the law breaker

28 December 2008

The inaugural running of this event brought out 70 participants on a cold but not quite frozen day – ideal for running. Simple idea – straight up and down The Law from Tillicoultry via Mill Glen. Short, sharp, and painful!

The race was won by 17-year-old Robbie Simpson from Banchory Stonehaven AC, in a time of 32:51. The descent looked fast when I saw him heading back, and it turned out to be an insanely quick 10:24 to get back to Tilli from the top of The Law. Al Anthony was second, and Prasad Prasad took third. The young winner caused some hurried rejigging of prizes as much had been supplied by local sponsors Tryst Brewery!

The Westies quartet (all male; only 6 women ran in total) was headed by Captain Chris who finished 13th, just behind the first female Fiona Maxwell to take the 3rd MV40 prize. Graham Kelly was 22nd, and seems to get closer to Chris with every race. Andy Mott summitted together with me, then left me trailing halfway down The Law with a great competitive descent to defend his place and ultimately take another scalp before the line, showing no ill effects from 3 races in 2 days to nab 44th spot. I was the rear end of the festive panto horse in 48th, also getting a credit crunch 3 for 2 bonus races bargain. All 70 finished the race.

Thanks to JD for support and photos. Full results and JD’s output for the day can be viewed on the SHR site.