On a very cold, wet and windy night, 15 Harriers set their 2018 benchmarks for the Auldhouse 5k time trial. Its never an easy course due to the severe undulations but this time the headwind on the first half was a real handicap. At least that meant a tailwind for much of the run in to the finish.
Ignoring all these issues, Richard Lawton impressed all with an absolute course best time of 22:05, a good 10 seconds or so faster than his previous best on this course. Also improving on his previous best (since his comeback to running), Allan McLellan set a time of 21:18, a handful of seconds faster than his best from last year. However, the biggest improver of the night, Mark Saez took 38 seconds of his previous course best, to finish in 18:33.
Fastest time of the night went to Kevin Farmer, setting a great time of 18:11 on his first timed lap of this course. The other first timer on the night was Morgan Beaton, who set a time of 27:13. Fastest woman of the night was Karen Allen who knows this course well and recorded a good season opener of 22:18. Geo Ferguson also had a strong run, sprinting across the line only around 15 seconds down on his best in a time of 22:00. Youngest (and lightest) runner of the night, Lewis Moir had a strong run in difficult conditions for a youngster, recording 22:27. Well done to all under not very pleasant conditions.
The individual results are here. The Auldhouse results database (see the menu on the left) has been updated with these results.
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