Auldhouse Time Trial 2012 Final

We had a record turnout of 24 Harriers for tonight's final Auldhouse 5k time trial of the year. Despite the driech conditions and the darkness there were many fine performances. All the times are here.

Well done to all.
Alan

Great Scottish Run 2012

Probably the best way to describe this was a mixed bag for the Calderglen contingent. Stephen Riley was going very well until somebody clipped him at 7 miles and caused him to pull a hamstring. Done well to finish but was moving much better than his final time suggests. Stephen Phimister was on course for 1:29 around 12 miles before the wheels came off in a dramatic style in Glasgow Green, losing 4 minutes over the last 2k! Luckily Jim Holmes was catching (literally) and crossed the line seconds later to stabilise Stephen's wobbly legs. Graham Ramage was possibly the best performer of the day knocking another minute off his pb and also caught Stephen and Jim after the line. There is a photo (which will never see the light of day) showing Jim and Graham carrying Stephen through the medal area! Karen Allen also struggled and was a couple of minutes off her PB time. Kenny Leinster ran 1 minute slower than Helensburgh but David Wardrope steadied the ship running around the time he expected. A double black mark for Alison Lessells :-) who didn't register as Calderglen and didn't wear her club vest (Russell will investigate!). Perhaps Karma or the knee and foot pain led to "the worst race of my life". Apologies to those we didn't catch up with at the end.

 

Thanks to Scott and Irene for support in Bellahouston and Mary Goldsmith in Pollok park.

 

A strange day where even the elite athletes seemed to struggle and were also off expected times. A bit of a head wind in places and a bit warm in the second half. The GSR also introduced pacemakers for the first time. Even their performance came into question. From reports it seems some were spot on and others dreadful. The 1:30 guy was running well inside 1:28 for the majority of the race and the girl that 'paced'  1:55 got caught by the pacer behind. Some work required ...

 

 

295	12728	1:29:08	Stephen	Reilly	M		CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
462	12418	1:32:42	Stephen	Phimister	M	40	CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
467	12854	1:32:46	Jim	Holmes	M	40	CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
515	14699	1:33:26	Graham	Ramage	M	40	CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
561	12242	1:34:14	Karen	Allen	F		CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
694	14562	1:35:59	Kenny	Leinster	M	50	CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
1814	12710	1:45:06	David	Wardrope	M	40	CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
2421	12487	1:48:56	Graham	Lindsay	M	45	CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
2452	15182	1:49:08	John	Mcbride	M	50	CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
3919	12485	1:57:30	David	Searil	M	55	CALDERGLEN HARRIERS

Those not listed above are Alison Lessells (1:51:22), Ruth Kelly (2:02:54, a pb) and Jim Mearns (1:42:27).

Meanwhile in the 10km GSR, Brian and Charlie McDougall were sandwiching Jamie McMonagle:

Pos	No	Time	Forename	Surname	Gender	Cat	Team/Club
49	385	0:38:26	Charles	Mcdougall	M	60	CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
119	123	0:40:56	Jamie	Mcmonagle	M	40	CALDERGLEN HARRIERS
212	998	0:42:43	Brian	Mcdougall	M		CALDERGLEN HARRIERS

Well done to all and thanks to Stephen Phimister for the report, Russell Couper for some missing results and to Andy Henderson for the photos, a few more of which are here.

Alan

Chatelherault Times

Last one of the this year.

Please leave your time, level of effort and comments on this form and see what everyone said here (ps be patient, it can take up to 10 minutes after you submit your times on the form for the results web page to be updated).

Ron Hill Running Seminar

We have been contacted by Dave Cooney of Cambuslang Harriers with the following notification (note this is the same Friday as the TTC):


I am contacting our local clubs to publicise a running seminar being held by Ronhill Cambuslang Harriers on Friday 14 September at 7.25 pm in the Rugby and Sports Club, Langlea Road Cambuslang.  The 3 guests are Ron Hill, Gordon Rimmer and Claire Gibson and the meeting will be chaired by Mike Johnston, the Scottish National Endurace Coach.  Ron, the former European and Commonwealth Games Champion with a pb of  2.09.28, needs no introduction.  Gordon, a Cambuslang runner, was Scottish and UK steeplechase champion with a pb of 8.26 while Claire is a Scottish Champion and Commonwealth Games Representative at 800M with a pb of 2.01.34.  It promises to be a stimulating evening and there will be the opportunity to ask questions.

If you or any of your members are interested please contact me and I can put tickets aside.  Tickets which are being sold on a first come first served basis are priced at £5 for seniors/vets and £3 for under 20s and tea/biscuits are included in the price. More information is available on the club's website.

Regards

David Cooney
Ronhill Cambuslang Harriers

High Heels Half Marathon

Following on from her High Heels Half Marathon, my Mum has been short listed for a Sunday Mail Great Scot 2012 community hero award! So that's where we've been going wrong all these years... wrong footwear! Anyway, should you wish to vote for her please follow this link.

Irvine 10k Road Race

Finally a race where it rained, my last few races have been very warm.  After being a bit disappointed at the Bella 5k last Sunday, getting a time of 18 minutes, I had decided to just do this race for the fun of it.  Finding the registration was not easy, I found the start and finish of the race first.  A churchgoer finally pointed me in the right direction.  As the race started I realised I was in eighth place, which was further up the field than I had planned.  I decided just to go for it and see what happened.  It was a good route going round the harbour and beach area of Irvine.  I held 8th place until after the 5k marker where I lost a couple of places and finished in 10th place with a time of 37.21.  I was surprised but delighted with this as this was my first 10k in over a year.  The winning time was 31.26.  Well marshalled and accurately measured this year.

Thanks to Ian Hughes for the report and well done.
Alan

Killin 10k and 1k

Saturday 25th August was the 2nd year of this 10K event with 110 runners taking part and high number of them unattached but still providing good competition and challenge.  I was delighted to take part as couldn’t last year and it allowed me to do the 2 things I like doing most, spending time with my family (my sister stays in Killin) & running.  After a good night sleep, we set off from East Kilbride just after 9am for the 90min journey to Killin to ensure we got there in good time. We arrived a little after 1030am and made straight for McLaren Hall (Event HQ) to pick up our numbers and timing chips.  By good timing we meet my sister and my niece at the same time.  Unfortunately my sister had to pull out of the 10K as she has a chest infection and my niece Emily was doing the 1k with her cousin.  Once we got our numbers we strolled up the Main Street to the start close to the Dochart Bridge.  Just before this point I went away to do a warm up run to stretch my legs after the car journey.

We all met at the start at the west end of the village in the Acharn Forest Car Park next to the war memorial.  Sarah & Melissa returned down the Main Street to get in a good position for video recording & pictures and Emma, Emily & I remained at the start.   There was the safety briefing at 11.55am and the 10k race started at 12pm with the 1k starting just after the 10k race at 12.05pm. This race was introduced this year for anyone age 5 yrs to 15 yrs so needless to say Emma was quietly confident she would win the race.  

The 10k went first with the first 2k of the race was slightly downhill & flat took the runners over the Dochart Bridge, running down the Main Street and past the McLaren Hall taking us out of the village and loop up Glen Lochay to the Hydro station before returning to the village and finishing in Breadalbane Park. The middle 6k was a slight undulating loop of Glen Lochay the last 2k was mainly downhill towards the Main Street.  It was a great run and my time was 50:04, over 2 mins faster than my last 10k time at Rouken Glen and my target time was 50mins so all good.

Click HERE for a map of the route on mapmyrun.com

The 1k runners ran the first part of the 10k route then before the McLaren Hall took a left into Breadalbane Park and ran through the finishing funnel. Emma let a few boys take the lead to the Dochart Bridge then proceeded to run past them as they ran out of steam and won the race with comfortable margin however the race was not chipped so not sure of her time.  1st overall and 1st Girl!

After the racing we all enjoyed the lovely spread in the McLaren Hall, which was selling soup and sandwiches, tea, coffee and home baking, along with the heavily sponsored prize giving, courtesy of The Real Food Café in Tyndrum. Emma picked up her prize to a large round of applause.

Thanks to Richard for the report and well done to both Richard and especially Emma.

Alan