Self Transcendence 5k, 4 june 08, silverknowes

Results of the Self Transcendence 5 km race, Wednesday 4 June 08, Silverknowes, Edinburgh

click here to view race photos (believe it or not the sun was not so conducive to photo taking!)

1	Stevie Cairns	HBT	15.40	1st MV40
2	Keith Hood	Corstorphine RC	15.50
3	Scott Pilkington	Corstorphine RC	16.16
4	Tom Ferrington	Corstorphine RC	16.31
5	Brian Turner	Arbroath	16.39
6	Brian Cruickshank	Fife AC	16.49	MV40
7	Paul Roarty	Fife AC	16.54
8	Calum McKenzie	Corstorphine RC	16.56	1st MJnr
9	Stuart McCleod	Masterton Hill Harriers	16.59
10	Fundo Mhura	HELP	17.05
11	Gerard Scullion	Portobello RC	17.22	MV40
12	Stevie Ogg	Carnegie	17.31	MV40
13	Benjamin Kemp	Portobello RC	17.38
14	Garry Robertson	Edinburgh AC	17.42	MV40
15	Stephen Booth	Edinburgh AC	17.50
16	John Anderson	Penicuik Harriers	17.55	MV40
17	Barry Davie	Pitreavie	17.55
18	Peter Buchanan	Portobello RC	17.59	MV40
19	Neil MacLachlan	Pitreavie	18.00
20	Stevie Laurie	Lothian Rc	18.06
21	Scott Hutchison	Portobello RC	18.15
22	Toby Durrant	Portobello RC	18.24
23	Michael Geoghegan	Portobello RC	18.32
24	Robert Harrison	HBT	18.34
25	Richard Meade	Edinburgh AC	18.36
26	Geoff Mitchell	HBT	18.39	1st MV50
27	Marc Grierson	Portobello RC	18.40
28	Stuart Naylor	u/a	18.40
29	Harry Mulholland	Lothian RC	18.43	MV40
30	Cath Ferry	Edinburgh AC	18.54	1st F/FV35
31	Roy Mitchell	u/a	18.57
32	Mark Smith	u/a	19.01
33	Andrew Jeske	Portobello RC	19.03	MV40
34	Julian Warman	HBT	19.09
35	Scott Jarvie	Portobello RC	19.10	MV40
36	John Graham	HELP	19.18	MV50
37	Paul Edwards	Portobello RC	19.21	MV40
38	Chris Ross	u/a	19.25
39	Lauren Stoddart	Edinburgh AC	19.26	1st FJnr
40	John Myburgh	u/a	19.29
41	Steven Thomson	Masterton Hill Harriers	19.33	MV40
42	Melanie Henderson	Portobello RC	19.38	F
43	Michael Anderson	Corstorphine RC	19.43
44	Derek Elms	Portobello RC	19.43	MV40
45	John Owens	u/a	19.46	MV40
46	Vincent Jumelle	u/a	19.47
47	Duncan Baker	HBT	19.47	MV50
48	Anthony Quinn	Bellahouston Harriers	19.49	MV50
49	Iain Duckworth	Portobello RC	19.53	MV50
50	Isobel Knox	HBT	19.55	F
51	Steven Darcy	u/a	19.56
52	Elaine Davies	u/a	19.58	FV35
53	Martin Sneddon	Edinburgh AC	20.01	MV40
54	Hamish Cameron	Forres Harriers	20.03	1st MV60
55	Alex Oliver	Musselburgh	20.10
56	Philip Hendry	Central	20.11	MV40
57	Richard Dennis	Portobello RC	20.12	MV40
58	Graham Miller	u/a	20.20	MV40
59	Lija Gamble	HBT	20.22	F
60	Shaun Cavens	Corstorphine RC	20.26	MV40
61	Keith Weston	Ferranti	20.34	MV60
62	Kenny Moore	u/a	20.40	MV40
63	Jim Enright	u/a	20.42
64	Kathleen Bolt	Portobello RC	20.48	FV35
65	Phyllis Mitchell	Corstorphine RC	20.50	FV35
66	Daniel Johnson	u/a	20.58
67	Jim Davis	u/a	20.58	MV50
68	Ada Stewart	Kirkintilloch Olympians	21.03	FV35
69	Willie Gallacher	Edinburgh AC	21.05	MV50
70	Stevie Allan	u/a	21.05	MV40
71	Christopher Preston	u/a	21.05	MV50
72	Roison-Caitlin Bonucchi	Central	21.07	F Jnr
73	Nicholas Brown	Corstorphine RC	21.07
74	Shelagh McLeish	Portobello RC	21.13	FV35
75	Ian Smith	Harmeny AC	21.15	MV40
76	Mark Western	u/a	21.17	MV40
77	Keith Nicol	Ferranti	21.24	MV50
78	Claire Gilchrist	Ferranti	21.28	FV35
79	Steven Blair	Corstorphine RC	21.35	Mv40
80	Michael Nowicki	Newhaven Tri Club	21.39
81	Lukas Dabros	u/a	21.42
82	Vince Fraser	Standard Life AC	21.45
83	James Dalgleish	u/a	21.51	MV40
84	Moira Nicol	Ferranti	21.51	FV35
85	John Smith	Jog Scotland	21.51	MV50
86	Alan Stewart	u/a	21.58	MV40
87	Julia Drewer	Ferranti	22.01	F
88	Alex Jackson	Ferranti	22.01	MV60
89	Steven Hibbert	Carnethy	22.07
90	Susan Cotterill	u/a	22.10	FV35
91	Allan Gordon	HBT	22.14	MV60
92	Douglas Young	Portobello RC	22.18	MV60
93	Mary Hunter	Portobello RC	22.25	FV35
94	Derek Henderson	u/a	22.30	MV40
95	Mike Younger	u/a	22.31	MV40
96	Sue Leonard	Portobello RC	22.34	FV35
97	Sandy Cameron	Edinburgh AC	22.40	MV50
98	John Forker	Portobello RC	22.44	MV50
99	Heather Anderson	Portobello RC	22.47	FV35
100	Alan McDowel	u/a	22.51
101	Sandra Colamartine	u/a	22.51	FV35
102	Tony Burke	u/a	23.09	MV40
103	Simon Third	u/a	23.09	MV40
104	Tom McLevy	u/a	23.12	MV40
105	Elizabeth Gilchrist	Ferranti	23.20	1st FV60
106	Stevie White	u/a	23.24	MV50
107	Lillian Macruary	u/a	23.27	FV35
108	Graham Porteous	Portobello RC	23.27	MV50
109	Karen Clarke	HBT	23.28	F
110	Isobel Pollard	Middle Meadow Milers	23.30	1st FV50
111	Alison Arnold	u/a	23.33	F
112	Josh Rogers	Leith Victoria	23.43	M Jnr
113	Marianne Young	Carnegie H	23.46	FV35
114	Mandy Calder	Middle Meadow Milers	23.49	FV35
115	Anna Rajecka	u/a	23.58	F
116	Gordon McDonald	Kirkintilloch Olympians	24.02	MV50
117	Fraser Ramsay	u/a	24.09
118	Alan Grierson	Harmeny AC	24.10	MV40
119	Brian Cowan	u/a	24.11	MV40
120	Patrick Leask	Beacon Runners	24.16	MV40
121	Corina Lunn	u/a	24.16	F
122	Fiona Watson	u/a	24.19	FV35
123	Catherine Ramsay	u/a	24.22	F
124	Alastair Scott	u/a	24.26	MV40
125	Kevin Cotterill	u/a	24.29	MV40
126	Emily Majendie	HELP	24.48	F
127	Steven Macolm	u/a	24.52
128	William Faulds	u/a	25.12	MV60
129	George Maxwell	u/a	25.16	MV50
130	Mike Todd	Portobello RC	25.22	MV50
131	Jane Dennyson	Newhaven Tri Club	25.28	F
132	Charlotte Ring Maclean	u/a	25.30	F
133	Gillian Grant	Edinburgh Runners Network	25.37	FV35
134	John Gavin	Ferranti	25.47	MV50
135	Jim Hill	u/a	25.49	MV40
136	Kirsten Walker	u/a	25.56	F
137	Phil Holt	u/a	26.02	MV40
138	Tracy Minto	u/a	26.03	FV35
139	Siobhan Sellar	Ferranti	26.04	FV35
140	Arkadiusz Porsch	u/a	26.46
141	John Malcolm	u/a	26.56	MV70
142	Gillian Grundy	u/a	26.57	F
143	Bernard Harkins	u/a	27.13	MV40
144	Lynne Carter	u/a	27.31	FV35
145	Emma Mitchell	Corstorphine RC	27.58	F
146	James Griffin	u/a	28.00
147	Derek Minto	u/a	28.12	MV40
148	Susan Johnston	u/a	28.33	F
149	Alan Prince	u/a	28.58	MV60
150	Caz Gaunt	Jog Scotland	29.37
151	Lucy Mackie	u/a	29.46	F
152	Jayne Affseth	Jog Scotland	29.52	FV35
153	Val McDonald	Jog Scotland	30.19	FV50
154	Fiona Andrews	Jog Scotland	30.59	F
155	Keith Gooch	HBT	31.32	MV40
156	Diane Ring	u/a	31.44	FV50
157	James Rillay	u/a	32.14
158	Linda Young	u/a	33.02	F
159	Rebecca McLennan	u/a	34.16	FV35

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