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Short Race Report
At last the trails in Glentress emerged from their snowy covering
and the rearranged short race went ahead on a bright, breezy
day with a reduced field of 68 competing despite the high numbers
pre-entered. The bike course was modified to avoid the icy
conditions above the Buzzard car park but conditions were dry
and fast.
The race was lead from start to finish by Jo Symonds, who built
a healthy lead of over two minutes on the first running section.
The first junior, Lewis Kirkwood, finish 6th on the run then
posted the fastest bike time and reeled Jo in over the bike
leg closing the gap to just 4seconds by the finish. Elke Schmidt
was the impressive winner of the female prize finishing in
4th place overall. In the veteran categories it was Bob Johnson
who came out on top taking first place in the V50 category
ahead of the V40 winner Andy Fairgrieve. Full results are available
at HERE .
With the cancellation of the long race the series was decided
on the results of the medium and short races. Overall winner
was Jo Symonds from Chris Boustred then Jon Ashcroft. In the
ladies category Elke Schmit was the clear winner with wins
in both races from Lesley Ingram and Julia Conner. The Male
V40 category was opened up after several of the main contenders
after the medium race were not available for the short race.
This category was won by Andy Fairgrieve ahead of Paul Hill
and Tim McCall. In the V50 category Bob Johnson triumphed with
Adam Anderson retaining his V60 title.
This has been a very interesting winter to try to organise
races. Thanks to everyone for being so understanding and supportive
in the circumstances. As always with these events a huge thanks
to everyone including the many volunteers from Peebles Cycling
Club and Carnethy Hill Runners who helped throughout the winter,
marshalling, catering, laying out and taking in courses and
with the many other tasks involved in putting on these races.
Special thanks to Will, Andy and all the staff at Forestry
Commission Scotland who have been very supportive as we have
all tried to cope with the alpine conditions at Glentress.
We also acknowledge the valuable support from Run and Become,
Keith Walter, Helly Hansen and Hub in the Forest.
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We organise a series
of three races during the winter at Glentress. The races are
getting more
popular as the years go by, with entry restricted to 150 places,
so early entry is required. The aim is fun, fun, fun! No big
prizes, no large entry fee, no Special Insurance packages (bring
your own or join STA!)
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Dates for 2009/10
Medium - Sunday 29th November 2009
There is no entry on the day
Long - Sunday 28th February 2010
Short - Sunday 14th March
2010
Preferably enter on-line at
www.entrycentral.com
or
download the entry form
WORD or PDF |
