Rock of ages...

One thing I've learned over the years about the Black Rock 5: never trust the weather forecast! The weather was fine, and the threatened rainstorms didn't materialise. The second one I learnt as I looked across the Kinghorn sands from the train as we approached: you can't judge underfoot conditions from a distance, just suck it, erm, PLOD it and see!

A good Westy turnout, thanks to Chris' enthusiastic plugging of the event: there was Chris himself, who has honed his wading technique (see sample results); Ellie Homewood; Dave Rogers; myself; and Pat herself, out for a dook. I'm afraid I didn't keep company with any of the above, but did watch several distinguished hurdies (check any Scots dictionary if in doubt!) vanish into the distance, if not the estuary quicksands: first Debbie the Bog-Trotter who is speeding up with the passing of years as fast as I am slowing; then wee Steve Newsom, my ex-student and collaborator (and dad of boy wonder runner John); and indeed YP, who passed me as I splashed round the Rock to cries of "HBT!" to which I echoed "HGV!" Anyway, got my beer 'n' banana, got my train back to Edinburry in the company of Ivor the Boggie, who makes pleasant (?!) company as he squeezes his race-fresh (NOT) red insoles like rashers of sliced spam. Yuk.

Selected results and times:

1. Ross Houston (Central) 23.04

24. Chris Upson 26.07

107. Ellen Homewood 30.19

145. Dave Rogers 31.10

191. Debbie MacDonald (HBT) 32.42

258 "YP" aka Robin Thomas (HBT) 34.46

276 Steve Newsom (U/a) 35.15

312. GrimOrr 36.07

438. Pat McLaughlin 40.24

Posted by Graeme Orr on Tue 6 May 2008 | 1 comment

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