Beith Harriers New Year Race

Lone Harrier Stuart Gibson made a trip to Ayrshire for the Beith Harriers' Road Race today. This event has been a fixture on the race calendar for many years but is now sanitised to 4 x 1.2 mile laps of an industrial estate (think Sainsburys circuit and you get the picture) rather than the country roads of old. However, Stuart restored the Harriers' tradition of doing well in this race with a flat out slog to finish 3rd overall in a time of 24:16, exactly one minute quicker than last year. The winner of the race and the "McLuckie Trophy" was Ross Toole of Kilbarchan (23:00) followed by Irvine's David Millar in 23:08. Stuart was presented with a bottle of red wine, some soup, biscuits and tea, so very much a traditional race! Not the biggest race around but certainly very friendly and welcoming. Well done to Stuart and thanks for e-mailing the report.