Ayr 'Land O'Burns' 10k

Previously the Ayr Half Marathon, this race made a welcome return to the race calendar in the form of a 10k hosted by Ayr Seaforth Running Club. A great turnout of 200+ given the other big races on this week with the sun shining but a strong cold wind coming in off the coast to make running that bit harder on the unsheltered sections. A fairly flat course with a couple of short climbs made this a very scenic & highly recommended race. The only issue was the number of people entering on the day which was a slow process & meant some couldn't get a pre-race warm up. I personally need about 5 miles to get moving!


1st ATHelite body home was Colin F - 36.48 & 10th position overall. It felt like a PB but it alas it wasn't. Next in was Colin Bain in 12th position in a time of 37.12. A huge PB which was always on the cards following recent performances at the Ayr Duathlon & the Parkrun.
Joanne showed that she has now made it through her recent injury & ran very close to her PB and managed to come in as 2nd Female in 40.52, picking up a very generous cash prize in the process. She plans to spend this on 'a pair of shoes with a fish tank in the heel'. Go figure.
Alan Stirling was next in in 44.50 - pretty good given that he had been on some ridulous hill walking expedition prior to the race.
Genevieve was out testing a dodgy ankle injury and ran & steady 46.30.
Don Kennedy had a stormer coming home with a significant PB of 48.52.
Next over the line in a rare special guest appearance at any running event Dawn graced us with her prescence & ended up breaking the 50 minute barrier for the first time in a decade. 49.38 was her final time. Amazing what someone will do for a black pudding supper.

Liz & Marie ran together & after shaking off the Ambulance which appearing to be sticking by them, just in case, they put on a spurt for a stong finish in 57.35 (Genevieve could be heard shouting at them from almost a kilometre away & had ships turning back from the coast). Well under the hour.

We all headed into the town centre for a well deserved fish (& black pudding) feast to top off a great evening. Thanks to Alan Derrick for the support, even if you did mysteriously disappear at the end. We suspect he went off to drive the course to verify the distance for Dawns unexpected PB.

Results

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