Helensburgh Half Marathon

1st August 2010

Bumped into fellow Westie Ken MacMahon on the start line and discovered we had both entered for the Loch Ness Marathon, but both agree that this may be a fairly pointless race as it’ll leave us both gubbed for a month afterwards! Also thought I heard Ivan Chindurza’s name being mentioned at the finish, but as a Bella Harrier, not a Westie…

Weather pretty much ideal today for the Half, being fairly still and neither too hot nor too cold. Nothing spectacular from Ken and I on the racing front, Ken recovering from a long bout of the cold, and me stopping repeatedly with a stitch after a very promising first 6 miles. However, another 16 mile training run in the bag for the day, and the chance to stretch the legs a bit more than usual.

Ben Melby looked to be well clear as he raced to victory in the men’s race, and Leanne Hamilton took the women’s title.

Impressive and noisy support from the peace camp at Faslane!