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thought i would get this one in early before chris got wind of the results.
the race officials recorded me as finishing in 76th place over 1 hour fifteen minutes behind the winner, but this paints a picture of an ill prepared runner, low on fitness, not fit to wear the covetted sunflower yellow 'w' vest, which i may add caused a few problems on such a scalding day, with a burning 'w' etched into my back on the 2 hour home straight.
I entered this race on the back of some serious training/preparation, having spent 2 hours the previous night folding my inkjet printed map to fit into my small sandwich bag and so appointed myself as the unofficial pentlands team manager. my plan/goal was to secure our 3 man/ 1 woman team of chris, 8th/2:49 ellen 29th/ 3:11, JD 57th/3:32 and myself top 100/sub 4 hours into the spot prizes. unfortunately my pre race plan to run the race hand in hand went out the window as chris somehow managed to make 4 minutes on me in the first 2 minutes before i could relay my plan. after i allowed ellen to pass me at speed, before i could suggest the hand in hand bit, on the climb to turnhouse and monitored her progress into the distance i comfortably set into my shuffle walk inviting most of the runners to reel me in and pass me... but where was JD! fuelled by the free portions of dried fruit, by black hill he was on his 2nd or 3rd wind and it was here we ran together for a few seconds, again not hand in hand before i decided he was ready to kick on and so i eased off the pace/ slowed my walk down further and gifted him 13 minutes or so. all i had to do now was finish the race to be in with a chance of the spot prizes. this was easier said than done as by now my burning 'w' was causing me major discomfort and with no first aiders in sight, i found myself slipping even further down the pack and right out the prizes. well done to chris and ellen for a fine run and thanks to JD for not laughing aloud at my feeble descending. maybe the mcandrews next year...
Posted by Scott McKendrick on Sat 6 Oct 2007 | 5 comments
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cat said...
Wow another speedy Chris and Ellen run, they're unstoppable! Well done to JD and the shuffler too, I'd have loved to run this coz it looks like a fab route. Maybe for next year you could produce a hi-tech top Scott, perhaps with wee fans and cooling systems in the back panels and a ready supply of chilled energy drink from the sleeves! The W would have to stay of course, but maybe it could be a stowed away wee set of wings, which could open out to assist your descending!
Sunday 7th October 2007 8.08am
jd said...
Scott's race semed to mirror my own, unlike the Golden Couple's great race - well done you two. Chris only 2 minutes off his PB and Ellie with a great debut. I had a shockingly bad first half, with my legs absolutely dead on the climbs and only negative thoughts in my head, mainly focusing on dropping out as I simply couldn't envisage completing. I managed to convince my poor wee legs and head to stutter on to half way, with the promise that at least it was a lovely warm sunny day for a nice slow walk, if nothing else. Fortunately I perked up during the second half and reeled in a dozen or so runners, including poor Scott. At the finish I was actually really chuffed to just get round, even though it was my slowest time in 13 attempts, and I even managed to keep in the top half of the field. A grand day out.
Sunday 7th October 2007 10.48pm
shuffler said...
jd: if only i'd have known, we could have spent a miserable afternoon together... what happened to the arrochar walkie talkies?
Sunday 7th October 2007 11.24pm
Chris said...
Well done JD and Scott for managing not to drop out.I had a fairly quiet uneventful run, setting off steadily and jogging round steadily, albeit with increasingly sore feet towards the end.I arrived at Flotterstone alongside Al Anthony and Grant Stewart, and just behind Billy Minto. Steven Fallon who had started super-fast was just ahead on the long slog up Turnhouse. Al and Grant soon vanished off into the distance to finish 2nd and 3rd. I eventually passed Steven on the drove road, and caught Billy on Harbour Hill. Other than that I never saw another runner from Flotterstone to the end, so I was happy enough plodding along at my own pace, finishing in 2:49:14.Ellen had a great run as 2nd lady in 3:11:53 in her first attempt at the race.
Results
Monday 8th October 2007 9.34am
JasonsTired said...
Well done everyone for grinding out yet another long race this season, and especially Ellie, going from strength to strength this year and seeming to get faster with every long race. Impressive one and all, and cheers Scot for my favourite write up in a while.
Monday 8th October 2007 2.53pm