Round Arran Relay 21/07/12



The magnificent 7

Back racing at last!After months of hobbling on with my achillies getting worse and worse i finally went for physio.It turned out to be the best thing i could have done.Within a few weeks the regular stretching,icing,ultrasound and acupunture had the problem under control and it feels great to be running pain free for the first time in ages.Cycling everyday had kept a level of fitness to build on so with a months good training it was time to race again.Been running up some serious hills in Wales and the Lake District over the last 2 weeks so wasnt too worried about doing South 2 at the relay.
So South1 Alex came in 2nd despite being injured and not having raced since the Troon 10k..Alex had a good solid run to finish 2nd by only 4 seconds .
South 2 is a leg i havnt run for about 10 years but   icould remember it being really tough, 5 mins in to this leg i remembered just how tough!.I took the lead from the off knowing there was a few miles climbing from the start and have been feeling good during hill training. Managed to get a wee lead from the Central AC runner in 2nd which i held till about 7 miles after which he sat on my shoulder before getting away as we entered Whiting Bay.All in all a decent return race,everything considered.
South 3 - George in form and race-fit finished 2nd behind another central runner.Big mans going well .
North 1- Jamie running in his 1st race for a while had a battle with Kilmarnocks Ian Connell finishing 3rd to his 2nd with Central Ac again winning this leg.
North 2 -The Bouglie! Pat kinda voluntered to do it and found out just how tough it is finishing 7th.
North 3 -Mark has been going well andhad run this leg 2 years ago.Sadly Mark started felling unwell with a mile to go and collapsed.Thankfully he was ok later and although the team DNF the race the main thing was that he was ok. Jim Sneddon also ran this leg for Killie as we didnt hav enough for another team.Jim had a fine run on the only leg he hadnt run before.