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In almost perfect conditions, Murray Strain completed another Trotter triumph at the penultimate Meadows race of the summer.  For the second week running he held off fellow club mate, Patryk Gierjatowicz by one second recording 9.44.  Jonathon Crickmore (Brighton) took third in 11.15, just holding off EAC's Nick Wolverson 11.17.  

Newcomer to Edinburgh, Laura Robertson was a comfortable winner of the ladies race going through the mile in 5.36 . She held her pace well to record 11.17 comfortably ahead of Megan Mowbray (HBT) in 12.00, with Mowbray's club mate, Amelia Hope-Jones, 3rd in 12.38.

There was  great run by first MV50, Dave Blackie  (U/A)  who finished in 5th place overall in a speedy 10.19 from Corstorphine's  Graeme Fletcher 10.57 and EAC's Chris Creegan 11.52.  1st MV60 was Jim Scott, Portobello RC, in a time of 12.19 and 1st MV70 was Willie Murray, also Portobello RC, in a time of 17.35.   Phyllis O'Brien took the FV50 with 13.03.  1st FV70 was Betty Gilchrist (Ferranti AC) in a time of 15.49.   Next week is the last in the series for this year.  Its a 2 miler.   1st MV60 was Jim Scott, Portobello RC, in a time of 12.19 and 1st MV70 was Willie Murray, also Portobello RC, in a time of 17.35.    

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A record 76 teams entered the 2015 Self Transcendence 3 x 1 mile relays on a breezy, but sunny evening in the Meadow’s Edinburgh.   On lap 1, EAC’s marathon runner, Neil Renault led the way in a time of 4.32 from HBT’s Patryk Gierjatowicz (4.40) with Kirkintilloch’s David Scott 4.46 in 3rd.  Things changed on leg 2 when HBT’s orienteering international Murray Strain clocked a 4.27 (fastest of the night) to bring the Trotters home in 9.07. Carnethy’s James Waldie brought them into 2nd place in a time of 9.27 (4.40 split) with CAAC’s Tom Wilson, 3rd in 9.43.  The positions remained unchanged on the final lap with Ray Ward bringing HBT home in 14.04 (5.57), with Iain Whiteside keeping Carnethy in 2nd place in 14.22 (4.55) with CAAC’s Ally Brockie in 3rd 14.39 (4.56).   In the women’s race, Lana Turnbull brought Lothian home with a 5.39 lap on leg 1 with the 2 EAC women teams and the 2nd Lothian team close behind, (6 seconds separated the first 4 women teams).  Amanda Woodrow’s speedy 5.14  took EAC in the lead on leg 2, 4 secs clear of Lothian, for whom Mhairi Inglis  recorded a 5.24 split. The last lap saw Lothian take the lead and finish in 16.21 thanks to a 5.18 lap from Amanda Campbell with Charlotte Garry bringing EAC home in 16.34 (5.35).  The second EAC team took 3rd in 16.51 with Lothian’s second team 4th in 16.55.   1st FV team  went to the composite team of Yvonne Crilly (Lothian), Sharon Ramage (EAC) and Sue McDowall (Lothian) in a time of 19.26.  Fastest split for FV50 was Yvonne Crilly with 5.37 and Morna Fleming (Carnegie H) was fastest FV60 with 6.57 split.   Portobello led home the mens vets with a time of 16.53 with Willie Jarvie’s  recording the fastest vet 50 of the night with 5.23 and Jim Scott with 5.54 was fastest vet 60 lap on the night. EAC was 2nd MV50 in 17.21    Once again the relays threw up a great spirit of camaraderie and was enjoyed by all.  We hope we worked out all your splits correctly, however if you feel a correction needs to be made, please leave a comment below or send us a mail.   Special thanks to Alex Jackson, Dave Cairns and Ian Beattie for helping to make things run smoothly.