Moray Road Runners had a good entry for this year’s Marafun, below are the reports from our 2 Captains. Colin and Karen.
Mens Teams
This year’s marafun saw 3 men’s teams enter (the most for a good number of years).
This was despite pull-outs over injury and illness, it was a credit to the club that the spaces were filled extremely quickly.
Kenny Wilson took total control of the start of the race, establishing a massive lead and lapping everyone by the time he had finished his leg. He was backed up by Ryan Mclennan, James Wilson , Stephen Carmichael and Colin Green. The team finished 1st in 2hr 26 min.
The “B team” of Bill Murray, Kevin Morrison, Neil Purdie, Garry Henderson and John-Paul Downey finished in a very respectable 4th in a time of 2hr 50mins.
Our 3rd men’s team was the “C Fit team”. Simon MacDonald, Paul Jamieson, Toks Osunrinade, Brian Milne and Bernard Salmon all exceed their expectations to finish in the top half in a credible time of 3hr 25 mins.
Great effort by everyone, looking forward the next one in 2years time.
Ladies Team
So, here was me thinking that with all the new members I was a shoein for at least 2 ladies teams for Marafun 2017, maybe even 3 teams!!
However, I massively underestimated the popularity of the ladies and their happiness in running for everybody else!!
Thankfully I was able to pressgang, I mean have 4 willing volunteers to join me in representing Team Yella….. Sally, Eileen, Karen(me!) Suzanne and Justine …. Looking a pretty speedy bunch to compete with the 3!! Mens Teams for MRR.
Sadly Suzanne had to bail out last minute with a horrible bug and Elspeth stepped into the gap…
The Marafun is a great fun event, incorporating 5 team members running 8 laps each of the High Street in a relay to complete a full marathon, organised bi-annually by the Elgin Rotary Club and raising money for local charities.
The day dawned bright and cool with a light wind…. Perfect running conditions…. We gathered in a sea of fluorescent yellow on the Courthouse steps for a team photo before all the respective captains sorted their teams out and issued the instructions … Run fast, don’t drop the baton, beat everyone else and meet in the pub after the prizes …. Simples
The weather Gods were relatively kind… temperate with light wind : check …. pouring rain for all bar the first runners : check …. We were all a bit damp by the time we were done … I actually think it rained to catch out Sally who ran first for us in the sun…. and then didn’t feel left out when she got soaked running again later for Bijou!
All 5 team members ran brilliantly … ably supported by Suzanne who came out and cheered us on…along with fabulous support from all of Team Yella, both runners and non runners alike…. and we finished in a massively respectable 3 hours 8 minutes, 14th overall and the first full ladies team to cross the line …. Title Defended!!
Here’s to 2019 ….. and we didn’t get thrown out of the pub either 😊
Report by: Colin Green & Karen Norvell
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Kenny Wilson took total control of the start of the race, establishing a massive lead and lapping everyone by the time he had finished his leg. He was backed up by Ryan Mclennan, James Wilson , Stephen Carmichael and Colin Green. The team finished 1st in 2hr 26 min.
So, here was me thinking that with all the new members I was a shoein for at least 2 ladies teams for Marafun 2017, maybe even 3 teams!!