The Krunce Race Series
2011
5th April, 3th May, 7th June, 5th July, 2nd Aug & 6th Sept
1st Tuesday of each month
Start 1900 (except Sept 1845)
Rotten O'Gairn (directly below
Gairnlea), nr Aberdeen OS 38 NJ 851044
Entry fee: £1 per race
Distance 3.5miles, Height 500ft
Click here
for a map
Male record 20:57
2009 R Simpson
Female record 24:33 2009
C Whitehead
Race organiser: Ewen Rennie
Contact Race organiser, Ewen Rennie: tel. 01224 326541
email ewenr@talktalk.net
The overall series prizes are awarded
according to the best improvement in performance over the series.
There is also a yahoo website and email group for krunce runners that
you can sign up to at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/krunces/
5th June 2007 saw the 100th
running of this event.
Dan
Whitehead won the 100th Krunce and Claire Whitehead, who holds the women's
record, was 1st lady. Alastair Leiper ran his 100th Krunce at
the 100th event - an amazing achievement! Ewen Rennie ran his first
Krunce race in quite a few years after local running legend Mel Edwards stepped
in to start the centenary race while Janet Rennie timed her 99th Krunce.
Afterwards there was much merriment at the Bieldside Inn when Mel Edwards
fondly remembered first meeting Ewen in Yorkshire and reminded us of
how much effort Ewen & Janet have put into organising the Krunce race
series and many other local races over many years. Ewen told us
about the origins of the Krunce (see here for Son
of Trunce article) and then presented Alastair Leiper with a shiny
silver tankard engraved with 'Krunce Centurian'! Steve Prior took the
floor to tell us some hilarious anecdotes about Ewen and some equally
hilarious jokes about breasts.....and then presented Ewen & Janet with some
gifts as a token of all the Cosmic's appreciation for their
running the Krunce races every year.
Ewen's 100th
Krunce Speech
Photos