My plan had been a cushy summit marshal job in spring sunshine with a flask of coffee, sandwiches and the Sunday paper. In the event I set off with Jon Whitehead and Alec McEwan in intermittent hail squalls separated by brilliant sunshine. The forecast was for 45mph gusts at -8C wind chill – at sea level. All my outdoor wisdom made it clear many years ago that it’s not a good idea pitching a tent on an exposed summit in the forecast conditions. But somehow it seemed like an exciting challenge, even when we reached the summit. It would pass the time whilst we waited, and give us a cosy lookout from which to shout encouragement into what became a pretty wild affair. As if the wind gusts weren’t challenge enough, the ground was hard frozen under a couple of inches of hail. We lost two tent bags – probably in Lanark before those end of the race, and acquired a lot of curly tent pegs but eventually got the wild thing up. Modern tents are pretty sturdy – once they’re pitched well. We didn’t quite achieve the well-pitched state. With only space for one it proceeded to dismantle itself second by second. The runners arrived, looking much more comfortable than I felt. Many seemed to be enjoying themselves so much that they were hell bent on continuing to Culter fell across this rather indistinct summit. I think we managed to reel them all in before they disappeared forever into the maelstrom.
Having just about managed the challenges thus far, we then embarked on the reverse problem of dismantling the tent before it set off for Lanark to re-join its stuff bag. The sun came out on the way down. A jolly afternoon. Photos – you must be joking. I think I heard Robin chuckling just downwind.
Keith Burns
Position | Bib | Name | Surname | Club | Category | FinishTime |
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1 | 46 | Scott | Fraser | HBT | M | 00:20:34 |
2 | 52 | Ross | Gollan | Shettleston Harriers | M | 00:20:39 |
3 | 2 | Alasdair | Anthony | Ochils | M40 | 00:20:55 |
4 | 76 | Jethro | Lennox | Shettleston Harriers | M40 | 00:21:06 |
5 | 156 | James | Waldie | HBT | M | 00:21:06 |
6 | 34 | James | Espie | Deeside Runners | M | 00:21:14 |
7 | 172 | Hamish | Battle | Metro Aberdeen | M | 00:21:23 |
8 | 146 | Matthew | Sullivan | Shettleston Harriers | M | 00:21:46 |
9 | 143 | Ryan | Stewart | Shettleston Harriers | M | 00:21:50 |
10 | 168 | John | Yells | Lochaber AC | M | 00:22:00 |
11 | 40 | Dessie | Flanagan | Carnethy | M40 | 00:22:05 |
12 | 163 | Stewart | Whitlie | Carnethy | M50 | 00:22:14 |
13 | 77 | Alex | Luetchford | HBT | M | 00:22:20 |
14 | 148 | Joe | Symonds | Shettleston Harriers | M | 00:22:31 |
15 | 129 | Kenny | Richmond | Shettleston Harriers | M40 | 00:22:41 |
16 | 126 | Konrad | Rawlik | Carnethy | M | 00:22:52 |
17 | 150 | Jamie | Thin | HBT | M50 | 00:23:01 |
18 | 11 | Liam | Braby | Carnethy | M | 00:23:08 |
19 | 27 | Gregor | Davidson | Lochaber AC | M | 00:23:08 |
20 | 55 | Steve | Halsall | Westerlands | M | 00:23:11 |
21 | 47 | Craig | Freshwater | HBT | M | 00:23:17 |
22 | 142 | Jill | Stephen | HBT | F | 00:23:19 |
23 | 53 | Manuel | Gorman | Westerlands | M50 | 00:23:27 |
24 | 83 | Iain | Mackellaig | Lochaber AC | M50 | 00:23:45 |
25 | 38 | Steven | Fallon | Carnethy | M50 | 00:23:56 |
26 | 167 | Stephen | Winter | Shettleston Harriers | M40 | 00:23:57 |
27 | 170 | Alan | Smith | Deeside Runners | M50 | 00:24:00 |
28 | 128 | Michael | Reid | Carnethy | M40 | 00:24:04 |
29 | 91 | Stuart | Malcolm | Highland Hill Runners | M40 | 00:24:06 |
30 | 25 | Dave | Cummins | Highland Hill Runners | M50 | 00:24:09 |
31 | 12 | William | Breckenridge | Shettleston Harriers | M50 | 00:24:12 |
32 | 93 | Jonathon | Marks | Carnethy | M | 00:24:17 |
33 | 121 | Stephanie | Provan | Deeside Runners | F | 00:24:18 |
34 | 181 | Angela | Mudge | Carnethy | F40 | 00:24:19 |
35 | 106 | Alex | McVey | Carnethy | M | 00:24:25 |
36 | 178 | Des | Crowe | Penicuik Harriers | M50 | 00:24:29 |
37 | 135 | Nigel | Shekleton | Carnethy | M | 00:24:33 |
38 | 18 | Christopher | Busby | Carnethy | M | 00:24:48 |
39 | 59 | Walter | Henderson | Shettleston Harriers | M50 | 00:25:34 |
40 | 179 | Michael | Greens | Penicuik Harriers | M | 00:25:33 |
41 | 131 | John | Ryan | Carnethy | M | 00:25:49 |
42 | 162 | Gavin | Whiteside | Highland Hill Runners | M40 | 00:26:08 |
43 | 136 | Kenny | Short | Teviotdale Harriers | M50 | 00:26:09 |
44 | 24 | Ross | Cruickshanks | Shettleston Harriers | M | 00:26:11 |
45 | 51 | Neil | Gilmore | Carnethy | M50 | 00:26:13 |
46 | 166 | Stewart | Wilson | Highland Hill Runners | M50 | 00:26:17 |
47 | 36 | Neah | Evans | Westerlands | F | 00:26:17 |
48 | 16 | Neil | Burnett | Carnethy | M40 | 00:26:20 |
49 | 102 | Sam | Mckinnon | Gala Harriers | M | 00:26:22 |
50 | 153 | John | Tullie | Teviotdale Harriers | M60 | 00:26:22 |
51 | 109 | Keith | Murray | Teviotdale Harriers | M50 | 00:26:39 |
52 | 42 | Stuart | Forrest | Highland Hill Runners | M | 00:26:41 |
53 | 161 | Mark | Whitelaw | Annan & District | M40 | 00:26:42 |
54 | 98 | Gordon | Mccaffrey | Westerlands | M60 | 00:26:44 |
55 | 117 | Iain | Pender | Shettleston Harriers | M | 00:26:45 |
56 | 157 | Claire | Ward | HBT | F40 | 00:26:45 |
57 | 113 | Veronique | Oldham | Cosmic Hillbashers | F50 | 00:26:53 |
58 | 19 | John | Busby | Carnethy | M | 00:27:06 |
59 | 119 | Stuart | Pringle | Deeside Runners | M | 00:27:06 |
60 | 112 | Will | Normand | Carnethy | M | 00:27:11 |
61 | 127 | Don | Reid | Westerlands | M60 | 00:27:14 |
62 | 140 | Bruce | Smith | Carnethy | M50 | 00:27:36 |
63 | 70 | Philip | Kammer | Cosmic Hillbashers | M60 | 00:27:37 |
64 | 92 | Craig | Malcolmson | Dumfries | M50 | 00:27:42 |
65 | 177 | Euan | Boyd | Carnethy | M | 00:27:42 |
66 | 137 | Peter | Simpson | PH Racing | M50 | 00:28:10 |
67 | 81 | Dougie | Macdonald | Highland Hill Runners | M40 | 00:28:19 |
68 | 30 | Alasdair | Dunlop | Carnethy | M40 | 00:28:26 |
69 | 87 | Robert | MacLean | Lochaber AC | M50 | 00:28:31 |
70 | 101 | Christopher | McKiddie | Westerlands | M | 00:28:39 |
71 | 62 | Richard | Horsfield | Kimberworth Striders | M50 | 00:28:41 |
72 | 111 | Rachel | Normand | Carnethy | F | 00:28:41 |
73 | 134 | Trevor | Shaw | Lochtayside | M50 | 00:28:45 |
74 | 159 | Dan | Watson | Lochtayside | M40 | 00:28:47 |
75 | 176 | Matt | Jones | Carnethy | M40 | 00:28:57 |
76 | 58 | Ian | Hawkins | Fife AC | M50 | 00:28:58 |
77 | 160 | Jonathan | Weir | Unattached | M40 | 00:28:58 |
78 | 104 | Neil | McLure | Carnegie Harriers | M50 | 00:29:29 |
79 | 60 | Michelle | Hetherington | Carnethy | F50 | 00:29:51 |
80 | 175 | Mary | Lye | Carnethy | F40 | 00:29:53 |
81 | 33 | Marie | Entwistle | Deeside Runners | F40 | 00:30:18 |
82 | 122 | Roderick | Pugh | Kilmarnock Harriers | M60 | 00:30:24 |
83 | 71 | Fiona | Kelsall | Ochils | F40 | 00:30:29 |
84 | 75 | Victoria | Leiper | Shettleston Harriers | F | 00:30:29 |
85 | 165 | Colin | Wilson | Lomond Hill Runners | M50 | 00:30:42 |
86 | 125 | Graham | Ramsay | Shettleston Harriers | M40 | 00:30:47 |
87 | 155 | Dave | Turner | Lomond Hill Runners | M40 | 00:30:47 |
88 | 14 | Stuart | Brodie | Ochils | M | 00:30:51 |
89 | 120 | Louise | Provan | Cosmic Hillbashers | F40 | 00:30:52 |
90 | 123 | James | Purves | Gala Harriers | M60 | 00:30:54 |
91 | 17 | Denise | Burns | Lomond Hill Runners | F40 | 00:30:56 |
92 | 89 | Murdo | MacLeod | Westerlands | M60 | 00:30:56 |
93 | 10 | Alistair | Boyer | Westerlands | M | 00:31:11 |
94 | 29 | Nicola | Duncan | Carnethy | F | 00:31:11 |
95 | 13 | Brian | Brennan | Westerlands | M60 | 00:31:13 |
96 | 85 | Fionna | Mackinnon | Carnethy | F40 | 00:31:14 |
97 | 79 | Karen | Lyons | Highland Hill Runners | F40 | 00:31:14 |
98 | 21 | gordon | Cameron | Carnethy | M60 | 00:31:16 |
99 | 41 | Kenneth | Fordyce | Carnethy | M40 | 00:31:56 |
100 | 61 | Alistair | Hindle | HBT | M40 | 00:32:22 |
101 | 171 | Kate | Kitchin | Unattached | F40 | 00:32:41 |
102 | 116 | Alastair | Paul | Northumberland FR | M60 | 00:32:57 |
103 | 124 | John | Quinn | Westerlands | M50 | 00:33:08 |
104 | 145 | Michael | Stone | Cosmic Hillbashers | M50 | 00:33:15 |
105 | 182 | Alan | Elder | Moorfoots | M50 | 00:33:56 |
106 | 66 | Jane | Jackson | Carnethy | F40 | 00:34:28 |
107 | 95 | Sarah | McAdam | Unattached | F | 00:34:50 |
108 | 9 | Shane | Bouchier | Carnethy | M40 | 00:34:57 |
109 | 133 | Jocelyn | Scott | Fife AC | F60 | 00:34:58 |
110 | 94 | Pauline | McAdam | Teviotdale Harriers | F60 | 00:35:06 |
111 | 114 | David | Oliver | Deeside Runners | M50 | 00:35:27 |
112 | 4 | Tracy | Ballinger | Carnethy | F | 00:35:43 |
113 | 35 | Malcolm | Evans | Westerlands | M70 | 00:35:51 |
114 | 96 | Rachel | McAleese | Unattached | F | 00:36:06 |
115 | 86 | Herbie | McLean | Lochtayside | M70 | 00:36:30 |
116 | 107 | Peter | Midgley | Westerlands | M60 | 00:36:30 |
117 | 72 | Liz | Killean | Fife AC | F50 | 00:36:32 |
118 | 69 | Stephen | Johnston | Milburn | M50 | 00:37:12 |
119 | 169 | Dougie | Milligan | Solway | M70 | 00:37:12 |
120 | 115 | Jane | Oliver | Deeside Runners | F50 | 00:37:49 |
121 | 22 | Leanne | Cooke | Westerlands | F | 00:37:53 |
122 | 173 | Chris | Downie | Penicuik Harriers | M50 | 00:37:59 |
123 | 5 | Iain | Beedie | Lomond Hill Runners | M40 | 00:39:26 |
124 | 8 | Elizabeth | Bloomfield | Fife AC | F40 | 00:39:34 |
125 | 180 | Fernade | Retna | Carnethy | M | 00:39:49 |
126 | 74 | Anita | Laidlaw | Fife AC | F40 | 00:40:38 |
127 | 174 | Bobby | Shields | Milburn | M70 | 00:41:59 |
128 | 73 | Shelagh | King | Gala Harriers | F60 | 00:43:08 |
129 | 103 | Eliza | Mclachlan | Fife AC | F60 | 00:47:55 |
130 | 6 | Frank | Birch | Lauderdale Limpers | M70 | 00:52:18 |