A record number of runners and record times (albeit by seconds) for both Finlay Wild in 44:22 and Jill Stephen in 56:09. Also Alasdair Anthony set a new Over 40s record. Rachel warned me not to say Carnethy didn’t do very well… unfortunately the only Carnethys in the prize list are Rachel herself – 3rd senior lady, and Michelle 2nd FV50. But we are all winners in this race! It’s a hard slog of unrelenting ascent to the summit and this year the scree descent was particularly brutal with flying rock and moving torrents of stone. The weather was warm but ominous black cloud wreathed the Cuillin, and was heading our way. An incentive to quit the mountain.
The joy of this race is definitely the afters (assuming you don’t have time for the views), with nice food and a beer for each finisher, including the hotel’s own excellent brewery brew, somewhat spoiled by being kept in the chiller in the bar. Tsk. A sampling of a local whisky too, and very delicious. There’s a ceilidh too. More photos when the campsite wifi speeds up.
Digby
Jill became the second woman ever to break the hour after the great Trish Calder in 1990 (and then Clare Whitehead became the 3rd minutes later!). A list of all female sub 70 min runs is here with a list of all sub 52 min runs here. All previous winners are listed here.
Photos of the winners courtesy Geraint Ashton Jones (Alligin Photography). More photos here
Photos from Anne Nimmo
Results:
Position | Race No. | Time | Name | Club | Category |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 102 | 0:44:22 | Finlay Wild | Lochaber Athletic Club | M |
2 | 137 | 0:47:54 | Ted Mason | Wharfedale H | M |
3 | 163 | 0:48:06 | Lachlan Oates | Shettleston Harriers | M |
4 | 48 | 0:48:20 | James Espie | Deeside Runners | M |
5 | 84 | 0:48:40 | Alasdair Anthony | Ochil Hill Runners | M40 |
6 | 58 | 0:49:38 | Sam Alexander | Westerlands | M |
7 | 141 | 0:52:47 | Tom Simpson | Ambleside AC | M |
8 | 153 | 0:53:04 | James Tullie | Highland Hill Runners | M |
9 | 198 | 0:53:31 | Alec Keith | HBT | M50 |
10 | 82 | 0:54:13 | Richard Macleod | Lochaber Athletic Club | M |
11 | 124 | 0:54:26 | Gregor Stewart | Westerlands | M |
12 | 25 | 0:54:43 | Manny Gorman | Westerlands | M50 |
13 | 173 | 0:55:07 | Ross Spalding | Ochil Hill Runners | M |
14 | 183 | 0:55:27 | Francis Shephard (L) | 0 | M40 |
15 | 188 | 0:55:47 | David Cope | Howgill Harriers | M |
16 | 95 | 0:55:52 | Robert Brookes | Cosmics | M40 |
17 | 46 | 0:56:09 | Jill Stephen | Hunters Bog Trotters | F |
18 | 98 | 0:56:15 | Brian Marshall | HELP | M40 |
19 | 53 | 0:56:52 | Liam Braby | Carnethy HRC | M |
20 | 55 | 0:57:02 | Hamish Battle | Metro Aberdeen | M |
21 | 77 | 0:57:32 | Alan Smith | Deeside Runners | M50 |
22 | 131 | 0:57:32 | Stephen Winter | Shettleston Harriers | M40 |
23 | 130 | 0:57:44 | James Callender | Westerlands | M |
24 | 86 | 0:58:17 | Gregor Davidson | Lochaber Athletic Club | M |
25 | 75 | 0:58:51 | Francisco Javier Cabrera Valdes | Highland Hill Runners | M |
26 | 42 | 0:59:06 | James Harrison | Corstorphine AAC | M |
27 | 103 | 0:59:20 | Clare Whitehead | Deeside Runners | F40 |
28 | 15 | 0:59:27 | Alex McVey | Carnethy HRC | M |
29 | 24 | 1:00:17 | Stuart Malcolm | Highland Hill Runners | M50 |
30 | 80 | 1:00:39 | Andrew Gilmore | Carnethy HRC | M |
31 | 47 | 1:00:47 | Craig Freshwater | Hunters Bog Trotters | M |
32 | 76 | 1:01:00 | Stephanie Provan | Deeside Runners | F |
33 | 4 | 1:01:28 | John Tullie | Teviotdale Harriers | M60 |
34 | 168 | 1:01:30 | Matt MacDonald | Lochaber Athletic Club | M |
35 | 20 | 1:01:31 | Andrew Barr | Forres H | M |
36 | 125 | 1:01:48 | Iain Fraser | Tri Buchan | M50 |
37 | 152 | 1:02:24 | Bruce Smith | Carnethy HRC | M50 |
38 | 11 | 1:02:36 | Nigel Shekleton | Carnethy HRC | M |
39 | 115 | 1:02:40 | Iain Mackellaig | Lochaber Athletic Club | M50 |
40 | 61 | 1:02:45 | Stuart Pringle | Deeside Runners | M |
41 | 151 | 1:02:53 | Peter Kennedy | Lochaber Athletic Club | M40 |
42 | 99 | 1:02:54 | Stewart Wilson | Highland Hill Runners | M50 |
43 | 39 | 1:02:56 | Peter Melville | 0 | M |
44 | 78 | 1:03:15 | Donald MacPhie | 0 | M40 |
45 | 5 | 1:03:20 | Iain Pender | Shettleston Harriers | M |
46 | 159 | 1:03:29 | Barrie MacKinnon | Lochaber Athletic Club | M |
47 | 96 | 1:04:12 | Ruaraidh MacKenzie | Lochaber Athletic Club | M |
48 | 18 | 1:04:42 | Mike Stewart | Keith and district aac | M50 |
49 | 145 | 1:04:54 | Simon Titmuss | Carnethy HRC | M40 |
50 | 172 | 1:05:06 | Matthew Heger | Lochaber Athletic Club | M |
51 | 147 | 1:05:27 | Gareth Duncan | 0 | M |
52 | 135 | 1:05:35 | Scott Seefeldt | Keith and district aac | M |
53 | 85 | 1:05:36 | Iain Maclennan | Highland Hill Runners | M40 |
54 | 60 | 1:05:37 | Craig Wallace | Highland Hill Runners | M |
55 | 177 | 1:05:40 | Christopher Busby | Carnethy HRC | M |
56 | 13 | 1:05:46 | Philip Kammer | Cosmics | M60 |
57 | 3 | 1:06:03 | Don Reid | Westerlands | M60 |
58 | 195 | 1:06:22 | Niall Till (L) | Skye & Lochalsh running club | M |
59 | 162 | 1:06:27 | Gilles Contier | 0 | M50 |
60 | 12 | 1:06:31 | Gordon Pryde | Lomond Hill Runners | M60 |
61 | 67 | 1:06:45 | Keith Blackhall | Lochaber Athletic Club | M40 |
62 | 97 | 1:07:02 | Yan Valentine | Lochaber Athletic Club | M40 |
63 | 199 | 1:07:20 | John Coghill (L) | 0 | M |
64 | 116 | 1:07:37 | Pawel Cymbalista | Lochaber Athletic Club | M |
65 | 100 | 1:07:51 | Stuart Forrest | Highland Hill Runners | M |
66 | 118 | 1:08:00 | Robert Maclean | Lochaber Athletic Club | M50 |
67 | 155 | 1:08:15 | Crisdean Macrae | RFBR | M |
68 | 73 | 1:08:35 | Gordon Mccaffrey | Westerlands | M60 |
69 | 21 | 1:08:39 | Iain MacDonald | Forres H | M50 |
70 | 148 | 1:08:47 | Brian Macdonald | Lochaber Athletic Club | M40 |
71 | 142 | 1:08:48 | Stuart Simpson | Stornoway RAC | M40 |
72 | 81 | 1:08:53 | Kenneth O'Brien (L) | 0 | M |
73 | 31 | 1:08:54 | Veronique Oldham | Cosmics | F50 |
74 | 140 | 1:09:10 | Tom Barker | 0 | M |
75 | 117 | 1:09:23 | Robert Hall-Mcnair | 0 | M40 |
76 | 68 | 1:09:32 | Craig MacColmson | Dumfries | M50 |
77 | 40 | 1:09:33 | Rachel Normand | Carnethy HRC | F |
78 | 107 | 1:09:35 | Dougie Macdonald | Highland Hill Runners | M40 |
79 | 150 | 1:09:41 | Matt Deamer (L) | 0 | M |
80 | 83 | 1:10:14 | Allan Lamont | Lochaber Athletic Club | M |
81 | 74 | 1:10:17 | Gordie Taylor | Highland Hill Runners | M50 |
82 | 66 | 1:10:21 | Amanda Blackhall | Lochaber Athletic Club | F40 |
83 | 28 | 1:10:41 | Ben Spence | 0 | M |
84 | 22 | 1:10:46 | Morgan Windram-Geddes | Fife AC | F |
85 | 134 | 1:10:50 | Clive Coffey | NIMRA | M50 |
86 | 49 | 1:10:51 | Remik Strzyzewski | 0 | M |
87 | 32 | 1:10:58 | Ewan Paterson | Highland Hill Runners | M60 |
88 | 2 | 1:11:06 | Andrew Shepherd | Carnethy HRC | M50 |
89 | 79 | 1:11:29 | Harry Gilmore | Carnethy HRC | M50 |
90 | 44 | 1:11:35 | Roderick Pugh | Kilmarnock Harriers | M60 |
91 | 50 | 1:11:38 | Nick Mardell | Deeside Runners | M50 |
92 | 41 | 1:12:49 | Will Normand | Carnethy HRC | M |
93 | 43 | 1:13:10 | Ross McGauchey | 0 | M |
94 | 119 | 1:13:41 | John Ryan | Carnethy HRC | M |
95 | 29 | 1:13:42 | Michelle Hetherington | Carnethy HRC | F50 |
96 | 129 | 1:13:47 | Stephen Murchison (L) | 0 | M |
97 | 179 | 1:14:00 | David Jamieson | Skye and Lochalsh Running Club | M50 |
98 | 23 | 1:14:03 | Lee O'Connor | Dundee RR | M40 |
99 | 132 | 1:14:12 | Alastair Combe | 0 | M40 |
100 | 138 | 1:14:56 | Richard Morris | 45 Recce | M |
101 | 139 | 1:14:57 | Lee Howell | 45 Recce | M |
102 | 146 | 1:15:37 | James Mann | 0 | M |
103 | 17 | 1:15:46 | Gerald Angus | Keith and district aac | M50 |
104 | 165 | 1:15:48 | Andrew MacDonald (L) | 0 | M |
105 | 187 | 1:15:50 | Bruce Elliot (L) | 0 | M40 |
106 | 19 | 1:16:25 | Christopher Mitchell (L) | 0 | M60 |
107 | 92 | 1:16:51 | Brian Campbell | Lochaber Athletic Club | M50 |
108 | 106 | 1:16:55 | Karen Lyons (L) | Highland Hill Runners | F40 |
109 | 144 | 1:17:14 | Jean Mclennan | Dunoon Hill Runners | F50 |
110 | 93 | 1:17:32 | Colin McTavish | Lochaber Athletic Club | M60 |
111 | 149 | 1:17:40 | Vikki MacKinnon | Lochaber Athletic Club | F40 |
112 | 166 | 1:17:57 | Stuart Hunter | Cosmics | M50 |
113 | 57 | 1:17:58 | Hilary Ritchie | Fife AC | F50 |
114 | 167 | 1:18:16 | Richard Chatburn | Highland Hill Runners | M40 |
115 | 112 | 1:18:23 | Trevor Shaw | Lochtayside | M50 |
116 | 89 | 1:18:36 | John Donnelly | Westerlands | M50 |
117 | 154 | 1:19:01 | Jamie Hamilton (L) | 0 | M |
118 | 184 | 1:19:11 | Ally Macleod (L) | 0 | M50 |
119 | 160 | 1:19:25 | Sarah Sutton (L) | 0 | F |
120 | 69 | 1:19:58 | Douglas Milligan | Solway RC | M70 |
121 | 88 | 1:20:09 | Sean Walker | Carnethy HRC | M40 |
122 | 126 | 1:20:16 | Rhian Evans | Strathearn Harriers | F |
123 | 196 | 1:20:42 | Ian Stewart (L) | Skye and Lochalsh Running Club | M50 |
124 | 10 | 1:21:10 | Gordon Cameron | Carnethy HRC | M60 |
125 | 136 | 1:21:23 | Lucy Mallinson | Wharfedale H | F |
126 | 59 | 1:21:43 | Fionna MacKinnon | Carnethy HRC | F40 |
127 | 161 | 1:22:07 | David Hall (L) | 0 | M |
128 | 70 | 1:22:17 | Chloe Valentine | Lochaber Athletic Club | F40 |
129 | 105 | 1:22:33 | David Oliver | Deeside Runners | M50 |
130 | 52 | 1:22:36 | Alistair Boyer | Westerlands | M |
131 | 45 | 1:23:07 | Graham Arthur | Highland Hill Runners | M70 |
132 | 143 | 1:23:20 | Bryony Fearnley | 0 | F |
133 | 62 | 1:23:32 | Marie Entwistle | Deeside Runners | F40 |
134 | 56 | 1:24:25 | Stephen Johnston | Milburn Harriers | M50 |
135 | 30 | 1:24:38 | Joanne Anderson | Carnethy HRC | F40 |
136 | 128 | 1:25:39 | Cheryl McIntyre (L) | 0 | F |
137 | 186 | 1:25:56 | Ewan Murray | RFBR | M |
138 | 94 | 1:26:06 | Bruce Davie | Lochaber Athletic Club | M40 |
139 | 193 | 1:26:13 | Alasdair MacSween (L) | 0 | M50 |
140 | 64 | 1:26:20 | Michael Milner | 0 | M |
141 | 51 | 1:26:38 | Neil Turner (L) | Skye and Lochalsh Running Club | M40 |
142 | 158 | 1:26:42 | Ross Nicolson (L) | 0 | M |
143 | 175 | 1:26:56 | Nicholas Riddell | Watlington HB | M |
144 | 133 | 1:27:27 | Helen Cassidy | NIMRA | F40 |
145 | 90 | 1:27:49 | George Douglas | Westerlands | M50 |
146 | 101 | 1:27:49 | David Scott | Ochil Hill Runners | M60 |
147 | 54 | 1:28:27 | Charles Ritchie | Cambridge & Coleridge | M60 |
148 | 113 | 1:28:30 | Digby Maass | Carnethy HRC | M60 |
149 | 87 | 1:28:35 | Lesley Malarkey | Keswick AC | F60 |
150 | 114 | 1:28:36 | Tay McCluskie (L) | 0 | M |
151 | 194 | 1:28:57 | Dave Till (L) | Skye and Lochalsh Running Club | M50 |
152 | 63 | 1:28:59 | Morten Hansen | 0 | M40 |
153 | 111 | 1:29:12 | Brian Brennan | Westerlands | M60 |
154 | 122 | 1:29:21 | Iain MacGilp | 0 | M |
155 | 65 | 1:29:33 | James Hamilton | Lochaber Athletic Club | M50 |
156 | 157 | 1:30:23 | Alexander Tindall (L) | 0 | M |
157 | 34 | 1:30:41 | Jeremy Mackin | 0 | M50 |
158 | 6 | 1:30:48 | Kate Tuer | 0 | F |
159 | 35 | 1:30:51 | Jocelyn Scott | Fife AC | F60 |
160 | 36 | 1:31:29 | Lindsay Wilson | Fife AC | F |
161 | 176 | 1:31:35 | Katherine Kirk | 0 | F50 |
162 | 14 | 1:31:57 | Katie May | Howgill Harriers | F |
163 | 156 | 1:32:00 | Ros Evans | Westerlands | F60 |
164 | 7 | 1:33:05 | Herbie McLean | Lochtayside | M70 |
165 | 91 | 1:34:32 | Klara Campbell | Lochaber Athletic Club | F40 |
166 | 120 | 1:35:39 | Gordon MacPhie (L) | 0 | M |
167 | 104 | 1:36:46 | Jane Oliver | Deeside Runners | F50 |
168 | 38 | 1:36:48 | Andrew Fullwood | Westerlands | M50 |
169 | 8 | 1:38:11 | Alan Campbell | 0 | M60 |
170 | 178 | 1:38:12 | Harry Martin (L) | 0 | M |
171 | 174 | 1:38:26 | John Riddell | Watlington HB | M50 |
172 | 170 | 1:39:29 | Murray Bishop | Watlington HB | M50 |
173 | 9 | 1:40:01 | Ninian Christie | 0 | M40 |
174 | 37 | 1:40:53 | Elizabeth Bloomfield | Fife AC | F50 |
175 | 185 | 1:41:00 | Elinor Young (L) | 0 | F |
176 | 180 | 1:42:35 | Hamish Riddell | Watlington HB | M |
177 | 201 | 1:44:49 | John Donald McSorley (L) | 0 | M |
178 | 1 | 1:45:15 | Hugh McPherson | Tinto Hill Runners | M70 |
179 | 26 | 1:46:40 | Peter Midgley | Westerlands | M60 |
180 | 181 | 1:48:20 | Matthew Soanes | Watlington HB | M |
181 | 121 | 1:49:05 | David Manson | 0 | M |
182 | 72 | 1:50:34 | Robert Cranston | Teviotdale Harriers | M50 |
183 | 171 | 1:51:19 | Lisa Poole (L) | 0 | F |
184 | 71 | 1:51:23 | Patrick Sanchez | 0 | M |
185 | 200 | 1:52:23 | Liz Brookes | 0 | F40 |
186 | 182 | 1:54:49 | Tom Batchelor | Watlington HB | M |
187 | 190 | 2:00:50 | Richard Ross (L) | 0 | M |
188 | 189 | 2:00:50 | Gareth Rosi | 0 | M |
189 | 123 | 2:00:55 | Andrew Pattie | 0 | M |
190 | 164 | 2:01:58 | Sarah Jane MacDonald (L) | 0 | F |
191 | 197 | 2:01:58 | Donald Macdonald (L) | 0 | M40 |
192 | 33 | 2:03:48 | Ian Macleod | 0 | M50 |
193 | 108 | 2:08:49 | Luca Cachza | 0 | M |
194 | 16 | 2:17:38 | Shelagh King | Gala Harriers | F60 |
195 | 27 | 2:29:59 | Eliza Mclachlan | Fife AC | F60 |
196 | 110 | 2:38:04 | Lluka Yohznni | 0 | F |
197 | 109 | 2:43:55 | Zach Bartold | 0 | M |
198 | 191 | 2:46:18 | Joanne Wallaston | Saltwell H | F40 |
199 | 192 | 2:46:19 | Andrew Swanston | Saltwell H | M50 |