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| 22.08.08
- PA Report |
With no club championship races
being run last weekend various members went off
and 'did there own thing'. Saturday saw a very hardy
group tackle the Aberfeldy Middle Distance Triathlon
which was the Scottish Middle Distance Championship.
The first leg was a 1.9k swim in Loch Tay, then
a 90k cycle ride up Schiehallion road, round Loch
Rannoch and back to Aberfeldy and finally a 21k
road race to Strathtay and back. Julie King and
Elaine Laidlaw were part of a team with their friend
Jules Morrison but it was a very chuffed pair of
Mark Cooper, total time 4.53.21 and 14th place overall
who got a male vet silver and Erni Hamilton 5.36.01
who got a female vet gold.
On Sunday 11 members drove north to Forfar for their
annual 10k road race. 274 runners enjoyed a slightly
undulating but fast and scenic course. The race
was sewn up in 32.35 by David Simpson of Carnegie
Harriers with the first three male Perth Road Runners
being Bill Lawson, Grant Wooler and David Norrie.
Angela Park was first home for the Perth ladies
followed by Veronica Muir and Fiona Morrison. Results
were, Bill Lawson 42:34, Grant Wooler 43:35, David
Norrie 43:43, Scott Sharp 44:12, Simon Grieshaber
45.02, Robert Thornton 45:28, Angela Park 45:45,
Bob Brown 46.00, Peter Ritchie 46.36, Veronica Muir
71.38, Fiona Morrison 75.01
The next club championship race will be the newly
revamped Perth 10k on August 31st at 1pm over the
new for 2008 course. |
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| 15.08.08
- PA Report |
With many Perth Road Runners cycling
for leisure and fitness the annual club duathlon
held at Pitcairngreen is a popular event. The event
involves a one lap 4.2 miles run and then a three
lap12.4 miles cycle. At the end of the run Linton
Scarborough was 8 seconds ahead of Mark Cooper but
Mark took it back, and lots more, once in the saddle
to not only win the event but also to knock almost
2 minutes off the old course record that he set
last year. His finishing total time was 58:10 with
an ever fit Derek Phillips in second place and Linton
coming home third. For the ladies Erni Hamilton
was uncatchable in both disciplines to finish fourth
overall in 68:15 and again breaking the course record
she also set last year by 19 seconds. Fiona Angus
was the second lady home.
Last Saturday saw 6 male and 6 female members take
part in a special invitation 4 mile race as part
of a day of events at Perth’s fine George
Duncan Memorial Track. The club were running against
teams from other local clubs. Following a tribute
for George Duncan the race started and took a route
across to the Tay, along the river to go anti-clockwise
around the North Inch and back again to the track.
Despite the wet conditions Linton Scarborough came
first and Derek Phillips was third with Keri Weatherhogg
the winning female in fourth place.
On Sunday Scott Sharp travelled to North Queensferry
for the annual Forth Bridge 10k road race where
he finished 77th out of 310 in 45.11.
Also on Sunday 6 club members went over to Mull
for their annual Half Marathon. The runners all
got soaked before the start but the rain soon cleared
and they enjoyed some sunny spells. Paul Arcari
of Kilbarchan AAC won the event from Robert Gilroy
of Ronhill Cambuslang with Neil Muir first PRR home
in 6th place and 1:20:30. Bill Lawson 1:33:51 was
second PRR home with Peter Ritchie having a brilliant
run to overtake Kenneth Stewart at the 11 mile mark
and beat him home by 15 seconds in 1:36:48. Not
far behind Kenneth was Bob Brown in 1:39:44 thereby
ensuring that all the Perth runners completed the
13.1 miles in under 100 minutes. Wilma Davidson
of Dundee Road Runners won the 10k walk beating
PRR Veronica Muir into second place despite Veronica
taking nearly 6 minutes off her 2007 winning time. |
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| 08.08.08
- PA Report |
Being in a canoe without a paddle
could so easily have described Perth Road Runners
handicap race as runners were required to remove
all watches prior to the start of the event.
Race organiser, Karen Walters produced an accurately
measured 4.9-mile course taking runners along the
woodland paths of Kinnoull Hill before a final descent
to the finish line within the beautifully landscaped
gardens of fellow club member, Jean Wainwright.
With runners providing an estimated time for the
distance it was Jake Carter who recorded the “best
time” of 7 seconds within his prediction,
closely followed by Steve Bonthron (-12 seconds).
The women apparently lost all track of time, as
it was left to Linda O’Neill to provide their
best effort, finishing fourth overall (-34 seconds).
Despite the deluge of rain all 20 runners successfully
negotiated the route.
Missing on the night was Angela Park who had ventured
into the Kingdom of Fife for 5 races over five consecutive
days as part of the 8th annual Tour of Fife challenge.
Starting with a 5-mile road race Angela secured
a mid table position from a field of 150 (7th F)
before completing the series with the forest race
and dropping to 14th (F) position.
This Saturday, invited club members will participate
at the George Duncan Athletics Arena as part of
the Testimonial to the former Scottish Athletics
official and member of Strathtay Harriers. The day
opens with a senior 4-mile road race at 9:50am followed
by track and field events for junior teams.
The club is now recruiting runners for the North
Inch Ultra Festival organised by Scottish Athletics
on 13th/14th September. In particular, the Mixed
Team Relay starting at 8pm on Saturday and finishing
the following morning has attracted strong interest
from members with 2 teams of 6 runners already lined
up for the 12-hour event. Further details may be
obtained from Kenneth Stewart. |
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| 01.08.08
- PA Report |
Hopefully it won’t adversely
affect the weather but the summer is now finished
– well for the Perth Road Runners their Summer
Series is! The competition is a series of short,
mostly evening, local races held each summer. This
year the series comprised six races with two races
each in May, June and July. In a short fiercely
contested male series it’s a known fact that
if you miss one race you won’t win. This proved
to be the case for the men with 25 points for a
win and only 10 points separating the top three
runners after four races. Linton Scarborough missing
the final round at the Crieff 10k, on his present
form, cost him the title and he claimed the runner
up spot. David Norrie missed the penultimate round
at the Newburgh 4.5 mile race but managed third
place. The honours for 2008 go to Bill Lawson who
completed all the races and it makes up for last
year when he would’ve won if he hadn’t
ironically missed the Crieff 10k. Meanwhile in the
ladies series, in her first full season with the
club, Angela Park broke the rules, she was in such
dominant form that she won the series despite missing
a race. Fiona Morrison’s consistency was rewarded
with second place six points behind Angela and only
one point ahead of third placed Fiona Manson who
also missed a race.
The fourth race in the Perth Road Runners 2008 club
championship took place last weekend. Twenty two
members made the trip up to Ballater for the Deeside
Runners organised annual 10 mile road race. The
weather was hot but there was a refreshing breeze
at some points on the undulating course, which was
generally run on quiet country lanes, apart from
a mile section along a trail beside the river Dee.
This was immediately contrasted by the next mile
which was along the side of the busy A93!
The club performed well with Neil Muir 1:03:27 coming
home 6th overall and first male vet. Keri Weatherhogg
1:08:18 was 3rd female and first Perth lady home.
Erni Hamilton 1:12:19 was 3rd female vet and Bob
Brown 1.17.21 was 2nd over 60 male.
The next event for the club is the annual club duathlon
on Thursday 7th August. Meet at Pitcairngreen at
18:45 for a 19:00 start. |
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| 25.07.08
- PA Report |
Hopefully it won’t adversely
affect the weather but the summer is now finished
– well for the Perth Road Runners their Summer
Series is! The competition is a series of short,
mostly evening, local races held each summer. This
year the series comprised six races with two races
each in May, June and July. In a short fiercely
contested male series it’s a known fact that
if you miss one race you won’t win. This proved
to be the case for the men with 25 points for a
win and only 10 points separating the top three
runners after four races. Linton Scarborough missing
the final round at the Crieff 10k, on his present
form, cost him the title and he claimed the runner
up spot. David Norrie missed the penultimate round
at the Newburgh 4.5 mile race but managed third
place. The honours for 2008 go to Bill Lawson who
completed all the races and it makes up for last
year when he would’ve won if he hadn’t
ironically missed the Crieff 10k. Meanwhile in the
ladies series, in her first full season with the
club, Angela Park broke the rules, she was in such
dominant form that she won the series despite missing
a race. Fiona Morrison’s consistency was rewarded
with second place six points behind Angela and only
one point ahead of third placed Fiona Manson who
also missed a race.
The next events for the club are the fourth round
of the Club Championship at the Ballater 10 mile
road race this coming Sunday 27th July starting
at noon in the park next to the primary school.
Then on Thursday 31st July it’s the annual
Club Handicap, meet at 6:45pm outside Jean Wainwright’s
house (opposite the main entrance to Murray Royal).
The route’s a secret but you’re told
the distance and you have to make a time estimate.
Your watches are then taken away and you’re
told the route. The runner closest to their estimate
is the winner. |
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| 18.07.08
- PA Report |
The first weekend of July saw
3 members of Perth Road Runners take up the Corrieyairack
Challenge. This involves a 17-mile run over the
18thC military road from Fort Augustus to Garva
Bridge followed by a 26 mile cycle to Kincraig.
Hero of the day was Robin Wombill who, on the eve
of the race, gallantly stepped forward to replace
an injured team member. Undaunted by the task, Robin
completed the course in 5hrs 38mins. Fiona Manson,
who managed to overtake Robin during the transition
from run to cycle, completed the distance in 5hrs
24mins. Also braving the strong head wind was third
team member Karen Walters, finishing in 5hrs 52mins.
The following day Neil Muir was the sole PRR representative
to participate in the Stonehaven Half Marathon.
Despite the warm conditions, Neil secured a creditable
eighth position from a field of 200.
The next port of call for the club came mid week
when a dozen members travelled down the Tay to Newburgh
and joined 120 other runners for a short 4-mile
sprint along farm tracks and fields. In form Linton
Scarborough kept pace with the leading group to
gain sixth spot in 27mins:02secs. Other club finishers
included: Stephen Ferguson 29:14; William Lawson
31:35; Scott Sharp 33:08; Angela Park 33:09; David
Norrie 33:19; Robert McDonald 33:49; Danny Ternent
33:51; Fiona Manson 36:06; Alex Gillies 43:26; Karen
Neil 43:26; Fiona Morrison 46:13.
Organisers of the Crieff 10K produced a multi-terrain
event as runners negotiated the wooded slopes of
Laggan Hill, before returning along the banks of
the River Earn via Lady Mary’s Walk. Leaving
all in his wake, Robert Gilroy of Cambuslang repeated
his 2006 and 2007 victories by establishing a new
course record of 33 minutes and 22 seconds.
PRR Results – Derek Phillips 40:11; Stephen
Ferguson 41:29; William Lawson 45:13; David Norrie
46:44; Kenneth Stewart 46:55; Danny Ternent 47:19;
Fiona Angus 47:41; Scott Sharp 47:53; Angela Park
48:56; Robert Thornton 51:34; Peter Ritchie 53:50;
Linda O’Neill 55:17; Karen Walters 59:28;
Fiona Morrison 68:45.
Finally, congratulations to Jean Wainwright for
the lone trek north to Elgin where she contested
an extremely undulating 10-mile road race and was
awarded with 3rd super vet prize. |
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| 03.07.08
- PA Report |
The race roundup for the Perth
Road Runners this week reads like the side of an
exotic version of Del Boy Trotters Reliant van,
with members competing at events in Norway, Nice
and – Bridge of Earn.
The tour of Europe events commenced at the Midnight
Sun half marathon in Tromso Norway where the sun
doesn’t set from the middle of May until the
middle of July. The race started at 10:30 pm and
Dorothy Bates, running against runners from all
over the world, completed the course in 2:30:15.
Then it was off to a very hot and very sunny Nice
where Erni Hamilton competed in the ultimate triathlon
event at the 4th French Ironman where she completed
a 2.4mile swim in 1:18:24, a 112 mile bike ride
in 6:26:10 and finally a 26.2 mile marathon run
in 3:53:47.
Finishing 5th in the over 40 female class in a total
time of 11h 52m 01s.
Finally it was off to Bridge of Earn for one of
the clubs two main annual events, the 5 mile Brig
Bash road race. Now in its 11th year it attracted
a large entry of over 180 runners of all ages and
abilities. The weather, while perfect for the spectators,
was a bit hot and humid for the runners. Heavy showers
before the start, which could have eased things,
avoided the town and followed the Ochils towards
Auchterarder instead. The race started at the Institute
and followed a gently undulating route around quiet
backroads to finish back at the start point. An
aspect that the club has become rather famous for
is its post race spread of food which is provided
by the Perth Road Runners members. Between the end
of the race and the prize giving a huge amount of
food was totally demolished by the attendant horde.
This either means that it was a really good spread
– or running makes you hungry! As well as
supplying the race, the marshals and the food the
club also supplied 22 of the runners. While Carnegie
Harriers took the top two places Mark Cooper 28:39
in 8th overall, Linton Scarborough 28:55 and Derek
Phillips 29:44 were the first three male Road Runners
home and Angela Park 35:16 in 92nd place, Susan
Smith 40:18 and Linda O’Neill 40:28 the first
three female Road Runners home. Special mention
must go to member Dougie Hooper who finished the
race in 51:00. He wasn’t last and he averaged
10:12 per mile, not fast you might think –
but Dougies pretty speedy compared to other 80 year
olds! |
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