Dave said...

Old (Jet) Lag Chris Flies In Ahead of Schedule.

An excellent turnout at the West Districts saw Chris having an astounding (or crazy)performance, considering that he had left Pusan less than 48 hours previously and had only arrived back in Glasgow about 16 hours beforehand, having travelled via Seoul and Amsterdam. Well, it could only be Chris, couldn't it. Wonder what race he is running today?It was a classic cross-country course in Kirkie, with plenty of mud and hills in dreich conditions. Don re-established himself in the usual Westies pecking order,not far behind Chris,but ahead of Gibbie, with newcomer Stuart Gough finishing 1 place behind the latter. Unfortunately, Stuart was running with another club's number, therefore his position didn't count for Westies team points, critically reducing us from our rightful 14th place down to 15th!Not far behind came Hamilton, with a strong 3rd lap. But shock of the day came when Blair "Haddie" Millen triumphed over Dave, who looked remarkably like a fish out of water and a bit rough around the gills. Still, Dave vows to get revenge at the next outing, which is the Christmas Handicap.Next in was Graeme, who wondered whether by running alongside a guy called Gerry, did this make him a Pacemaker? Ian and Drew followed behind, the latter complaining that there was no-one in to encourage him at the finish; mutters from the rest of the team about being too cold and wet did seem a little feeble.Although only 15th in the overall team points, Westies did finish a creditable 7th in the vets team contest, with Chris, Don and Gibbie all counting.

The turnout of 5 Westies wimmin in the senior event must be a record for this season . New member Catriona established herself as the woman to watch, finishing very strongly ( and looking as if it was effortless into the bargain). Great packing by the women saw them all ending up within 7 places, with Ana, Liz, Gillian and Helen finishing in that order. Who knows how Gillian and Helen would have got on had they stopped gabbing during the race, but when they did do, about 200 metres before the finish, Gillian's burst of speed was a touch of class.The women came in 7th in the team event.Also running were Cameron and Steven in the U13 Boys and Victoria in the U15 girls, although her finish has mysteriously disappeared from the results. Maybe Victoria can write us an account of both these races?

Sunday 12th December 2004 4.37pm

Dave said...

Sorry, here are the condensed results.

U13 Boys1 M Hollinshead 11:2549 Cameron 17:4350 Steven 17:44

Women1 Susan Partridge 23:4032 Catriona 30:5634 Ana 31:3436 Liz 32:4438 Gillian 33:4839 Helen 33:5246 finished1st Team City of Glasgow7th Westies

Men1 Bobby Quinn 31:4565 Chris 38:0394 Don 39:4097 Gibbie 40:0498 Stuart 40:07116 Hamilton 41:52122 Blair 42:13124 Dave 42:22149 Graeme 46:00161 Ian 50:15167 Drew 55:23171 Finished ( excluding Mark McColl, so we hear??)

1st Team Cambuslang15th Westies1st Vet Team Shettleston7th Vet Team Westerlands

Sunday 12th December 2004 5.14pm