On an evening when we got the sun but not the warmth, 17 Harriers (plus a handful on recovery or pre-race gentle runs) turned out for the first individual 5km time trial of the year. The hilly course had the added difficulty of a strong head wind in the final mile but that did not prevent some excellent times. Fastest time of the night was Andrew J Buchanan, just back from a holiday (really warm weather training) in Australia and equaling his course best of 18:28.
Setting a new course best and new course record for the women, Julie Beveridge was in second place overall with a time of 19:47. What a fantastic result, highlighting the benefit of a solid block of high volume marathon training on shorter race performances too.
Also setting a pb (and also recently back from holiday), Gordon McInally improved by about 20 seconds to set a time of 23:21. Not just back from holiday but setting a massive pb was Michael Mullen, taking minutes out of his previous time to finish in 23:45.
In a noteworthy battle, First of the Fergusons was Frances in 22:15, only 1 second ahead of husband Geo. Frances is really getting back to her previous form.
First timers tonight were Kay Conneff in 23:09 and Anne McLellan in 26:42, both setting targets to beat next month. For the avoidance of doubt, Eddie Reid, Jim Holmes, Kay Conneff and Paul Rooney were under instruction to simulate marathon pace having been asked to warm up with a really fast run out to the start. Hence the 5k times are slower than you might usually expect from them.
Well done to all. Full results are here and you can view all the previous results from the menu on the left of the blog page or here.
Alan
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