Globetrotting Harriers

Ian Stewart once put down Scottish runners with the line "I'll go 200 miles to get into a good race - you'd go 200 miles to get out of a good race!" And it is partly true that top runners avoid each other and with the plethora of races around the country it is easily done these days. However at least the spirit of adventure and good class athletics is alive and well in Clydesdale Harriers. A few weeks ago Johnathan Farrell and Peter Bowman travelled to Manchester with Ian Robertson for the Open Meeting at Stretford. Most recently Johnathan went to Gothenburg in Sweden for a return visit after last year's good experiences. This time he was away for five days and ran in both short sprints. In the 100 metres,running into a -1.5 mps headwind he was third in 11.44 with the winner also outside 11 seconds. Only one from each Heat went through to the Final. In the 200 metres he was again third, this time in 23.05 seconds. It was good competition and great experience and he has come back full of enthusiasm with the Highland Games at Alva next on his comppetition list. Peter Bowman and Tonmy Dolan are both going through as well.

Meanwhile Prasad is off to the Dolomites on the twelfth for a week and will take part in the world sky running championships on the Friday in a place called Canezei. It is said to be a vertical kilometre! It is apparently 1000m climb in only 2.6K of running distance. This is one where they look for the hardest way up the mountain and it is an uphill only race so that will be a totally new challenge for him. Good luck Prasad!