Results from Loch Leven Half

http://ftp4.dns-systems.net/~kinrossroadrun/krr2/llhmresults2011.pdf

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This post was written by Tommy on May 15, 2011

Regular Massage & West Highland Way Winner Ritchie Cunningham comes inches to winning Cateran Trail.

Winner 429 Brian Forfar Runners, Ritchie 462 myself 459

Doing his normal plan sitting in and assessing the pack then hitting them with all his Hill Climbing Might, Ritchie was a minute behind me at 15miles but at the last check point but he knew his ace card was up still up his sleeve, I had lost a bit of ground on the leader and energy on the middle section of Leg 2 where there is a 35 degree Left to Right drop I was slipping all over the place, fell twice in the uneven marshy section so I was glad to get out of this half mile stretch to get back on the road but with 10 miles I was slowing a bit.

Up until this point I was happy, feeling comfortable and just watching the leader.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/84043085

Past the final check point felt ok had 65mins to do the last 6miles I knew it would be a tall order but thought there may be an outside chance of getting under the 3hrs, but the wheels started to come off when I got over the main road at Enochdhu and hit the hills I had no drive, it was it this point Ritchie eased by me, within 15mins he looked miles away, I had to grit me teeth and climb and keep running or else I would lost the motivation to continue and I wouldn’t know where I would have finished.

I grinned and said “your no getting the better of me course”, I kept looking over my shoulder at the stile before the flatter grassier section about 2.5-3miles from home but no sign of the 4th place person, great plod on I did running all the way to the last hill.

Outside of my left Hamstring started to hurt me, reminding of the end of a painfell Stuc O Chroin race a few years ago, keep going I was saying to myself, I could still the Leader with Ritchie closing in fast as they ran up the final climb.

Last Hill I was walking quicker than I was running so I walked all the way up to the top, at the top I bagged a mouthful of sweeties & my final Cherry Lucozade remains to get me to the finish, looking back at the stats I had reached the summit when Ritchie and Brian had finished, so I was over a mile behind in the race, anyway I took my time coming down the final decent as my Hamstring was shouting at me. One final look over the shoulder onto the flatter easier section then I managed one final push to the finish.

I was glad to be finished and Maryann, Isla and the boys helped me in cheering me on which was great!

But hat off to Ritchie hes an animal.

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This post was written by Tommy on May 9, 2011

Sue Walker was 10th lady in 5.26.33 also at Sat’s Cateran Trail 23.4mls

Sue Pictured below here on the Right with Sandra McDougal.

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This post was written by Tommy on May 9, 2011

A few pictures from Saturday’s Cateran Trail

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommylawrence/sets/72157626676187738/

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This post was written by Tommy on May 8, 2011

Cameron, Lewis, Craig & Lynsey all completed Carnegie Harriers mile in the Park

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommylawrence/sets/72157626676169066/

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This post was written by Tommy on May 8, 2011

Cateran Trail Race 23.4miles 1k of climbing

What an adventure! A full race report tomorrow. Here are my stats:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/84043085

Overall

Time:

03:12:36

Distance:

23.42 mi

Elevation Gain:

1,004 m

Calories:

Time:	03:12:36
Moving Time:	03:09:29
Elapsed Time:	03:12:36

Avg Pace:	08:13 min/mi
Avg Moving Pace:	08:05 min/mi
Best Pace:	04:54 min/mi

Elevation Gain:1,004 Elevation Loss:718 mMin Elevation:64 mMax Elevation:650 m

2,717 C

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This post was written by Tommy on May 7, 2011

2nd Place Jez Bragg’s Highland Fling Report.

http://jezbragg.blogspot.com/2011/05/red-hot-fling.html

Jez Bragg

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This post was written by Tommy on May 5, 2011

Results from Saturday’s 53 miler Trail Race, The Highland Fling.

http://www.zen31010.zen.co.uk/highlandflingrace/results.htm

The Fling for anyone who doesn’t know is the bottom part of the West Highland Way route finishing up in Tyndrum.

New Course record for Andrew James.

Great Run by Endurance Ace Kate Jenkins in 9.04

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This post was written by Tommy on May 2, 2011

18th Fastest Vet in the UK for my 73.16:Half Marathon at Alloa 20th Mar 2011

http://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=HM&agegroup=ALL&sex=M&year=2011

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This post was written by Tommy on April 17, 2011

Leading 12 Men’s & first 6 females Results from Friday nights Beveridge’s Park’s 5k

Over 40 veteran Grant Wilkie (Corstorphine) won out against Pitreavie over 50 veteran Jeff Farquhar at the opening Beveridge Park 5km race of the new season at Kirkcaldy. Wilkie covered the two and a half laps of the park road circuit in 16 minutes 39 seconds eight seconds clear of Farquhar.

The women’s race was even closer as former GB 1500m internationalist Hayley Ovens (Unatt.) placed 9th overall in 18 minutes 54 seconds one place and three seconds clear of Alison McGill (Fife AC).

Results: 1 G Wilkie (Corstorphine) 16.34 1st veteran. 2 J Farquhar (Pitreavie) 1st over 50. 16.47, 3 P Roarty (Carnegie) 16.59, 4 A Keenan (Carnegie) 17.32, 5 D Pugh (Fife AC) 17.01, 6 B Davie (Carnegie) 18.31, 7 S Bernard (Fife AC) 1st junior. 18.48, 8 D Newman (Fife AC) 2nd veteran. 18.53, 9 J Mill (Dundee Road Runners) 3rd veteran. 19.01, 10 A K Duncan (Pitreavie) 1st over 60. 19.11, 11 C Harvey (Fife AC) 19.14, 12 R Milton (Carnegie) 19.20.

Women. 1 H Ovens (Unatt.) 18.54, 2 A McGill (Fife AC) 18.57, 3 J Turner (Carnegie) 19.30, 4 J McWhinnie (Fife AC) 1st veteran. 20.33, 5 S Thomson (Fife AC) 2nd veteran. 22.25, 6 M McLaren (Fife AC) 1st over 50. 22.59.

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This post was written by Tommy on April 15, 2011

126 Pictures from the Birnam Hill Race

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottishhillrunners/sets/72157626366673333/

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This post was written by Tommy on April 14, 2011

Regular Circuiteer & Kinross Road Runner: Judith Dobson runs 3:25:50: Paris Marathon

Just over 30,000 people lined up on the Champs-Elysees for the start of the 2011 Paris Marathon. With sunny skies and temperatures in the low 60s, runners had perfect conditions for a PR, and a few were set.

Benjamin Kiptoo, 31, of Kenya won the race in 2:06:31, a personal best by 46 seconds. Last year he placed fourth.

Kiptoo started his career as a marathon pacer back in 2006, capturing his first major win in 2009 at the Rome Marathon. His 2:07:17 was the fastest time ever run on Italian soil.

Bernard Kipyego, also of Kenya, was second today in 2:07:14 and Eshetu Wendimu of Ethiopia was third in 2:07:32.

In the women’s division, Priscah Jeptoo, 27, of Kenya, dominated the field, crossing the finish line for the win in 2:22:55, also a new PR. Her previous best was a 2:27:02 run in Torino last November.

results check on http://results.parismarathon.com/2011/

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