Troon 10K results

ironpeople?

Whatever the collective noun is, well done to Susan Gray for her 12:42 Ironman in Austria, and in Switzerland, to Charles Martin for his 11:35, to Steven Connell for his 10:32 and to Alan Auld for his 10:20.

west highland way race

I'm never sure about writing about *my* races here but I'm pleased to announce that I improved my time by over 4 hours this year to record a sub-23 hour time (22:58:52).  If anyone is thinking "I could never do that", well that's what I thought when I first joined the club.  Without the inspiration of other club members and their support and encouragement over the years, I could never have achieved that goal.  I hope in turn, to inspire others to at least try ultra running and help maintain this club's reputation as Ayrshire's leading ultra-running club.  A fuller account and more photographs on my blog.

mabie forest trail

Three tortoises made it down to Mabie for the trail race on the 15th of June.  Gordon Dobbie, Owen Light and Anita Johnson.  Gordon finished in 56:22, Owen in 73:14 and Anita in 80:13.  Well done to all those who took part.

cairn table

On Saturday the 14th, Alex & time fought it out on the slopes of Cairn table.  The field wasn't large (we made up 10% of the runners) but it was an enjoyable romp nonetheless.  Alex was clearly suffering from his Merrick race and let Tim romp home first (most uncharacteristically).   Tim finished in 40:31 and Alex in 43:10.

news, news and more news.  Where to start?

I've been very neglectful of the site so here's a big update in reverse chronological order in an attempt to put this right.

Tonight was our monthly 5K time trial and we welcomed two new visitors to the club, Linda Hamilton and David Yeabsley who had a bit of a "baptism by fire" for their first night at the club.   5K results here

Last Sunday (1st June) Alex Drain was galloping up and down the hills again, this time at Saughhill by Girvan.

On the 27th of May, we ran our annual 10K time trial where club athletes get a chance to run our own 10K course.  The 10K results here

Back on the 24th of May, three Tortoises ventured south to run the new Kirkcudbright half marathon.  Bobby Miller (1:32:42), Anne Noble (1:45:04) and Moira Connell (1:57:47)

On the 18th of May, four women ran in the Women's 10K in Glasgow, Anne Noble (46:39), Anita Johnson (53:20), Gillian McGregor (1:01:59) and Hazel McFarlane (1:04:47).

On the 17th of May, Alex romped up and down Goatfell (1:54:30) in his pursuit of the club hill running championship.

The 14th of May was the date of the Kilmarnock 10K (and a footy match somewhere).  Four tortoises went along to show solidarity to there local clubs and ran the race. Kilmarnock results here.

On the 11th of May Bobby Miller finished 2nd overall in the Largs 10K (40:04).

On the 10th of May three tortoises ran the Ben Lomond Hill race where Alex showed a clean pair of heels to his clubmates.  Alex Drain (1:45:22), Tim Downie (1:54:40), Ian McNee (1:55:33)

The 6th of May was another club 5K time trail.  5K results here.

On the 30th of April Alex Drain and John McKinlay raced each other in the Kaim Hill race.  (Alex Drain 42:25.  John McKinlay 48:18)

Away back on the 26th of April, the webmaster fluked his way to a 1st Supervet prize in the the Highland Fling race (Milngavie to Tyndrum) in 10:47:50.

There are a few more events that never made it to the news page.  Apologies to anyone who feels left out.  All results are available on the results page.

10K race report (All times quoted are gun times)

On Wednesday evening nearly 1000 runner lined up on Troon seafront for our annual 10K race.  This year saw the entry of Shettleston Harriers secret weapon, a group of Eritreans runners who, not entirely unexpectedly, made a clean sweep of 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the men's senior class. Congratulations to Amanuel Woldeselas (29:49), Tsegazeah Woldmitha (30:28) and Teweldebr Mengstab (30:43) who clearly enjoyed the warm evening weather that made things hard for many runners.

After the Eritreans, David Phee (Giffnock North) took 4th place in an excellent 31:49, followed by Robert Gilroy (Ronhill Camuslang) in 32:39 and John Macnamara (33:31).   Roger Naughton (JWKH) was the first junior home in an excellent time of 35:51.

For the ladies, Toni McIntosh (Ayr Seaforth) took first position in 37:24 followed by Sandra Branney (Victoria Park) in 37:31 and Susan Finch (Victoria Park) in 37:48.

We'd like to thank everyone  who took part in our 10K race.  Thanks to your continued support, this event remains the largest midweek 10k race in Scotland.  We'd also like to thank Winning Time, the timing service provided by Interloq, a Scottish company.  We'd also like to thank our sponsors, A G Barr, Bicketts Motor Group, the Maharani, the Scottish Building Society & Thomas Tunnock Ltd., without whom, the race would either be very much more expensive or might not happen at all.

We'd also like to thank Kenneth Phillips who provides the vast majority of race photgraphs for the west of Scotland and Carlo Ferroni who has taken some wonderful shots from the children's fun run.

Link to Kenneth Phillips photographs

Picture courtesy of Carlo Ferroni.  More at http://imagesby.me.uk/funrun/
 

You can also see the provisional results here in html,  txt , pdf or xls.

Our apologies for the shortage of water at the midway point.  We were caught out by the increased demand this year.  Given the weather conditions, we could have done better.

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