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Calderglen 10K
Friday night races are great... especially when you get lovely conditions, like last night out at Calderglen Park.
Five "competing" athletes and two bystanders made it feel like quite a Westies' occasion. Drew, Dave Calder, David Riach, JD and myself ran while Swaz (minus 'burd') and Margaret (his new burd?) screamed from the roadside as the heroic Westies zoomed by.
While David and JD raced off with the rest of the fast bunch, Drew paced Dave and myself for the first kilometre before Dave decided to get serious. And serious he got! While I clung desperately to his heels for the first three or so kilometres, Dave was too strong and continued picking up places, eventually catching and beating JD.
David had another good "competitive" race in the black and yellow to finish in around 40 mins. Not too sure about anyone else times, although Drew wasn't in too far behind myself.
No competing women representatives incidentally.
Recommended race.
Posted by Blair Millen on Sat 2 Jul 2005 | 3 comments
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Dave said...
There was some pre-race e-mail correspondence on this race about the apparently hefty entry fee for this event (£6). However when you count in the race, the medal(worth at least 10p), the goodie bag(banana and energy drink), post-race sandwiches and changing and hot showers(£3 at Garscube these days), then the race compares pretty well with our own Whangie Whizz which costs £2/runner.Even better....how can you put a value on the exhilaration of scalping JD with a mile to go. Priceless!!
As for those other pre-race emails about not training between races, I offer evidence that it doesn't work for me. Despite not running for 2 weeks prior to Friday night my legs felt like jelly from about a mile in right up until, well, now actually. Or then again, maybe that's just the after effects of squelching through the mud last weekend at Glastonbury?
Sunday 3rd July 2005 8.39pm
Spectator Swaz said...
Sorry about my ropey pictures... almost as good as your jokes about my lady friends...last time I bring you guys jelly babies...
Next time I'll bring a camera that's not used to taking pictures of holes in concrete reservoirs - or Steffan Gorgas Fotograf inc.
...oh and I'll leave work early enough to make it down there on time...
Monday 4th July 2005 1.48pm
:-) said...
Yeah, we can tell it's Blair in the last photo - looks like he is walking!
Monday 4th July 2005 5.25pm