Ladies

If you thought that all road race Championship races were flat, fast affairs – think again! Although most certainly not in the league of the Skye half the day before, the Dunfermline race had its fair share of hills, twists & turns. Add in over 5 miles of cycle paths devoid of anyone but racers & a few folks manning a water station & it becomes clear that the revised Scottish Championship course is suited best to the mentally strong & internally motivated runner!
Here are accounts from Niamh Devlin & Jenny MacLean, plus results for your delectation.

I’m going to start by saying something that a good number of you may well disagree with – Half Marathons go past very quickly, in fact I’d go as far as to say that they zoom!

When my alarm went off at 5am & I peeked out the curtains, the sky was blue. By the time I’d finished breakfast just before 6, it was decidedly heavy looking, so I was anticipating a much cooler, damper day for the Scottish half marathon than it had been on the scorching Saturday. With this thought in mind I happily headed off out up the hill to catch the bus to the start.

Expecting a biting cold & dull day, it was with some trepidation that I opened the curtains on Sunday. However, it was gorgeously sunny, fairly still and much milder than anticipated, which was a good omen for the day to come.

So, with a mounting sense of excitement I strapped my rucksack on my back and stuck out to trot to Holyrood Park to take part in my first 10k of the year in the company of 10,000 others.

The National Road Relays in Almondvale, Livingston were held this year on Easter Saturday & there was much excitement beforehand amongst EAC’s women, knowing that we had a good team with a great chance of a medal this time… Despite forecasts of dire weather, it was a gorgeous still, sunny morning as we boarded the…