My good friends have met for many years on New Years Day to join the runners for the New Years Day run. We of course just walk part of the route which up until today was round Potholm a distance of 5 miles. Today we decided that we would just do a 3 mile walk starting at 10.00am and finishing in the Market place at 11.00am and we timed it to perfection arriving just as the clock was chiming. Our excuse for the shorter walk is that 2 of the group and now Octogenarians and another 2 are recovering from various injuries. Its a fairly poor excuse but we are sticking to it. I was impressed with another octogenarian Tom Hutton who walked the full 8 mile route and arrived back at the same time as us. This is Tom Stothart with Wattie Borthwick at the end of the walk in the Market Place. Wattie of course ran the route and is to be much admired having had several operations on his hips or knees in the last few years and yet is still running. We used to play in the same Squash team together.
The winning male runner James Taylor from Annan who did it in a time of 60 minutes and 12 seconds. He is being presented with his Bottle of Whisky by Mike Tinker who started this event in 1998.
The winning female runner Marie Marshall also from Annan who managed the same time as the winning male as they ran together. The whisky is presented by Charlie Graham who helped Mike run the event for many years.
Myself with David Stevenson, Wattie Borthwick, and Mikes son in law Lorne from Linlithgow
Mike with his daughter Elizabeth who has taken over the running of the event.
The group of walkers on the Duchess Bridge
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