Highland Fling, Park Run, London Marathon, Isle of Mull fell race – busy Harriers

Harriers in action at the 53 mile Highland Fling
Several members of Carnegie Harriers took part in Saturday’s Highland Fling Race which covers an incredibly challenging 53 miles along the West Highland Way from Milngavie to Tyndrum. Peter Humphreys was the leading Carnegie athlete placing an excellent 22nd overall in 9.38.58. David Greig was the next Harrier home clocking 10.26.15 (65th) followed by Andy Sim who timed at 10.38.44. Carnegie’s men finished 4th team overall.  Gail Murdoch reached the finish in Tyndrum in 10.50.58 (92nd), Fabienne Thompson was 122nd in 11.21.01 and Helena Sim finished 134th in 11.28.44. Carnegie’s ladies finished 3rd ladies team overall. Neil Campbell finished 224th in 13.29.35.

Carnegie Harriers were represented by three teams in the Highland Fling Relay Race with our Carnegie Cougars (Jo Wilson, Isobel Burnett, Lesley Landels and Morna Fleming) finishing 3rd ladies team in 9.15.17. The Carnegie Wrinklies (John McArthur, Ken Daniels, Bill Duff and John Milton) were 23rd overall in 9.39.92 and Carnegie Ladies in 4 fun (Gillian McCracken, Louise Hewison, Fiona Rennie and Val Macaulay) were 7th ladies team in 10.19.01.

Saturday 24th April – Edinburgh parkrun 5K, Cramond At Saturday’s Edinburgh parkrun 5k, three Harriers took part with Ian Stewart placing 4th and 1st M50 in 17.01. Ross Carrie was 28th in 19.35 and Paul Arnott was 60th in 22.05.

Saturday 24th April – Isle of Mull Fell Race   Alison West tackled the Isle of Mull Fell Race on Saturday, placing 3rd lady, covering the 8 mile course with 5000ft of climbing in 2.56.34.

Sunday 25th April – Virgin London Marathon Impressive PB for Scott Bradley at the London Marathon
Congratulations to Carnegie’s Scott Bradley who finished the London Marathon in a personal best time of 2.35.16 placing 102nd overall. This tremendous run moves Scott to 5th in the Carnegie all-time marathon rankings having lowered his previous best (2.36.55) by almost two minutes. Campbell Hutt on his marathon debut was rewarded with a superb time of 3.03.11 (1305th) while Bernt Cederstrom clocked 3.40.59 finishing 6290th in the field of 36,000 runners.  Kirsty Baird enjoyed an excellent marathon debut covering her 26.2 miles around London in 3.43.01, Susan Cederstrom timed at 3.51.36 and Paul Hutton finished in 4.02.30. Colin Reynolds clocked a time of 4.17.43 and David Harper reached the finish in The Mall in 4.34.59.

Sunday 25th April – Edinburgh parkrun 10K, Cramond Tommy Lawrence in his first race since returning from injury finished 3rd at the Edinburgh parkrun 10K in 34.36. Malcolm Smith ran a 10k best of 42.39 placing 17th, Ross Carrie clocked 44.09 (24th) and Paul Arnott was 43rd in 47.22.