West Highland Way Race 2012

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susietwoshoes Jun 2012 1:42pm, 24 Jun 2012 1,063 posts	0 susietwoshoes Have been following the progress of the race. Massive congratulations to all finishers I am in awe of you all. Well done to all support crews too must have been a long night. Two of my club have finished Seb in 2oth? place and Dawn in 98th? so pleased for them both. They've trained so hard and deserve their goblets. We'll just have to make sure Dawn has enough wine to keep it topped up.
Duchess Jun 2012 1:55pm, 24 Jun 2012 1,318 posts	0 Duchess Kinlochleven marshal and prize-giving shop assistant now retiring and heading for bed. That was a long tough night - some very battered people out there. There will be a few drinks later I think....
Nx Jun 2012 2:04pm, 24 Jun 2012 4,363 posts	0 Nx A HUGE amount of respect for you runners, crew and race people.....I have followed on twitter and on here and can't belvie how awful the conditions were for you....simply amazing to have even started, well done for ose that finished and for those that will be back next year to finish the job in style to you all.....you all deserve it
magoo Jun 2012 4:23pm, 24 Jun 2012 642 posts	0 magoo Provisional results now on the web site I see ....120 finishers.....huge well done to all who took part.... and those who DNF'd then it will still be there next year...hopefully with better weather conditions!!....now do I come out of retirement and give it a final goodbye 'cos I got an urge to do it again after watching parts yesterday!!! :-/ westhighlandwayrace.org
HappyG(rrr) Jun 2012 6:05pm, 24 Jun 2012 17,586 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) I've only just worked out who you are Duchess! Well done to all the organisers, committee, marshalls and everyone involved. What a massive and smooth festival of running and happiness it is! Well done to _andy, our lad, for a fantastic and gutsy run. And to all who finished in such tough conditions. And to all support crew, the most important part of the race, obviously!! :-)G
JulesR Jun 2012 6:58pm, 24 Jun 2012 2,162 posts	0 JulesR Seb in 20th place was a really cheery soul-we saw him a lot as he was just in front of __andy. Seb seemed very excited and happy about his red waterproof jacket working when the rain was lashing down at its heaviest!
The Terminator Jun 2012 7:07pm, 24 Jun 2012 5,695 posts	0 The Terminator Message from Mrs Shanksi 'All messages mean a lot. Have just woken up from first sleep since Fri & body aches as if I was run over. Job done & I'm not doing that again! Need a long rest. Mr flying Fifer was awesome has FF put any pics up? I won't be online til tomorrow night. Can you put thanks on fetch & my fb to thank folk for messages please? X'
STOOSH Jun 2012 7:20pm, 24 Jun 2012 1,500 posts	0 STOOSH Massive respect to all who started,finished,DNF'd,supported during the WHW...:) Sounds like a fantastic race to be involved in whatever your role!!
_andy Jun 2012 9:49am, 25 Jun 2012 8,114 posts	0 _andy Phew. "Apocolyptic Rain" (can't remember who said that earlier, but spot on with that comment) just sums it up. It did ease off a bit on Saturday evening and I even took off the watreproof trousers at Lundavra (7 miles form the end) Although my knee stopped working properly after 20 miles (kind of annoying, and not happened before in any of the shorter ultras), and I had settled for having to walk the final 50 miles, it's my ankles that are the problem now. They no longer exist! My lower legs just curve round a bit towards my foot now. Ouch. As they say, you can't do it without support - so a big, big shout to every support crew (and marshals, organisers, etc.)... and especially my support crew who were just fab.
Torry Quine Jun 2012 10:17am, 25 Jun 2012 8,276 posts	0 Torry Quine RWR tweeted the apocalyptic rain and I just copied it.