A very colourful lineup for the 2012 Calderglen Harriers Christmas Handicap and almost perfect running conditions (depending on what costume you were wearing!). 18 Harriers of all shapes and sizes and from fantasy, movie and cartoon worlds gave it everything over the 4 mile course, all in the name of fun. In the cartoon corner, Minnie the Mouse, faced up to a Power Ranger, Oor Wullie and Fat Boab. The battle of the superheroes saw Super-Vegas-Man (and his dog) chasing Banana Woman whilst Ming the Merciless was merciless in setting the fastest time of the day (26:10). Representing the world of wildlife, a bumblebee modeled the club colours whilst handicap of the day went to the reindeer towing a 2-tonne sledge (despite there being a couple of Santa's helpers, there were no assistance being administered, that would have been cheating!). A rare siting of a leprechaun (been missing from training for a few weeks) did not signal a mystical return to form but the smile was still there. There were some colourful characters of unknown origin and some numbered athletes on display from Mr 50 parkrun (nice of Russell to celebrate Eddie's birthday so publicly and an always topical, 007. Then there was the fittingly gold clad Emma Lawton who caught and overhauled Russell on the last lap to win the handicap with the 4th fastest time overall (26:51) to become the youngest ever winner of the Christmas handicap.
Well done to all and a big thanks to all the supporters. A special thanks to Martin Duthie for the donations to charities of the choice of the first 3, Emma, Russell and Christina.
More photos
here courtesy of Joanne and full results
here.
Alan
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