July Auldhouse TT

Reasonable conditions, if a little blustery and only a small but motivated turnout of Harriers for this month's TT due mainly to holidays and a races at the following weekend.

Fastest time of the evening was Paul Murphy on only his second time around the course in a time of 18:36, just 5 seconds down on last month's debut but with a smaller field to chase. Andrew Buchanan was next in 19:03, chipping away at his time from the previous two months. Kevin Farmer is a bit out of sorts now but ran a well controlled 19:53. Making his first appearance on this course (at least under TT conditions), Calum Wright ran a strong 20:17 and could have been faster had he known the finish was just around the corner from Langlands Club House and not back down the hill where we started. Allan McLellan ran his fastest time on this course as the "Auldhouse TT" (Allan has of course run way faster around this loop earlier in his running life) and was delighted to be getting faster again, finishing in 21:12. Next target for Allan is sub-21. Our youngest runner, Lewis Moir was not feeling too good tonight and was a bit down on his usual for this course, finishing in 21:42. Geo Ferguson is very consistent on this 5k loop and powered round in 22:22.

Claire McSorley is just back from holiday and did a much faster and issue-free lap than on her first time last month, finishing in 23:08 as our fastest lady. David Wardrope was feeling a bit dead on his feet and was some minutes down on his fastest time this season, finishing in 23:09. Julie Thomson continues to improve and broke her 5k PB by a dozen or more seconds, finishing in 23:10 (it would have been a close race indeed had Claire, David and Julie set off together!). Billy Buchanan is gradually getting back to his former fittness levels and finished in 24:02, only a little down on last month. Russell Couper continues to pile in the miles and the races, finishing in 25:36, consistent with the previous month and still heading in the right direction. Colin banks really is just getting back into regular training and ran steadily round in 27:42.

Well done to all. The results from all previous Auldhouse 5k's are accessible from the menu on the left of the blog and this month's results are summarised here.
Alan