A total of 13 Harriers submitted times for the May 2020 solo virtual edition of the Auldhouse 5k. We have had fewer under normal non-lockdown conditions so an impressive turnout indeed. Several more Harriers completed solo 5k time trials at alternative hilly venues, posting some fast times.
Fastest time of the week was Stuart Gibson in 16:55, a time that anyone except Stuart may struggle to beat this season. Second fastest was Ian Hughes in 18:32. This was probably the performance of the month as it was Ian's fastest time since 2013 and he is no Spring chicken! Next up with an excellent season opening time of 19:15 was Iain Tomb. Just pipping Calum Wright, Graeme Lindsay had an excellent season opener of 20:26. Calum Wright almost carried on from where he left off last year with 20:27 as he homes in on a certain sub 20 this year. Then, in one of the few allowable head to head races taking place in the world, Mark Phimister dipped his dad, Stephen, on the line to stop the virtual clock in 20:58 compared to 20:59 for Stephen. Jim Holmes stopped moving after crossing the line, which was fortunate as he didn't stop the watch! A bit of forensic analysis revealed a time of 22:27.
Billy Buchanan is benefiting greatly from the regular training which the lock down rules allow him to take, beating last year's best time by 21 seconds to finish in 23:24. Haven't got a fully official Garmin Connect time yet, but Claire McSorley had an excellent solo effort of around 24:05. Richard Lawton is on the way back to form, recording 24:14. Julie Thomson had some Garmin button pressing issues, so I may have done her a disservice by taking the full time interval of 24:46 which will be easy to improve upon next time by pressing the stop button! Still an excellent time for Julie running solo. Despite Morgan's disappointment in her time, she only smashed her previous course best by almost 2 minutes, recording 25:24. Well done Morgan, the only course best of the month.
If I've missed anyone, then please let me know.
Alan
3 comments:
Claire McSorley also ran it on Sunday morning. It’s on Strava.
Alison
Alison, I don't see Claire on the Club section of Strava. She must have her privacy settings set to visible to followers only. In any case, it's the Garmin Connect link I need as that is the only way I can see the raw time data. The free version of Strava doesn't show enough timing detail.
Alan
Ok
Ian Hughes said on fb that he ran 18:31. Don’t know if he’s on garmin connect or not.
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