East District Cross Country League
Linlithgow Athletic Club had a great turnout at the first of the East District Cross Country League events at Stirling last Saturday. Mild weather and not too muddy conditions made for some fast times. Highest placed of the Linlithgow runners was young Andrew McGill in the under 15 boys category. Competing in a very strong field from across the country, Andrew came 6th in a time of 11:23.
There were three club athletes competing in the senior women’s race and despite not having a fourth team member to maximize points, the ladies team finished 18th overall, which was a great performance. First home for the club was Jennifer Newton in a time of 28:17, next was Jill Horsburgh in 31:8, closely followed by Alison Marshall in 31:59.
Last race of the afternoon was the senior men’s. The race was won by Alastair Hay (Central AC) in a time of 28:25. Alastair recently won our local Linlithgow 10k race so is obviously having an excellent spell of form. For Linlithgow Athletic Club, first home and getting into the top 50 of a class field, was John Redding in 33:32. Next club runner over the line was David Marshall in 37:10. The club had a full complement of six males running, thus maximizing team points. Third place for the club was Paul Dudchenko in 38:57; followed by Scott Hyslop in 40:31; Angus Gallie in 40:39 and Darren Dick in 45:30. This team performance led to a 17th place in the men’s category. This was a great team day out for the club with ten athletes in total competing.
Dramathon & Amsterdam Marathon
Also on Saturday, Laura Finlay ran the Dramathon Trail Half Marathon, from Tamdhu to Glenfiddich on Speyside,in 2:01:39.
On Sunday, Kathryn Holm ran the Amsterdam marathon in 4:02:03, cutting over seven minutes from her marathon PB - a great effort!
Parkruns - Aviemore, Elgin, Windy Nook, Dunfermline, Livingston and Falkirk!
There were also plenty of Linlithgow parkrunners on Saturday. Lorna Simpson was at Aviemore which she finished in 22:08 (2nd woman overall and 1st VW40). Gary Welsh ran Elgin in 22:28 (3rd VM40). Graeme Wilkinson completed Windy Nook in Northumberland in 24:12 (1st VM45). Scott Cumming ran Dunfermline in 26:05. At Livingston William Millar finished in 20:25 (1st VM35), Frances Wood in 23:32 (3rd woman overall and 1st VW60) and Alex Wood in 27:16 (2nd VM65). As usual our biggest turnout was at Falkirk where five Linlithgow AC runners finished, Ian Boxall in 20:59, Malcolm Hughes in 21:56 (2nd VM55), Roddy Simpson in 24:49 (2nd VM70), Louisa Cockburn in 24:54 (2nd VW35), and Bryan Grome in 28:32.