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British & Irish Masters Cross Country
26th November 2011
Every 5 years, the British & Irish Masters Cross Country International comes to Scotland, and this year the event was greeted with foul, wet and windy weather at Bellahouston Park.
The women were off first, but the weather was too rainy for me to take any photos, however there was a dramatic conclusion to the race with Scotland taking positions 3 to 5 with Lesley Chisholm edging Melissa Whyte on the line, and F50 10,000m world champion Fiona Matheson working her way through to 5th place.
Peter Matthews of Ireland won the men's race in 24:54 with an incredible 30 seconds lead. Jamie Reid of Cambuslang was first Scot in 7th place. I finished way down the field in 29:36, just behind John Stevenson of Ochils who caught me on the run in. I'm pretty sure the results don't look quite right, but the weather was so awful I'm not surprised that the runners are in the wrong order.
Posted by Chris Upson on Mon 28 Nov 2011 | 4 comments
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Johnston said...
It might not be a run that you're particularly happy with, but you still represented your country and did your best. Well done Chris.
Tuesday 29th November 2011 8.29pm
Gibson said...
I can certainly vouch for the atrocious conditions which were no better for the open race and our mood was not helped by the sight of a previous runner being carried away in a full mountain rescue type stretcher.It was one of these races that you felt a lot happier once you finished than when warming up for the start
Wednesday 30th November 2011 7.48pm
Tuffty said...
oh you big jessies. I admit you had to run rather quickly, but you didn't have to run along a sea wall into the teeth of a gale like us tuffties out at Dumbarton. I bet there was no slag heap beside the womens changing at Bellahouston ... on the other hand, some kind soul did put on a fire for us :)
Thursday 1st December 2011 7.20pm
Chris said...
Well done Muffy and Pat (and the guys) for braving the gale force conditions at Dumbarton. I guess by comparison it was actually quite pleasant running in the driving rain at Bellahouston.
Friday 2nd December 2011 7.48am