Glentress Trail Races 23/24 Feb - 10km, Half and Full Marathon

Lots of Moorfoots were in action on our home patch at the weekend as High Terrain events returned to Glentress for another well attended series of races on the trails. 

Saturday morning saw Amy Alcorn, Kenny Davidson, Dave Gaffney and Simon Hammond take on the 21km route and Mike McGovern opting for a slightly more leisurely morning and the 10km route. 

It felt more like May than February on the start line and the fine weather was matched by performances all round, with Simon taking 14th place in under 1hr 45m, Dave 26th in under 1:49:20 and Amy with an very impressive 13th female place comfortably within the top 100 (of nearly 600 runners)  and just a couple of minutes over the two hour mark. A special mention for Kenny, who had a great paced run for first V50 and 35th overall in 1:51:25.


Eoin Lennon from Carnethy was first home in 1:25:51 after a great tussle with James Dunn, who finished just 16 seconds behind. Lou Stubbings was first female in 1:44:44, more than seven minutes ahead of second place. 

Having started his 10k an hour later than the half marathoners, Mike arrived back at about the same time as Simon, sneaking home under the 45-minute mark to finish 5th overall and 2nd V40, behind a rapid Dean Whiteford from Innerleithen. 

While the others were nursing their DOMS on Sunday, Ross Grieve was in action on the trails, again in great conditions, and completed his two laps of the 21km route in an impressive 4:01:52 for a creditable 15th place and 2nd V50. Richard Edge covered the course in  4:43:22 - almost an hour faster than he did it in 2018, in 56th place, which Katie Walling clocked 4:57:17 for a very impressive 12th female. 

Overall the race was won by Ally Beaven of Highland Hill Runners in 3:24:58 with Portobello’s Nicola Duncan continued her incredible form, taking more than three minutes off the female course record in 3:41:18.

Half Marathon Results:
http://www.timingupnorthresults.co.uk/results.aspx?CId=16576&RId=327&EId=3

10km Results:
http://www.timingupnorthresults.co.uk/results.aspx?CId=16576&RId=327&EId=2

Marathon Results:
http://www.timingupnorthresults.co.uk/Results.aspx?CId=16576&RId=328&EId=3

Race Pictures:
https://www.granddayoutphotography.co.uk/gallery.html