Dunbartonshire Cross Country

Here are a few photos from today's Dunbartonshire AAA Cross Country Championships at Maryhill Park in Glasgow. I didn't feel well enough to run, but quite enjoyed watching the race.

Results: Senior Women | Senior Men

Link to photos

Dunbartonshire Cross Country

29th November 2008
9.4km cross country at Kirkintilloch

Photos

A bit of disaster really. First of all I set off with a seized up back after last night's IKEA trip, then during the 3rd lap my sore right hamstring decided to go into complete spasm. I instantly decided to drop out and walk to the finish, but found I go still do a sort of hobbly limpy run that might see me finish the course. This did duly get me to the end, but I lost 5 places in the process slumping from 6th to 11th as 3 Garscube, a Stornaway and GUHH runner all passed with ease. Don, Gibby and Stuart were the only the other Westies who turned up.

Dunbartonshire Cross Country

24th November 2007
Hermitage Academy, Craigendoran, Helensburgh
Results

A slight improvement over my dismal run at Tour of Pendle last week. I decided not to mess around, and started off more or less as fast as I could, sitting on the shoulders of the front runners for the first few hundred metres. After the first steep drop and crossing the burn the field strung out a bit, but I picked off 3 or 4 younger runners who'd started too fast. By halfway through the first lap I'd moved up to 4th place and thought I was closing on Steven Miller of Glasgow Uni, but once we hit the 2nd lap he pulled away, thereby giving me nobody to chase, and very much aware that David Riach and Nigel Scott were closing me down at every turn. Somehow I managed to cling onto 4th spot with solitary running for the 2nd two laps, with Nige and David finishing a few seconds after me in 5th and 6th place. Westies' new-comer Dougal Ranford kept us in with a shout at the team prize with 14th place.

Nail-biting shuffling of results kept the team result in doubt during the prize-giving, until eventually the officials concluded that Westerlands had pipped Garscube to first team by 29 points to 32. Quite possibly the first time Westerlands have ever won a cross country team prize!

The men's race was won easily by Alastair Morrison of Garscube, with James Austin of Clydesdale 2nd (and 1st vet). First woman was Michelle Hetherington of Helensburgh.

Dunbartonshire Cross Country

25th November 2006
Approx 9.5km, 190m
Results - Senior Men |  Senior Women
Unbelievably wet and soggy conditions for Dunbartonshire Cross Country Championships at Kirkintilloch.
Finished 15th after a tussle with Helensburgh duo Damien Theaker and Paul Thompson on the final lap.