Frances, Richard and Russell where joined by Gerry Connelly and Scot Hill. A new course for the event led to some interesting runs but I will get to that later. Starting near Pollock House the race starts with a brief incline followed by a long downhill but the old adage comes in what goes up must come down only in reverse. After the long down comes a long up then a sharp twisty down to the stables and along to the rugby club. That's the extra part of a 2 + a bit loops. From here along Dumbreck Rd and back into the park taking a left and heading to the playing fields near the Burrell. Along the road towards the Burrell and this is where mistakes came in to play. The instruction I got from the previous marshall was 500yds then left down the path towards the main road into the park. Turned right on the road and headed towards the house again. After a short run I passed a marshall where the next path comes out and im told you should have come out here. Should have taken the 2nd left which is only 10yds after the first one. Head went down as I really didn't want to be running any extra and nearly just gave up but I just plodded on to complete the race. Im told race winner Robert Gilroy missed the paths and just ran past the Burrell so some confusion on the new route. Anyway back to running towards the house and a right turn takes us back to the starting point another full lap on the right path this time and the part lap to the finish. Scot ran best of all out of us to finish in 42.58 with Gerry in 44.52. 1st Harrier was Frances 45.06 with Richard not far behind in 47.17. For myself a day to forget as it was never going to be good even without the extra 63.53.
Further photos from Eddie are here.
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