A wee foray back to my old stomping ground near East Kilbride, and a mid way marker on my road to the London Marathon in April.
This is the third year of the Strathaven Striders' half marathon, with the field growing steadily. 300 runners this year, and a competitive 'sharp end', with a lot of speedy MV40s....
Weather was good for February on the moors, although the cloud was right down, pretty much from the start, but relatively mild and only a slight breeze from the west, so no real 'weather excuses'...
It's a lumpy course though, making pacing quite challenging - there are a couple of long uphill climbs, matched by two long downhill blasts - so certainly a good test of strength and leg speed.
Winning time was 1:11 by MV40 Rab Gilroy of Ronhill Cambuslang...
I managed a 1:27, (relatively pleased with that) - this was 12th MV40.
(Possibly some rich pickings for MV50s though, as first MV50 was 1:25...)
Full results here....
Well organised race, well marshalled, soup and sarnie afterwards....Strathaven is only about 65mins drive from Peebles, so worth a look again in the future...
Regards...
Kenny
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