Reports 2004
Pitmedden Forest Race - Saturday 18th December - Gordon Donnachie completed the race in a time of 56:54 and securing 144th out of 158 runners. http://pub10.bravenet.com/forum/851002375/show/516088
Hartley Relay - Sunday 14th November - Wee County Harriers organised this year's relay at the Tulliallan Police College and Kinross performed well with two teams finishing third and seventh. Perth Road Runners won the Hartley Cup. Kinross times were as follows:
Team A: Ann Hamill - 6:29; Emma Barclay - 6:16; Anne Wilson - 7:10; Julia Melville - 7:15; Gill Lopez - 7:02; Judith Dobson - 6:50; Willie Rennie - 5:42; Sue Whisler - 8:20; Mauro Salmi - 6:24; David Houston - 7:22; Ann Malcolm - 7:40; Tony Sweeney - 7:38. Total - 84:08.
Team B: Willie Rennie - 5:32; Ken Chalmers - 6:17; Anne Hamill - 6:55; Graeme Malcolm - 6:41; Emma Barclay - 6:14; Angus Bell-Scott - 5:20; Rowenna Bell-Scott - 6:04; Ewan Bell-Scott - 5:54; Ken Chalmers - 6:32; Rowenna Bell-Scott - 6:02; Judith Dobson - 6:50: Graeme Malcolm - 6:49. Total - 75:10.
Glen Clova Half Marathon - Saturday 13th November - Gordon Donnachie beat Bill Nouillan by almost 30 seconds to cut 30 minutes off his time from last year's race. Judith Dobson was home in 1:41:20; Gordon in 2:04:54 and Bill in 2:05:22. http://www.forfarroadrunners.com/clova_results.htm
Templeton
Woods 10 Mile Road Race - Sunday 7th November
– Three club runners were amongst 307 entrants up at Dundee.
Alex O’Hare was first home in 85:30.
He was followed by Bill
Nouillan
in 92:20
and Sandy
MacCalman
in 104:03.
Loch Ness 10K - Sunday 3rd October - Gordon Donnachie and Sue Whisler travelled north to Inverness completing the 10k course in 50:20 and 1:00:34 respectively. Yet another personal best for Gordon. www.raceahead.net
Five Hills of Fife - Saturday 2nd October - Willie Rennie and his cousin Neil Arnott from Lochaber AC competed in this five hill, 16 mile, four leg race. They finished 6th out of over 20 twenty teams in 2:42 and around 20 minutes behind the winners. The highlight of the course was the section through one mile of nettles - with shorts on!
Great North Run - Sunday 26th September - New member Mags Burrell ran this popular half marathon in a time of 1:59:00. www.greatrun.org
East Neuk 10K - Sunday 26th September - Willie Rennie and Gordon Donnachie struggled over a windy course from Waid Academy in Anstruther to record 39:28 and 51:31. Both were personal best times. www.angelfire.com/hi5/haddies/page5.html
Linlithgow 10k - Sunday 26th September - Pauline Malley completed the course in a time of 45:39 securing 206th place out of 526 runners. http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/event_files/2013.pdf
Dumfries Half Marathon - Sunday 19th September - Gordon Donnachie travelled the breadth of the country to slash 15 minutes off his previous best time. He broke the two hour barrier recording a time of 1:59:34. http://www.dumfriesrunningclub.org.uk/HM2004%20results.pdf
Stirling 10K - Sunday 19th September - Judith Dobson recorded a second PB in a week by completing the course in a time 43:31 and was 4th female supervet. Pauline Malley joined the PB club with 45:18. Alex O'Hare recorded 49:39 and David Houston 51:17. http://www.centralathletics.co.uk/html/stirling_10k.html
Aberfeldy Half Marathon - Sunday 12th September - Despite a windy day Judith Dobson and Willie Rennie recorded PBs. Willie was 20th in a time of 1:25:54 and Judith was home in 1:35:24 securing the third female supervet prize.
Capital City Challenge - Sunday 12th September - Mauro Salmi's first race for some time saw him record a time of 51:01. He was followed a couple of minutes later by Gordon Donnachie in 53:04. http://www.raceahead.net/SearchEvents.aspx
Paisley Vision 10K - Sunday 5th September - Gordon Donnachie travelled west to record a time of 56:46
http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/event_files/1842.pdf
Perth 10K - Sunday 29th August - Judith Dobson was 80th in a PB time of 44:26. David Houston was 228th in 53:38 and was followed by Catriona McRobbie in 303rd in a time of 1:01:05. There were 359 runners, last to finish was Kenneth Stewart who had been running for 24hrs to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Nurses. Jake Dobson was 9th in the Fun Run.
http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/event_files/1846.pdf
Graham Clark Memorial 3.9 Mile Road Race - Wednesday 25th August - Three club members completed the race with Rashmi Shah first home in a time of 23:52 and 27th place. He was followed by Alex O'Hare in 30:43 and Ann Malcolm in 31:35. www.carnegie-harriers.co.uk
Glasgow Half Marathon - Sunday 22nd August - Gordon Donnachie completed the race in a time of 2:14:46.
http://www.runglasgow.org/pdf/race-results-2004/halfmara-pos-2004.pdf
Forth Road Bridge Pitreavie 10K - Sunday 15th August - Judith Dobson was first home for the club in a time of 45:02 securing 91st place out of 323 runners. Gordon Donnachie improved his personal best by a further 3 seconds in a time of 54:51 and was home in 235 place. http://www.pitreavie-aac.co.uk/pdf/Pitreavie_Forth_Bridge_10K_Results_-_2004.pdf
Kirkcaldy 10K - Sunday 8th August - Gordon Donnachie recorded a personal best in a time of 54.54.
Heatherhall Woods Road Race - Wednesday 4th August - Ken Chalmers took part in this road and trail race which was part of the larger Tour of Fife Race organised by Fife AC. Over the 4.5 mile course Ken recorded a time of 33:41 securing 57th place. http://www16.brinkster.com/bcruickshank//tour04_road_results.htm
Donkey Brae - Sunday 1st August - Five club members ran the seven mile and two mile races at the Aberdour Festival. Jacob Dobson was placed 15th out of 381 runners in the two mile run in a time of 14:15. Willie Rennie was first home for the club in the seven mile race along the coastal path to Dalgety Bay and back. He recorded a time of 45:51 in 45th place out of 310 runners. Willie was followed by Judith Dobson in 51:17 (108th) and Ken Chalmers in 51:53 (113th). Despite a bad fall at five miles Gordon Donnachie completed the course in 73:04.
Crieff 10K - Sunday 18th July - Gordon Donnachie completed this is hilly course in 59:03. http://freespace.virgin.net/gordon.c.morrison/harriers/Crieff10kresults.PDF
Newburgh 5 - Wednesday 14th July - Rashmi Sahah was first Kinross Road Runner back in 26:37 and 24th place, closely followed by Willie Rennie in 26:59 and 31st place . Anne Wilson ran well again to finish in 32:26, she was followed by Alec O’Hare (32:59), Gill Lopez (34:44), David Houston (36:28min) and Gordon Donnachie (37.49). http://pub10.bravenet.com/forum/851002375/show/426312
Brig Bash 5 - Wednesday 7th July - Ten club members were amongst 204 runners taking part in this popular fast, flat course at Bridge of Earn. This was the first race for some time for Anne Wilson after a long illness and it looks like she's getting back to her previous form. First home in 26th place was Willie Rennie in 30:47. He was followed by Jacob Dobson in 32:44 and 54th place; Judith Dobson, 76th, 34.34; Martin Pettinger, 77th, 34.37; Anne Wilson, 107th, 36.49; Julia Leslie-Melville, 127th, 39.08; Gill Lopez, 130th, 39.33; David Houston, 142nd, 40.34; Debbie Gillespie, 147th, 41.11; Anne Hamill, 168th, 42:16; and Gordon Donnachie, 169th, 42.24. http://www.geocities.com/perthroadrunners/2004BB5.html
Dundee Half Marathon - Sunday 27th June - Brian Cook and Gordon Donnachie ran the first Dundee Half Marathon since 1995 and completed the course in 2:06 and 2:23 respectively.
Seven Hills of Edinburgh - Sunday 27th June - Judith Dobson completed this course in a time of 2:31:10. It is described as a combination of road-running, cross-country, hill-running, and urban orienteering... 14 miles in length and with 2200 feet of ascent/descent. http://www.seven-hills.org.uk/default.asp
Blackpool Half Marathon - Sunday 20th June - In his first race as a super vet (he was 50 the day before) Alex O'Hare completed the race in a time of 1:47:02. His weekend was complete when he met the legendary Ron Hill at the pasta party on the Saturday night. http://www.ukroadraces.net/Races2004/blackpoolhalfmarathon.htm
Glenrothes 10K - Sunday 20th June - Gordon Donnachie, Julia Melville, Gill Lopez and Pauline Malley ran this race as part of the Road Running Festival. Ken was first back securing 58th place in 44.16. He was followed by Pauline in 48:45 and Julia in 50:34. Gill and Gordon were running on tired legs after the marathon and finished in 50:49 and 55:37 respectively. http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/atozsearch/index.cfm?fuseaction=ViewDoc&menuid=1C835426-ED85-4388-B9042355A06728A0&PubId=4256BC91-75C8-4108-B9689A59F2442E59&cfid=828373&cftoken=43082697
Black Rock 5 - Friday 18th June - Following their participation in the Edinburgh Marathon Ann Malcolm, Bill Nouillan and Sandy MacCalman were back racing again at the Black Rock 5 at Kinghorn along with Graeme Malcolm, David Houston, Martin Pettinger and Judith Dobson. Martin was first back in 33:46 followed by Judith (34:25), Graeme (35:38), Ann (39:01), David (39:43), Sandy (40:10) and Bill (41:29). Judith won a prize for finishing 1st FV45. http://www.huntersbogtrotters.com/blackrock/results2004.htm
Edinburgh Marathon - Sunday 13th June - Eleven club members ran the Edinburgh Marathon with Rashmi Shah first home in 3:29.03. Gill Lopez followed in 4:09:04; Bill Nouillan, 4:18:46; Ann Malcolm, 4:19:46; Gordon Donnachie and Louise Pryde in 5:41:28 and Brian Cook, 5:41:49. The Muppetts relay team comprising Tony Sweeney, Catriona McRobbie, Alex O'Hare and Sandy MacCalman completed the course in 4:03:47. Bill Nouillan was second male over 65 in the race. http://www.edinburgh-marathon.co.uk/uk/results/results.php
Carluke
Development Trust 10K Road Race - Sunday 6th June -
Gordon Donnachie completed the course in a time of 55:19 securing 94th place.
Kelty
Families 10K - Saturday 5th June
- Wille Rennie, Martin Pettinger, Judith Dobson and
Catriona McRobbie ran the Kelty Family Initiative 10K in Blairadam forest.
Willie was first back in 39:52 and was followed by Judith in 44:32, Martin in
45:06 and Catriona in 53:10.
Dunfermline City Half Marathon - Sunday 30th May - Five members of the club were amongst over 800 finishers on another hot day for this half marathon. Willie Rennie secured 69th place recording 1:28:45. He was followed by Judith Dobson in 1:38:52, Alex O'Hare in 1:47:20; Brian Cook in 2:12:27 and Gordon Donnachie in 2:30:42. http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/event_files/1614.pdf
Laggan 10k- Saturday 29th May - Sue Whisler ran this hilly course in a time of 59.06 and won the 2nd lady vet over 45 prize. http://www.laggan.com/rpt10kResults.html
Loch Leven Half Marathon - Saturday 22nd May - Ten Kinross Road Runners were led home by Willie Rennie in 1:27:56. Pauline Malley finished just ahead of Alex O’Hare and Gillian Lopez who crossed the finishing line together in 1:45:24 and 1:45:39, a personal best time for Gillian. Club Coach Bill Nouillan accompanied Julia Melville on her first race at this distance to finish together in 1:51:27. Louise Pryde showed the benefits of marathon training completing the course in a personal best time of 1:56:17. Brian Cook was next home in 2:01:32 followed by our newest member in the race Susan Thomson in 2:10:36. Susan was followed by one of our longest serving members Allan Munro (2:23:30) who has run every single Loch Leven Half Marathon. Full results.
Cateran Trail Relay Race - Saturday 15th May - The club entered 3 teams in this annual relay race. Teams of 6 run in pairs over 3 stages and 23 miles of the trail between Blairgowrie and Spittal of Glenshee. The men's team recorded the best time ever for Kinross of 3hrs 27mins, the lady’s team finished in 4hrs 12mins and retained the Lady Veterans trophy for the third year running. The mixed team enjoyed the glorious weather and fantastic scenery to finish in 4hrs 58mins.
Britannic Asset Management Women's 10K - Sunday 16th May - Pauline Malley finished 249th out of over 11,000 in a time of 46:46. http://www.runglasgow.org/10k/results/results.html
Energy Zone Auld Toun 10K Road Race - Wednesday 12th May - Eight club members travelled to Dunfermline for this popular race which this year attracted 526 finishers. Jake Dobson was first home in 84th place in a time of 41:56. Ken Chalmers was next back in 142nd and a time of 44:21 followed by Judith Dobson in 44:51; Alex O'Hare, 46:59; Pauline Malley, 47:39; Ann Malcolm, 50:48; Brian Cook, 54:31 and Gordon Donnachie, 56:24. http://www.runningresults.freeserve.co.uk/auld/index.html
International
Division - In one week Emma Barclay and Ian Parlin established the
Kinross Road Runners International Division at two American races. The first was
the Lexington Patriots Day Road Race, on 19 April in Lexington Massachusetts.
This race was the same day as the Boston Marathon, and as anyone who followed
the marathon knows, it was too hot for running that day, even just 5 miles. In a
bold move Ian took an early lead on Emma and finished 43rd out of 444 runners in
a time of 33:14. Emma finished in a time of 34:04 and received a trophy for 2nd
female in her age group. Full results: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/04/ma/Apr19_89thLe_set1.shtml
Balmoral 10K race - Saturday 8th May - Rashmi Shah beat former World Champion Liz McColgan by two places securing 61st place out of 2,500 runners in 41:45 over this hilly course.
Strathallan 5 Mile Road Race - Saturday 8th May - Judith and Jake Dobson and 33 other runners took part in this road race near Perth. Jake was 11th in a time of 33:40 and Judith 20th in 36:28. John Hargreaves, running for Carnegie Harriers, won the race in 28:05. http://www.carnegie-harriers.fsnet.co.uk/CLUB_RECORDS/Data/Strathallan_5Miles_2004.htm
Belfast Marathon - Monday 3rd May - Rashmi Shah completed the Belfast Marathon in a time of 3:40:00 securing 290th place out of 1176 runners. http://www.belfastcitymarathon.com/
Kinross PTA 10K - Thursday 29th April - 15 club members took part in this race around the grounds of Kinross House which attracted 189 runners in total. Willie Rennie was first back in a time of 37:10 only 2 seconds ahead of Rashmi Shah in 37:12 securing 34th and 36th place respectively. Young Jacob Dobson recorded a time of 39:33 whilst his mother Judith was a couple of minutes behind in 42:21. Ken Chalmers' time was 43:06; Martin Pettinger, 43:37; Alex O'Hare, 44:40; Gill Lopez, 45:17; Ann Malcolm, 47:46; Louise Pryde, 48:00; David Houston, 49:08; Debbie Gillespie, 49:23; Gordon Donnachie, 54:20; Martin Dolan, 58:30 and Sue Whisler, 59:41. http://www.kinrosshigh.pkc.sch.uk/Results%202004.htm
London Marathon - Sunday 18th April - Tony Sweeney completed the 26.2 miles in 5:00:50. http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/results/results.shtml
New Speyside Way 50K - Sunday 11th April - Judith Dobson completed this ultra terrain in a time of 4:31:36 securing 28th place, and 5th lady, out of a total of 93 runners.
http://mysite.freeserve.com/forres_harriers5/results/Results04/Speyside_Way.htm
Emily Hill Race - Saturday 10th April - It took Jake Dobson only 11 minutes and 6 seconds to win this junior race over 1.5 miles. He beat fourteen other runners to win by 12 seconds.
http://pub10.bravenet.com/forum/851002375/show/325928
Loch Katrine 12K - Sunday 4th April - A scenic route along the shores of Loch Katrine in the Trossachs attracted 4 runners from the club. Willie Rennie was 35th out of the 173 entrants in a time of 49:19. He was followed by Judith Dobson in 55:52 (68th); David Houston in 66:55 (120th) and Gordon Donnachie in 80:49 (164th). http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/event_files/1476.pdf
Alloa
Half Marathon - Sunday 21st March - An eleven strong team from the club
travelled to Alloa for the 22nd Half Marathon. Rashmi Shah was first round
the course in 90th place out of 809 in a time of 1:26:52. Four club
members recorded personal best times: Willie Rennie in 1:27:46; Emma Barclay in
1:31:47, Ian Parlin in 1:34:57 and Judith Dobson in 1:37:11. Pauline
Malley's time was 1:42:58; Alex O'Hare, 1:50:26; Gill Lopez, 1:51: 21; Bill
Nouillan, 2:01:46; Brian
Cook, 2:02:47 and Louise Pryde, 2:03:25. http://www.clacksleisure.co.uk/halfmarathon.pdf
Round the houses 10k (Grangemouth) - Sunday 14th March - A large turnout of 701 runners braved the windy conditions at this flat road race round Grangemouth. Willie Rennie was 128th in a time of 40:11; Pauline Malley 288th in 45:48 and David Houston 442nd in 51:33.
http://www.runningresults.freeserve.co.uk/houses/2004.pdf
Arbroath 10 Mile Ladies Race - Sunday 7th March - A six strong team of runners from the club took part in the popular Ladies Only 10 Mile Smokies Road Race in Arbroath. Judith Dobson was first home in 10th place recording a time of 72:26; Pauline Malley was 24th in 76:36; Gill Lopez 59th in 84:07; Julia Melville 66th in 85:10; Ann Malcolm 88th in 88:30 and Debbie Gillespie 97th in 89:29. It was a good day for the race - sunny and clear and was well attended with 203 runners. Judith won a prize. Debbie won a voucher for a pair of trackie bottoms and Pauline won a voucher for a new pair of trainers! - both from Dundee Road Runner.
Lasswade (Bonnyrigg) 10 Mile Road Race - Sunday 7th March - Emma Barclay and Ian Parlin ran a competitive race against each other over this hilly and scenic road race just south of Edinburgh. Emma lead from the start and although Ian kept her in sight for the whole race he just couldn't catch up. Both achieved new PB's and finished only 25 seconds and 2 places apart, Emma in 1:11:11 and Ian in 1:11:36.
Bishophill
Race - Sunday 7th March - In his second race of the day Willie Rennie was
31st in this short hill race at Scotlandwell. He recorded a time of 23:32.
Gartmorn 6 - Sunday 7th March - Willie Rennie was 22nd out of 115 runners at this scenic race near Alloa. he recorded a time of 38:35. http://www.weecountyharriers.co.uk/Gartmorn6_senior_results_2004.html
KB 5 - Saturday 28 February - Ian Parlin was the sole club representative at this 5 mile race organised by Edinburgh University. He finished 82nd out of 198 runners in a time of 32:34. http://www.eusu.ed.ac.uk/clubs/haries/kb5/results04.htm
Cupar 5 - Saturday 28th February - Three club members travelled to Cupar for this five mile road race. Judith Dobson was first home in 35:25 securing 120th place out of the 179 runners. Martin Pettinger was next home in 36:08 followed by Alex O'Hare in 38:36.
http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/event_files/980.pdf
Carnethy 5 - Saturday 14th February - In his first hill race Jake Dobson won the under 16 Scald Law Hill Race. His mother also performed well in 79:15, cutting several minutes off her time from last year. Devil's Burden team member Peter Buchanan (who ran both the third and fourth leg) was first home in 65:10 and 127th place out of 452. Willie Rennie was next home in a time of 68:18 followed by Ian Parlin in 70:34.
http://www.carnethy.com/ri_results/c5/c5_2004.htm
Devil's Burdens Relay Race - Saturday 31st January - Despite the whiteout blizzard conditions 49 teams completed the 21 mile, 4 leg relay race over the Lomond Hills. Two teams from Kinross did very well, considerably improving on last year's results. Team A finished in 17th place and team B in 37th. Team A consisted of Willie Rennie, Jake Dobson, Dave Batchelor, Ian Parlin, Peter Buchanan and Rashmi Shah. Sandra Kinnear, Martin Pettinger, Graeme Malcolm, Emma Barclay, Judith Dobson and Pauline Malley made up team B. Devil's Burdens provisional results
Fife AC Nightmare Series, Heatherhall Woods, Ladybank - Wednesday 28th January - John Hargreaves was only 19 seconds behind the winner of the final race in the Nightmare series in a time of 18:18 over the 3.5 mile course.
Fife AC Nightmare Series, Auchtermuchty – Wednesday 7th January - John Hargreaves secured 3rd place at Pitmedden Forest in 21:55 over the four mile course and was only 55 seconds behind the winner Chris Russell. http://pub10.bravenet.com/forum/show.php?usernum=851002375&msgid=235838&mode=
Fife AC Cross Country Championship - Saturday 3rd January - John Hargreaves was 6th in a field of 43 at Giffordtown near Ladybank. Over the 4.5 mile forest track course John recorded a time of 26:56. Willie Rennie secured 18th place in a time of 30:12. http://pub10.bravenet.com/forum/show.php?usernum=851002375&msgid=226391&mode=
Blairgowrie Fun Run - Thursday 1st January - John Hargreaves, Rashmi Shah and Willie Rennie travelled to Blairgowrie on New Years Day for this traditional 3.7mile run around Blairgowrie. John secured 5th place and first junior in approx. 21 minutes. Only two seconds separated Willie Rennie and Rashmi Shah with Willie sneaking it in 24:06.