No.1 question of the day was surely “Where do we leave our bags”, and the oddest “do they bring the bags back here?”. Er… no, that would be a bit pointless, the finish is in Musselburgh. In a masterstroke the organisers provided us with drab blue jackets as worn by less visible council workers with ‘Welcome Team’ written on the back, to be hidden by rucksacks. A few of us grabbed hi-vis and got to answer the above question as no-one recognised the blue jacket wearers as anything to do with the race. Rodney gamely fronted the operation in one and was roundly ignored.
Two Carnethys were spotted (but there were more starters on London Rd. – see below) – the indefatigable Margaret, who may have run every Edinburgh marathon there ever was; and John Hammond who we met running the other way. John ran the half, then ran back over Arthur’s Seat in a time that might have seen a sub 3hr marathon.
Bob Johnson managed not to see the two best costumes – a four Viking longboat and a very creditable Buzz Lightyear, whose arms you can just make out either side of another runner who is photographing him on his phone, as my lethargic camera took its time firing up. Zoom in on that phone.
Commiserations to the toilet marshals, a position eagerly fought over… “not me”, “someone else”, “no way”. The club earns a fee for each marshal, and we all get a good quality wicking running top (though the bright colour is not to everyone’s taste), and all the discarded bananas you can carry. The bacon rolls were very good this year too.
Digby
If anyone ran a marathon PB let us know for the PBs page
Carnethy results.
Half Marathon
Pos | Name (Number) | Chip time | |
31 | John Hammond (15068) | 1h 16m 26s 10K Split: 35m 42s |
M |
451 | Joe Harley (17411) | 1h 34m 11s 10K Split: 43m 3s |
M40 |
849 | Ryan Forgie (21107) | 1h 39m 54s 10K Split: 46m 48s |
M |
1730 | Jane McGregor (17227) | 1h 48m 24s 10K Split: 50m 17s |
F40 |
2926 | Andrew Barnes (19367) | 1h 56m 34s 10K Split: 53m 16s |
M45 |
6264 | Anna Falk (29190) | 2h 17m 11s 10K Split: 1h 1m 45s |
F |
6914 | Caroline Davidson (23559) | 2h 22m 36s 10K Split: 1h 6m 20s |
F40 |
Full Marathon
Pos | Name (Number) | Chip time | |
167 | Jill Mykura (1178) | 3h 7m 51s 10K: 42m 5s Half: 1h 30m 49s 30K: 2h 11m 1s Split 4: 1h 34m 37s |
F40 |
305 | Noel Tomnay (1303) | 3h 17m 46s 10K: 44m 4s Half: 1h 34m 6s 30K: 2h 15m 18s Split 4: 1h 37m 57s |
M45 |
360 | Michael James (2342) | 3h 20m 39s 10K: 43m 32s Half: 1h 33m 44s 30K: 2h 16m 31s Split 4: 1h 37m 39s |
M50 |
696 | Scott Henderson (3092) | 3h 33m 41s 10K: 46m 45s Half: 1h 39m 11s 30K: 2h 22m 59s Split 4: 1h 43m 15s |
M35 |
1275 | Benoit Desmeulles (8132) | 3h 50m 31s 10K: 50m 56s Half: 1h 50m 0s 30K: 2h 38m 57s Split 4: 1h 54m 33s |
M45 |
2010 | Alasdair Macdonald (13284) | 4h 5m 56s 10K: 54m 19s Half: 1h 55m 7s 30K: 2h 47m 24s Split 4: 1h 59m 52s |
M50 |
2251 | Rosie Allister (3039) | 4h 10m 53s 10K: 54m 9s Half: 1h 57m 45s 30K: 2h 54m 16s Split 4: 2h 3m 18s |
F35 |
6007 | Margaret Forrest (14338) | 6h 21m 19s 10K: 1h 18m 58s Half: 2h 49m 53s 30K: 4h 20m 55s Split 4: 2h 57m 20s |
F55 |