The club championship got back into
action in August with the Forfar and Perth 10k races. Both events are new to
the championship this year, and there were contrasting fortunes for our
runners.
Only four Harriers went to Forfar, and
according to Phil T, “we all found it quite a tough race. The course is mainly
downhill for the first half and consequently mainly uphill once you turn
around. We all had a stiff wind into our faces for the second half and there
were some tired runners at the end.”
The winner was Stephen Connor of Forfar
Road Runners in a time of 37.16. Phil was first Harrier to finish, in 39.57, in
9th position. Zak was next, getting more good race experience, finishing in 46.33,
followed by Maddy in 46.43, followed by Nic in 49.28.
There was a much bigger turnout for the
Perth 10k the following week. Patrick has a very good record in this race and
he repeated his success, finishing in 13th position overall and first M50 in a
time of 36.06. Will, on his way back to recovery after injuring an ankle in the
arduous task of standing up (albeit after falling off his bike on some gnarly
MTB trail) was close behind, one place behind on 36.21. Next was Charlie
Grimson in a very good 37.07, with Phil T next on 37.35. Zak was running again
and did well to get his time down to 42.34, and at a different point of the age
spectrum, Gordon ran well for his 43.20. Al, ably supported by Murray, Harris
and Kaz, was next in 44.09, with Nic behind in 45.36, just a wee bit short of
her season’s target of 45 minutes. Ali M was next in 48.50, with Sav following
in 54.43 and Mary in 58.51.
Sadly, it seems that the course was
short, or mis-marshalled, or by some mishap not everyone ran the full 10k distance,
so times for PBs might be looked on with a bit of suspicion.
In the championship, the standings are:
Men
Patrick 89.3 (5J)
Phil T
85.8 (7J+1W)
Gordon M 67.9 (5J)
Tony 67
(7)
Chris
61.1(4+1W)
Al
53.7 (6J)
Women
Nicola
79.5 (9J+1w)
Emily 71.8 (3J+2w)
Maddy
70.6 (7J+2w)
Ali
53.3(4J)
Cathy
46.5 (3J)
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