A preface from George Stewart on Tour.........
Well, it’s that time of year again, the nerves have started already, the concerns about the next 5 days of racing, the route, the terrain and if I’ll finish ahead of Julie “the watch” Beveridge!! At least I won’t be the only Harrier there this year and just be “that guy that turns up every night in the black and yellow stripes”... mind you, my new vest (now with the club logo ) will at least partially stop people asking if I’m a runner and run for a club or not?
The tour is slightly different from the previous year, which was 6 days of racing with a day off in the middle, now we have a straight 5 days Wednesday to Sunday. The great thing about this race series is that there’s no real pressure with times (unless you have actually ran the same route before). All races are over unusual distances and either up mountains, through woodland trails or along the sand dunes. No 5k or 10k roads to burst your lungs struggling for a PB’s. Depending what you read or who you ask, you seem to get a different answer to the distance of each race. One thing is for sure, none of them will be easy!!
Wednesday, 27th – THE BLACK HILL RACE...4.7 mile trail at Hogwarts School of Wizardry near Falkland.
Thursday, 28th – TARVIT TRAIL RACE...4.25 mile at Hill of Tarvit Mansion House, near Ceres.
Friday, 29th – UP HELL TIME TRIAL...1.4 mile (I’m sure it was 1.2 mile last here), near Falkland.
Saturday, 30th – CHARIOTS OF FIRE’ BEACH RACE...4.25 mile along the sand at St Andrews.
Sunday, 31st – THE ‘TWISTED’ CHICKEN RUN...5.5 mile (actually 6.5 mile) at Strathmigalo.
Anyone can do a single race out of the 5, so if any club members fancy a taster on perhaps the weekend then come along.
Thanks to George for the report and we look forward to regular updates, especially if Julie beats him.....
Alan
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Just had a look at the results from race 1 and poor George finds himself 34 secs down on Julie so the pressure is on for the next 4 races. well done to both Julie and George.
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