Stop press 9th November: Goodybags and returned cheques for those who were unable to catch the boat are in the post!
What a success! The Fun Run and the 10k went ahead as planned despite some horrendous weather which caused the cancellation of the Trail Run. Luckily the Trail participants were happy to compete in the 10k instead, which meant we had 30 participants – all of whom finished! The Spanish John ploughed through high seas to bring the ambulance and crew in (and the skipper then changed into his running gear and joined the runners!)
There was a small army of volunteers, without whom the day wouldn’t have taken place. These included Meri 3, Knoydart Pottery, The Old Forge, Milligan Transport, Phoenix Corporate Gifts, The Gathering, the Peels, Doune, Knoydart Lodge, Knoydart Forest Trust, Knoydart Trading, Dave Marriott, the three trophy makers (Pit, Jim and Grant), the marshalls all drawn from the community including Mark Harris and his flashing light, the timekeepers (Aaran and Joanne), the Rescue Medic ambulance for braving the high seas, and of course the two organisers of a fantastic event, Angela Williams and Lorna Schofield.
So, on to the results. Although they are in finishing order, please bear in mind that to have everyone enter and complete the run was amazing. Nearly half the competitors were Knoydart residents, many more used to sinking pints than pounding the kilometres!
(TR) = originally entered the cancelled 23k Trail Run
(K) = Knoydart resident
10k Run
1st Simon Axon (TR) 40min 55sec (First in race, first original Trail Runner)
2nd Bert van Tuijl (TR) 43m 15s (Second in race, second original Trail Runner)
3rd Graham Sutherland 44m 25s (First original 10k Runner)
4th Pavla Schwanova (K) 44m 27s (First local resident, first female)
5th Hamish MacDonald (TR) 44m 35s (Third original Trail Runner)
6th Louise Proven (TR) 45m 00s (Second female, first female original Trail Runner)
7th David Haynes (K) 46m 33s (Second local resident)
8th Jim Manthorpe (K, TR) 47m 30s (Third local resident)
9th equal Tommy McManmon (K)/ Toby Robinson (K) 48m 06s
11th Catherine Holmes 48m 46s
12th Allan Brownie 48m 59s
13th K MacLeod (TR) 49m 51s
14th Stuart Griffan 51m 22s
15th Sandy Sutherland (K) 52m 24s
16th Eric Dodd (TR) 52m 31s
17th Piers Trussell (K) 52m 45s
18th Finlay Dowell (TR) 53m 21s
19th Greg Milligan 53m 48s
20th Davie Newton (K) 53m 54s
21st Dana Griffan 54m 00s
22nd Joe Blower 56m 43m
23rd Abby Boultbee 58m 30s
24th Lorna Schofield (K) 58m 41s
25th equal Tom Harris (K)/ Drew Harris (K) 1hr 01m 27s
27th Hilary Turner (K, TR) 1hr 2m 15s
28th Rohan Beyts 1hr 6m 42s
29th Stuart Preece 1hr 7m 13s
30th Louise Beveridge (K) 1hr 22m 23s
Fun Run
Tom Harris 17min 51secs (first male)
Callum Woombs 18m 25s
Finn Robinson 19m 40s
Ewan Tibbetts 20m 47s
Jasmine Humphrey 21m 10s (first female)
Freya Holroyd 21m 12s
Lachie Robinson 21m 27s
Kira Holroyd 22m 05s
Anna Robinson 22m 11s
Coll Robinson / Toby Robinson 23m 00s
Rohan Beyts 24m 24s
Daisy Humphrey 31m 30s
Rachel Beveridge / Caitlin Woombs 31m 47s
Deirdre Wilson 32m 33s
Claire Docherty 34m 33s
Pat Preece 34m 33s
