Archives for May 2017

Scottish Islands Peaks Race 2017

May 29, 2017 Filed Under: Other Races

I’ve just noticed there isn’t anything on the club site for the Scottish Islands Peaks race from the other week, I guess I’d better add something! We had a good number of club members out for the race, both running and marshaling (an occasionally doing the sailing bit). I’d started to write a report, but I on the 6th page I decided I was waffling too much and deleted it – a lot happens on three days of racing. So, to summarise the Carnethy runners and riders from the people I know…

John Ryan was paired with Gwyn, a Westie (Phantom).
Eoin was paired with Alexis Dole, both Carnethies (Warrior),
Graham and I, again Carnethies (Sundance of Lorne).
In other teams we had Anthony Hemmings with Al, a guy from Reading (Contender).
Ed Watson and Lyndsay Doig were the adults in two Fettes youth teams (Bluebird and Damsis).
Jasmin was in an all-rounders team with non-Carnethies Jon Gay and Liz Barker (Reever).
John Coyle was with non-Carnethy (I think) Crawford Whyte (Synergie).

Can’t find a photo of Lyndsay 🙁 Sob.

So, a fair number of Carnethies in the race! There were also tonnes of them at various marshaling points across the Hebrides! Great to see! I’d just like to thank all of the marshals from all of the clubs that came-out to support the race. To a man, and woman, you were all superb! Additionally, a massive thanks to the organisers, Nick, Alison Sarah and Toben! As I currently sit, having just returned from the race, I can honestly say it was a great adventure, and a fantastic way to spend the weekend!

I think everybody made it round with the exception of Anthony, who’s partner fell ill on Mull. Results on the SIPR website, and the here’s Graham’s wee video that he put together, in case you haven’t seen it. Oh, and you can re-run the race on the yellowbrick link on the SIPR home page. It’s an interesting watch!
Jim

Ramsay’s Round

May 29, 2017 Filed Under: Ultra

I succeeded in running the 101st Ramsay’s Round on May 26-27, ably assisted by a clutch of Carnethies. Starting at 5pm to catch the best of the weather – 28C at Glen Nevis youth hostel with a lightning storm forecast for the following afternoon – and proceeding anticlockwise, I ran the Mamores unsupported, with Mark Hartree (and Sparky) providing outstanding static support at Luibelt shortly after midnight.

John Busby then ran with me into dawn to Fersit, where we were met by a team of Highland Hillrunners and several million midges. Mark Hartree was again on hand in the Grey Corries to offer support and a mobile massaging service when I was feeling particularly weak and feeble. Andy Fallas and Helen Bonsor were waiting on Stob Choire Claurigh thereafter. I met Chris Busby at Coire Bhealaich for the ‘last big climb’ (up Spinks Ridge) which is definitely not the ‘last big climb’.

The rain started on Ben Nevis but it did not matter by then. I was down in 22 hours and eight minutes. I appear to be crying in a photo at the end when I was actually recovering from a Cava-related injury caused by an exuberant Graham Nash.

Thank you so much to all the Carnethy runners who helped me fulfil a very long-held ambition. What a privilege it is to be among those 101 rounds.
A more literary report to follow. http://heightsofmadness.com
Jonny Muir

Carnethys marshal the Edinburgh Marathon Festival

May 28, 2017 Filed Under: News

No.1 question of the day was surely “Where do we leave our bags”, and the oddest “do they bring the bags back here?”. Er… no, that would be a bit pointless, the finish is in Musselburgh. In a masterstroke the organisers provided us with drab blue jackets as worn by less visible council workers with ‘Welcome Team’ written on the back, to be hidden by rucksacks. A few of us grabbed hi-vis and got to answer the above question as no-one recognised the blue jacket wearers as anything to do with the race. Rodney gamely fronted the operation in one and was roundly ignored.
Two Carnethys were spotted (but there were more starters on London Rd. – see below) – the indefatigable Margaret, who may have run every Edinburgh marathon there ever was; and John Hammond who we met running the other way. John ran the half, then ran back over Arthur’s Seat in a time that might have seen a sub 3hr marathon.
Bob Johnson managed not to see the two best costumes – a four Viking longboat and a very creditable Buzz Lightyear, whose arms you can just make out either side of another runner who is photographing him on his phone, as my lethargic camera took its time firing up. Zoom in on that phone.
Commiserations to the toilet marshals, a position eagerly fought over… “not me”, “someone else”, “no way”. The club earns a fee for each marshal, and we all get a good quality wicking running top (though the bright colour is not to everyone’s taste), and all the discarded bananas you can carry. The bacon rolls were very good this year too.
Digby

If anyone ran a marathon PB let us know for the PBs page
Carnethy results. Read more…

No 100 on Ramsay’s Round Finishers Page

May 27, 2017 Filed Under: News

At 05 31am on Saturday 27th May 2015, Alicia Hudelson from the USA returned to Glen Nevis Youth Hostel having spent the previous 23hr 46m on Ramsay’s Round travelling in a anticlockwise direction.
Alicia attempted the round just over a week ago and retired after 17hours on these hills having used the run as an extended recce and as a learning curve going forward.
As she was due to return home to the States on the 9th of June, with a quick recovery programme and an excellent weather window, she returned to the start line on Friday morning at 5 45am, a much more prepared and wiser contender.
She is now the 5th lady to successfully complete the round within 24 hours; hopefully we will see many more of the female gender on these hills in the future.
Huge congratulations to Alicia on being the 100th sub 24h finisher; enjoy your recovery.
Well done.
Charlie Ramsay

Wed training

May 25, 2017 Filed Under: Wednesday Training

Report anyone?

Carnethy Championship

May 24, 2017 Filed Under: News

The page is now updated. 4 races in it’s early days yet.

Cape Wrath Marathon

May 23, 2017 Filed Under: Marathons, News

We’ve been to the Cape Wrath Challenge races every year since its initiation in 2002, and usually run the marathon. With Sally’s London Marathon Good-for-Age time for 2018 in the bag from last year’s Edinburgh race , we could do the much tougher Cape Wrath marathon without time pressure. My view of marathons times has evolved. In the early 80s I was only a couple of minutes shy of sub-3. By the late 90s and early 2000s my view was that if it was sub-4 it still counted as running. By now, if I get to the finish before Sally has got bored waiting for me that’s a plus.

The Cape Wrath Marathon is a 22-mile out and back (with 2400 feet of climb) to the lighthouse on the most north-westerly tip of the mainland, followed by a timed-out ferry crossing before the final 4+ miles to the village hall in Durness. The road on the Cape has deteriorated over the years and is now a rock-strewn, pot-holed track. The out-and-back route and the staggered start times means that you see pretty much everyone else in the race in one or both directions and gives the added challenge of holding off the runners starting 20, 40 or 60 minutes behind you.

I held off virtually no one. Sally disappeared into the distance. Adam Ward passed me commenting that he wanted to hold off Angela, who started 40 minutes behind him. Sally just about held off Angela, who started 60 minutes behind her. Angela, despite just “running for fun” was first woman and 10th overall. Sally made another Good-for-Age time. I had a personal worst by a considerable margin; it just wasn’t my day.

1st – Sam O’Neil (Headington Road Runners) 2.44.44, 10th (1st F) – Angela Mudge 3.26.43, 41st – Adam Ward 4.13.56, 50th – Sally Cross 4.25.46, 75th – Ian Jackson 5.05.31
93 finishers. Full results are here: http://capewrathchallenge.co.uk/2017-results.html
Ian Jackson

Goatfell race

May 20, 2017 Filed Under: Carnchamps

Results:

Position	Number	Name		Club	Cat	Time
1	62	Murray	Strain	HBT	SM	01:12:11
2	48	Finlay	Wild	Lochaber	SM	01:13:35
3	49	Andrew	Fallas	Carnethy	SM	01:17:21
4	116	Douglas	Tullie	HBT	SM	01:17:35
5	107	Robert	Simpson	Shettleston	SM	01:17:49
6	86	Joe	Symonds	Shettleston H	SM	01:18:05
7	95	James	Waldie	Carnethy	SM	01:18:24
8	265	James	Espie	Deeside R	SM	01:18:46
9	94	Sam	Alexander	W esterlands	SM	01:19:08
10	81	Alasdair	Anthony	Ochil HR	SM	01:19:14
11	298	Alasdair	Campbell	Cambuslang	SM	01:20:24
12	23	Dessie	Flanagan	Carnethy	M40	01:22:18
13	15	Gregor	Stewart	W esterlands	SM	01:22:58
14	287	Hamish	Battle	Metro Aberdeen	SM	01:23:04
15	4	Kenny	Richmond	Shettleston H	M40	01:23:22
16	132	Ross	Houston	Central AC	SM	01:23:37
17	178	Philip	Mowbray	HBT	M40	01:24:43
18	172	John	Yells	Lochaber	SM	01:24:58
19	82	James	Harrison	Corstorphine AAC	SM	01:25:24
20	29	Luke	Taylor	Highland HR	SM	01:26:33
21	43	John	Mitchell	Cosmic HB	SM	01:27:45
22	20	Stewart	Whitlie	Carnethy	M50	01:27:57
23	274	Stuart	Crutchfield	Lochaber	SM	01:28:00
24	171	Richard	Macleod	Lochaber	SM	01:29:16
25	267	Holly	Page		SL	01:29:36
26	159	Liam	Braby	Carnethy	SM	01:29:41
27	115	Andy	Bryce	Royal Marines	SM	01:29:55
28	87	Jill	Stephen	HBT	SL	01:30:37
29	91	Craig	Freshwater	W esterlands	SM	01:30:37
30	158	Alex	Luetchford	Edinburgh Uni H&H	SM	01:30:40
31	284	Miranda	Grant	HBT	SL	01:31:03
32	288	Stephen	Monk	Lochaber	SM	01:31:24
33	167	John	Busby	Carnethy	SM	01:31:40
34	78	Grant	Mackellar	Dunoon HR	SM	01:32:15
35	36	Walter	Henderson	Shettleston H	M40	01:32:29
36	134	David	Gallie	Highland HR	M50	01:32:36
37	283	Stefan	Wagner		M40	01:32:49
38	273	Gavin	MacMillan	Lochaber	SM	01:32:54
39	293	Steven	Worsley	Inverness H	M50	01:33:04
40	286	Stephanie	Provan	Deeside R	SL	01:33:26
41	120	Iain	Maclennan	Highland HR	M40	01:33:38
42	101	Adrian	Davis	Lomond HR	M50	01:33:49
43	135	Diana	Macdonald	Highland HR	SL	01:33:59
44	269	Mike	Stewart	Keith and District	M50	01:34:53
45	117	Jamie	Thin	HBT	M50	01:35:00
46	63	Adam	Anderson	Annan and District	M40	01:35:15
47	25	David	Houston	Shettleston H	SM	01:36:00
48	136	Gavin	Whiteside	Highland HR	SM	01:36:42
49	259	Chris	Tomlin	Cosmic HB	M40	01:36:44
50	295	Donald	Kerridge	Deeside R	M50	01:37:10
51	147	John	Malcolm	Lothian RC	SM	01:37:25
52	257	Geoff	Simpson	HBT	M50	01:37:57
53	143	George	MacMillan		M40	01:38:09
54	74	Moira	Davie		SL	01:38:15
55	104	John	Roach	Cosmic HB	M40	01:38:24
56	102	Neil	Gilmore	Carnethy	M50	01:38:29
57	72	Simon	Titmuss	Carnethy	M40	01:38:45
58	67	Ian	Wellock		SM	01:38:55
59	105	Fiona	McDonald	Cosmic HB	W40	01:39:01
60	16	Ali	Kennedy	Lochaber	M50	01:39:11
61	145	Roddy	Cunningham	W esterlands	SM	01:39:15
62	65	Mark	Whitelaw	Annan and District	M40	01:39:20
63	8	Shona	Robertson	Shettleston	W40	01:39:26
64	100	Andrew	Patience	Carnethy	M50	01:39:31
65	99	Chris	Butler	W esterlands	SM	01:39:37
66	133	Craig	Walling	HBT	SM	01:39:42
67	3	Clara	Horswell	Shettleston H	SL	01:40:02
68	142	Stuart	Pringle	Deeside R	SM	01:40:06
69	92	Owen	O'Neill	W esterlands	SM	01:40:46
70	139	Stewart	Wilson	Inverness H	M50	01:40:50
71	177	Simon	Wells-Cole		SM	01:41:22
72	39	Adam	Dickie	Dumfries RC	SM	01:41:29
73	182	Denis	McDonald	Cosmic HB	M50	01:41:53
74	7	Ross	Cruickshanks	Shettleston H	SM	01:41:57
75	31	Ronald	Turner	Rossendale H	M50	01:41:59
76	289	David	Croll	Deeside R	M50	01:42:37
77	256	Alistair	Walker	Deeside R	SM	01:42:40
78	131	Ross	Milne	Corstorphine AAC	SM	01:42:44
79	253	Dan	Watson	Lochtayside	M40	01:42:47
80	68	Graham	McLellan	Annan and District	M40	01:42:48
81	17	David	Dickson	W esterlands	M50	01:42:49
82	127	Tom	Nichol	SRUC AC	SM	01:42:57
83	44	Peter	Simpson	PH Racing Club	M50	01:43:03
84	110	Christopher	McKiddie	W esterlands	SM	01:43:08
85	268	John	Tollitt	Northumberland FR	M50	01:43:35
86	155	Will	Normand	Carnethy	SM	01:43:43
87	285	David	Hirst	Deeside R	M50	01:44:03
88	57	Simon	Templeman	Ochil HR	M40	01:44:21
89	54	Alasdair	McCallum	North Ayrshire AC	M50	01:44:27
90	34	James	Pettigrew	Ayr Seaforth	SM	01:44:42
91	151	Tommy	Begley	North Ayrshire AC	M40	01:44:46
92	130	Veronique	Oldham	Cosmic HB	W50	01:44:53
93	278	Jon	Smith	Arran FR	M40	01:45:05
94	6	Phillip	Kammer	Cosmic HB	M60	01:45:33
95	46	Roderick	Pugh	Kilmarnock H	M60	01:45:42
96	53	Kevin	Davie	Carnegie H	SM	01:46:14
97	181	Kevin	Kelly		SM	01:46:17
98	19	Valerie	Houston	W esterlands	W50	01:46:55
99	299	Greg	Cadman		SM	01:46:59
100	40	Craig	Murphy	Girvan AAC	M50	01:47:17
101	156	Rachel	Newstead	Carnethy	SL	01:47:24
102	55	Allan	Lamont	Lochaber	SM	01:47:33
103	123	Russell	Henderson		M40	01:47:52
104	58	David	Scott	Ochil HR	M60	01:48:17
105	153	Niall	MacBeath	Lochaber	M40	01:48:20
106	56	Stuart	Hawthorne		M40	01:48:25
107	64	Graeme	Dunbar	Carnethy	M40	01:48:53
108	61	John	Leitch	North Ayrshire AC	SM	01:49:05
109	108	Chris	Tinning	Carnethy	M40	01:49:08
110	50	Suzy	Devey	Lochaber	SL	01:49:16
111	76	Bryan	Fitzpatrick	Dunoon HR	SM	01:49:19
112	141	Robert	Maclean	Lochaber	M40	01:49:40
113	88	Ian	Hawkins	Fife AC	M50	01:49:44
114	176	Stevie	Sedgewick		SM	01:50:39
115	138	John	Moffat	Highland HR	M50	01:50:59
116	161	Andrew	Walsh	Arran FR	M50	01:51:09
117	163	Jacob	Clayton		SM	01:51:22
118	97	Jeremy	Milne	Carnethy	M40	01:51:27
119	83	Hilary	Ritchie	Fife AC	W50	01:51:39
120	165	Colin	Robertson		M50	01:51:43
121	175	Mike	Mellor	Arran FR	M50	01:51:54
122	38	Craig	Malcolmson	Dumfries RC	M50	01:52:10
123	254	Ian	Hutchinson		SM	01:52:22
124	13	Andrew	Stewart	Ron's Runners	M50	01:52:23
125	154	Gordon	McCaffrey	W esterlands	M60	01:52:55
126	106	Heather	Simpson	W esterlands	SL	01:53:03
127	51	Fiona	Comrie	North Ayrshire AC	W40	01:53:19
128	71	Ewan	Cameron	W esterlands	SM	01:53:51
129	30	Gordie	Taylor	Highland HR	M50	01:54:17
130	277	Digby	Maass	Carnethy	M60	01:54:42
131	266	Kevin	Pugh		SM	01:54:56
132	276	Andrew	Trigg		M50	01:55:21
133	122	Alastair	Watson	Highland HR	M50	01:55:34
134	14	Brian	Brennan	W esterlands	M60	01:55:36
135	73	Stephen	Johnston	Milburn H	M50	01:55:54
136	128	Michael	Blair	Shettleston H	SM	01:56:06
137	124	Neill	Mitchell	Fife AC	M40	01:56:08
138	59	David	Duncan	Ochil HR	M60	01:56:21
139	45	Gordon	Bulloch	W esterlands	M40	01:56:24
140	263	Andrew	Lee	Rossendale H	M40	01:56:28
141	118	Rebecca	Harding	HBT	SL	01:57:16
142	9	Thomas	Street	North Ayrshire AC	M40	01:57:36
143	164	Nicholas	Parker	Garscube H	M40	01:57:49
144	79	Katharine	Sims	Dunoon HR	SL	01:58:27
145	272	David	White	Helm HR	M40	01:58:45
146	270	Kathleen	Aubrey	Helm HR	W50	01:58:48
147	170	Nathan	Thompson		SM	01:58:54
148	290	Ian	Hamilton	Cosmic HB	M50	01:58:57
149	70	George	Douglas	W esterlands	M50	01:59:20
150	41	Christopher	Mitchell		M60	01:59:32
151	5	Victoria	Leiper	Shettleston H	SL	01:59:46
152	69	Douglas	Wood		M50	01:59:51
153	146	Myrtle	Breckenridge	Shettleston H	SL	02:00:10
154	137	Karen	Lyons	Highland HR	W40	02:00:16
155	12	Angela	Reid	North Ayrshire AC	SL	02:00:17
156	1	Graham	Ramsay	Shettleston H	M40	02:00:25
157	112	Kenny	McDonald	Bellahouston RR	M40	02:00:41
158	144	Jamie	Howie	Bellahouston RR	M40	02:00:55
159	42	Alistair	Boyer	W esterlands	SM	02:01:47
160	37	Douglas	Milligan	Solway RC	M70	02:03:24
161	152	Susan-Jane	Ross	Lochaber	W40	02:03:32
162	2	John	Murphy		SM	02:03:41
163	22	Christine	Menhennet	W esterlands	W60	02:03:45
164	33	Iain	Pettigrew	Ayr Seaforth	M40	02:03:48
165	126	Ewan	Welsh	Ilkley H	M50	02:04:00
166	297	Manuel	Delgado		SM	02:04:08
167	66	Kathy	Henly	Carnethy	W40	02:04:31
168	300	Kirstie	Smith	Arran FR	SL	02:04:38
169	125	John	Burnett		M40	02:04:43
170	150	Steven	Gilligan	W esterlands	M40	02:04:44
171	166	Roger	Hall	Woudhijgers, Bussum	M50	02:05:46
172	10	Sandro	del Greco		SM	02:05:53
173	180	Heledd	Rheinallt	Perth RR	SL	02:06:40
174	282	Darren	Agnew		SM	02:06:54
175	174	George	Doubleday	Arran FR	SM	02:07:10
176	18	Paul	McCallum	Ron's Runners	M40	02:07:10
177	93	Kevin	Smith		M50	02:07:22
178	129	Martha	Lovatt	Garscube H	SL	02:07:31
179	149	Lorna	Mahoney	W esterlands	W50	02:07:59
180	103	Ivor	Normand	HBT	M50	02:08:14
181	162	Nigel	Clayton		M50	02:08:40
182	113	Sarah	Clark	Forfar RR	SL	02:08:50
183	35	Mark	Graham	Cumberland FR	M50	02:09:13
184	28	Peter	Nuttall	Rossendale H	M50	02:09:15
185	27	Joanne	Pitt	North Ayrshire AC	SL	02:09:40
186	280	David	Oliver	Deeside R	M50	02:09:49
187	179	Janet	Fisher		SL	02:10:01
188	84	Jocelyn	Scott	Fife AC	W60	02:10:41
189	251	James	Hamilton	Lochaber	M50	02:10:57
190	140	Arthur	Rodman		M60	02:11:46
191	121	Roy	Mclachlan	Fife AC	M60	02:12:04
192	169	Greg	Paterson		SM	02:12:36
193	160	Simon	Mackay	W esterlands	SM	02:13:02
194	250	Hayley	Gibson		SL	02:13:12
195	75	Kevin	Smith	Lomond FR	M40	02:13:34
196	32	John	Lavelle	Rossendale H	M50	02:14:36
197	260	Caroline	Watt	Cosmic HB	W40	02:14:45
198	252	Douglas	Neilson		M40	02:14:48
199	47	Helen	Macpherson	W esterlands	W60	02:15:02
200	52	Andrew	Sim	Carnegie H	M40	02:15:34
201	271	Neil	Smith	Kenilworth R	M50	02:15:57
202	109	Clare	Martin	Deeside R	W50	02:16:31
203	255	Simon	Johnson	Ochil HR	M40	02:16:41
204	168	Tracy	Ballinger	Carnethy	SL	02:16:58
205	11	Sylvia	Mulholland	Ron's Runners	W40	02:17:42
206	77	Lucie	Noakes	Dunoon HR	SL	02:17:42
207	80	Clare	McFadden		W40	02:19:46
208	183	Alan	Murray	local	SM	02:19:53
209	114	Ronald	Fraser	Dundee RR	M50	02:19:58
210	89	Del	Gallacher		M50	02:20:17
211	21	John	Hamer	W esterlands	M50	02:21:00
212	281	Jane	Oliver	Deeside R	W50	02:21:39
213	26	Michael	Waddington	Jog Scotland	M40	02:21:45
214	148	Ray	Murdoch	Lochaber	M60	02:24:03
215	98	Janice	Smith	HBT	W60	02:24:36
216	292	Lesley	Halstead	Carnegie H	W40	02:25:11
217	96	Paul	Hasson		M40	02:26:11
218	296	John	Good		M50	02:26:32
219	279	Sarah	Young		SL	02:26:42
220	261	Tracy	Hamilton	Worksop H	W50	02:27:02
221	291	Hugh	McPherson	Tinto HR	M70	02:27:36
222	294	Clare	Marriott	Arran FR	SL	02:29:26
223	60	Christopher	Doak	Bellahouston RR	SM	02:30:34
224	90	David	Francis	Fife AC	M60	02:34:35
225	262	Brian	Howie	Carnethy	M60	02:35:54
226	173	Karen	Lindsay-Smith	Arran FR	W40	02:37:39
227	264	Michelle	Williamson	Arran FR	SL	02:37:42
228	111	Peter	Martin	Deeside R	M60	02:38:46
229	258	Shelagh	King	Gala H	W60	02:57:30
230	157	Jackie	Newman		W50	02:58:42
231	119	Eliza	Mclachlan	Fife AC	W60	02:59:51

In a double, both Murray Strain – winner, and Finlay Wild – second, broke the course record. Andy Fallas came in 3rd.
Dessie Flanagan was 1st V40 and Stewart Whitlie 1st V50. With the cream of the ageing whippets out in force in this championship race there was nothing for me, though I had a spell of hope as the top 3 in each category (a very civilised thing to do) got a prize. Carnethy men won the team prize.
There were plenty of Carnethy prizes in the SAL champs too but since I unwillingly paid SAL £2 for the privilege of their ‘piggybacking’ the race I’m going to ignore this.
A dodgy forecast turned into a lovely day over the course of the race. All the Carnethys save Simon T returned unscathed to a feast of cake. He’s ok, but rather scraped and bloody. This race has a high injury quotient. The winning lady limped painfully over to get her prize having just returned from the hospital.
Everyone then variously dispersed to either get the ferry back, go off and enjoy more time on this lovely island, or go and marshal in the Scottish Islands Peaks race at Lamlash.
Digby
Some of the Carnethy finishers…

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