Results –
VK Mamores
Eoin Lennon – 15th
Ring of Steal Skyrace
Liam Braby – 7th, Nigel Shekleton 19th, Jeff Roberts – 84th
Glen Coe Skyline
Jasmin Paris – 1st (21st overall) 8h 15m, Andy Fallas – 6th 7h 29m, Konrad Rawlik – 28th 8h 47m, Jon Ascroft – 29th 8h 53m, Jonny Muir – 43rd 9h 22m, Antony Hemmings – 84th 10h 46m
In lieu of prose, below is a personal insight into the enormity of the Glen Coe Skyline in numbers.
5896 calories burnt (so says Strava)
4800 metres of ascent
4800 metres of descent
1150-metre highest point at Bidean nam Bian
870 metres of vertical climb between Glen Coe and Sgorr nam Fiannaidh
596 metres of vertical gain in mile 22
562 minutes of running
359 minutes of uphill running
200 storeys Buachaille Etive Mor would approximately have if it was a building
175 beats per minute, as seen on the heart rate monitor on the wrist of Malene Blikken Haukoy on Curved Ridge
169 minutes of running more than race winner Jonathan Albon
87 minutes spent crossing Aonach Eagach
55 kilometres
50-plus Skittles
21 positions gained from Lairig Eilde (checkpoint 5) to the end
15 checkpoints
10-inch post-race pizza
6 hours of broken pre-race sleep
5 Munros
5am alarm call
5-metre lowest point at Kinlochleven
4 Ibuprofen shots
3 Mars Bars
3 incoherent mutterings at cameras when asked, ‘how are you doing?’
2 fat ankles
2 blood wounds
1 warning of ‘risk of serious injury or death’
1 nervy leg-twitching moment on Aonach Eagach
1 extraordinary day in the Scottish mountains
Jonny Muir