A strong team of Harriers women Harriers were out in force at the Loch Leven Half Marathon. The race route follows the A and B roads from Kinross round the loch, finishing back in Kinross at the King George V playing fields. It’s mostly flat, but there’s an unwelcome slope in Scotlandwell, at about the 7 mile mark, just when you could do with a bit of help. The weather was kind for most of the race, but a headwind over the closing few miles made the going hard for tiring runners.
Kerry continued her strong start to the season to come home in 10th position in the woman’s race, in a personal best time of 1:41:08 (and just to prove what a good race she ran, she also set a personal best for her 10k time in the first half of the race). Next Harriers home were Julie H in her first half marathon in a time of 1:49:40 and Steph in a personal best time of 1:49:51. Not far behind was Ali M in a time of 1:50:54. A bit further down the field were Fiona McDonald in another personal best time, delighted to come in under the 2 hour mark, Tracey Oates in her first half marathon, Shelagh Wake and Kirsty McKay.
There had been rumours beforehand that club president George Carson was going to run, but in the event, he turned out to do a splendid job of touring round the course in Kirsty’s new car, offering support to all and sundry. So I ended up as the only man running for the Harriers. The first few miles felt okay, but I developed a foot injury and found the last few miles really tough going, and it ended up as my slowest half since the Tewkesbury half marathon donkey’s years ago.
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