Result Self Transcendence 2 mile race Wed 15th June 2011

Race Photos

1st	Stevie Cairns	HBT	9.58	1st M
2nd	Calum McKenzie	Corstorphine AAC	10.21	2nd M
3rd	Adam Priestley	Corstorphine AAC	10.28	3rd M
4th	Oleg Chepelin	Interlopers	10.36	4th M
5th	Iain Whiteside	Edinburgh Uni Hare & Hounds	10.45	5th M
6th	Tom Ferrington	Corstorphine AAC	10.46	6th M
7th	Huw Jones	HBT	10.49	7th M
8th	Ross Christie	Stirling University	10.52
9th	Ken Rankin	Falkirk Victoria	11.03	1st MV50
10th	Dermot Ferry	Musselburgh AC	11.05
11th	Tom Barr	HBT	11.06
12th	Kevin Graham	Edinburgh AC	11.09
13th	Simon Harrison	HBT	11.19
14th	George Wilson	u/a	11.19
15th	Dave Hall	u/a	11.25
16th	Eilis McKechanie	HBT	11.29	1st F
17th	Doug Murray	HBT	11.36
18th	Mike Anderson	Corstorphine AAC	11.38
19th	Victoria Lomax	Edinburgh AC	11.38	2nd F
20th	Kirk Ollason	Edinburgh AC	11.45
21st	Ivor Normand	HBT	11.53
22nd	Sarah Scott	Edinburgh AC	11.57	3rd F
23rd	Andrew McKechanie	HBT	11.58
24th	David Fulton	HBT	12.01
25th	Chris Peggie	Corstorphine AAC	12.15
26th	Issy Menzies	Edinburgh AC	12.25	4th F
27th	Nick Moir	HBT	12.26
28th	Emma Baxter	Edinburgh Uni Hare & Hounds	12.26	5th F
29th	Peter Keightley	u/a	12.34	2nd MV50
30th	Geoff Mitchell	HBT	12.40	3rd MV50
31st	Bill Murray	u/a	12.43
32nd	Martin Veale	u/a	12.44	MV50
33rd	Charlotte Fortune	u/a	12.50	6th F
34th	Shaun Cavens	Corstorphine AAC	12.55
35th	Phyllis O'Brien	HBT	12.57	1st FV50
36th	Alec Chalmers	u/a	13.00
37th	Hamish Cameron	Forres Harriers	13.15	1st MV60
38th	Murray Peebles	u/a	13.17
39th	Keiran Murray	Carnegie H	13.18	MV50
40th	Andreas Wilhelm	Carnethy Hill Runners	13.30
41st	Alec Agnew	Lothian RC	13.32	MV50
42nd	Bob Cherrie	u/a	13.42	MV50
43rd	Jess Dewar	HBT	13.59	7th F
44th	Colin Ledlie	Carnethy Hill Runners	14.01
45th	Hilary Kernaghan	Edinburgh AC	14.06	F
46th	Deborah MacDonald	HBT	14.10	1st FV50
47th	Kirsten Hogg	HBT	14.12	F
48th	Kata Tar	HBT	14.16	F
49th	Alistair Scott	Harmeny	14.22	MV50
50th	Elizabeth Hugill	HBT	14.41	F
51st	Elizabeth Gilchrist	Ferranti	14.45	1st FV60
52nd	Gavin Dicker	u/a	15.02
53rd	Gordon McDonald	u/a	15.13	MV50
54th	Nicky Hall	u/a	16.11	F
55th	Alan Prince	u/a	16.19	MV60
56th	Ian Hall	Lothian RC	16.26	MV50

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