Smallish Carnethy contingent for this classic of the calendar disorganised by HBT.
It was 5 years since I had last run this, but the safety briefing from the HBT welfare officer hadn’t changed – we were still warned of gravity and tussocks.
Prize giving also retains its unique charm, with Gillian Cairns from Penicuik departing looking like she was on that game with cabbages on Crackerjack.
In between there was a race, which is a brutally fast but fun route over familiar trails in the Bog and over the Crags/Radical Rd.
John Hammond was first Carnethy in 7th and Harry Gilmore recouped his entry fee in beer for coming 2nd vet 50.
There were some other good Carnethy performances which can be found in the results here: http://scottishhillracing.co.uk/RaceResults.aspx?RaceID=RA-0029&Year=2017 and http://www.scottishhillrunners.uk/NewsItems.aspx?NewsItemID=32228 with the latter having a link to Matt Curry’s excellent photos.
The ravages of time appear to be costing me 1.5s/km/year.
Simon Titmuss