Dave said...

As John says, a good turnout with plenty of virgins along for the ride. First place went to newcomer Paul, who finished a few seconds ahead of Blair, who sprinted past Katherine within 5 yards of the finish. Katherine, that is, whose headtorch was mistaken by Air Traffic Control as being a low-flying jet (see photo's for what we mean). Just behind Katherine came another newcomer, Elizabeth, who conned the handicappers into a generous start ( for the first and last time, it should be said). Elizabeth passed Drew shortly before the finish, and both were just ahead of Pat. Yet another newcomer, Davey, was next; he deserved a special prize for being the only competitor to race in shorts...whatever happened to real Westies runners?Chris and David finished close behind, in the fastest and second fastest actual times of the evening, followed by the fast-improving Jason and Jon. Relative newcomer Robert came next, followed by Luke, who failed to live up to the handicappers' expectations as scratch man. Old-timers Donald, Cat, Muffy and Ian brought up the rear in a closely fought race where everyone finished within a 6-minute band. A minor miracle or excellent handicapping, take your pick?Apart from yours truly and Charlie, the cheerleaders were Fiona, John D and Margaret.

Results: (Place, Name, Finish Time, Actual Time)1 Paul 39:45, 31:152 Blair 39:54, 29:093 Katherine 39:54, 33:544 Elizabeth 40:31, 36:015 Drew 40:37, 36:076 Pat 40:40, 40:407 Davey 41:19, 35:498 Chris 41:21, 26:369 David 41:42, 27:4210 Jason 42:02, 33:3211 Jon 42:18, 27:4812 Robert 42:49, 35:4913 Luke 43:14, 28:1414 Donald 43:27, 34:5715 Cat 43:43, 33:1316 Muffy 44:29, 36:2917 Ian 45:52, 39:32

Thursday 2nd March 2006 9.16pm

cc said...

"Katherine, that is, whose headtorch was mistaken by Air Traffic Control as being a low-flying jet "

Jeez, your right, I thought that was a UFO, until I saw that Kaptain Kirk was attached underneath!!

Thursday 2nd March 2006 10.33pm

cat said...

Old timer am I, cheers Dave, you say the nicest things!

Friday 3rd March 2006 9.28am

Jason (if its cold I migh said...

It was cold, it was dark, the handicap was John shining a bright light in your face as you tried to climb in the cold dark. All in all great fun, and a westies wednesday run where we weren't all hopelessly lost! Did I mention it was cold?

Friday 3rd March 2006 10.20am

Chris said...

Indeed, well done to Davy for standing around in shorts for half an hour before the race started when everyone else had 5 layers on. I did notice that for the race proper, Ian, Drew and myself were all in shorts. I can't remember if anyone else was brave/mad enough.Results here in time order

Friday 3rd March 2006 12.16pm