As expected, it was thoroughly unpleasant riding this but I achieved my two main objectives of 1) not passing out and 2) not being sick. I'll need to lose about 5 Kg to be competitive in a field of mountain goats though. An ill and generally out-of-sorts Ross (riding under the Glasgow Green CC banner) still did fantastically well, coming in 6th whilst Trefor was really unlucky to drop his chain on the drag to the finish, costing him at least 30 seconds. In what looked like a very strong youth field, Georgia put in a great effort having had the unenviable task of being first on the line.
Paisley Velo put in a lot of work to make this a highly successful (if not enjoyable) event, with motivational signage on the course such as "Only 1.8 miles to go" on the first bend (how we laughed) and even a clearly insane kilt-wearing devil near the end (I thought I was hallucinating as he appeared out of the fog!). Best part of the day was tea and cakes in the Johnstone Wheelers club house.
Senior Men Results 1 6.09.99 Steven Lawley KTM road-and-trail.com
2 6.27.16 Arthur Doyle
www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk3 6.33.12 Chris Smart Paisley Velo Race Team
4 6.36.46 David Griffiths Glasgow Whlrs
5 6.42.40 Jamie Kennedy Paisley velo race team
6 6.46.23 Ross Cunningham Glasgow Green Cycle Club7 6.48.72 Walter Hamilton Edinburgh RC
8 6.50.60 Andrew Underwood Glasgow Whls
9 6.54.34 Ruari Grant TheBicycleWorks
10 6.59.96 Tom Arnstein Sandy Wallace Cycles
11 7.01.26 Jarlath Flynn Edinburgh RC
12 7.01.76 Barry Crumlish Glasgow Road Club
13 7.06.50 Gavin Dempster Glasgow Green Cycle Club
14 7.07.02 Ian Archibald Team Thomsons Cycles
15 7.11.65 Paul McLafferty Glasgow Ivy CC
16 7.12.02 James Cusick
www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk17 7.14.19 Edward Clifton Ayr Roads Cycling Club
18 7.14.31 Terence McMahon Glasgow Ivy CC
19 7.20.02 Matthew Ball West Lothian Clarion CC
20 7.22.27 Gavin Shirley
www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk21 7.27.26 David McCormack Paisley Velo Race Team
22 7.39.52 Stephen Burns Nevis Cycles Racing Team
23 7.40.23 Andrew Prenelle Icarus Racing
24 7.42.70 Karl Bewick Paisley Velo Cycling Club
25 7.51.64 Adam Stevens Ayr Roads Cycling Club
26 7.54.29 Sean Barron Fullarton Wheelers
27 8.00.90 Marc Kelly Paisley Velo Cycling Club
28 8.02.45 Douglas McArthur Glasgow Glenmarnock Wheelers29 8.06.98 Paul Hornby Glasgow Ivy CC
30 8.11.27 Scott Bradley Paisley Velo Race Team
31 8.14.46 Ronald Barker Team Thomsons Cycles
32 8.36.51 John Leonard
33 8.43.23 Colin Sutherland Cairngorm CC
34 8.55.69 John Mcmillan
35 8.56.07 Andrew Phillips RC Cumbernauld & Kilsyth
36 9.11.68 John Watters
37 9.24.20 Peter Kennedy
38 9.37.32 Martin Flemming Glasgow Road Club
39 9.42.68 John Griffiths
40 10.01.44 Robert Shennan
41 10.06.52 Trefor Baker Glasgow Glenmarnock Wheelers42 11.49.33 Alex Lowes Paisley Velo Cycling Club
DNS Scott Maclean Ayr Roads Cycling Club
DNS Duncan McGougan Falkirk Bicycle Club
DNS Ronnie McKenna Paisley Velo Cycling Club
DNS Allan Duncan
DNS Philip Godley RC Cumbernauld & Kilsyth
DNS John Paterson Classic Racing Team
DNS Jonathan Davey Edinburgh RC
Senior Woman Results
1 7.55.75 Lynsey Curran
www.Dooleys-Cycles.co.uk2 8.40.11 Toni McIntosh Ayr Roads Cycling Club
3 8.53.14 Julianna Rourke Edinburgh RC
4 8.58.37 Claire Hamilton Paisley Velo Cycling Club
5 8.58.45 Janet Erskine Ayr Roads Cycling Club
6 9.49.17 Julie Fitzpatrick Paisley Velo Cycling Club
DNS Gillian Flynn Edinburgh RC
Junior Results
1 6.58.75 Andy Brown Glasgow Cycle Team
2 7.01.86 Lewis Grieve Spokes Racing Team
3 7.02.40 Calum Magowan Peebles CC
4 7.09.56 Fraser Knox Glasgow Cycle Team
5 7.40.26 Martin Edgar Lomond Roads CC
6 9.51.00 Keira Johnston Glasgow Cycle Team
DNS Craig Forsyth Gala Cycling Club
Youth Results 1 7.24.93 Calum Johnston Glasgow Riderz
2 7.31.07 Jack Bremner Sandy Wallace Cycles
3 7.36.55 Alexander MacRae Glasgow Riderz
4 7.39.47 Calum Kennedy Edinburgh RC
5 7.41.32 Joseph Agnew Gala Cycling Club
6 7.43. 79 Jonathon Hilbourne Glasgow Riderz
7 7.52.65 Innes Johnston Glasgow Riderz
8 7.55.77 Craig Gow Tyneside Vagabonds CC
9 8.01.30 Tom Barrett Glasgow Riderz
10 8.27.02 Robbie McLaren Dunfermline CC
11 8.47.67 Euan Sutherland Paisley Velo Cycling Club
12 8.54.55 Matthew Bulow Paisley Velo Race Team
13 8.57.92 Adam Hazle Johnstone Wheelers CC
14 9.59.44 Gemma Penman Johnstone Wheelers CC
15 10.11.95 Abby Stewart Glasgow Riderz
16 12.18.02 Georgia Speake Glasgow Glenmarnock Wheelers DNS Lewis Stewart Glasgow Riderz
DNS Charlie Johnston Team Thomsons Cycles