Alloa Half Marathon

Listed by The Rain King
  • Rated 81%
  • 13.1mi
  • Road
  • Asc 147m
Entrants (51) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
hannkies PB so a good wee reward for some grand training recently. Probably a 10 mile and 5 mile pb en route so got to be pleased. Cracking race, undulating, but fairly fast course, and organised to perfection. Kilmarnock Harriers & AC, Scottish Veteran Harriers Club 1:15:52 1:15:52 1:15:52 81.39
sctfoggy Jogscotland On The Run Cumbernauld 1:36:46 1:39:34 1:39:34 59.29
Snake Doctor Scottish Prison Service AAC 1:37:15 1:40:33 1:43:00 60.45
M16DDH(DAVIE) Falkirk Victoria Harriers 1:30:01 1:32:04 1:32:04 62.97
Danny T Unaffiliated 1:35:11 1:35:11 1:35:11 62.39
Gee-Force Kinross Road Runners 1:29:04 1:29:04 1:29:04 65.10
young butch Unaffiliated 1:29:39 1:29:39 1:29:39 65.85
SunPrincess Unaffiliated 2:14:00 2:16:15 2:16:15 48.36
Whiskymurray Unaffiliated 1:28:09 1:36:33 1:45:22 56.75
ARB73 Unaffiliated 1:21:27 1:21:35 1:21:35 72.79
linda c Unaffiliated 1:45:23 1:52:12 1:52:35 60.91
leeroytwist jogscotland 1:32:39 1:34:30 1:40:51 58.00
The Rain King Larkhall YMCA Harriers 1:50:30 1:57:59 1:57:59 49.14
IainWallace Falkirk Victoria Harriers 1:16:58 1:22:44 1:27:21 66.74
beep!beep! Falkirk Victoria Harriers 1:21:56 1:22:17 1:22:17 76.30
ElDuderino First 10 miles went well but toughest part of the couese came along and i just didn't have enough left to get a pb. Enjoyed the race, well organised. Unaffiliated 2:06:56 2:13:10 2:13:10 43.59
akmilne Fife AC 1:28:10 1:28:10 1:28:10 70.62
Danger Mouse Kirkintilloch Olympians 1:21:58 1:21:58 1:21:58 75.33
gump Cumbernauld AAC, Scottish Veteran Harriers Club 1:21:01 1:28:32 1:34:56 65.59
baz p Falkirk Victoria Harriers 1:13:15 1:14:14 1:16:41 76.02
STOOSH Unaffiliated 1:20:46 1:20:51 1:20:51 71.71
keyring Carnegie Harriers 1:36:35 1:38:37 1:38:37 67.06
Tigerlily Unaffiliated 1:57:18 2:05:09 2:05:09 54.34
Son of a Pronator Man Edinburgh Athletic Club 1:25:25 1:25:46 1:25:46 76.42
lise Unaffiliated 1:42:13 1:46:20 1:52:10 58.04
MissingPhoenix Unaffiliated 1:35:12 1:35:40 1:39:36 58.97
LouLou Dundee Hawkhill Harriers 1:23:46 1:23:46 1:26:06 74.88
Andrew H Inverclyde AC, Scottish Veteran Harriers Club 1:14:07 1:19:55 1:19:55 72.76
SooWoo Wee County Harriers 1:41:14 1:41:50 1:41:50 66.79
_andy Knew that I should be on for a PB, but still worried about how it would all pan out.  Not helped by the triple whammy of a bruised foot from Friday, stiff quads (rugby refereeing yesterday) and massive lower back pain, which started an hour and a half before the race, probably from the Friday hockey match.
Went for it from the start, but not a ridiculous pace, and certainly didn't get carried away during the uphill mile 3 through Sauchie.  Focused hard during the back straight, especially the deceptively uphill mile 8 through Alva, which included a stop-start turn around a cone. Mile 11 up (and up and up) Menstrie Brae was a tightrope of sustaining pace without pushing too hard and blowing up, even as my mate Andy left me behind as he floated up the hill, but things were ok through Tullibody and the long drag up towards Lornshill Academy was manageable, if hard work.  Then it was a case of *really* pushing with a real focus on running form to keep the pace on, mostly at sub-6 min/miles, with Andy making a good target not too far up in front.  Managed to run off the front of the wee group that had formed on the climb and had enough for a long sprint from the lamp-post just before that final roundabout turn into the finish area.  Then got worried that I was going to pass Andy too early and he'd come back and beat me, so it was foot to the floor time and give it 100% over the line.  That's almost 4 minutes for a PB (although the greedy bit of me wanted it to be 43 seconds faster. Next time) TENTATIVE Kinross Road Runners 1:20:41 1:20:41 1:20:41 74.67
Irontubs Unaffiliated 1:58:51 2:08:47 2:08:47 53.71
Broonfaetroon Ayr Seaforth AAC 1:24:11 1:24:11 1:24:11 68.87
SilverSlogger Falkirk Victoria Harriers, Polmont Joggers 1:29:20 1:37:38 1:37:38 67.13
Tick Tock Tim Unaffiliated 1:42:20 1:42:20 1:42:20 58.43
Fid Kinross Road Runners 1:23:57 1:35:38 1:38:28 72.30
oldrunner72 Unaffiliated 2:09:05 2:13:51 2:13:51 63.91
Gokeith Kilmarnock Harriers & AC, Loudoun Runners AC 1:14:54 1:17:00
daviec Set off at 80 minute pace, and fell back after 10. Good conditions for racing :) Carnegie Harriers 1:17:05 1:19:24 1:19:00 1:22:12 71.16
HappyG(rrr) I'm 114. Would like to PB this one. Plenty of quicker Fetchies to try and hang on to! *Update: Good day at office, great to chat to Lou, Stoosh, _andy, SoaPM, baz p and met up with work buddies for cayke after too. :-)G Harmeny AC, Kinross Road Runners 1:23:07 1:23:07 1:24:45 1:23:07 73.68
Bazoaxe Unaffiliated 1:22:57 1:26:53 1:25:59 1:26:53 71.67
Cammy Unaffiliated 1:27:22 1:27:22 1:29:00 1:30:55 64.94
SM6 Unaffiliated 1:23:55 1:35:09 1:32:00 1:35:09 60.93
iaincr Cambuslang Harriers 1:37:47 1:38:42 1:39:50
Runningbug Runningbug runners, BOABY HILLDODGERS 1:33:34 1:40:20 1:39:59 1:40:20 65.33
briandarroch Kilmarnock Harriers & AC, scottish athletics 1:34:47 1:37:04 1:42:59 1:37:04 62.57
run fat boy run72 Unaffiliated 1:36:08 1:42:58 1:45:00 1:42:58 58.07
Miggito Unaffiliated 1:40:01 1:44:07 1:45:00 1:44:07 57.04
stickland Strathearn Harriers 1:59:17 1:59:17 2:04:00 1:59:17 52.63
DaveG Birkenhead Athletic Club, Strathearn Harriers 1:38:25 2:07:27 2:05:00 2:07:27 45.74
mad4it Unaffiliated 2:04:45 2:07:35 2:15:00 2:16:47 54.64
Star at time of entering (Oct 12) my aim is to get a pb - fingers crossed I have a good winter and shake off all the recent crap results!!
Update Feb 13 - training going well - but dont think I am at PB level yet! dont bet on me! JogScotland Chryston 2:12:02 2:12:02 2:30:00 2:19:31 47.75

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