Self Transcendence 1 mile race 28 may 08

Results from the Self Trancendence 1 mile race on Wednesday 28 may 08 at the Meadows, Edinburgh

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1	Dan Mulhare	Napier University	4.24
2	Douglas Selman	Corstorphine RC	4.28
3	Murray Strain	HBT	4.37
4	Steve Cairns	HBT	4.41
5	Paul Roarty	Fife AC	4.46
6	Adam Priestley	Ferranti	4.49
7	David Tamburini	Bellahouston H	4.53
8	Dan Gay	HBT	4.53
9	Tom Ferrington	Corstorphine RC	4.55
10	Brian Cruickshank	Fife AC	4.57
11	Andrew Gibson	Edinburgh AC	5.02
12	Steven Booth	Edinburgh AC	5.04
13	John Anderson	Penicuik H	5.15
14	Cliff Young	Edinburgh AC	5.16
15	Dean Whiteford	u/a	5.18
16	Richard Meade	Edinburgh AC	5.18
17	Peter McClelland	HBT	5.20
18	Jim Jarvis	HBT	5.20
19	Alistair Macdonald	Dundee Hawkhill	5.22
20	Gavin Phillip	u/a	5.22
21	Ben Kemp	Portobello RC	5.22
22	John Graham	HELP	5.24	1st MV50
23	David van den Bergh	Edinburgh AC	5.25
24	Geoff Mitchell	HBT	5.27	2nd MV50
25	John Macpherson	HBT	5.30
26	Trevor Ridley	Ferranti	5.30	3rd MV50
27	Martin Quirke	HBT	5.41
28	Alan Mcleod	Fife AC	5.42	1st MV60
29	Duncan Baker	HBT	5.45	MV50
30	Al Telfer	u/a	5.48
31	Darren Yorsten	u/a	5.49
32	Mike Andrew	u/a	5.49
33	Ivor Normand	HBT	5.53
34	Fraser McHardy	Central AC	5.54
35	John Owens	u/a	5.55
36	Isobel Knox	HBT	5.58	1st F
37	Alec Agnew	Lothian RC	6.00	MV50
38	Alec Chalmers	u/a	6.01
39	Shaz Ali	u/a	6.06
40	John Smith	Jog Scotland	6.07	MV50
41	Roisin Bonucchi	Central AC	6.08	2nd F
42	Shaun Cavens	Corstorphine RC	6.11
43	Phylis Mitchell	Corstorphine RC	6.11	3rd F
44	Richard Heinsar	u/a	6.15	MV60
45	Jose Sanchez	u/a	6.15
46	Stuart Dempster	u/a	6.16
47	Ben Place	u/a	6.20
48	Moira Nicol	Ferranti	6.30	4th F
49	Ron Mackenzie	u/a	6.37
50	Alistair Scott	u/a	6.43
51	Catriona Macdonald	Morpeth Harriers	6.47	5th F
52	George McHardy	Central AC	6.52	MV50
53	Alan Gordon	HBT	6.59	MV60
54	Margaret Macdonald	Morpeth Harriers	7.08	6th F
55	Tom Jarvis	u/a	7.15
56	Stacey Graham	HELP	7.18	7th F
57	Dick Wall	HBT	7.38	MV50
58	Norman Gould	HBT	7.49	MV60
59	Niamh Jarvis	u/a	7.51	F
60	Debbie Macdonald	HBT	7.51	F

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