Distance: 5.70km | Ascent: 365m | Duration: 15 days | Race: 51 | Runners: 56
Arthur’s Seat classic was the final handicap of the 2022 series. It was a good turnout on a sunny final day and few virtual runners adding to the total.
Richard: “Edinburgh is a lucky city to have a route like this in the centre of the city”.
Tim: “Tough work, beautiful sunset and great meal after. Very fun evening.”
Dyfan: “Yuck”. Must mean something nice in Welsh?
10 runners completed all 6 courses in the series. President Mark might have been one of them had he not got injured a few weeks ago. 135 runners completed at least one.
Completed courses | Number of runners |
1 | 45 |
2 | 39 |
3 | 28 |
4 | 10 |
5 | 3 |
6 | 10 |
Grand Total | 135 |
The handicap series wouldn’t be possible without support from many, including Ken, the social team, Mark, Declan, Pippa, course creators, Committee, and other individuals on race day, participants as well, thank you all. Loads of race photos are on the Carnethy Group Facebook page.
Several of the handicap prizes were donated kindly by Carnethy members:
Socks from Moggans, courtesy of owner Alistair Crawford.
Pizza from east PIZZAS, courtesy of owner Roly Simpson.
Book, courtesy of author Jonny Muir.
Arthur’s Seat Handicap – Top 3 places:
Congratulations Polly Edwards who has won the final handicap. David Webb was first over the line in Wednesday race but since Polly started race late, with adjustment comes out on top. There was a good final sprint in the race as David and Richard appeared from opposite sides of St. Margaret’s Loch.
The race only results are on the Googlesheet. The overall result is here on the website and Googlesheet.
Position | Name |
#1 | Polly Edwards |
#2 | David Webb |
#3 | Richard Chandler |
Handicap Champion
Our 2022 Carnethy handicap champion is Rachel Kennedy. Rachel looked as surprised as the Handicapper to take victory. Having only run in 3 of the 6 races the odds of scoring well in all 3 are stacked against you. Most of the top championship runners have run all 6.
In the end there was a very fine margin to winning the championship. Lizzie would have needed to have run Arthur’s Seat about 1min 30secs quicker than did to win, which would have improved own score and reduced Rachel’s score. If Rachel had run about 40 seconds slower at Arthur’s Seat, Rachel would not have won the championship, regardless of Lizzie’s time or position. [Lizzie may not have wanted to read that]. Gordon and Alison had tough final handicaps, so were unable to get close to improving score.
There is a handicap trophy, that usually makes its way to the champion by the club AGM in November.
Handicap Championship Top 5 places
Final Position | Name | Best 3 run points |
1st | Rachel Kennedy | 131.3 |
2nd | Lizzie Knox | 127.8 |
3rd | Gordon Cameron | 127.3 |
4th | Alison Burrells | 126.6 |
5th | Pete Cain | 122.5 |
The full championship breakdown is on the handicap website page.
Arthur’s Seat Ladies – Fastest course times
Name | Run time |
Nicola Duncan | 38.01 |
Polly Edwards | 38.53 |
Pippa Dakin | 39.19 |
Arthur’s Seat Gents – Fastest course times
Name | Run time |
Sasha Chepelin | 26.45 |
Sam Tosh | 27.59 |
Ali Masson | 28.40 |
Position | First name | Surname | Run time | Handicap time | Finish time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Polly | Edwards | 38.53 | 17.32 | 56.25 | 50.0 |
2 | David | Webb | 41.17 | 15.44 | 57.01 | 49.1 |
3 | Richard | Chandler | 54.36 | 2.38 | 57.14 | 48.2 |
4 | Gareth | Callaghan | 45.04 | 12.11 | 57.15 | 47.3 |
5 | Keith | Burns | 57.30 | 0.26 | 57.56 | 46.4 |
6 | Nicki | Innes | 53.19 | 4.38 | 57.57 | 45.5 |
7 | Alistair | Crawford | 44.57 | 13.15 | 58.12 | 44.6 |
8 | Sean | Walker | 53.45 | 4.53 | 58.38 | 43.6 |
9 | Francesca | Capaldi | 46.26 | 12.15 | 58.41 | 42.7 |
10 | Fergus | Johnston | 34.23 | 24.24 | 58.47 | 41.8 |
11 | Rachel | Kennedy | 45.00 | 14.19 | 59.19 | 40.9 |
12 | Sasha | Chepelin | 26.45 | 32.40 | 59.25 | 40.0 |
13 | Alex | Coakley | 35.32 | 24.06 | 59.38 | 39.1 |
14 | Sam | Tosh | 27.59 | 31.55 | 59.54 | 38.2 |
15 | Iain | Whiteside | 30.11 | 29.47 | 59.58 | 37.3 |
16 | John | Chambers | 37.56 | 22.10 | 60.06 | 36.4 |
17 | Andy | Macrae | 32.42 | 27.28 | 60.10 | 35.5 |
18 | Oleg | Chepelin (NM) | 32.46 | 27.24 | 60.10 | 0.0 |
19 | Andrew | Lamont | 31.44 | 28.27 | 60.11 | 34.6 |
20 | Lizzie | Knox | 41.02 | 19.16 | 60.18 | 33.6 |
21 | Tim | Morgan | 29.10 | 31.22 | 60.32 | 32.7 |
22 | Anna | Steen | 46.48 | 13.45 | 60.33 | 31.8 |
23 | Richard | Wilson | 41.05 | 19.45 | 60.50 | 30.9 |
24 | Gareth | Poxon | 48.13 | 12.39 | 60.52 | 30.0 |
25 | Andy | Rogerson | 36.27 | 24.26 | 60.53 | 29.1 |
26 | Rob | Owen | 35.23 | 25.32 | 60.55 | 28.2 |
27 | Ben | Stevens | 34.44 | 26.14 | 60.58 | 27.3 |
28 | Ali | Masson | 28.40 | 32.21 | 61.01 | 26.4 |
29 | Pete | Cain | 43.08 | 18.01 | 61.09 | 25.5 |
30 | Jonny | Muir | 34.21 | 26.52 | 61.13 | 24.6 |
31 | James | Nicholson | 34.41 | 26.33 | 61.14 | 23.6 |
32 | Marcel | van Oijen | 47.26 | 13.56 | 61.22 | 22.7 |
33 | Pippa | Dakin | 39.19 | 22.11 | 61.30 | 21.8 |
34 | Alex | Kinninmonth | 40.42 | 20.54 | 61.36 | 20.9 |
35 | Cameron | Murray | 38.59 | 22.42 | 61.41 | 20.0 |
36 | Nicola | Duncan | 38.01 | 23.49 | 61.50 | 19.1 |
37 | Steve | Best | 38.27 | 23.37 | 62.04 | 18.2 |
38 | Raphael | Bleakley | 51.09 | 11.10 | 62.19 | 17.3 |
39 | Mark | Hooper | 43.59 | 18.30 | 62.29 | 16.4 |
40 | Dyfan | Dwyfor | 35.44 | 26.53 | 62.37 | 15.5 |
41 | Scott | Robson | 40.03 | 22.40 | 62.43 | 14.6 |
42 | Sam | Stead | 43.19 | 19.30 | 62.49 | 13.6 |
43 | Rosie | Knox | 43.17 | 20.01 | 63.18 | 12.7 |
44 | Neil | Gordon | 39.25 | 23.54 | 63.19 | 11.8 |
45 | Gordon | Cameron | 42.23 | 21.13 | 63.36 | 10.9 |
46 | Graham | McIntyre | 48.08 | 15.36 | 63.44 | 10.0 |
47 | Bryan | McKenna | 34.07 | 29.49 | 63.56 | 9.1 |
48 | Alison | Burrells | 50.16 | 13.42 | 63.58 | 8.2 |
49 | Clare | Mcdonnell | 44.04 | 19.55 | 63.59 | 7.3 |
50 | Lorna | Ascroft | 47.59 | 16.11 | 64.10 | 6.4 |
51 | Neil | McLure | 41.26 | 23.34 | 65.00 | 5.5 |
52 | Joanne | Thin | 61.04 | 4.26 | 65.30 | 4.6 |
53 | Stella | Bray | 57.42 | 8.02 | 65.44 | 3.6 |
54 | Hilary | Spenceley | 62.11 | 3.45 | 65.56 | 2.7 |
55 | Sandra | Chandler | 65.39 | 0.26 | 66.05 | 1.8 |
56 | Lucy | Stanfield | 51.57 | 19.00 | 70.57 | 0.9 |
Those looking for more of a breakdown on data see Google sheet.
Andy Lamont