Alex (Troon Tortoises) said...

Great day out. Well organised and marshalled. Tourists well behaved too this year :)

Thanks Westies - also, well done for arranging the weather and not the midges!

Sunday 11th May 2008 8.59am

Don said...

Thoroughly enjoyed the race yesterday. It was a huge weight off my shoulders to just jump in to the race and think, well they will just have to get on with it. If yesterday is anything to go by, then i am definately surplus to requirements! Spent the entire climb trying to catch and stay ahead of Tom Scott of Fife, in the process pulling in my current sparring partner Simon. Turned at the top (in 33rd posn apparently) and thought lets see if i can catch Simon.Finally nailed him at the end of the plateau, but he was not done yet, and re-passed me on the grassy bank. Through the style and on to the rough stuff to the left of the path where Simon had a couple of spectacular tumbles. Finally got passed him on the run down to the last style and past a few others to finish 17th. Great battle Simon, really enjoyed it.

Sunday 11th May 2008 5.52pm

Max said...

I think the found shoe belongs to Alice Haining (U/14 winner) of Gala as she lost one on the course near the start of the downhill section.

Regards,

Max.

Sunday 11th May 2008 7.05pm

jd said...

Another great Westies race and day out care of Don and his team. The drops of rain at the start came to nothing and we were treated to lovely warm weather. Over a hundred runners hared off down the short road section before we entered the forest for the grinding ascent of this 3195 feet Munro. I snuck in behind Jacques, Rob and Steffen for a while till we left the forest and then ever so slightly upped my pace to pass them, Steffen dropping out feeling ill. My wee groove felt ok so I kept up what I thought was a good pace, towing Lisa Gamble of Fife AC behind me, my lurid tartan shorts obviously not putting her off. I hit the summit in a few seconds over the hour, and then commenced the cracking descent, with Lisa and Val Houston not far behind me. I managed to stay ahead of them down the zig-zags, passing Marshall Dave who was steadfastly refusing to give us a reprise of his award winning open mike performance of The Lady Loves a Tramp. Down on the runnable sections my wee legs were no match for Lisa’s fresh legs and Val’s long legs, as they eased away from me to enjoy their own wee battle, as I tried to not let them get too far away. I managed to stay on my feet through the dodgy sections and was pretty chuffed to finish about a minute quicker than last year, but well down on Val and Ellie who had great runs to finish 1st and 2nd with only seconds separating them. After an icy wash down in Loch Lomond it was out to the sunny beer garden for post-race chilling-out and re-fuelling. A grand day out, thanks Don.

Sunday 11th May 2008 11.25pm

jd said...

plenty of Westies photos at the summit and finish on the SHR website -here

Sunday 11th May 2008 11.44pm

New Boy Stuart said...

Good effort Westies - one I aspire to, maybe next year !

Monday 12th May 2008 12.48pm

Chris said...

Updated results showing gains and losses on the descent now available here

The 3 biggest gainers were Davy Duncan (17 places), Don Reid (16) and Tommy Begley (16). I'm not sure how much this was due to crazy descending or lazy climbing....

Monday 12th May 2008 4.02pm

Chris said...

Grrr.... that link didn't work.

Updated results

Monday 12th May 2008 4.03pm

Craig D said...

Very sad I missed this corker,well done to all, some fantastic results.Next year I will be there!!!!

Sunday 18th May 2008 12.22pm