June Newsletter
Loch Leven Half Marathon was well attended again this year despite the windy weather and hold ups on the Forth Road Bridge. The race was won by Paul Arcari for the men and Heidi Wilson for the ladies. Paul is a local runner but Heidi was in Scotland for a weekend break from London and was entered into the race as a surprise for her 30th birthday by her partner. Kate Ives was the first Kinross Road Runner to finish in 1:36:14, she was followed by Tricia Milne (1:45:35), Alastair Allan (1:46:07), Calum Stark (1:47:28), Isabella Carmichael (1:48:42), Christine Mysercough (1:52:08), Steven Little (1:53:57), Bill Nouillan (1:56:22), Val Findlay (1:58:38), Louise Pryde and Gordon Donnachie crossed the line together in 2:00:30, Geoff Bilton (2:03:09), Catriona Berry (2:10:19), Daniel Hills (2:14:00), Brian Cook (2:15:35), Keith Logan (2:19:54), Jean Izatt (2:27:20) and last but not least Allan Munro (2:30:50). Allan has the distinction of being the only runner that has run every Loch Leven Half Marathon. The Fun Run also proved popular again with over 170 runners completing 2 laps of KGV.
Judith Dobson and Ewan Davis ran Dunfermline Half Marathon the week before Loch Leven in 1:33:50 and 1:40:01. Both these race were good training runs for Edinburgh Marathon on 11 June. The weather on 11th June was hot but all eight Kinross Road Runners finished the marathon in under 5 hours and some personal best times were recorded. Judith Dobson was first back in 3:21:00, followed by Tricia Milne (3:55:43) Isabella Carmichael (3:56:48), Gordon Donnachie (4:11:03), Gillian Lopez (4:19:46), Bill Nouillan (4:30:16), Louise Pryde (4:47:20) and Catriona Berry (4:59:45). Judith was first in her age group, Bill was 3rd and Isabella was 7th.
Kate Ives, Judith Dobson and John Myerscough ran Kinnuoll Hill race on 17th May. This Club Championship race is 4 miles long with 800ft of climbing. Kate was 6th lady in 34:22, Judith was 11th lady in 35:36 and John limped to the finish with a calf strain in 44:39. Sue Whisler was the only Kinross Road Runner at Strathallan 5 mile race on 3rd June. She completed the two loop course in 45:47.
Kinross Road Runners meet at 7pm on a Wednesday evening outside Loch Leven Health Centre. The club caters for runners of all ages and abilities and all are welcome to join us.
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