East Kilbride 10K

4/12/99

The East Kilbride 10K, second in the Westies Cross Country League, took place on Saturday in typical conditions. The ice, snow and low temperatures turned the course to the advantage of the seven competing Westies souls who just love braving the elements.

Tommy Murray, sensing the presence of our man Bonnyman, sped to the front straight from the start. This was indeed a wise move. After sticking on the shoulders of Dave Calder and Archie Cameron until the 4K mark, Brian suddenly and cheekily unleashed the demonic speed for which he is famed as he moved up a gear. Although never quite reaching Murray, Brian ended up 18th overall in a respectable time of 37:19. In fact, after much discussion, everyone agreed that the underfoot conditions were worth at least 2 minutes a mile!!

Bonnyman's place as first Westie allowed him to leapfrog Messrs Rigby and Rodwell in the cross country league. This was quite clearly calculated to coincide with the forthcoming issue of the Newsletter when he could, once again, trumpet his own success. Dave Calder ended up just over 30 seconds behind, closing the gap from the previous week. This suggests that he is well on his way to achieving his target of scalping Bonnyman before the end of the season.

Archie Cameron faded for a spell in the middle of the race before recovering as he sensed the finish line.* Charlie Campbell, clearly trying to make up for his pathetic non-appearance last week, had a good run to finish not far behind Archie. Don Reid was next to finish, much more convincing in his defeat of Chris Fuller than in the Dunbartonshires. Chris had a good excuse though; it was his birthday and he had a hangover from the night before (Charlie, please note for future)! Ian Struthers was last Westie in, gaining his first points.

Everyone agreed that it was a jolly fine event. But where were the Westies Women??

Next official event is the Nigel Barge Road Race in January.

*Archie's 'fade' was later revealed to have been caused by a freak navigational error, in which he determinedly ignored a brightly clad marshal and the rest of a tightly packed field, to miss completely the first 'overpass' of the route.

Posted by Dave Calder on Wed 30 Nov -0001 | comments are closed

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