Photos – Pete Bracegirdle and Gordon Donnachie
Broxburn hosted the 2nd East District Cross Country League for the season. Conditions were perfect for racing, best describe as ‘dreich’!
Phoebe Cochrane had a strong run for 59th in the ladies race.
With 257 starters the opening few hundred meters of the men’s race was a mad stampede, narrowing to a single lane before the uphill turn. The 5.2 mile course was reverse of previous years. It got rid of some old challenges but added a few new ones. There a few new tight downhill turns and which resulted in a few slides and falls (and that was just me.)
Over the three laps Mark Johnston led the way for Carnethy in 71st in just over 32 mins, followed nearby by David Begbie in 89th. Neil McLure was the middle scorer with 125th, then cross country debutant Alan Risk in 141st. Unfortunately Alan made the rookie mistake of thinking it was 2 laps but clung on round the painful 3rd lap for the team! Roddy McRae was making a welcome cross country debut for Carnethy and was 197th.
The men’s team were 17th out of 36.
The 3rd and last league match is on Saturday 18th January at Livingston. This is turn up on the day and wear your club vest/t-shirt and a number ’21’.
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Mark Johnston & Neil McLure