Traprain Law Race survives spoiling tactics by Exmoor Ponies
It was another warm dry day for the Traprain Law Race. Thin cloud cover gave some protection from the heat. 79 starters on village gala field added to the confusion of vintage cars, fire engine, dancing girls and much more. Out on the course, the dense undergrowth had been cut back and the river was deep enough to be entertaining. Due to advancing soil erosion, the ascent of the east ridge now needs about 200ft of fixed rope to assist the nervous up the slabs. The traverse of the summit was turned into a navigating challenge after the Exmoor ponies systematically destroyed the route markers despite repairs following their earlier vandalism overnight. Some runners’ deviations from the prescribed route seemed to add to race time rather than give any advantage. Copious nettle stings provided a lasting souvenir of this traditional gala event. Despite all these challenges, 78 completed the course.
Host club Carnethy took the race trophy with James Waldie securing an early unthreatened lead. Carnethy also won the team prize (James Waldie, Jon Ascroft, Neil Burnett). Megan Wright (Hunters Bog Trotters) was fastest woman in a formidable 10th place overall. Fastest local was Kent Ross in 6th place. Special mention must go to Carnethy super-athlete Bill Gauld in the over-80 category, still beating a handful of relative youngsters in 74th place.
Posn. | Name | Club | Time | Cat | |
1 | James | Waldie | Carnethy | 00:40:15 | M |
2 | Keith | Hood | Corstorphine | 00:40:30 | M40 |
3 | Callum | Reed | HELP | 00:41:37 | M |
4 | Dave | Ward | HBT | 00:42:24 | M |
5 | Peter | Buchanan | Portobello | 00:42:25 | M50 |
6 | Kent | Ross | U/A | 00:43:21 | M |
7 | Jon | Ashcroft | Carnethy | 00:44:48 | M40 |
8 | Nick | Williamson | Dunbar | 00:45:03 | M |
9 | Neil | Burnett | Carnethy | 00:45:44 | M40 |
10 | Megan | Wright | HBT | 00:45:46 | F40 |
11 | Mike | Andrew | Carnethy | 00:46:12 | M50 |
12 | Brendan | Forrester | U/A | 00:46:28 | M |
13 | Stuart | Hay | Dunbar | 00:46:37 | M50 |
14 | David | Hughes | U/A | 00:47:22 | M |
15 | Eddie | Balfour | HELP | 00:47:29 | M40 |
16 | Craig | Taylor | Portobello | 00:47:39 | M |
17 | Steve | Crane | Portobello | 00:48:05 | M50 |
18 | Oliver | Kenyon | HBT | 00:48:07 | M |
19 | George | McMullan | Chirnside Chasers | 00:48:40 | M40 |
20 | Richard | Taylor | Dunbar | 00:49:19 | M40 |
21 | Steven | Worsley | Inverness Harriers | 00:49:27 | M50 |
22 | Rhona | Anderson | Dunbar | 00:49:30 | F50 |
23 | Marcus | Lyall | U/A | 00:50:18 | M |
24 | Mark | Ferguson | Fife AC | 00:50:30 | M |
25 | Billy | Fraser | Northumberland FR | 00:50:39 | M50 |
26 | Ruth | McKenzie | Deeside Runners | 00:51:19 | F40 |
27 | Jamie | Brown | HBT | 00:51:23 | M |
28 | Brian | Davidson | Dunbar | 00:52:03 | M40 |
29 | Mari | Blankenstein | U/A | 00:52:08 | F |
30 | Tom | Blankenstein | U/A | 00:52:10 | M |
31 | David | Stewart | Portobello | 00:52:35 | M |
32 | Craig | Stewart | Harmeny | 00:52:51 | M40 |
33 | Brian | Dearden | U/A | 00:53:02 | M |
34 | Allen | Flockhart | Carnethy | 00:53:15 | M |
35 | John | Morozzo | U/A | 00:53:19 | M40 |
36 | Alan | Elder | Moorfoot | 00:53:28 | M50 |
37 | Euan | Ross | U/A | 00:53:31 | M40 |
38 | Robert | McLear | Portobello | 00:53:35 | M |
39 | Kevin | Hall | U/A | 00:53:45 | M40 |
40 | Iain | Beedie | Lomond Hillrunners | 00:54:09 | M40 |
41 | Colin | Shearer | Bicycle Works | 00:54:35 | M50 |
42 | Kerry | Costello | U/A | 00:54:42 | F |
43 | Micah | Stanbridge | Carnethy | 00:54:50 | M |
44 | Norrie | McKinley | HELP | 00:54:55 | M40 |
45 | Jamie | Tait | U/A | 00:54:57 | M |
46 | Dayton | Dove | HBT | 00:55:04 | M |
47 | Jaki | Tout | U/A | 00:55:18 | F40 |
48 | Andrew | Anderson | Dunbar | 00:55:57 | M50 |
49 | Alex | McEwan | Edinburgh AC | 00:56:40 | M50 |
50 | Sinead | O’Malley | HBT | 00:56:53 | F |
51 | Andrew | Cowan | U/A | 00:56:56 | M |
52 | Gavin | Milne | U/A | 00:57:23 | M |
53 | Graeme | Sutherland | Lauderdale | 00:57:28 | M50 |
54 | Graham | McInnes | U/A | 00:57:32 | M40 |
55 | David | Russell | U/A | 00:57:34 | M40 |
56 | Colin | Ledlie | Carnethy | 00:57:37 | M40 |
57 | Chris | Downie | Penicuik Harriers | 00:57:48 | M50 |
58 | Sarah | Scott | Edinburgh AC | 00:58:39 | F |
59 | Lessel | Middler | U/A | 00:58:58 | M60 |
60 | Brian | Milne | U/A | 00:59:47 | M |
61 | Craig | Pickup | Ednam | 01:00:36 | M |
62 | Stevie | Fisher | U/A | 01:01:02 | M40 |
63 | Brian | Whitson | U/A | 01:01:08 | M40 |
64 | Mike | Wilson | U/A | 01:01:15 | M50 |
65 | Brian | Howie | Carnethy | 01:02:36 | M60 |
66 | Melanie | Auld | U/A | 01:03:19 | F40 |
67 | Murray | Peebles | Harmeny | 01:05:31 | M |
68 | Kenny | Gunn-Russel | Run4It Edin | 01:06:34 | M50 |
69 | Jim | Byers | U/A | 01:07:33 | M40 |
70 | Callum | Yuill | U/A | 01:08:31 | M40 |
71 | Kenny | McKenzie | U/A | 01:09:03 | M40 |
72 | Ken | Clyne | U/A | 01:11:17 | M50 |
73 | Robert | Russell | U/A | 01:11:29 | M70 |
74 | Bill | Gauld | Carnethy | 01:11:50 | M80 |
75 | Sankurie | Macrae | U/A | 01:14:40 | F40 |
76 | Gordon | Millar | U/A | 01:15:47 | M40 |
77 | Kevin | McCarthy | U/A | 01:16:45 | M40 |
78 | Shiela | Morrison | Dunbar | 01:22:39 | F50 |
79 | Paul | Faulkner | Carnethy | DNF | M40 |