Musselburgh AC 10km Race. Musselburgh, East Lothian. Saturday 24 July 2010.

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MUSSELBURGH AC 10Km RACE, MUSSELBURGH, EAST LOTHIAN

SATURDAY 24th JULY 2010

Some of the runners: Deirdre, John, Ursula, Val, Eirwen, Fi, Murdo, Jo, Phil, Elly, Mike, George, Stephen and Andy.

Good turnout of ERNs and fiends at this excellent local race. Warm (if a bit close) but dry weather, a flat well organised course and welcoming hosts made for a great race. Add to this - ice cream when you finished, a large spread of sanies and cakes, prize giving and a children's run and you can see why it's gaining in popularity each year. The race started and finished in Loretto School's playing fields and followed a route to the harbour, back and over the Esk River and around the Ash Lagoons then back via Musselburgh Race Course to finish with a circuit of the playing fields. Some good times posted on this flat course with varied surfaces; tarmac, compacted paths and grass. Unfortunately, Ursula Friede had been suffering from a sore back and, along with her companion John Campbell, decided after about 3km to stop. Hopefully she'll be back soon - best wishes for a speedy recovery from all at ERN.

Thanks to Nicola for her photos and to Gail for coming along to support - much appreciated. Well done to the runners and many thanks to all at Musselburgh AC for a great race and day-out - a highly recommended event. Hope to see you next year. Details below.

NAME	POSITION (352)	CATEGORY	CATEGORY POSITION	FINISH TIME
Phil Humphries	58	MV	14	00:40:36
Murdo Macleod	186	MV50	26	00:48:43
Stephen Garland	211	MV	42	00:50:05
Eirwen Campbell	239	FS	42	00:52:32
George Maxwell	241	MV50	30	00:52:54
Jo Forbes	263	FS	47	00:54:45
Fi Mackenzie	264	FV	17	00:54:49
Mike Newton	274	MV	54	00:55:23
Andy Duncan	284	MV	55	00:56:13
Val Beattie	302	FS	57	00:58:49
Deirdre Reid	303	FV	25	00:58:51
Elly Mackenzie	309	FV	26	00:59:57
Heather Jones	335	FV	30	01:05:15

Murdo’s report: This was an excellent event, well organised and friendly. The (unusually) good weather (and Parkrun was cancelled for today) ensured a good field. The course is flat and familiar to those that have been on our longer Sunday runs. The bit across the race course is different and welcomed as was the variety of surfaces. The run was chipped this year and there was a nice mug memento on completion as well as a large choice of sandwiches and cakes. Also, there was a Di Rollo's ice cream for all the runners - yummy! In short, an excellent, scenic, friendly and well organised local race.

Some photos: