Glasgow Parkrun # 139 - 24/09/2011

Official time was 18mins 43secs and I finished in 9th place.  I felt reasonably comfortable throughout this race.

City of Stirling 10K Road Race (Scottish Athletics 10K Championships and Stewarts Road Race Grand Prix Race 4) - 18/09/11

Time 37mins 10secs (chip). Very happy as this constitutes a PB for me! I was caught by around three runners in the last kilometre e.g. Robert Rogerson, Julia Henderson (not the girl in the picture below) and someone else. Although my chip time compares favourably with theirs. There was a top quality field, since it was in fact the Scottish 10K Road Running Championships. Ross Houston won the race in a really fast time - 30mins 20secs. My buddy Robert Gilroy finished in a very respectable 31mins 58secs and finished 13th, despite having a heavy cold which I hope hasn't been passed on to me. I finished in 98th place.

Cumbernauld 10K - 9/11/11

Chip time 37mins 31secs.
10th anniversary of 9/11 and a minutes silence was observed prior to this annual race. The weather was not very kind today, since it was wet and very windy. Running in that was difficult, so I am delighted with the time. The course is a bit short I think (pleasant surprise).

Paisley Vision 10K - 28/8/11

A very windy day. I was happy with my time and tactics i.e. similar kilometre splits of around 3mins 44secs. I finished 28th today, but couldn't could quite catch either Brian French or Mark Ashby in the last 200m.

Paisley Vision 3K Fun Run - 28/8/11

I only raced this because I accidentally entered it online. I even allowed a wee girl to overtake me on the line, since I soon realised this was a fun race for kids and the wee lassie was powering towards the line and trying hard to catch me. Good for her and I'm sure she'll be one for the future. The distance was well short - 2.41km instead of the supposed 3K.

Irvine Marymass 10K - 21/08/11

Time today 37mins 55secs. A windy day and a course which is 75m longer than it should be i.e. 14secs of extra running. I finished in 12th position today.
This was my 40th race in 2011.

Broadwood 5K Road Race - 18/08/11

Time tonight cannot be taken seriously as a 5K time, because the overall distance was short by 480m, so to make up the whole 5K distance I really should add on an extra 1min 35secs to make my 5K time more realistic.