Tuesday 8 May 2012

Kinross 10k, April 26


5 of us made to Kinross for the 10k race - Will, Fi, Allan, Angela and myself. The course was completely changed - Kinross House has changed hands and is no longer accessible to the public, so the new route started near the church in Milnathort and followed some of the same route as the Milnathort Dash, without the loop up the hill and through the farm, but carrying on along the road to a turn-round point. It's an undulating route, so not as fast as the previous Kinross flat-as-a-pancake route.
 
Weather was cold, with a very chilly wind, but hey, at least the rain stayed off.
The men's race was won by Murray Strain in 31.58 – he seems to be having a pretty awesome season so far. The women's race was won by Claire Couper in 38.02.

Our times and places were:
Will: 6th overall, 36.41
Me: 25th overall, 41.33
Angela: 28th overall, 4th woman, 42.00
Allan: 65th overall, 49.37
Fi: 83rd overall, 23rd woman, 53.23

I spent much of the second half of the race expecting Angela to pass me. Allan came in well inside his target time of 50 minutes, and Fi put in a fine effort in her second Championship race.

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