Xmas is long gone and the Smackdowns are now in full swing. 14 took part in the 12 Hills challenge of whom 9 did all 12. Lucas Lefèvre should get a prize for doing all 12 in one awesome push – something I didn’t think possible. Michelle Hetherington is rumoured to have done the same but didn’t enter anything on the googlesheet. Times are fairly meaningless given the variably bad weather. Well done all. Sorry the table is a bit of a mess!
First name | Last name | Hill Count | 1 Spittal Hill | 2 West Kip | 3 Scald Law | 4 Hare Hill | 5 Carnethy | 6 Turnhouse | 7 Black Hill | 8 Bell's Hill | 9 Castlelaw | 10 Capelaw | 11 Caerketton | 12 Allermuir |
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Lucas | Lefevre | 12 | 20.47 round of 12 | 31.01 with Alan | 22.55 run2 | 24.48 round of 12 | 27.08 round of 12 | 24.37 run2 | 31.1 round of 12 | 25.28 round of 12 | 23.05 round of 12 | 27.53 round of 12 | 25.35 run 2 | 26.54 round of 12 |
Hilary | Spenceley | 12 | 22.43 (6"+ snow!) | 45.54 thick mist | 26.54 | 21.12 | 26 | 24.02 | 24.29 | 21.53 | 21.4 | 19.33 | 21.46 | 22.17 |
Andrew | Spenceley | 12 | 19.37 (6"+ snow!) | 32.07 thick mist | 21.07 | 16.16 | 18.49 | 20.05 | 18.5 | 14.29 | 16.29 | 16.07 | 17 | 18.38 |
Alan | Renville | 12 | 18:58 soggy | 31:01 tough going! | 28.07 (Round of 7 - waterlogged pitch!) | 20:49 (Round of 7) | 21.30 (Round of 7) | 20.30 (Round of 7) | 28:08 Round of 7 | 17:49 (round of 7) | 22.10 (round of 7) | 18:41 | 19:16 | 21:31 |
Will | Normand | 12 | 17.53 | 27.46 | 23.5 | 16.41 | 20.26 | 20.23 | 20.11 | 16.38 | 19.18 | 16.44 | 20.45 | 21.19 |
Jonny | Muir | 12 | 14.59 | 26.58 | 21.07 | 15.09 | 18.23 | 21.04 | 15.35 | 13.12 | 15.44 | 13.22 | 16.22 | 15.26 |
Cathy | Southworth | 12 | 22.30 (run 1) mist | 34.45 (run 1) bogtastic | 27.40 (run 2) | 23.51 (run 1) | 19.18(run2)hailandwind | 24.04 (Run 2) WINDY | 24.54 (Run 3) waterofleith bike duathlon! | 20.10 (Run 3) | 21.26(Run 4) | 21.00 (Run 4) | 19.21 (Run 4) | 23.14 (Run 4) |
Mark | Hartree | 12 | 30.30 stunning, but slow going | 54.45 snow | 40:10 snow, 6 of | 28:30 snow, 6 of | 33:20 snow, 6 of | 32:00 snow, 6 of | 31:30 snow, 6 of | 30:00 snow, 6 of | 26:24, rain, miserable | 28.40 miserable | 32.00 miserable | 29.00 miserable |
Charles | Ogilvie | 12 | 21:28 | 43.56 | 28.06 | 21.46 | 27.35 | 25.16 | 23.08 | 19.22 | 20.41 | 24.23 | 27.51 | 23.56 |
Morag | McIntyre | 9 | 22.43 In Ice and Snow | 29.11 icy/snowy underfoot - beautiful though | 20.54 | 24.18 | 23.07 | 19.4 | 20.06 | 20.15 | 21.21 | |||
Graham | McIntyre | 6 | 30.54 | 22.19 | 25.11 | 24.13 | 23.23 | 21.13 | ||||||
Andrew | Lamont | 5 | 18.05 | 19.45 | 16.07 | 17.38 | 16.55 | |||||||
Rachel | Normand | 5 | 17.53 | 35.39 | 28.28 | 27.44 | 24 | |||||||
Moira | Stewart | 4 | 26.56 | 25 | 25.2 | 20.1 |
Comments:
Alan Renville – 5th Dec- 7 completed in 4:31- Black Hill, Bells, Castlelaw, Turnhouse, Carnethy, Scald & Hare
Andy Spenceley – Had all weather conditions for this great set of races. Really enjoyed the series.
Mark Hartree – Just to say cracking work coming up with the 12 Hills. On 5 Dec, after aborting after Castlelaw in miserable weather, I slipped and broke a rib descending Caerketton. 4 weeks later, after a gentle build-up, managed 6 in one go. V slow, but splendid day in powder snow and direct lines. Next day did Spittal and W Kip in stunning weather but tough across to Borestone and across Kitchen Moss. Last 3 done in wet snow and rain using microspikes on wet ice. After busting a rib or two on 5th Dec I did not think I would do them. A few weeks letting it knit together followed by gentle walking, then bobbing and trotting and I managed 11 in 3 days with Castlelaw thankfully done on 5th Dec making the last day easier, but still over 3 hrs. It is a really tough series and even the link-ups make quite long days. It will be worth doing again in summer over a longer period. Hats off to Lucas and Michelle to doing them in one go. It was a tough day for me to just do 6 together. Overall, it took me 14.5hrs so should be by far the slowest.