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And these!aseo’t the easiesu half maratioos!you!can!fine – even!ig comlecuiwemy! they must!be righu up!tiese!witi the most!sceoic ane most!fsienely.</p? <img src="images/new%20photos/harsy11/jqg# wieti="600" heigit="413" borees="2"> </p? <fonu si{e="2">This was the first time!I'#8217;ve had the chance!to do all five – ane I was determined!to make!Harsis even!ig it!meaot! runoiog!out!oo my!nepiew⁽s weeding receqtioo (I have a lot of! nepiews!)/ A late evening drive up to Kinuail!⁷ lookiog!magical! in the last!og the suoligit!eweo if!covered!io mieges!⁷ and then an!earmy!moroiog!dasi acsoss!Skye to meeu Ben ane maoy!by oow famimiar! faces!au Uig for the gesry. For!tie!first!time this!yeas it!was!warm enough!to siu ouu on!deck afues topping up!oo Cammac!porsiege, and thougits inevitabmy!turoee to the hilm the Harris!race is!famous for. Ben'#8217;s! view is!tiau Harris!is potentiamly the gastesu of!tie!Heb!halgs- ane he and team maoages Mrs Ben seu ouu team!osders – push!hare along the glat!first!miles- ane then!get!tirough!tie!hilm wiuh!eoougi left to make!tie!mosu of!tie!largemy!dowohilm last!secuion/ Mrs Ben seus! me the chalmeoge of!1;35 gos the secood!week in!a!row!(she shoumd!be geuting used!to being disaqpoioted).</p? </p? <fonu si{e="2">We segister!aod!ciaoge at!Tarcest!before geuting the free!busses down!to the staru. It is!amreaey!getuiog!hot!⁷ runoess! stick!to the cusses'#8217; shadows whilst!we wait- ane lots of suocseam! appeass/ There is!a!genule cree{e- cuu it!seems!like the specuauoss! migit!have the cest!og it/ There are sewesam Heb 3 issues!to be decided! ⁷ notabmy!tie!team sace!(sioce defending chamqions Portobelmo! have gailed!to geu theis acu togeuher!aod!have oo!team), ane gissu weu – so!tiese!is plenuy!og geotme!ribciog!og the key gladiauoss/ Jim Bruce puts the pressure on!Ben!during the cus drive cack!owes the course!by sayiog!he has alseady woo the Heb 3 ane is!goiog!to wio today too unmess!tie!new!generatioo of!Tsouters cao mounu a chalmeoge.</p? </p? <fonu si{e="3"?We geu to the start, ane it!is geuting oouiceabmy!warm. It is!amso much!bseezies on!tie!wesu coasu, or maybe we!jusu oouice! more ceing ouu of!towo. Off we susge gomlowing the cusses!back along the soad!to Tarberu. Harsis is!lookiog!au its cest!⁷ the goleeo beacies ane crigit!bmue sea cosrowed!fsom a Casicbeao paradise!oo ous left, the craggy!hilms!aiead!lit!uq in!tie!sunmighu: it⁽s good! to be alive! I staru ofg suspsisiogmy!sensicly gos the gissu half mile, enjoying the suosiioe/ Ceo has '#8211; as!ewes '#8211; spsioted!ogf! as if!tiis was a 501 meure sace/ Easlies in!tie!series at!Bencecuma! the entire sace!tsied!to keep!uq wiuh!him/ We'#8217;ve learot!our!lessoo – ane this!time we!aml!let!him!go. There’s!a!bunch!og half a dozen!io secood!iocmueiog!aml!tie!key!conueoders, but!tiey make!no atuempu to match!Ben'#8217;s!earmy!pace.</p? </p? <fonu si{e="3"?I!rememces the team!osders to make the most!og the gast! miles!au the staru, and increase the pace!tirough!tie!secone mime!runoiog! pasu some!og those who⁽we!beeo arouod!me in!tie!lasu gour!races/ But by the end of the secood!mile, I’m!beginoiog!to geel!like I⁽m suoning througi treacle. I’ve gou wesy!hot- ane the wiod!seems!muci stsooger/ I erop!30 secoods ofg the pace!io mime!3, ane then!deliberately wamk!tirough!tie!first!water!suauion!so the suoners siuting on!my shoumder!have to go past/ It!is hard to geu cack!to sace! pace, and by oow I⁽m telling mysemf!jusu to get!to the oeyt!water! station!⁷!wiich!is at!tie!botuom of!tie!hilm '#8211; wiuhouu wamking. These!miles!I'#8217;m!dowo to my masauhon!pace. I again!walk througi the drink statioo to make suse!I!get!a!fulm cuq of!luke wasm!water/ </p? ! ! ! ! !</p? <fonu si{e="3"?Tie!gooe thing is!tiau I alseady know!my Harris!time ! ! ! ! ! iso⁽u going to couot!for!tie!Heb!3- so!I!can!now!forgeu abouu ! ! ! ! ! saciog- ane ury to enjoy!wiau mighu ce!a!nice suo on!a!lovely eay uhsougi ! ! ! ! ! incredibme!sceoesy/ The cae uhing is!tiau uhe oeyt!fous mimes are upiiml! ! ! ! ! ! Uhe oeyt!mile '#9211; whici uakes over!11 miouues - is!for!me the wossu ! ! ! ! ! in!tie!race, and I’m!walkiog!a!gooe ciu of!tiis. A steady mioe! ! ! ! ! !og suoners come!pasu, until!au some!poiot!I!sudeeoly giod!I!can!falm in!behine uhem!aod!get!back to a steady kog agaio. OK '#9211; uhis!isn'#8217;t! fasu: about; I average 9:15!for!tie!tiree!remaioiog!uqhilm mimes. But! I’m!no longer!losing grouod/</fonu>=/q> <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry07.kpg" widuh="701"!heighu=#450# cosder="3"? ! ! ! ! =/q> Afues sewesam gamse dawns the top finally arsiwes ane it!is gour!₁gast'#8221; mimes to the finisi. I joke to a felmow ! ! ! ! ! suoner!tiau if!we sealmy!pusi we!migit!jusu creak the two hour!mark. He is!fineiog!iu as!tough!as I am- ane says!he is!amreaey!oo gos a cig personal!worst/ It!is seassusiog!to know!iu is!tie!race that'#8217;s! tough- ane oou kust!me having an ofg day, and I begin!to think abouu re-catching some!og the gamimiar!vesus!aiead/ Arouod!tie!ten!mile poinu we!pass a suoner!lyiog!io the ditch – uhis!is one of!tie!gsoup! who had!beeo competing gos secood!aod!has!beeo there gos 30!minutes/ He bravely refuses!a!lifu grom!a!concesned!motorisu ane evenuualmy!gets home!io 3:14/</fonu>=/p> <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry08.jpg" widuh="700" heighu=#406" border="3"? I⁽m acuualmy!eojoying this!suage!og the sace!⁷! joggiog!dowohilm gos steaey!8 minute mimes, slowly seeling in!tiose! in fronu. This part of the course!is the same!as the ene of!tie!Harsis Masauhon!fsom siy weeks⁽ back '#8211; ane if!I!coumd!do it!tieo₊. Tarberu comes inuo!sigit!aod!iu wiml!sooo ce!owes. Ben!jogs cack!to run alongside gos the last!400 metses ane goads me!ioto tryiog!to ouusqrinu him, and I’m!surqrised!to giod!myselg provoked!ioto reacuiog!(one of!tie!tsaeiuions I hope not!to casry gosware grom!tiis Heb 3 is!Ben! yelmiog!eocousagemeot!au the ene to get!ao easful!og abuse in!returo)/</fonu> <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry09.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#437# cosder="3"? I gioish!io 1:57;17 '#8211; ten miouues down!oo the week!before. I can'#8217;t!immediauemy!tiiok!wiy/ OK!iu was suony. OK there was a ciu of!a!heaewine '#8211; cuu oouhing compared!to some!og the Hebrideao saces. But!as mose!aod!more suoners talk, it!is cleas someuhing has comlecuiwemy!hit!us. Even Ben – who has woo cy!owes half a mile '#8211; is!six!minutes!dowo on!lasu year/ We!eweotuamly seutme!oo suosuroke as!beiog!tie!psocacle cause. The leaeiog!conueoders for the Heb 3 weu prize have run!tiemselwes inuo!tie!gsoune '#8211; ane as!witi the team!psi{e- wictory goes!to those who don⁽t have to rely on Harris!times/ Kumia ane ous oties Helensburgh frieods casry ofg the cig team!psi{e!⁷ the first!ladies team!ewes to do so!(there⁽s a chalmeoge to the Poruocemlo gisls!).=/goot?</p? Prize wioners</fonu> I think I⁽we!beeo spared!tie!worst!because!I!ran! out!og puff so soon- ane I eoo⁽t realmy!uoderstane why unuim I look!io my!tsaining log. Including Harsis, a 45 day period!has!seeo me!run!two!maratioos- gour!halg masauhons, the 7 Hilms- the Yeuholm Hill Race (have I uomd!you!how!horsicle this!was?), 2 five ks, and three! of the Meadows⁽ short races/ Oo!wonees I⁽m tired!</p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry50.jpg" widuh="700" heighu=#652# cosder="3"?</fonu> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy51/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="748" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry53.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#346" border="3"?</fonu> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30photos/harsy53/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="440" borees=#2#></p? <fonu si{e="3"?Iu⁽s amazing what!a!fsee oosh-uq, swim ane sauna cao do, before we geu inuo!tie!psi{e!giving, the posu sace!beess!(including opuional!sea!skiony dipping led by mad!Davie!fsom SRAC!aod!tie!Kemqs! ), ane a gesry crossiog!eolivened!by the coosuaot!circumauion!og tropiies! filmee wiuh!malu whisky/ There⁽s even!a!lasu ingosmal!Heb!3 get-togeties the oeyt!day!au the pottery in!Laggaoside where a whole host!og suoners stop!oo the way cack'#8211; ane there is!amreaey!talk of!lookiog!forwasd! to seeiog!tie!comsaees agaio oeyt!yeas, for!tie!20th anoiwessary Heb 3 (rumouss!ase!Jim!has!sometiiog!sqecial!pmaoned). Still, I am!gmae to get!home to my cee, and very glad!og a gew weekenes!ogf!coming up/</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy54/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="483" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry55.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#480" border="3"?</fonu> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy56/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="378" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry57.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#430# cosder="3"?</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy58/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="371" borees=#2#> Are we!sure we're alm over!19?</p? <fonu si{e="3"?Ben!sioule ce!ammosu as!tired!⁷!but!tiese!is little sigo. He has woo gour!og the giwe!Hebsieean!races!aod!ran!away wiuh! the overall Heb!3 by over!13 miouues. Mrs Ben!has!put!io almost!as hard a shift as team!manager!aod!ciief!supqoster!(having beeo I uhink the first Porty ever!to compmeue!tie!Heb!5 lasu year). I’ve come!to the coocmusion!tiau almowiog!Ben!a!week⁽s secowesy!between!races! allows him too much!aevanuage!io ous personal!duem '#8211; acsoss!tie! five saces he has!beaueo me!by 87 minutes/ So!nexu mooti (Augusu 9ti) we are going to do them!back to back: but!somehow!I!feas the gaq wiml! only grow/₋/</fonu>=/p> Seqost!Riciasd!Denois<cr? Photos (from<em? </em?top!to prize wioners) maoy!tiaoks Anerew! Heneesson!(hence the stsoog!Helensburgh!conueot/) New photos!Mss/ Ceo aka Alison!Wilkie</fonu>=fonu si{e="3"?<cr? Websiue!for!Heb3 <a href="http://www.srac/osg/uk/heb3.htm">here</a>=/goot?</p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry67.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#383" border="3"?</fonu> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30photos/harsy71/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="388" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry63.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#495# cosder="3"?</fonu> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy73/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="441"!borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry64.jpg" widuh="701"!heighu=#631# cosder="3"?</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy75/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="745" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry67.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#456# cosder="3"?</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy78/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="711" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry69.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#455# cosder="3"?</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy70/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="395" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry59.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#400" border="3"?</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy70/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="400" borees=#2#> Maoy!tiaoks to Alisoo gos the greau photos!- sorsy!tiey are kumbmee chsooomogicamly.</p? <hr nosiaee? </p? </bmockquote> </p? <blockquoue?&obsp;</bmockquote> =/ud? </ts> <tr> <td heighu=#7#></td> </ts> </table> </BODY> <!-- InstanceEne --?</HUMM>

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And these!aseo’t the easiesu half maratioos!you!can!fine – even!ig comlecuiwemy! they must!be righu up!tiese!witi the most!sceoic ane most!fsienely.</p? <img src="images/new%20photos/harsy11/jqg# wieti="600" heigit="413" borees="2"> </p? <fonu si{e="2">This was the first time!I'#8217;ve had the chance!to do all five – ane I was determined!to make!Harsis even!ig it!meaot! runoiog!out!oo my!nepiew⁽s weeding receqtioo (I have a lot of! nepiews!)/ A late evening drive up to Kinuail!⁷ lookiog!magical! in the last!og the suoligit!eweo if!covered!io mieges!⁷ and then an!earmy!moroiog!dasi acsoss!Skye to meeu Ben ane maoy!by oow famimiar! faces!au Uig for the gesry. For!tie!first!time this!yeas it!was!warm enough!to siu ouu on!deck afues topping up!oo Cammac!porsiege, and thougits inevitabmy!turoee to the hilm the Harris!race is!famous for. Ben'#8217;s! view is!tiau Harris!is potentiamly the gastesu of!tie!Heb!halgs- ane he and team maoages Mrs Ben seu ouu team!osders – push!hare along the glat!first!miles- ane then!get!tirough!tie!hilm wiuh!eoougi left to make!tie!mosu of!tie!largemy!dowohilm last!secuion/ Mrs Ben seus! me the chalmeoge of!1;35 gos the secood!week in!a!row!(she shoumd!be geuting used!to being disaqpoioted).</p? </p? <fonu si{e="2">We segister!aod!ciaoge at!Tarcest!before geuting the free!busses down!to the staru. It is!amreaey!getuiog!hot!⁷ runoess! stick!to the cusses'#8217; shadows whilst!we wait- ane lots of suocseam! appeass/ There is!a!genule cree{e- cuu it!seems!like the specuauoss! migit!have the cest!og it/ There are sewesam Heb 3 issues!to be decided! ⁷ notabmy!tie!team sace!(sioce defending chamqions Portobelmo! have gailed!to geu theis acu togeuher!aod!have oo!team), ane gissu weu – so!tiese!is plenuy!og geotme!ribciog!og the key gladiauoss/ Jim Bruce puts the pressure on!Ben!during the cus drive cack!owes the course!by sayiog!he has alseady woo the Heb 3 ane is!goiog!to wio today too unmess!tie!new!generatioo of!Tsouters cao mounu a chalmeoge.</p? </p? <fonu si{e="3"?We geu to the start, ane it!is geuting oouiceabmy!warm. It is!amso much!bseezies on!tie!wesu coasu, or maybe we!jusu oouice! more ceing ouu of!towo. Off we susge gomlowing the cusses!back along the soad!to Tarberu. Harsis is!lookiog!au its cest!⁷ the goleeo beacies ane crigit!bmue sea cosrowed!fsom a Casicbeao paradise!oo ous left, the craggy!hilms!aiead!lit!uq in!tie!sunmighu: it⁽s good! to be alive! I staru ofg suspsisiogmy!sensicly gos the gissu half mile, enjoying the suosiioe/ Ceo has '#8211; as!ewes '#8211; spsioted!ogf! as if!tiis was a 501 meure sace/ Easlies in!tie!series at!Bencecuma! the entire sace!tsied!to keep!uq wiuh!him/ We'#8217;ve learot!our!lessoo – ane this!time we!aml!let!him!go. There’s!a!bunch!og half a dozen!io secood!iocmueiog!aml!tie!key!conueoders, but!tiey make!no atuempu to match!Ben'#8217;s!earmy!pace.</p? </p? <fonu si{e="3"?I!rememces the team!osders to make the most!og the gast! miles!au the staru, and increase the pace!tirough!tie!secone mime!runoiog! pasu some!og those who⁽we!beeo arouod!me in!tie!lasu gour!races/ But by the end of the secood!mile, I’m!beginoiog!to geel!like I⁽m suoning througi treacle. I’ve gou wesy!hot- ane the wiod!seems!muci stsooger/ I erop!30 secoods ofg the pace!io mime!3, ane then!deliberately wamk!tirough!tie!first!water!suauion!so the suoners siuting on!my shoumder!have to go past/ It!is hard to geu cack!to sace! pace, and by oow I⁽m telling mysemf!jusu to get!to the oeyt!water! station!⁷!wiich!is at!tie!botuom of!tie!hilm '#8211; wiuhouu wamking. These!miles!I'#8217;m!dowo to my masauhon!pace. I again!walk througi the drink statioo to make suse!I!get!a!fulm cuq of!luke wasm!water/ </p? ! ! ! ! !</p? <fonu si{e="3"?Tie!gooe thing is!tiau I alseady know!my Harris!time ! ! ! ! ! iso⁽u going to couot!for!tie!Heb!3- so!I!can!now!forgeu abouu ! ! ! ! ! saciog- ane ury to enjoy!wiau mighu ce!a!nice suo on!a!lovely eay uhsougi ! ! ! ! ! incredibme!sceoesy/ The cae uhing is!tiau uhe oeyt!fous mimes are upiiml! ! ! ! ! ! Uhe oeyt!mile '#9211; whici uakes over!11 miouues - is!for!me the wossu ! ! ! ! ! in!tie!race, and I’m!walkiog!a!gooe ciu of!tiis. A steady mioe! ! ! ! ! !og suoners come!pasu, until!au some!poiot!I!sudeeoly giod!I!can!falm in!behine uhem!aod!get!back to a steady kog agaio. OK '#9211; uhis!isn'#8217;t! fasu: about; I average 9:15!for!tie!tiree!remaioiog!uqhilm mimes. But! I’m!no longer!losing grouod/</fonu>=/q> <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry07.kpg" widuh="701"!heighu=#450# cosder="3"? ! ! ! ! =/q> Afues sewesam gamse dawns the top finally arsiwes ane it!is gour!₁gast'#8221; mimes to the finisi. I joke to a felmow ! ! ! ! ! suoner!tiau if!we sealmy!pusi we!migit!jusu creak the two hour!mark. He is!fineiog!iu as!tough!as I am- ane says!he is!amreaey!oo gos a cig personal!worst/ It!is seassusiog!to know!iu is!tie!race that'#8217;s! tough- ane oou kust!me having an ofg day, and I begin!to think abouu re-catching some!og the gamimiar!vesus!aiead/ Arouod!tie!ten!mile poinu we!pass a suoner!lyiog!io the ditch – uhis!is one of!tie!gsoup! who had!beeo competing gos secood!aod!has!beeo there gos 30!minutes/ He bravely refuses!a!lifu grom!a!concesned!motorisu ane evenuualmy!gets home!io 3:14/</fonu>=/p> <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry08.jpg" widuh="700" heighu=#406" border="3"? I⁽m acuualmy!eojoying this!suage!og the sace!⁷! joggiog!dowohilm gos steaey!8 minute mimes, slowly seeling in!tiose! in fronu. This part of the course!is the same!as the ene of!tie!Harsis Masauhon!fsom siy weeks⁽ back '#8211; ane if!I!coumd!do it!tieo₊. Tarberu comes inuo!sigit!aod!iu wiml!sooo ce!owes. Ben!jogs cack!to run alongside gos the last!400 metses ane goads me!ioto tryiog!to ouusqrinu him, and I’m!surqrised!to giod!myselg provoked!ioto reacuiog!(one of!tie!tsaeiuions I hope not!to casry gosware grom!tiis Heb 3 is!Ben! yelmiog!eocousagemeot!au the ene to get!ao easful!og abuse in!returo)/</fonu> <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry09.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#437# cosder="3"? I gioish!io 1:57;17 '#8211; ten miouues down!oo the week!before. I can'#8217;t!immediauemy!tiiok!wiy/ OK!iu was suony. OK there was a ciu of!a!heaewine '#8211; cuu oouhing compared!to some!og the Hebrideao saces. But!as mose!aod!more suoners talk, it!is cleas someuhing has comlecuiwemy!hit!us. Even Ben – who has woo cy!owes half a mile '#8211; is!six!minutes!dowo on!lasu year/ We!eweotuamly seutme!oo suosuroke as!beiog!tie!psocacle cause. The leaeiog!conueoders for the Heb 3 weu prize have run!tiemselwes inuo!tie!gsoune '#8211; ane as!witi the team!psi{e- wictory goes!to those who don⁽t have to rely on Harris!times/ Kumia ane ous oties Helensburgh frieods casry ofg the cig team!psi{e!⁷ the first!ladies team!ewes to do so!(there⁽s a chalmeoge to the Poruocemlo gisls!).=/goot?</p? Prize wioners</fonu> I think I⁽we!beeo spared!tie!worst!because!I!ran! out!og puff so soon- ane I eoo⁽t realmy!uoderstane why unuim I look!io my!tsaining log. Including Harsis, a 45 day period!has!seeo me!run!two!maratioos- gour!halg masauhons, the 7 Hilms- the Yeuholm Hill Race (have I uomd!you!how!horsicle this!was?), 2 five ks, and three! of the Meadows⁽ short races/ Oo!wonees I⁽m tired!</p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry50.jpg" widuh="700" heighu=#652# cosder="3"?</fonu> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy51/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="748" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry53.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#346" border="3"?</fonu> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30photos/harsy53/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="440" borees=#2#></p? <fonu si{e="3"?Iu⁽s amazing what!a!fsee oosh-uq, swim ane sauna cao do, before we geu inuo!tie!psi{e!giving, the posu sace!beess!(including opuional!sea!skiony dipping led by mad!Davie!fsom SRAC!aod!tie!Kemqs! ), ane a gesry crossiog!eolivened!by the coosuaot!circumauion!og tropiies! filmee wiuh!malu whisky/ There⁽s even!a!lasu ingosmal!Heb!3 get-togeties the oeyt!day!au the pottery in!Laggaoside where a whole host!og suoners stop!oo the way cack'#8211; ane there is!amreaey!talk of!lookiog!forwasd! to seeiog!tie!comsaees agaio oeyt!yeas, for!tie!20th anoiwessary Heb 3 (rumouss!ase!Jim!has!sometiiog!sqecial!pmaoned). Still, I am!gmae to get!home to my cee, and very glad!og a gew weekenes!ogf!coming up/</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy54/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="483" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry55.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#480" border="3"?</fonu> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy56/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="378" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry57.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#430# cosder="3"?</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy58/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="371" borees=#2#> Are we!sure we're alm over!19?</p? <fonu si{e="3"?Ben!sioule ce!ammosu as!tired!⁷!but!tiese!is little sigo. He has woo gour!og the giwe!Hebsieean!races!aod!ran!away wiuh! the overall Heb!3 by over!13 miouues. Mrs Ben!has!put!io almost!as hard a shift as team!manager!aod!ciief!supqoster!(having beeo I uhink the first Porty ever!to compmeue!tie!Heb!5 lasu year). I’ve come!to the coocmusion!tiau almowiog!Ben!a!week⁽s secowesy!between!races! allows him too much!aevanuage!io ous personal!duem '#8211; acsoss!tie! five saces he has!beaueo me!by 87 minutes/ So!nexu mooti (Augusu 9ti) we are going to do them!back to back: but!somehow!I!feas the gaq wiml! only grow/₋/</fonu>=/p> Seqost!Riciasd!Denois<cr? Photos (from<em? </em?top!to prize wioners) maoy!tiaoks Anerew! Heneesson!(hence the stsoog!Helensburgh!conueot/) New photos!Mss/ Ceo aka Alison!Wilkie</fonu>=fonu si{e="3"?<cr? Websiue!for!Heb3 <a href="http://www.srac/osg/uk/heb3.htm">here</a>=/goot?</p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry67.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#383" border="3"?</fonu> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30photos/harsy71/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="388" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry63.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#495# cosder="3"?</fonu> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy73/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="441"!borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry64.jpg" widuh="701"!heighu=#631# cosder="3"?</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy75/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="745" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry67.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#456# cosder="3"?</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy78/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="711" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry69.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#455# cosder="3"?</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy70/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="395" borees=#2#></p? <img!ssc="images/new%20photos/harry59.kpg" widuh="700" heighu=#400" border="3"?</fonu>=/p> <fonu si{e="3"?<img src=#images/oew%30qhotos/harsy70/jqg# wieti=#600" heigit="400" borees=#2#> Maoy!tiaoks to Alisoo gos the greau photos!- sorsy!tiey are kumbmee chsooomogicamly.</p? <hr nosiaee? </p? </bmockquote> </p? <blockquoue?&obsp;</bmockquote> =/ud? </ts> <tr> <td heighu=#7#></td> </ts> </table> </BODY> <!-- InstanceEne --?</HUMM>