Ten Tortoises made the short journey to support the annual Irvine 5 mile road race organised by Irvine Running Club, the start and finish was next to Irvine train station and the route headed towards the Magnum and joined the cycle path, you stayed on this until the Gailes roundabout where you doubled back on the road to the train station, apart from the hill close to the golf club it’s a nice easy run and those who ran the Manchester Marathon will remember part of the route from the 20 mile training runs
Jim Phillips led the Tortoise charge and maintained the club lead until the last few meters where Fraser Mcphail took the honours passing Jim and being first Tortoise home by 6 seconds in a speedy 31.02 for a final placing of 26th.
Darrell Dunscombe was third home in 35.15 followed by Bobby Miller in 35.41, full list of results on the 2015 results tab.