Race Information 100km/50km

Self Transcendence 100km/50km race 31 March 2013

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Venue North Inches Park, Perth. Race HQ for the day is Bells Sports Centre, Hay Street, Perth tel 01738 492460 which is situated alongside the park. Bells sports centre in Hay street will be open from 6.15AM on race morning for registration

Car parking at the sport centre car park is free on sundays
please leave valuables in your car ,with your support crew or in sports centrre lockers
There will be a baggage area in start/finish area.

The city of Perth is situated in central Scotland. It is easily accessible by road rail or bus. Nearest airports are Glasgow and Edinburgh. Info on the city of Perth http://www.perthcity.co.uk/

IMPORTANT INFO

100km will start 7am prompt

50km will start 10am prompt

Although it will be light at 7am race start,it will be dawn light in the preceding hour, Although there is street lighting in the start area, we do not have general auxilliary lighting,only some strategically placed battery lights so please move around the park with caution, A head torch or flash light could be very useful to you and your support as you set up.

The Course Each loop is 2.381 km approx 1.5 miles. The 100km race is 42 laps. The 50km race 21 laps.

Please remember even pacing is very rare in 100km events. Even experienced 100km runners are 30-60 minutes slower in the second half of the race.

The Inches is a public park and although the course will be well marked out and have plenty of signage to alert the public to the event, as in any road race, runners should be alert to what is going on around them, as the park is popular with walkers, and cyclists using the riverside cycle way.

Accommodation The race is on Easter weekend so Perth is likely to be busy. Please book early.

Travel Lodge have three hotels in Perth offering very good rates for race weekend http://www.travelodge.co.uk/index.php

Perth has a wide variety of accommodation – see Perth tourist office http://www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk/b-accommodation1.htm

First Aid there will be first aid assistance from Scottish Red Cross. should you require treatment for blisters, cramp etc. There will a also be a race doctor. Remember to act early in seeking help. The medical team can recommend to the Race Director that a competitor retire if they feel to continue would cause the runner harm. The Race Director and Referee’s decision is final. Experienced local physio Tommy Lawerence will also be present to help diagnose any mechanical problems and offer massage as necessary, during or after the race.

Toilets There will be 2 portaloos at trackside for runners use only. Toilets for officials, helpers and runners are available in the foyer of the sports centre for the whole 24 hours.

Lap Counting A leader board will update individual and overall race progress. Lap counters,with extensive experience of multi-lap races will manually record your every lap and will acknowledge you with a wave and by calling your name. A seperate team will be recording an overall manual lap check.If you have a query about your laps, don’t panic! Inform the chief lap counter (seated by the clock) or your helper, if you have one, who should be able to clarify things by your next completed lap and put your mind at rest. On this occasion there will be no chip timing

Sample lap sheets below

100k_perth_lap_sheet.pdf

Leaving the course If you leave the course for any reason (Toilet break/feed stop/wee nap!) during the race please advise your lap counter. You should rejoin the course at exactly the same point at which you left. If you have to retire from the race you must inform either your lap counter or the chief lap counter.

Garmins and gps devices

As from August 2011 , rule changes allow the use of speed distance and heart rate monitors in championship events.

"This rule change now makes it clear that athletes may use heart rate monitors, speed distance monitors etc in competition as long as they cannot be used to communicate with other people. This rule change will apply to IAU major competitions from this date".

SATurday night race briefing/registration. .For those staying in Perth, there will be a race briefing and registration on saturday night in the centre of town

Venue and time will be confimed in due course

Presentations. Will be confirmed in due course.

Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team articles - more articles

Sarah Webster and Dougie Selman take UKA 100km titles as Webster sets a new European women’s 100km record.

Ronnie Richmond sets a new British 50km mens road record in taking the UKA 50km title. Jennifer Wetton lands the UKA Women's 50km crown.

Full Results HERE

In near-perfect conditions, the Sri Chinmoy 100km and 50km races produced some outstanding performances in Perth on Sunday 24th March. The 1.5 mile /2.831 km course, at the North Inch Park is known for fast times and this year was no exception.

Women's 100km race

Sarah Webster ( Northern IOM AC) broke the European women’s 100km record (subject to confirmation ) with a new time of 7 hours, 3 minutes and 48 seconds. It bettered the previous time, of 7:04:03, set by Florianne Hot of France, in August 2022 by a mere 15 seconds.

Webster, the defending champion, had run a faster 7:03:40 to win the 2023 championship in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, which set a new GB mark. However, due to a technicality, it was not ratified as a European record.

This time Webster went through 50km in 3:26:01 with Melissa Gibson, Ealing, just 40 seconds back. Julia Davis, Newquay, was a further 4 minutes back on 3:30:46. Webster powered on to run remarkably even splits with a second 50k of 3:27:39. It was an extraordinary performance from Webster who now has the 5th and 6th women’s global best tomes for 100km.

Gibson and Davies times, now move to 2nd and 3rd on the GB all-time women’s 100km rankings behind Webster.

Gibson took the silver medal in 7:13:23 and Davies the bronze medal in 7:25:48 It made for a clean sweep for England in the women's Home Countries team competition, with all 3 runners well inside the previous course record of 7:41:12 set by Jo Murphy in 2002.

Mens 100km race

In a very exciting finish to the men’s race, just over a minute separated the first three runners. Once the race had settled down a solid group of around seven runners seemed to be working together, then after the 50 miles the group started breaking up with James Turner, Brighton, leading the charge, Scotland's Dougie Selman, Corstorphine, and Joe Turner, Cambridge, were the only ones to respond and although working hard, were still very much in touch.

Going into the last lap Turner (Brighton ) held a slim 9-second lead over the local favourite Dougie Selman, with Joe Turner ( Cambridge) a further 35 seconds back.

In a storming last lap, Selman was to overhaul Turner, to take the tape in 6:34:28 and raise a huge cheer from the local crowd, James Turner taking second in 6:34:38just 10 seconds behind and Joe Turner 3rd in 6:35:37

All three runners were inside the course record of 6:39:34 set by Matt Dickenson in 2022. And are now the 7th, 8th and 9th ranked All time Gb men at 100km

In the Scottish Championship for the Don Ritchie cups, Selman took the men's title from Chris Richardson (Metro Aberdeen ), who finished 4th overall in the race in a new PB of 6:40:44. Sage Pierce-Higgins, running his first road 100km (Edinburgh AC)took the bronze dipping under 7 hours with 6:56:14.

Sheena Logan ( Fife AC), running her first 100km race, took the women's Don Ritchie trophy, finishing in 6th overall in 8:19:26. Catherine Cowie of Portobello took the Scottish silver medal in 8:26:31 and Fiona Gibson Dundee Hawkhill the Bronze in 10:22:05

The Anglo Celtic Plate Team Competition.

Selman backed up by Richardson and Michael Deason (Shettleston) took the men's Plate ahead of England, Northern Ireland and Ulster.

In the women's Team competition, England with their clean sweep of the podium took the honours, with Ireland in second and Northern Ireland & Ulster third.

In other notable record performances, Ciaran McGonagle set a new Irish 100km record of 6:50:28 finishing in 6th place and first V/40.

Shettlston Harrier, John Duffy, who turned 60 on Friday 22nd March, set a new Scottish V/60 100km record of 8:50:59, TBC, bettering the 8:58:51 recorded by Bill Hutchison (Anster Haddies) at Perth in 2016.

UKA and SCOTTISH 50 KM CHAMPIONSHIP

Mens Championship

In a day of records, Ronnie Richmond, Bideford, and Andy Davies, Mercia Fell Runners, both GB internationals at the distance, ran together for practically the whole race, helping each other to exceptional times. At the end of lap 19 of the 21 laps, they were locked together at 2:32:16

At the bell, Davies had broken clear to have a narrow lead of 10 seconds.

On the last 2.382 km lap, Richmond turned that around to take the UKA 50km title in 2:48:25, just eight seconds clear of Davies with 2:48:33.

They were both under the previous GB road record of 2:49:01 set by Dan Nash in 2019. And just outside the long-held British track 50km of former Olympic marathoner Geoff Norman's 2:48:06, set in 1980. Tom Charles, Chorlton Runners, took the bronze dipping under 3 hours with 2:57:45.

Womens 50km Championships

The Women’s 50km Championship, also doubled as the Scottish 50km championship. This race was more clear cut with Central AC’s Jen Wetton in her first foray beyond the Marathon, leading from the start and recording an excellent 3:29:03 less than a minute outside the course record of 3:28:07 set by Hannah Oldroyd in 2019. Alison McGill (Fife AC), using the race as a stepping stone, as she builds to defending her West Highland Way title in June, took the silver while Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin (Portobello), the bronze in 4:03:18.

Men's Scottish Championship,

John Spiers of Cambuslang took the honours in 3:21:21, with Tony Golabek, Inverness in second, 3:24:11 and Martin Heggie 3rd in 3:24:27.

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