Road Running

August 3, 2009

Tour of Fife day 5 Carnegie Harriers Photos

Here are some Photos Carnegie Harriers Running Club, Dunfermline from day 5

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Donkey Brae Race in Aberdour

Harriers on form at the Donkey Brae Race in Aberdour
There was an excellent turnout of twenty two Carnegie runners at the 7 mile Donkey Brae Race on Sunday afternoon. The weather was warm but breezy as the field of 271 runners tackled the undulating course to Dalgety Bay and back.Ian Stewart was the first Harrier to reach the finish at Aberdour’s Silver Sands placing 3rd overall in 40.07. Kevin Mathie in 43.30 (10th overall) was the 2nd Carnegie runner to finish with Sid James also placing well finishing 11th in 43.36. Iain Taylor showed a glimpse of a return to form placing 20th in 45.59 and Alan Cockburn had a strong run finishing 24th in 46.54.

Graham Clark Memorial Race

We would like all of our members to make a special effort to come along and either take part or assist in organising our Graham Clark Memorial Race which will be held at 7.30pm on Thursday 20th August 2009 at Knockhill Racing Circuit, near Dunfermline.

Tour of Fife Information

This Wednesday the annual Tour of Fife starts with 150 runners taking part in five races over five consecutive days across varying terrain. Carnegie Harriers have an incredible 26 members entered and we wish them the very best for the challenging event. Please check the Fife AC website for further information at www.fifeac.co.uk and route details of the races can be found below

Stage 1 (Wednesday 29th July at 7.30pm) - Chicken Run (Strathmiglo) route here
Stage 2 (Thursday 30th July at 7.30pm) – Chariots of Fire (St Andrews) route here
Stage 3 – (Friday 31st July at 7.30pm) Up Hell Time Trial (near Glenrothes) route here
Stage 4 – (Saturday 1st August at 2pm) Run Forrest Run (Tentsmuir Forest, near Leuchars) route here
Stage 5 – (Sunday 2nd August at 2pm) Arso Vertitus (Falkland) route here

Brig Bash 5 Road Race

The heat is on at the Brig Bash 5
There was a huge entry of over 200 runners at the Brig Bash 5 in Bridge of Earn on Wednesday evening. The hot and humid conditions didn’t appear to affect the leading runners with the host club’s Mike Carroll (Perth Road Runners) scorching around the course to victory in 26.04. Fife AC’s Neil Young placed second in 26.25 ahead of Jeff Farquhar (Pitreavie AAC) who clocked 26.56. Less than ten days after winning the 95 mile West Highland Way Race, Scott Bradley was back in action recording a time of 27.29, placing 4th overall and leading Carnegie’s men to 1st team prize. Peter Humphreys was the next Harrier home finishing 9th and 1st M40 in 28.58. Roger Clark completed the winning men’s team placing 10th in 29.13. Despite the heat, Sid James ran a personal best of 29.45 (18th) and new member Campbell Hutt was 22nd in 29.58. Fabienne Thompson was Carnegie’s leading lady in 33.10 winning the F35 award while Lynne Bennet clocked a personal best of 35.19. Linda James continued her run of good form setting a personal best of 37.06. The complete set of results can be found HERE.