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Edinburgh Marathon 'Hairy Haggis' Relay

On the sizzling Sunday morning of 31st May, four members of the HarperCollins Harriers competed in the 2009 Edinburgh Marathon 'Hairy Haggis' Team Relay. Jethro Lennox, Ewan Ross, David Jamieson and David Mumford were eager to make full use of their intensive training and show off their new, Kevin Robbins designed, team vests, produced specially for the occasion.
On the day 8,419 full marathon runners and 965 relay teams started the race. The HarperCollins Harriers, seeded 12th (on their estimated time) had a scorching race, topping the Corporate Category and finishing 8th team overall in a time of 2:42:55. It was a glorious occasion with constant sunshine and smiles, the 100,000 plus crowd cheered on the runners with shouts of ‘well done’, ‘keep going’ and ‘come on the Harriers’. Jethro was pictured in the Herald’s race report next day. Beth Mennie from the training group also took part with her friends as ‘The Go (Slow) Team’.

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In January, the Harper Collins Harriers had competed in the Devil’s Burdens, a relay race of 31 km over the Lomond Hills, for teams of six runners. They also hope to take part in the forthcoming Co-operative jogscotland 5k Challenge at Glasgow Green on the 24th June.

If you are interested in joining the Glasgow running group for training sessions (geared to all abilities) then contact Jethro. Join us to prepare for our next 2 mile handicap race along the canal and take part in future relay races.