Although the Rock Ness extravaganza obviously lured some of the entries away, Westies staged their own Fatboy Slim show at Fyrish on a mild and ever so slightly drizzly Saturday afternoon.
David SLIM Riach staged a surprise highland raid (en route to his Dad’s birthday celebrations in Thurso) and was rewarded with second place and 1st Vet (although he had to argue that one from the less than thorough organisers – funny, I can’t think of him as that age, either…). David covered the 7.9 miles of rocky forest track, firebreak and footpaths, in about 54 minutes Top honours went to defending champion Manuel BOY-wonder Gorman, who was first up the 1200 foot ascent to the monument on Cnoc Fyrish, leading David by about 15 seconds at the top. Manny stretched this lead to about 45 seconds by the finish line on the games field at Evanton.
Swaz FAT Fraser didn’t quite manage to catch fastest lady, Jill Irvine, but laboured in about 12 minutes down on David to finish 11th and snag the “virtual team prize” for Westies. Oh…. and Duncan (the real BOY) Gorman, finished a very credible 11th in the fun run.
Manny’s got some pix I’m sure he’ll download when he get’s a chance…
written by Fatboy Swaz on 26/6/2006
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