Fine but slightly breezy conditions greeted a large contingent of Harriers on Wednesday evening for the Land O'Burns 10k Road Race organised by Ayr Seaforth AC. This is an officially measured and reasonably fast course and many of the Harriers were on form for good times.
Fastest Harrier on the day was Davie Watt who was first M50 in 37:11. Our fastest lady was Julie Beveridge, running into second place in a time of 40:26. Throughout the field we had some great performances from the Harriers. Andrew Buchanan ran a well paced 38:12 whilst Chris McCarron was first U20 in 41:10. Stephen Phimister was another who had made a good recovery from the Wet Highland Way at the weekend to finish in 41:25. Jim Holmes is switching to swim mode for the forthcoming Day in the Lakes Triathlon relay and hence would have found this coastal run a useful step towards getting wet, finishing in 44:03. Eddie Reid made a long awaited return to racing with a good opener of 44:11, having found the pace judgement a little tricky after so long out of racing. David Wardrope continues to turn in very consistent performances despite a high volume of racing, crossing the line in 45:26. Richard Lawton ran what he considered a fairly normal time for this course for him, finishing in 45:29. Maintaining the tight packing of Harriers and consolidating her position in the Grand Prix, Alison Lessells finished in 45:54. Paul Rooney had a good steady run to finish in 46:34. David Searil has some major miles in the legs at the moment (as always) as he heads towards the WHW race but still finished in a speedy 48:54. Then it was serial PB'ers Lorraine Buchanan and Julie Thomson who both recorded 10k PB's in 49:04 and 49:14 respecitvely. This was the first time Julie had broken 50 minutes and she did so comprehensively. Gordon McInally continues to gradually return to form (although not pain free) and is stringing the races together, finishing in 49:49 whilst Russell Couper was happy with his time of 50:57. It won't be long before Russell is back under 50 minutes.
Also in the prizes, Stuart Gibson was second overall in the race in 31:58 whilst Marion O'Connor was first F60 in 45:35.
Numerous photos from the event are here and the full official results are here.
Well done all!
Alan
2 comments:
That was a course best although there is more in the tank when I feel confident with my hamstring as seen 3 days later at cairnpapple hill race with a CB by 3.55
We should also mention Graeme Lindsay, sporting out trail race tee-shirt, who finished in a time of 43:25.
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