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Traprain
Law’s dramatic east ridge in the foreground
on the left edge of the quarry |
| Lured by the mistaken
belief that it never rains on the Traprain
Law Race, an impressive 71 faithful enthusiasts
arrived at the dripping registration tent in
a steady downpour and bitter north-easterly
that had forced cancellation of many of the
village Gala Day’s other events. Some
had heard of the access battles raging over
Traprain and thought this might have forced
a course change. Not so! We were
well clear from the sad and bizarre dispute
over a field margin on the south side of the
hill. The bad conditions were quite a
novelty for this event, a novelty more entertaining
for the competitors than our hardy marshals
putting up with what felt like the early onset
of winter. Competitors will have noticed
and even perhaps welcomed the sturdy new council
fence protecting the edge of the quarry on
the east ridge, a big improvement on the orange
plastic monstrosity it will soon fully replace
once the peregrine falcons have moved out of
the quarry.
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River
level from SEPA gauge at East Linton |
Don Naylor’s defence
of his 2010 victory only lasted as far as the
Co-op, where he pulled out with injury, leaving
the way for others to demonstrate some extremely
fast pace in very cold and greasy conditions. Edinburgh
University’s Hector Haines secured a
minute and a half’s lead over Gareth
Green of Portobello to take victory with an
impressive time 39-10 (2 seconds inside Don
Naylor’s 2010 performance in very good
conditions). Huw Jones of HBT followed,
with Darren Dougal of Moorfoots in fourth place
and fastest MV40. Rhona Anderson of Dunbar
Running Club was 31st and fastest woman as
well as fastest FV40, from Shery Johnston of
Portobello in 36th overall. Gordon Cameron
was our only Carnethy prize-winner (MV50),
in 13th place, but with James Hardie taking
maximum club championship points in 11th. Winning
team was Portobello, followed by HBT. It
was diplomatically pointed out that we did
not have a women’s team prize; something
to put right next year.
Results
Other
reports: Hill
Running Scotland |
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Just to let you know I've put
some photos I took of the start of the Traprain
Law Hill Race & I think all the finishers
on the East Linton Community website.If anyone
wants larger photos they can email via the
website with the photo number.
http://www.eastlinton.uk.com
Alastair Seagroatt |
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