self transcendence 2 mile race wed 13 may 09

Age 38, Woodlands, Australia (3rd fastest all-time, 4 finishes, 1 win)

Grahak has completed the 3100 mile race four times, winning the 2012 event in a personal best of 43 days,10 hours, an average of 70+ miles per day. He is ranked third all-time. He is a motivational speaker who travels his country. He published a book online about his ultrarunning experiences.

results of the self transcendence 2 mile race held on wednesday 13 may 09 at the meadows, edinburgh

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1	Ross Houston	Central AC	09:29
2	Ray Ward	HBT	09:49
3	Craig McBurney	HBT	09:52
4	Scott Pilkington	Corstorphine RC	09:57
5	Murray Strain	HBT	10:04
6	Matt Bell	Edinburgh AC	10:07
7	Ross Milne	Lothian RC	10:09
8	Colin Welsh	Border Harriers	10:14
9	Adam Priestley	Edinburgh AC	10:18
10	Roger Alsop	Edinburgh AC	10:21
11	Dave Blackie	u/a	10:26
12	Alex Davidson	Falkirk Victoria	10:27
13	Tom Ferrington	Corstorphine RC	10:29
14	Colin Menzies	Lasswade	10:34
15	Dean Whiteford	u/a	10:51
16	Bryan Clark	Corstorphine RC	10:56
17	David Tamburini	Bellahouston RR	11:05
18	Dermot Baillie	Edinburgh AC	11:10
19	Ken Rankin	Falkirk Victoria	11:12	1st MV50
20	Alastair Robertson	Lothian RC	11:14
21	James Mittra	Edinburgh AC	11:15
22	Ross Clark	u/a	11:20
23	Steve Laing	Central AC	11:20	2nd MV50
24	Willie Jarvie	Portobello RC	11:21	3rd MV50
25	Dean Carr	Corstorphine RC	11:30
26	Rupert Nash	HBT	11:30
27	Eilidh Wardlaw	HBT	11:33	1st F
28	John MacPherson	HBT	11:38
29	Shona McIntosh	HBT	11:40	2nd F
30	Sula Young	HBT	11:42	3rd F
31	Bruce Malcolm	Corstorphine RC	11:47
32	Mike Anderson	Corstorphine RC	11:50
33	Ben Taylor	u/a	11:56
34	Darren Blyth	u/a	11:57
35	Alex Oliver	Musselburgh	11:58
36	Christopher Rumbles	Lothian RC	12:00
37	Scott Jarvie	Portobello RC	12:00	MV50
38	Allan Pickles	u/a	12:00
39	Will Hugh Baillie	Edinburgh Uni hare and hounds	12:03
40	Katja Eravisto	Edinburgh AC	12:04	4th F
41	Kenny Muir	Ferranti	12:06
42	Kenny Cairns	Penicuik H	12:06
43	Richard Dennis	Portobello RC	12:11
44	Chris Peggie	Corstorphine RC	12:12
45	Anthony Quinn	Hania Harriers	12:12	MV50
46	Victoria Lomax	Edinburgh AC	12:14	5th F
47	Peter McLelland	HBT	12:16
48	David Sloan	u/a	12:19
49	Ally Millan	HBT	12:21
50	Tony Johnston	u/a	12:32
51	Peter Keightley	u/a	12:34
52	Iain Taylor	Carnegie Harriers	12:34
53	Isobel Knox	HBT	12:36	6th F
54	Duncan Baker	HBT	12:38	MV50
55	Alex Chalmers	u/a	12:38
56	Nicholas Moir	HBT	12:40
57	Geoff Mitchell	HBT	12:49	MV50
58	Chris Ross	u/a	12:51
59	Gillian Carr	Corstorphine RC	12:51	7th F
60	James Hayward	HBT	12:56
61	Renoir le Tohic	Edinburgh Uni hare and hounds	12:58
62	John Pickard	Portobello RC	12:59
63	Graham Miller	u/a	13:01
64	Alec Agnew	Lothian RC	13:02	MV50
65	Sean Cavens	Corstorphine RC	13:02
66	Phyllis Mitchell	HBT	13:12	F
67	Neil Point	Falkirk Victoria	13:19
68	Claire Gilchrist	Ferranti	13:22	F
69	David Pilton	Edinburgh Uni hare and hounds	13:25
70	Grant Sellar	Ferranti	13:27
71	Megan Mowbray	HBT	13:27	F
72	David Thear	u/a	13:29
73	Steve Blair	Corstorphine RC	13:38
74	Murray Peebles	u/a	13:44
75	Peter Hamilton	Scottish Prison Service AC	13:55	MV50
76	Neil Comfort	u/a	13:59
77	Alastair Scott	u/a	14:04
78	Colin Ledlie	Carnethy Hill Runners	14:08
79	Debbie Macdonald	HBT	14:21	F
80	Alan Grierson	Harmeny	14:26
81	Graham Bennison	Fife AC	14:28	1st MV60
82	Jennifer McBurney	HBT	14:32	F
83	Eddie Macdonald	Ferranti	14:38	MV50
84	Gavin Dicker	u/a	14:53
85	Norman Gould	HBT	15:29	MV60
86	Linda Ferrington	u/a	15:32	F
87	Jim Spalding	Central AC	16:10	MV50

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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.

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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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