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SCREEL HILL RACE -  12th APRIL 2008

LANGHOLM 5 HILLS RACE – 29^th MARCH 2008

Adam, Roger and Mark

Despite a poor forecast runners had good weather condition but heavy underfoot for this years race. A total of 15 took part, an improvement on last year numbers.  Triumphant this year was Langholm's Roger Irving, just pipping Adam Anderson by 4 seconds with Mark Whitelaw starting to come back to form in 3rd place.  Stewart Pool had an excellent run and Kevin Graham is continuing to improve with each event, returning an excellent time.  Andy Fairgrieve, still on a recovery course after being out with back and calf problems enjoyed being back out, but taking it carefully, and Kevin Plummer at his first attempt found the route OK after the recent recce run, returning a good time.  Nigel Priestley had his usual steady run despite lacking in training time and Jim Buchanan guided Gordon Vivers round with Gordon strong on the climbs and having to hold back because of not knowing the route, both enjoyed the outing however. It was good to the Knox's back with us again with Bill going round in an easy fashion because of lack of training time and Lindsey once again picking up 1st Lady's prize.  Husband Jim, Brian Harper and Rob Mitchell all walked the route in good times.

Many thanks to Kirsten for the photos and for the Chapelgill photo also.

CHAPELGILL - SATURDAY 15th MARCH 2008

The ADAC contingent with Adam Anderson after the race.

In the ADAC hill running fraternity we have 9 committed members and at today's event 8 turned out which was an excellent response.  In addition all runners had already taken part in a morning event, Jean and John, an orienteering event at Drumlanrig and the remainder took part in the final club winter league run  with 5 laps of the Everhome before being given sustenance at the Legg family residence with an excellent pasta lunch. A good turnout of 44 runners took part in good conditions.

Results:

The race was won by Brian Marshall in a time of 20.18 minutes.  ADAC results were:-

 9.      Roger Irving        25.56

15.     John Robson       27.19

16.     Mark Whitelaw    27.19

17.     Dan Watson        27.27

24.     Nigel Priestley     31.01

26.     Kevin Graham     31.04

35.     Jim Buchanan     33.34

43.     Jean Robson      36.50

Adam Anderson, now a Vet returned a good time of 23.59 finishing in 5th place.

CRIFFELL - 23rd MARCH 2008

Many of us woke to snow covered hills on Sunday morning and thought’s of last years run which was cut short because of freezing blizzard conditions once again surfaced. Thankfully there was a bit more sun this year and the only snow left by the time the race started was from Knock and Dock to the top. Underfoot conditions were slightly better than in recent years, well on the way up anyway, but coming down was the usual fight against the "bog monsters grip" which many runners succumbed to more than once.

The clear winner was Ricky Lightfoot who was hardly out of breath and never challenged on the climb or descent. Adam Anderson was second and did extremely well descending as he was some way behind in third place at the summit. This was also Adam’s first V40 win since his birthday only a fortnight ago.

First home in the female category was local athlete Shirley Singh, she was also first V40 and over two minutes ahead of her nearest rival Sarah Laing of Portabello.

Annan once again had a good turnout with six runners in the field of forty eight. The two Kevins were first timers in this race and although shocked by the conditions made it up and down in one piece. How Kevin Plummer got up and down without fell shoes I have no idea. Next week at Langholm will seem like a stroll in the park boy’s!!

A full list of the results can be viewed at    www.shr.uk.com

CARNETHY - 16th FEBRUARY 2008

This race is the first serious one of 2008 and we had one of our best turnouts with 8 of us taking part. There was a large field of 461 runners which is the second largest at Carnethy. The winner Lloyd Taggart of Dark Peak Fell Runners also recorded the second fastest time run over this course. In a high quality field he was nearly 1 minute ahead of second placed Rob Jebb.

Angela Mudge was untroubled be her female opposition finishing 21^st overall and a clear 5 minutes ahead of second placed Sharon Taylor.

Our own Jim Buchanan while not at his best after an injury lay off still managed to win the male 70 category with his nearest rival nearly 10 minutes behind him.

As for the rest of us our only claim to fame can be that we kept up the tradition of the ADAC males being first into the showers!! So what you may say, well it’s not that easy. Firstly you have to get onto the first bus back, be prepared to dash across to the school hall, remove you dirty shoes and SPRINT to the changing rooms while removing your running gear. There is no room for modesty as you then strip off and SPRINT with towel and soap in hand to the shower area. For the first time in the clubs history we secured Gold, Silver and Bronze positions by a clear margin of 3 mins 17:43 seconds.

In the race itself we probably came away as happy as runners ever are after an off season of accidents, illness and injuries.

RESULTS.

Winners – Lloyd Taggert – 47:11.

Angela Mudge – 55:13.

ADAC – 90^th Roger Irving – 62:58.

175^th DanWatson – 69:22.

181^st John Robson – 69:50.

203^rd Andy Fairgrieve – 71:16.

294^th Nigel Priestley – 77:51.

327^th Kevin Graham – 81:39.

330^th Jim Buchanan – 81:58.

409^th Jean Robson – 93:51.