kintyre way relay 2009

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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby 4th gen Suthen' » Sun May 03, 2009 9:44 pm

and Ninja Mania is looking pretty trim and fit these days...and also like his brother Don in one of the pics!
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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby Pans Lass » Sun May 03, 2009 11:01 pm

4th gen Suthen' wrote:Great pictures of a fine event.
Kintyre surely is the running capital of Scotland now.


Absolutely :D :D

Sorry I was not there to welcome you all home at the end but was so glad to hear everyone especially Frances arrived back safely . :D
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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby fiona28 » Mon May 04, 2009 10:47 am

i thought i had better come on and try and summarize the whole day in a race report - some of the others may come on and hopefully add to it

approx 4am and matthew, suzanne and little catriona get out of bed so matthew can get fuelled up and away to tarbert to be in plenty time to run his 12miles with a 6 o'clock start :shock: no problemo and off they go, matthew flies his chunk with a time of exactly 2:00hrs which was his hoped for target so brilliant matthew and the JSC team are off to a great start. Taking over from matthew is jocelyn who managed to get bill, maddie and innes on the road in time :!: which is more than they did for the ceilidh :lol: and jocelyn set off flying too, encountered a bit of head wind and still managed to come in with a fabulous time of 1:48hrs for her 10 miles.

Next was moi on the beach section, this proved to be a very challenging one for poor moi, i watched her push against the wind wishing i could do it for her, but she ran her wee heart out - her speed was incredible facing a head on wind for the full 9 miles and keeping going - the whole way with no "wee breathers" - a real gutsy performance coming in with a great time of 1:47hrs.

can i add her that joc had commented to moi that it was better they had the wind in their faces as this meant i would have it on my back for my chunk - what a star team mate, this was however before they both ran so i think they might have changed their minds after!!!

i took over from moi and headed off onto the beach at tayinloan then up through the fields and onto the hills, i think i took off too fast as those two monstrous hills were killing the calves but once i settled into my rhythm i really was feeling good and laughing at the hills singing my heart out,

can i at this point mention my fabulous and extremely wonderful escort my dad - he followed me and moi the whole way and drove beside me at some points for a blether, i can never thank him enough for the support he gave his two girls :D as he had followed moi the whole way through her hard journey and i think if he could have got onto the beach he would have (he spent many hours with moi and i scouting out our routes and walking chunks of them so we would be safe) :D

all was going well heading out to brackley met jdcarra and managed a smile for the camera although the legs were starting to get very tired by this point. At this point i was heading into the unknown grianian - hadnt been over this chunk with dad the previous weekend so wasnt sure where i was heading and what the terrain would be like. Well i think i'll liken it to hell on earth :evil: the grassy uphill climb at this point in the race was very cruel and really took away what reserves you had built up, this was then followed by a small piece on the level then onto a rough stony climb steeply upwards again this was followed by an outragously steep downhill but you couldnt gain speed on it unless you were a goat, it was windy and very narrow, fun on another day maybe :lol: a few more ups and downs and im having a look at the garmin and the 15 miles is looming so keep forging on thinking i cant be far away. climb another hill and rewarded by a downhill see carradale village and remember a change that rob had posted it was something to do with seeing swings and playing fields and not following the blue pegs and there is a wee sign "kwr" pointing me away from the village so i congratulate myself for remembering and off i go in the direction away from the village thinking it must be a wee loop round the forest to the network centre :oops: just after this i reach my 15 miles and nearly cry time on the garmin is 2:35hrs and the network centre is nowhere in sight. see a couple in the bushes - picking berries or something :wink: and they tell me im going in the wrong direction so almost crying for my daddy i head back.

as i make my way back i look at the sign a bit closer it says "kwr - walkers to tayinloan" i could greet - nothing to do but strop and huff and shout and swear as i walk along with less n less sugar in the system i think i might be drunk by this point, normally i eat jelly babies by the dozen as the team will tell you but id ran my heart out and stomach felt like i would be sick if i ate, so on i forge and see wee moi ahead and know the end is near. manage to rally round and finish my longest run ever (only ever done 13) 17 miles in 2:53 - gutted at getting lost but elated to hand over to darren.

darren runs the next chunk with his support runner ninja and they just make it look easy cover 6miles of very hard terrain, up n down hills, across beach and up some killer braes in a cracking time of 1:03hrs - unbelievable can i add here that darren was one of our beginners in january !!!!! he went to lochgilphead to run the 10k the next day and got a pb of 53mins so well done darren :D a real star

next up francis - what can i say poor francis had a migraine and took a wrong turning, how unlucky, this turning cost her 6 extra miles :!: and turned her run into the run of her life. a true gutsy run even although her team mates made many attempts to stop her and get her into the car she was having none of it, so our support runner ninja got out and truly supported francis, they were an amazing sight to see running those hills up in skerry country. our heartfelt thanks go out to ninja for the support he gave francis

got to drumore and the rest of us joined them as we had all intented from the start to run the last mile home together. Moi had to go to stars in their eyes and darren had a dinner date so they didnt manage the "last mile" but the rest of us ran to the war memorial together exhausted but jubilant with loads of stories to tell. Just behind us came the solo runner George Reid who had run the full 66 miles on his own so we gave him a heroes welcome :D

If there was a trophy for furthest travelled we would have it as between us we clocked 74 miles :lol:

Very very proud of the whole team as that's what we were - not 6 runners but a team (not forgetting support runner for a minute ninja) - 7 man team but we cant tell Rob that :lol: - all member supporting each other, well i did get up at five and text matthew :lol: :lol:

we then spent the night jigging at the ceilidh , cant believe i forgot it was byob and i wasnt driving!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

my legs are killing me the day :D
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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby fiona28 » Mon May 04, 2009 10:55 am

can i also add that little catriona danced the whole night at the ceilidh and lasted until 11pm - surely has her fathers legs and will be a JSC star of the future. :D she is only 3 at the moment. :D
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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby fiona28 » Mon May 04, 2009 10:57 am

rob has e-mailed me the results but i cannot seem to copy and paste for some reason!!!
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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby fiona28 » Mon May 04, 2009 11:13 am

jdcarra wrote:
fiona28 wrote:cheers pans lass, dont worry the map and the early learning centre compass are packed, mind you i cant read a map im useless at direction and dont know north from south so more importantley the "im a jogleader get me out of here" whistle is also packed :lol: :lol: :D

hope its a better day than today :?


Don't worry "fiona28", i have put out the direction arrows for you :lol:.

Hope they are pointing the right way :roll: :wink:.



hey jd :D
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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby Rabmacd » Mon May 04, 2009 1:48 pm

Fiona,

what a fantastic report on what must have been have been a great day for you all. Well done to everyone involved, and that includes Willie for the scouting missions.
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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby Kintyre Forum News » Mon May 04, 2009 4:24 pm

Excellent report Fiona and well done to you and the JS Team and all who were involved this year. 8) In particular to Rob Reid for having the vision for this event and sticking with it. Seems to be growing every year. 8)

Here is a wee report from Rob plus I have posted ther results on the vk website at

http://www.visitkintyre.info/news/local ... ults09.pdf

I notice to John McFadyen's has published his photos - see link at bottom.

KWR 09

Weather forecast had not sounded good, but in fact the sun shone all day, and participants were able to get full benefit of the wonderful scenery, with clear views over the sea to Arran, Gigha, Islay and Jura. Add to that the all-pervasive sweet smell of the yellow gorse blossom and a friendly welcome (and plentiful refreshments) at five different community halls along the way, it's no wonder many of the runners and walkers came away saying this was an unforgettable experience.

In the runners' event, the winning relay team was Motherwell Athletic Club (team of 6) in a new record time of 9hrs 41m Their runners also set new record times on 3 of the 6 sections -
Clachan-Tayinloan: Russell McCoull in 1hr 26m
Tayinloan-Carradale: Alan Tait in 1hr 50m
Saddell-Campbeltown: Joanne Clark in 1hr 46m

Runners-up were last year's winning club, Giffnock Hillbashers, in 10hrs 55m. Their 3 runners made good use of the unusually flexible relay format of this event - Philip Coupar ran sections 1 and 4, David Logan ran sections 2 and 5, and Jim Galbraith ran sections 3 and 6.

Hero of the day was solo runner George Reid from Stonehaven, who not only ran the entire 66 miles from Tarbert to Campbeltown (in exactly 13½ hrs), but did so only one week after running 53 miles in the "Highland Fling", a similar event on the West Highland Way.

In the walkers' event, 24 took part, starting from either Tarbert or Torrisdale and all converging on Tayinloan. Two couples came from as far away as Yorkshire, and other groups came from Kyle of Lochalsh, Glasgow, and Taynuilt.

The day was rounded off with a fine buffet meal and ceilidh-dance in Tayinloan Village Hall, where runners, walkers, marshals and locals got together to relax and enjoy the music and dancing.

Event organiser Rob Reid said, "Plans are already in hand for next year's event, which will be on 1st May. We hope to attract a growing number of people from all over Britain and even from overseas. And scheduling it for the May-Day holiday weekend means it will be more worthwhile for visitors to come from a distance and stay for the long weekend"


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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby Pans Lass » Mon May 04, 2009 4:43 pm

What a great race report Fiona28 ...truly inspirational. . :D Team work is one of our ethos and we at JS are so proud of you ALL. :D
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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby Katfer » Mon May 04, 2009 10:02 pm

Sounded and looked like a amazing day - well done to you all.
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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby Katfer » Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:14 pm

Kintyre Way Relay 2009 race report is featured in "My Race" magazine this month.
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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby fiona28 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:44 pm

wouldnt mind a look at that katfer - where did you purchase??
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Re: kintyre way relay 2009

Postby Katfer » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:31 am

Fiona,

I purchased it in the newsagent in the Main st, but I can give you my copy as I have read it. Also need to return your bag and shoes.

Glad you had a good holiday.

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