Sligachan was heaving with locals and visitors for the race, even in its Carnethy-lite form (Andrew Shepherd being our only runner). The strong wind meant there wasn’t a midge in sight, the flip side being that conditions near the summit were among the wildest Andrew could remember.
Finlay Wild was undeterred, leading from the start to win for the sixth time in a row by over ten minutes from Lochaber club-mate Richard MacLeod in a time that was only a couple of minutes outside his record. Alex Scandelora showed what Italian visitors can do by coming in third. The first two women home were both Macdonalds (unrelated to the Race Organisers, as far as we know): Diana, from Highland HR and Sophie, from Edinburgh AC.
Brian Marshall, with nine wins followed by five seconds in the last fourteen years, was “only” 69th this time. But…we spotted him heading out over the bridge at the start in bare feet and finishing similarly-shod. We were told he was carrying a pair of shoes just in case, but believe he didn’t use them. Quite a feet!
Ian Nimmo
Photos from Keith Van Schaick…
Position | Time | Name | Club | Category |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 00:46:18 | Finlay Wild | Lochaber | MS |
2 | 00:57:15 | Richard MacLeod | Lochaber | MS |
3 | 00:58:22 | Alex Scandolera | GS Orobie | MS |
4 | 00:58:53 | Francis Shephard | Unatt Local | MS |
5 | 00:59:21 | Alan Smith | Deeside R | M50 |
6 | 01:00:01 | Gareth Craft | Skye & Lochalsh | MS |
7 | 01:00:25 | Jack Ward | Highland HR | MS |
8 | 01:00:46 | Iain MacKellaig | Lochaber | M40 |
9 | 01:01:10 | Gavin MacMillan | Lochaber | MS |
10 | 01:01:24 | Donald Paterson | Lochaber | M40 |
11 | 01:02:45 | Graham Briffett | Highlander | M40 |
12 | 01:02:46 | Alistair Cox | Tinto | MS |
13 | 01:02:54 | Stewart Wilson | Inverness H | M50 |
14 | 01:03:00 | Robbie Cant | Lochaber | M40 |
15 | 01:03:22 | Stephen Monk | Lochaber | MS |
16 | 01:03:39 | Hugh Mackintosh | Lochaber | M50 |
17 | 01:03:45 | Lea Macleod | Unatt Local | MS |
18 | 01:03:54 | Niall Till | Skye & Lochalsh | MS |
19 | 01:03:57 | Iain Fraser | Tri Buchan | M50 |
20 | 01:04:31 | David Kerr | Highlander | M40 |
21 | 01:04:34 | Diana Macdonald | Highland HR | FS |
22 | 01:04:52 | Francisco Cabrera | Highland HR | MS |
23 | 01:04:55 | Ben Wilkinson | Unatt Local | MS |
24 | 01:05:01 | Donald MacPhie | Unatt Local | MS |
25 | 01:05:02 | Gareth Duncan | Unatt | MS |
26 | 01:05:23 | Gregor Davidson | 4 Para | MS |
27 | 01:06:09 | Matt Deamer | Unatt Local | MS |
28 | 01:06:13 | Pawel Cymbalista | Lochaber | MS |
29 | 01:06:21 | Sofie Macdonald | Edinburgh AC | FS |
30 | 01:06:50 | Matthew Heger | Lochaber | MS |
31 | 01:07:15 | Ben Wear | Unatt Local | MS |
32 | 01:07:37 | Tom Zinoviess | Unatt | MS |
33 | 01:08:00 | Marcus Scott | Unatt | MS |
34 | 01:08:15 | Robert Maclean | Lochaber | M40 |
35 | 01:08:44 | Ali Kennedy | Lochaber | M50 |
36 | 01:09:20 | Neill Gray | Unatt | MS |
37 | 01:09:30 | Stuart Forrest | Highland HR | MS |
38 | 01:09:44 | Allan Lamont | Lochaber | MS |
39 | 01:09:49 | Ben Wilson | Unatt | MS |
40 | 01:10:03 | Keith Blackhall | Lochaber | M40 |
41 | 01:10:39 | Alistair Gunn | Unatt Local | MS |
42 | 01:10:41 | Tay McCluskie | Unatt Local | MS |
43 | 01:12:05 | Colin Macdougall | Tinto | M40 |
44 | 01:12:18 | Gareth Brown | North Ayrshire | MS |
45 | 01:12:26 | Mick Green | Horwich MI | M50 |
46 | 01:13:26 | Brendan Thomson | Unatt Local | MS |
47 | 01:13:28 | Chris James | Skye & Lochalsh | MS |
48 | 01:13:33 | Amanda Blackhall | Lochaber | F40 |
49 | 01:13:39 | Stephen Gill | Keith & District AC | M40 |
50 | 01:13:59 | Tommy Begley | Irvine RC | M40 |
51 | 01:14:30 | Ian Blackburn | Nairn RR | M40 |
52 | 01:14:43 | John Coghill | Unatt Local | MS |
53 | 01:14:58 | Steve Popple | Highland HR | M50 |
54 | 01:15:08 | Paul Mackrell | Unatt | MS |
55 | 01:15:15 | Angus Murray | Stornoway | MS |
56 | 01:15:17 | Brian Macdonald | Lochaber | MS |
57 | 01:15:32 | Tristan Southall | Unatt | M40 |
58 | 01:15:37 | Niall MacBeath | Lochaber | M40 |
59 | 01:15:38 | Michael Slezas | Lochaber | MS |
60 | 01:16:44 | Stephen Murchison | Unatt Local | MS |
61 | 01:17:22 | Andrew Shepherd | Carnethy | M50 |
62 | 01:19:57 | Zack Cardiff | Unatt Local | MS |
63 | 01:19:58 | Andy Dunkel | Unatt | M40 |
64 | 01:20:11 | Jarek Horak | Best Czech & Welsh T | M40 |
65 | 01:21:04 | Ali Macleod | Unatt Local | M50 |
66 | 01:21:53 | Gareth Donnelly | IMRA | M40 |
67 | 01:22:29 | Matt Barratt | Unatt Local | M40 |
68 | 01:23:03 | Melanie Gaff | Cairngorm R | FS |
69 | 01:23:13 | Brian Marshall | HELP | M40 |
70 | 01:23:15 | David Jamieson | Unatt Local | M50 |
71 | 01:23:48 | Sandy Laing | Skye & Lochalsh | MS |
72 | 01:24:17 | Johnny Robinson | Unatt | MS |
73 | 01:25:11 | Sarah Sutton | Unatt Local | FS |
74 | 01:25:25 | Richard Moss | Unatt Local | MS |
75 | 01:25:43 | Stuart Hunter | Cosmic HB | M50 |
76 | 01:25:49 | Fiona Smith | Unatt | FS |
77 | 01:26:42 | Scott Templeman | Unatt Local | M40 |
78 | 01:26:57 | Alexander Tindall | Unatt Local | MS |
79 | 01:27:33 | Cheryl McIntyre | Unatt Local | FS |
80 | 01:28:48 | Dave Till | Skye & Lochalsh | M50 |
81 | 01:33:07 | Morton Hawsen | Unatt Local | M40 |
82 | 01:33:08 | Alan Wilson | Tinto | M50 |
83 | 01:33:10 | Tom Atkinson | Unatt Local | MS |
84 | 01:34:04 | Niall Mackinnon | Unatt Local | M40 |
85 | 01:34:26 | Christian Schuman | Unatt Local | FS |
86 | 01:35:15 | Maggie MacAskill | Unatt Local | FS |
87 | 01:35:21 | Philip Seddon | Skye & Lochalsh | M50 |
88 | 01:35:35 | Iain Laing | Unatt Local | M50 |
89 | 01:37:15 | Hugh Mackinnon | Unatt Local | MS |
90 | 01:37:53 | Jonathan Laing | Unatt Local | MS |
91 | 01:37:58 | Murray Bishop | Watlington | M50 |
92 | 01:40:02 | Neil Campbell | Unatt Local | MS |
93 | 01:40:22 | Andrew Sim | Carnegie | M40 |
94 | 01:41:28 | John Riddell | Watlington | M50 |
95 | 01:41:58 | Lesley Campbell | Skye & Lochalsh | F40 |
96 | 01:41:58 | Jamie Bonini | Unatt Local | MS |
97 | 01:42:40 | Poppy Booth | Unatt | FS |
98 | 01:42:57 | Neil McCluskey | Glenbrittle Giraffe | M60 |
99 | 01:44:13 | Kevin Munsie | Unatt Local | MS |
100 | 01:44:14 | John McSorley | Unatt Local | MS |
101 | 01:45:12 | William Fraser | Unatt | M50 |
102 | 01:48:05 | Vicky Dunkel | Wee Grumpy R | F40 |
103 | 01:48:33 | Keir Henderson | Unatt | MS |
104 | 01:48:36 | Alissa Smith | Unatt Local | FS |
105 | 01:52:51 | Andy Bridge | BARF | M50 |
106 | 01:54:17 | Jenny Henderson | Highland HR | F40 |
107 | 01:55:17 | Graham Fraser | Unatt | M40 |
108 | 01:55:49 | Robert Meechan | Unatt | MS |
109 | 01:56:06 | Andrew McConachie | Unatt Local | MS |
110 | 01:56:34 | Maria McAlister | Unatt | FS |
111 | 01:58:28 | Sam Crowe | Skye & Lochalsh | F40 |
112 | 01:58:35 | Klara Campbell | Lochaber | F40 |
113 | 02:05:47 | Nicholas Riddell | Watlington | MS |
114 | 02:23:19 | Rhona Coogan | Unatt Local | FS |
115 | 02:33:46 | Magda Grubba | Unatt | FS |
116 | 02:37:32 | Hamish Riddell | Watlington | MS |