September Newsletter
Kinross Road Runners
Kinross Road Runners were represented at six races over the last four weeks at venues ranging from Knockhill to Aberfeldy. The first race was Forfar 10K on 20 August where Geoff Bilton ran 49:45, Sue Whisler ran 56:03 and Norman Smith finished in 59:17. This was followed 3 days later by the Graham Clark Memorial Race at Knockhill. Man power replaced horse power as runners raced round 3 laps of the race track, a distance of 4.5 miles. Steve Crawford finished 32nd in 24:17, Andrew Johns was 66th in 27:33, husband and wife team Chris and John Myerscough crossed the line together in 29:31.
Twelve Kinross Road Runners ran Perth ‘Two Inches’ 10K on 27th August. Judith Dobson was 58th in 43:48 closely followed by Andrew Johns who was 62nd in 44:42,
Gordon Donnachie was 77th in 45.59, John Myerscough finished 4 places and 16 secs. ahead of wife Christine in 48.00, Roger Stark was 110th in 48.25, Isabel Carmichael was 120th 48.52, Gillian Lopez’s time is missing from the results but she finished ahead of Valerie Findlay who was 152nd in 50.40. Sue Whisler and Norman Smith both ran faster at Perth than at Forfar to finish in 54.02 and 57.47 and Catriona Berry crossed the line in 1.02.43.
Andrews Johns completed his 3rd run in two weeks in the company of Douglas Leitch at Glasgow Half Marathon on 3rd September. Although they crossed the finish line together chip timing gave Andrew a slightly faster time than Douglas as he started further back. Andrew finished in a personal best time of 1:36:44 and Douglas’s time was 1:37:27.
Douglas also ran Aberfeldy Half marathon the following weekend along with 5 other Kinross Road Runners. Running conditions at Aberfeldy weren’t so good as the weather was warm and sunny in contrast to the wet weather the previous weekend. The different weather conditions and the slightly long course (rumoured to be 0.5 miles long) resulted in a slower time for Douglas of 1:44:43, Judith Dobson was 7th lady and 3rd FV45 in 1:39:57 followed by Isabel Carmichael who was 10th lady and 4th FV45 in 1:50:57. John Myerscough was pleased to finish his first Half Marathon in years uninjured in 2:03:30 and was closely followed by a veteran of many races Bill Nouilllan in 2:05:33. Sandy MacCalman prefers hill running so made a rare appearance in a road race and finished in 2:18:29.
Andrew Johns, Isabel Carmichael, Sue Whisler, Geoff Bilton, Judith Dobson and Steve Crawford all ran in the popular Stirling 10K the following Sunday (10th September). Steve Crawford and Andrew Johns both ran personal best times of 38:40 and 43:30 mins on this flat course which starts and finishes at Stirling Albion football ground.. Judith Dobson was 3rd FV45 in 42:48, Isabel Carmichael ran 48:30, Geoff Bilton ran 49:18, Sue Whisler finished in 54:48 and Catriona McRobbie finished in 66:18.
Kinross Road Runners meet at 7pm on Wednesday night in Loch Leven Health Centre Car Park. We welcome runners of all ages and abilities, the only prerequisite is a desire to run.
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