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Fifteen club members took part in the Carnegie Harriers Three Mile Time Trial on Thursday evening in Dunfermline. In form Alex Keenan covered the testing two lap circuit in 16.23 finishing first while Barry Davie clocked a time trial best of 16.41 placing 2nd overall. Andy Durham finished 3rd in 16.59.
Ian Johnston was the leading M50 reaching the finish at Pitreavie Castle in 17.42 (4th overall) and fast improving Carnegie junior Scott Dowell was 5th in 17.55. Willie Rennie was the 1st M40 (9th overall) in 19.17.
Well done to Pamela Gilfillan who was the first lady in 21.12 (12th overall) and to Morna Fleming who was the 2nd lady (1st F50) in 22.22.
Several runners set personal bests including John Fulham who was 7th in 18.33, Stephen Greer, 10th in 19.50 and Robbie Swinton who was 15th and 2nd junior in 24.46.
Thanks to Paul Arnott and Iain Taylor for timekeeping.
Carnegie's Andy Symonds along with his Salomon Trail Team running partner Tom Owens (Shettleston Harriers) have now completed 5 of the 8 stages of the 2010 GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run.
The 305km race which involves over 13,500m of climbing began last Saturday from Rupholding in Germany. The event has attracted over 200 paired teams from across the World with the runners completing eight incredibly challenging stages across the Alps from Germany, through Austria and finishing in Italy.
Andy Symonds and Tom Owens won the event in 2009 and having won all 5 opening stages in 2010 they are currently well on schedule to retain their title. Results and reports from the first five stages can be found on the GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run website by clicking HERE.
A selection of video clips from the opening 5 stages can be found HERE.
Congratulations to Gail Murdoch and Helena Sim who both won Championship medals at the Perth Ultra Festival on Saturday. In the Scottish National 100K Championship, Gail won the Gold medal in the ladies race completing the 62.2 mile distance in 9 hrs 33 mins 43 seconds.
In the Scottish National 50K Championship, Helena Sim enjoyed a strong run finishing 3rd lady overall to win the Bronze medal in 4.50.14.
Fiona Rennie represented Scotland in the 24 Hour Race at the Perth Ultra Festival where she covered an excellent 105 miles 1608 yards. Fiona finished 12th overall and 5th lady.
On Sunday morning, Alex Keenan placed an impressive 44th overall in a field of nearly 9,000 runners at the Great Scottish Run Half Marathon. Alex clocked a personal best of 1.17.28. Sixteen Carnegie members took part with Campbell Hutt clocking 1.23.18 (108th) and John Fulham placing 344th in a personal best of 1.31.03.
Ross Carrie completed his first Great Scottish Run in 1.36.51 (760th), Tom Spry was 790th in 1.37.16, Mark Western timed at 1.38.27 (933rd), Gordon Rae was 977th in 1.38.51 and Bernt Cederstrom was 982nd in 1.38.56.
Mary Western covered her 13.1 mile race in a fast 1.39.20 with Allan Brannigan clocking 1.45.27. Annette Bunyan timed at 1.45.45 and Melanie Sinclair completed her first Half Marathon in 1.47.57. Derek Carswell finished in 1.58.26. Debbie Jackson timed at 2.09.22, Gillian Henderson timed at 2.10.28 and Michelle Jackson clocked a PB of 2.21.05.
In the Great Scottish Run 10K, Scott Dowell was the leading Carnegie athlete finishing 198th in 42.41, Angela Wallace was 765th in 48.44 and Ali McLaren finished 3144th in 59.24.
Andrew James placed an impressive 12th overall at the Moray Marathon on Sunday reaching the finish in Elgin in a personal best of 3.05.47. In the corresponding Moray Half Marathon, Lee Polson placed 115th in 1.48.00.
Carnegie Harriers were represented by eight members at Saturday's Ben Nevis Hill Race. The ascent and descent of Britain's highest mountain attracted a field of over 400 runners with this years race being run in near perfect conditions.
Steven King was the leading Harrier placing 161st in 2.13.08. Kenny MacDonald was the next Carnegie runner to reach the finish in Fort William. Kenny clocked a time of 2.15.30 placing 181st. Colin Reynolds took part in his first Ben Nevis race timing at 2.21.13 (207th) while Chris Davidson enjoyed a strong run placing 215th in 2.22.29.
Neil Campbell improved his best Ben Nevis time by over 15 minutes clocking 2.23.06 and David Greig timed at 2.29.30. Tom Bowie finished 335th in 2.39.44 and Alison West was 377th in 2.45.22.
A selection of photo's can be found on the Carnegie Hillbillies blogsite by clicking HERE.
On Saturday, Carnegie's Andy Symonds made a successful start to the eight stage GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run by winning the opening 36km (1223m ascent) stage from Ruhpolding (Germany) – St Ulrich (Austria) in 2.48.29. On Sunday, Andy and his teammate Tom Owens undertook Stage 2 from St. Ulrich im Pillerseetal (Austria) – Kitzbühel (Austria). This 33.2km stage involved an ascent of 1810 metres. Andy repeated his success of Day 1 by winning the second stage in 2.59.51. A video of Andy being interviewed after his 2009 Transalpine victory can be found HERE.
Robert Milton posted a time of 19.11 whilst placing 15th overall at the Edinburgh parkrun 5k. Kieran Morgan was 26th in 20.21 and Morna Fleming was the 1st F50 placing 48th overall in 21.49.
Carnegie's Fiona Rennie will represent Scotland this weekend in the Six Nations 24 Hour Ultra Race in Perth. This event was last staged in 2008 and Fiona covered an incredible 116 miles 837 yards finishing 3rd lady overall. The route in Perth's North Inch Park is around a paved 2.3km circuit and we wish Fiona the very best. Unfortunately, Fiona's twin sister and Scottish 24 Hour Record Holder Pauline Walker has had to withdraw for the race due to injury.
Several other events are taking place at the Perth Ultra Fest this weekend with Gail Murdoch and Scott Bradley competing in the National 100K Championships on Saturday. Helena Sim and Lynne Kuz are both running the National 50K Championships.
On Saturday evening, a Carnegie team of six runners will take part in the 12 Hour Mixed Relay Competition hoping to defend the title that they won in 2008.
All our runners are supported by a team of Carnegie members providing race support and Val Macaulay is the ladies 24 hour race Scottish team manager.
Hopefully a good number of Carnegie members will also make the short journey to Perth over the weekend to provide plenty encouragement.
Several other major events are taking place this weekend. The Ben Nevis Hill Race is on Saturday and the Great Scottish Run 10K and Half Marathon are on Sunday. Several Harriers are taking part in these races.On Sunday, Andy Symonds set out to defend his GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run title. This gruelling paired event involves 8 stages over the Alps. It is over 8 days and starts in Germany, runs through Austria and finishes in Italy. The event covers 305km with over 13,500 metres of climbing. Andy will be running with Tom Owens (Shettleston Harriers) and they will both be representing the Salomon Trail Team in the race. You can follow Andy's progress on the event website by clicking HERE.
Best wishes to everyone racing this weekend.