half a ben is better than none

manny gorman followed up his fine form finishing top dog at the melantee on the saturday with an inspiring run at the half ben in a pair of fashion pump trainers recording a podium finish (third). but the good news does not stop there… the westies fielded what would have been a team-prize-of-a-dozen-cans-of-lager winning performance had mr gorgas finished in minus 8th place. manny calculated that this would have been enough to clinch the prize from under the noses of hosts lochaber ac with westies junior man scott mckendrick cruising home in an amazing top 18 finishing spot (or 7th senior male!). for the stat-happy readers the placings were: manny: 3rd 59:53 scott mckendrick: 18th 68:50 mr gorgas(vet 40): 19th 69:11 brenda paul: 61st 99:56. 70 ran. wind.: gentle breeze. temperature: relatively hot. only 2 of the listed westies wore official yellow race vest uniforms. one ran in a dark grey climacool type t-shirt and the other in a royal blue gore vest (size medium though large would have been a better fit) with contrasting grey sports shorts. manny wore his aforementioned disco pumps, scott mckendrick wore his lovely NB ‘swith decorative gaiters, steffen wore late arrival innov8’s although he possibly changed into his baffies at the turn. i believe brenda was in a pair of walshers… but i could be wrong.