After two years, the Skyline race was back, and not without some additional excitement to spice things up. A rather disappointing 185 starters, I’d planned for around 200 from the 250 still signed up from the original 325 registered. Quite a drop out rate. There was also rather more ‘organisation’ to do this not quite post-Covid year, and I’d like to immediately thank the Pentland Hills Regional Park for all their extra help this year in making the race possible.
We also had some very welcome support from Alpkit, Top Out Brewery and A Line In The Sky. All three contributed towards the prizes, with Alpkit providing the marquees and Top Out the finish line licensed bar. I had to wait until later that evening before I could sample the beer, but it tasted mighty fine after a day shouting instructions at people. I hope the winners get good use of their head torches and titanium mugs.
So many marshals, and so much help. Really, the race could not happen without all the Carnethy’s (over 60 of you – we ran out of hi-viz!) pitching in to make it all work. Thank you. I still have beer left over which wasn’t claimed, I’ll distribute it somehow. Other than shouting occasionally, I spent long periods with not much to do as you lot just got on with it. Being able to trust Carnethy to make it happen makes the Race Organisers job so much easier.
Of course it wouldn’t be a race without the runners. From Alastair Masson (2:21:49 – 10 minutes ahead of 2nd) and Kirsty Dickson (2:57:54) to Lantern Rouge Willie, there was a lot of running, and some walking, going on. With three Carnethy ladies in the top four (Kirsty, Liz Leason 2nd and Kirsty Campbell 4th) the Female Team prize was won by 78 points over Penicuik Harriers. The men won the team prize too, but it was a closer match with Alastair, Thomas Otton and Liam Braby winning by just 12 points over Edinburgh Uni Hare and Hounds.
Meanwhile Sandy Morrison decided to descend Castlelaw at such a blistering pace he had a blowout in one of his knees. Unfortunately he didn’t get a free helicopter ride as he did it so close to the track that Tweed Valley MRT were able to cart him off to A&E by vehicle. Even when we had this additional excitement I still got to stand around while Eoin Lennon, President Hartree and other sorted it all out.
The serious bit. The temperature was about 10C, it was dry and a bit windy. Despite these relatively benign conditions Sandy was immediately cold, and had to be provided with lots of additional clothing on top of his mandatory kit. We were fortunate the injury happened in one of the more accessible parts of the course. It all worked out well, and the MRT congratulated us on how well ‘packaged’ the casualty was. However, I’d like you to take a moment to think about what may have happened if the injury had occurred on one of the less accessible parts of the course, and if the weather was wet. Hypothermia would have been a real danger.
This is why we mandate full waterproof body cover. This is why we check and check again the numbers of everyone running. Please don’t think you’ll never need those waterproof trousers, or a windproof is enough. We should also think carefully about what kit the marshals should have with them.
Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, bar a few grumbles about the descent off Hare Hill (it’s a hill race, you want manicured trails do a Park Run) and the stated distance (16 miles or 17 miles, who’s counting?). Same again next year I reckon – but better!
Joel
The organisation and marshals were brilliant, and great snacks at the end. Thank you!
I spent most of the race regretting my life-choices but thanks for a wonderfully organised event – the marshalls and everyone involved were fantastic. And felt like a welcome return to some sort of normality!
Thanks for a brilliant day out.
I had a blast in this year’s race and special thank you to the amazing marshals (definitely needed their encouragement on the final few miles). (Still nursing very sore legs)
Just to pass on massive thanks to the marshals. The course was well covered with marshals and as usual each and every one of them gave every runner great encouragement which was so appreciated. It really does make for a great race atmosphere and gives such a boost to the runners to push those final steps up to the summits.
Thanks for organising a great race. It was my first one and I really enjoyed it.
Place | Bib | Name | Team name | Category | Time |
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1 | 247 | Alistair Masson | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 2:21:49 |
2 | 299 | Fergus Roberts | Ochil Hill Runners | M | 2:31:23 |
3 | 325 | Alastair Thomas | Edin Uni Hare and Hounds | M | 2:31:54 |
4 | 252 | Sam McCutcheon | Corstorphine AAC | M | 2:32:51 |
5 | 282 | Thomas Otton | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 2:35:09 |
6 | 155 | Dan Dry | Ilkley Harriers AC | M | 2:36:02 |
7 | 309 | Robert Simpson | Shettleston Harriers | M | 2:36:11 |
8 | 201 | Charles Houston | Hunters Bog Trotters | M | 2:36:36 |
9 | 190 | James Harris | Ambleside AC | M | 2:38:33 |
10 | 114 | Liam Braby | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 2:38:40 |
11 | 110 | Alasdair Bisset | Edin Uni Hare and Hounds | M | 2:39:01 |
12 | 318 | Daniel Stansfield | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 2:43:20 |
13 | 266 | Tim Morgan | M | 2:43:26 | |
14 | 257 | Ewan Mcmillan | Edin Uni Hare and Hounds | M | 2:43:47 |
15 | 288 | Alasdair Pedley | Edin Uni Hare and Hounds | M | 2:44:56 |
16 | 344 | Felix Wilson | Edin Uni Hare and Hounds | M | 2:45:01 |
17 | 244 | Andrew Macrae | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV50 | 2:47:53 |
18 | 109 | Duncan Birse | Edinburgh Triathletes | M | 2:49:58 |
19 | 292 | Konrad Rawlik | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 2:51:40 |
20 | 333 | Sam Wainwright | Ochil Hill Runners | M | 2:52:04 |
21 | 163 | Iain Embrey | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 2:52:41 |
22 | 350 | Del Young | Westerlands Cross Country Club | M | 2:55:01 |
23 | 308 | Alistair Simpson | Corstorphine AAC | MV40 | 2:55:25 |
24 | 148 | Kirsty Dickson | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 2:57:54 |
25 | 267 | John Morris | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 2:58:11 |
26 | 131 | Lloyd Clayburn | Shettleston Harriers | M | 2:58:49 |
27 | 296 | David Riach | Westerlands Cross Country Club | MV50 | 3:00:00 |
28 | 191 | Mark Harris | Fife Athletic Club | MV50 | 3:00:09 |
29 | 283 | Rob Owen | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:00:29 |
30 | 169 | Colm Fitzgerald | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:00:42 |
31 | 336 | Chris Walsh | Hunters Bog Trotters | MV40 | 3:00:45 |
32 | 311 | Tom Slater | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 3:02:34 |
33 | 228 | Elizabeth Leason | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 3:02:44 |
34 | 185 | Simon Hammond | Moorfoot Runners | M | 3:03:28 |
35 | 272 | Declan Murray | Macclesfield Harriers & AC | M | 3:03:31 |
36 | 335 | Sam Walsh | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:04:01 |
37 | 264 | Colm Moran | OUOC | M | 3:04:40 |
38 | 140 | Matthew Curry | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:05:28 |
39 | 262 | Rob Mitchell | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:05:37 |
40 | 305 | Jelmer Samplonius | Hunters Bog Trotters | M | 3:05:54 |
41 | 346 | Stephen Winter | Shettleston Harriers | MV40 | 3:06:19 |
42 | 295 | Abe Remmo | Race Fitness | MV40 | 3:06:59 |
43 | 332 | Richard Umpleby | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:07:13 |
44 | 198 | Andrew Hogarth | M | 3:07:31 | |
45 | 209 | Fergus Johnston | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:07:39 |
46 | 234 | Mark Lunt | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:07:50 |
47 | 177 | Peter Gardner | Hunters Bog Trotters | M | 3:08:51 |
48 | 164 | Sean Eng | Edinburgh Athletics Club | M | 3:08:53 |
49 | 187 | James Hardie | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 3:09:57 |
50 | 230 | Andrew Lindsay | M | 3:10:15 | |
51 | 242 | Kerr Mackinnon | M | 3:10:55 | |
52 | 184 | Philip Hall | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:11:19 |
53 | 171 | Allen Flockhart | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 3:11:21 |
54 | 338 | Louis Waterman-Evans | M | 3:12:37 | |
55 | 186 | David Hanna | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:12:53 |
56 | 153 | Ellen Downs | Dark Peak Fell Runners | F | 3:13:38 |
57 | 293 | Andrew Reeve | M | 3:13:43 | |
58 | 316 | Benjamin Smith | M | 3:15:19 | |
59 | 127 | Donald Christian | MV40 | 3:15:59 | |
60 | 119 | Roy Buchanan | Portobello Running Club | MV50 | 3:17:19 |
61 | 302 | Enguerrand Roignot | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:17:49 |
62 | 157 | Dyfan Dwyfor | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:18:05 |
63 | 125 | Kirsty Campbell | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 3:19:07 |
64 | 196 | Scott Henderson | Westerlands Cross Country Club | MV40 | 3:19:08 |
65 | 173 | Aidan Frost | M | 3:20:56 | |
66 | 270 | Angus Moyes | M | 3:21:06 | |
67 | 138 | Ewan Crawford | Hunters Bog Trotters | M | 3:21:55 |
68 | 279 | Cameron Osborne | M | 3:22:21 | |
69 | 249 | Donald McBryde | Race Fitness | MV40 | 3:22:31 |
70 | 276 | Iain Niblock | M | 3:23:28 | |
71 | 225 | Ka Hei Lam | MV40 | 3:24:00 | |
72 | 120 | Stuart Buckett | Fife Athletic Club | MV50 | 3:25:51 |
73 | 183 | Ali Gunn | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:26:20 |
74 | 124 | Anthony Callanan | Edinburgh Athletics Club | MV40 | 3:26:34 |
75 | 154 | Laura Dozier | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 3:26:45 |
76 | 239 | Anna Macfadyen | Edin Uni Hare and Hounds | F | 3:27:01 |
77 | 258 | Alex McVey | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:28:04 |
78 | 259 | Sebastien Menu | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:28:23 |
79 | 254 | Glen McGowan | MV60 | 3:29:49 | |
80 | 181 | Adam Gray | Penicuik Harriers | M | 3:32:20 |
81 | 144 | Neil Davidson | MV50 | 3:32:43 | |
82 | 182 | Michael Gudgeon | Pitreavie AAC | MV40 | 3:32:45 |
83 | 180 | Matthew Girvan | M | 3:32:52 | |
84 | 331 | John Tullis | M | 3:33:24 | |
85 | 112 | Tom Blankenstein | M | 3:33:58 | |
86 | 326 | Neil Thomas | Hunters Bog Trotters | MV50 | 3:34:01 |
87 | 274 | Grainne Neary | F | 3:34:07 | |
88 | 135 | David Corcoran | M | 3:34:09 | |
89 | 220 | Tom Kiely | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 3:34:27 |
90 | 123 | Ossian Butler | Westerlands Cross Country Club | MV40 | 3:34:49 |
91 | 218 | Brian Kennedy | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 3:34:59 |
92 | 250 | Alasdair McCallum | Norham Running Club | MV50 | 3:35:47 |
93 | 215 | Marcin Karpowicz | Portobello Running Club | M | 3:35:58 |
94 | 219 | Fiona Kerray | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 3:36:06 |
95 | 160 | Duncan Edmondson | MV50 | 3:36:31 | |
96 | 106 | Laura Barraclough | Edin Uni Hare and Hounds | F | 3:36:43 |
97 | 261 | Rory Mitchell | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 3:36:55 |
98 | 208 | Philip Jenkinson | M | 3:37:21 | |
99 | 273 | Rona Myatt | F | 3:37:24 | |
100 | 145 | Damon Davies | ESOC | M | 3:39:21 |
101 | 323 | Charlie Taylor | VC Grimentz | MV50 | 3:39:52 |
102 | 251 | Ross McCrank | M | 3:40:29 | |
103 | 313 | Britton Smith | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 3:40:57 |
104 | 340 | Gareth Wheeler | M | 3:41:28 | |
105 | 348 | Gillian Wright | F | 3:42:35 | |
106 | 111 | Lisa Blackley | FV40 | 3:44:32 | |
107 | 189 | Mark Hardy | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 3:45:03 |
108 | 256 | Gerry McLachlan | MV50 | 3:46:04 | |
109 | 236 | Lewis Macaulay | M | 3:46:17 | |
110 | 243 | Sandy MacLellan | M | 3:46:37 | |
111 | 118 | Ailsa Bruce | F | 3:48:15 | |
112 | 237 | Gio MacDonald | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 3:48:29 |
113 | 232 | Dave Lockhart | MV50 | 3:49:14 | |
114 | 143 | Angus Davidson | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:49:57 |
115 | 199 | Alan Hogg | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV60 | 3:50:06 |
116 | 322 | Amy Tait Westwell | Falkland Trail Runners | F | 3:50:07 |
117 | 321 | Anna Szafranska | FV40 | 3:50:30 | |
118 | 117 | Lucy Browne | OUOC | F | 3:50:33 |
119 | 194 | James Haynes | Oxford City AC | M | 3:50:34 |
120 | 214 | Ignas Kancleris | M | 3:51:29 | |
121 | 108 | Imogen Bevan | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 3:51:33 |
122 | 134 | Fiona Comrie | North Ayrshire Athletics Club | FV40 | 3:51:36 |
123 | 312 | Gavin Smith | Bowland Fell Runners | MV60 | 3:52:38 |
124 | 345 | Craig Wilson | M | 3:53:15 | |
125 | 129 | Tom Clark | M | 3:53:25 | |
126 | 281 | Rafe Osborne | M | 3:53:41 | |
127 | 280 | Rosy Osborne | F | 3:54:11 | |
128 | 149 | John Donnelly | Westerlands Cross Country Club | MV50 | 3:54:20 |
129 | 324 | Philip Tervit | S. Morningside and Braids RC | MV40 | 3:54:29 |
130 | 213 | Judyta Kajstura | Edinburgh Triathletes | F | 3:56:38 |
131 | 317 | Andrew Spinks | M | 3:57:29 | |
132 | 221 | Mary Kiely | Carnethy Hill Running Club | FV50 | 3:57:50 |
133 | 315 | Eleanor Smith | Fife Athletic Club | FV40 | 3:58:09 |
134 | 179 | Iain Gilmore | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 3:58:33 |
135 | 172 | Juliane Friedrich | Penicuik Harriers | F | 3:59:01 |
136 | 216 | Myles Kelly | MV40 | 4:01:21 | |
137 | 229 | Colin Ledlie | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV50 | 4:01:30 |
138 | 107 | Sharon Bergeret | Carnethy Hill Running Club | FV50 | 4:02:19 |
139 | 328 | Angus Thomson | Edinburgh Athletics Club | M | 4:04:16 |
140 | 166 | Angus Evans | MV40 | 4:04:32 | |
141 | 139 | Andrew Cross | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 4:05:39 |
142 | 275 | Steven Newman | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 4:05:55 |
143 | 349 | Heather Young | Moorfoot Runners | F | 4:06:13 |
144 | 284 | Prasad Palani Velu | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 4:06:15 |
145 | 128 | Una Clancy | F | 4:07:14 | |
146 | 174 | Andrew Fullwood | Westerlands Cross Country Club | MV50 | 4:07:17 |
147 | 253 | Ian McDougall | Be Military Fit | MV40 | 4:07:19 |
148 | 161 | Alan Elder | Moorfoot Runners | MV50 | 4:08:00 |
149 | 277 | Mary Ockenden | Bowland Fell Runners | FV60 | 4:08:11 |
150 | 287 | Glen Pavely | MV40 | 4:08:19 | |
151 | 286 | Rachael Paul | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 4:09:02 |
152 | 162 | Ahmed Elsheikh | MV40 | 4:09:18 | |
153 | 217 | Sadie Kemp | Penicuik Harriers | FV40 | 4:13:36 |
154 | 211 | James Jones | MV40 | 4:13:54 | |
155 | 132 | Alan Cole | MV50 | 4:15:40 | |
156 | 206 | Philippa Ivison | Carnethy Hill Running Club | FV40 | 4:16:34 |
156 | 231 | Barbara Livingston | Carnethy Hill Running Club | FV40 | 4:16:34 |
158 | 337 | Nora Washbourne | F | 4:16:40 | |
159 | 121 | Matthew Bull | Westerlands Cross Country Club | MV40 | 4:17:55 |
160 | 176 | Edite Gailite | Penicuik Harriers | FV40 | 4:21:55 |
161 | 298 | Sarah-Jane Ritchie | F | 4:24:34 | |
162 | 102 | Craig Addison | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV50 | 4:25:37 |
162 | 306 | Julia Sanders | Carnethy Hill Running Club | FV40 | 4:25:37 |
164 | 297 | Alex Rist | M | 4:28:33 | |
165 | 310 | Keith Sivell | M | 4:28:36 | |
166 | 226 | Magnus Laurenson | M | 4:30:15 | |
167 | 320 | Karen Stewart | F | 4:31:31 | |
168 | 241 | Laura Macfarlane | Glossopdale Harriers | F | 4:32:24 |
168 | 240 | Kate Macfarlane | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 4:32:24 |
170 | 202 | Mike Howard | Musselburgh and Dist Athletics Club | MV50 | 4:32:51 |
171 | 265 | Philip Morant | MV50 | 4:35:14 | |
172 | 248 | Timothy May | ESOC | MV50 | 4:43:55 |
173 | 203 | Brian Howie | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV70 | 4:44:33 |
174 | 263 | Rachel Mollart | Lauderdale Limpers | FV50 | 4:44:37 |
175 | 165 | Felix Erben | M | 4:45:28 | |
176 | 205 | Nicki Innes | Carnethy Hill Running Club | FV50 | 4:48:35 |
176 | 285 | Ruth Paterson | Carnethy Hill Running Club | FV40 | 4:48:35 |
178 | 289 | Ben Place | MV40 | 4:55:12 | |
179 | 300 | Hugh Robertson | Insch Trail Running Club | MV40 | 5:04:36 |