Mounts Bay Harriers are the newest local Running, Triathlon and Athletics Club in Penwith, being set up by local triathletes and runners in June 2005. The club meets at Mounts Bay School every Monday at 7pm for social runs of varying lengths, with structured coached sessions on Thursdays at 7:30pm.
The club now has over 200 members and regularly has 20-30 turning up for training sessions. Of the group that turn out there is always a wide standard of athletes from beginners, who are especially welcome, to accomplished triathletes and runners. The club also has a large junior section who meet on Friday nights at "The Dome" at Mounts Bay School, Heamoor.
From tonight, 2nd September, sessions start at 7pm NOT 7.30pm.
All of September’s sessions start from Mounts Bay School.
From October there will be different venues for meeting on Thursday nights throughout the winter. See Viv’s schedule for further details.
This race was kind of a Meet your Max verses Lanhydrock with a bit of Duchy thrown in for good measure! It was being held to raise money for the charity VSO.
Me being me was first on the scene so I helped the organisers set up like I do, but it wasn’t long before more and more familiar faces turned up from St Austell, Falmouth, Hayle, CAC, etc along with a lot of holiday-makers - in total there was 155 who took part.
Somehow, once again, I managed to forget something, my Garmin, so I have no Idea on my time except it wasn’t very good as I sprained my ankle!
The first mile took us through Tehidy on a very stony and uneven track which I found very uncomfortable under foot plus the tree canopy overhead blocked out the sun but it wasn’t long before we popped out into the car park and on to the north cliff’s footpath which is where I went over on my ankle and I had to pull up and walk for a little bit. It was horrible especially as all the St Austell lot ran past me!
On I hobbled back to Tehidy through half a dozen kissing gates so it would seem causing a bit of back log which I didn’t mind, the last one brought us across the main coast road then over a hedge and down the side of field before bringing us out onto the down hill section of the Duchy route which is where…………no4………… over took me, that’s right over took me going down hill, gutted! Just before the drink stop where we turned again off the road onto a stony track back to the start/finish. Over a couple wood bridges and around this point it began to get muddy and I don’t like mud there was loads of it if you chose to run through it which I didn’t.
We were then directed around one of the lake’s more bridges, Dave Buzza was there with his bag of bread, cheering everyone on before off he went to feed the ducks, my ankle started to ease up even thou I was in pain I carried on, really I should have stopped but we never do, do we! Not unless bone is sticking through the skin or something!
So mile 4-6 was undulating, lots of tree cover there was a hill which I bimbled my way up and managed to catch up…………….no116……….. But he out sprinted me at the finish.
Chatting to some of the other club members they told me that one of the route markers had fallen off a tree sending them in the wrong direction….Doh! But they didn’t seem too bothered.
A good off-road course (gutted that I’m still not race fit) on a lovely sunny day that it was with a bit of breeze, super! Mind you, I haven’t a clue where we ran.
The only criticisms I have are they could have done with taking the gates off the kissing gates, and put the results online somewhere, but it was a nice relaxed race!
I have no ideas on times or places but I think I just broke the hour!
Results in links below:
Many thanks to all competitors and supporters making the 2010 Yacht Inn Swim the most successful ever with 453 taking part……..congratulations to all.
Nick Brooks
Results HERE - Photos on Facebook HERE
What a lovely sunny Summer’s evening we had - in my dreams! Wet, windy, high tide, waves coming onto Prom, as well as seaweed and stones - so why did 81 people turn up to take part in the event?
There were a number of holiday-makers taking part - Bolton Tri Club and Cambridge & Coleridge AC are two that spring to mind, as well as all the usual supporters from Mounts Bay Harriers, Gyllynvase SLSC, Tri Logic, Penzance Swimming Club and Carn Brea Swimming Club.
Well done to Iva McNevin taking part in her very first multi-sport event. Everyone in the club is so pleased that she took part and completed the event.
Many thanks to Tony Rowell for providing light so that I could see to do the results - sorry you didn’t come first….
And of course many thanks to all the marshals who turned up tonight - even those who I didn’t know were coming! The more the merrier, you all make for a safer event.
Results
Open Male
1 Peter Le Grice (MBH) 13:03
2 Greg Cherry 13:38
3 Kyle Kearey (MBH) 13:51
Open Female
1 Alice Nicholas (MBH) 15:44
2 Mhairi Saville (MBH) 16:16
3 Amy Jolly (Carn Brea SC) 17:15
Male Junior (under 20)
1 Jordan Roberts (Hayle SLSC) 14:43
2 Tom Wood (MBH) 15:09
3 Felix Coates (Gyllynvase SLSC) 15:17
Female Junior (under 20)
1 Vicky Burlingham (Carn Brea SC) 17:49 (Amy Jolly already having picked up 3rd in the Open Female)
2 Imogen Terry (Penzance SC) 18:11
3 Nicola Russel (Hayle SLSC)l 18:14
Male Vet (over 40)
1 Jason Walker (MBH) 15:00
2 Will Luckhurst 15:45
3 Shay Bowen (MBH)/Anthony Stevenson 15:58
Female Vet (over 40)
1 Sasha Osborne 17:27
2 Tamsin Eddy 17:50
3 Jackie Roberts 18:59
Please note - no music devices (iPods/MP3/etc), also no bare chests. Time penalties or disqualifications will be given if not rectified after a warning. We have to pay insurance to British Triathlon and so we have to abide by their rules.
It may be a bit wet and windy on Wednesday evening so marshals please come prepared!! Wellies, waterproofs, sou’westers - umbrellas may cause you to take off into the sunset (25mph winds forecast!).
Competitors - If the wind is too bad I may not be able to put out as many signs as I usually do. Just turn left once you leave the pool and keep running until you are told to turn around, and then come back the way you went.
Marshals please be at the pool by 6.30pm (in the case of Mark O, 6.30am!!)
Dry off in the Yacht Inn afterwards for a drink and presentation of the prizes.
