Has anyone ever arrived at Tinto in November and been treated with a view to the summit? Not me, until yesterday. The weather and the ground underfoot had us set for some fast times, and a cursory glance through the start list on the drive over had us excited about the possibility of new race records for both male and female runners. Records which have stood since 1995 and 2003 respectively.
The various obstacles to organizing the 2022 race had mysteriously vanished into the ether, and this year’s race seemed well accepted by the local community, and completely ignored by the hill-owner. Thanks go to Tinto Hill Runners who were able to get parking organized well as always, without any worry this year about cars getting stuck in the mud. Thanks again also to Michael and his family at Damn Delicious who hosted us and provided soup and plenty of other hot food options.
Onto the race itself, and the horn sounded to send 206 runners up the hill. There were strong turnouts as always for Ochils, Westerlands, and for Hartfell Hill Runners, for whom it was their club championship race. The race leaderboards were painted liberally with red and yellow, with Carnethy runners featuring strongly in most categories. Most notably, Naomi Lang was way ahead of any sort of chasing pack to win the women’s race in 35:30. Luke Fisher beat the previous men’s record (set in 1995) by 8 seconds, and Kieran Cooper in 3rd would also have won the race any other year. There were age category podiums for Drew Sharkey, Nikki Maclean, Neil Gilmore, Carole Fortune, Brian Howie and Nick Burton.
Lots of great photos by Tinto Hill Runner Alistair Cox on the Tinto Facebook page if any runners want to see themselves going through the only puddle of the day. Amazing how a puddle can improve your chances of a ‘both feet off the ground’ photo!
A final mention as always goes out to the many people who took time out of their weekend to help out. In my five years of organizing the race, I’ve gone from twisting people’s arms to help out, to having lots of people signing up. Everyone made a massive contribution, and the day feels so easy with all your help!! Sorry there was no focaccia or other home-baking this year, I have no kitchen at the moment! I promise to have something better than beer and chocolates to offer next year! If there is anyone who enjoys a stage and has a loud voice, get in touch next year and you can take charge of prize-giving (I’m specifically thinking of the person who told me ‘he put the Tin in Tinto!’ when I asked if he was warming up for the ceildh with a few beers and a hill-race).
I nearly forgot to get back to the long-standing Tinto Hill Race record (did I mention that it was set in 1995?). The record had stood at 29:58 and not many had troubled it over the years. Finn Lydon was close last year, 20 seconds off, and that’s about as close as anyone had come for 20 years. Andy Douglas turned up this year, and finished way out in front, even beating some of the Junior Hill Race runners to the finish line. His time of 28:53 knocked 65 seconds, or nearly 4% off the record, which has stood since 1995. I don’t think even carbon-plated Hokas can account for that, although the relatively dry, carbon-plated soil may have been of some help. Well done to Andy who receives a £100 bonus for breaking the record, and we’ll welcome anyone who thinks they can do likewise to the male or female records next year!
Position | Race Number | Name | Club | Category | Time | Cat Posn |
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1 | 69 | Andrew Douglas | Westerlands | M | 0:28:53 | 1 |
2 | 78 | Luke Fisher | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:29:50 | 2 |
3 | 55 | Kieran Cooper | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:30:03 | 3 |
4 | 1 | Rory Abernethy | Ochil Hill Runners | M | 0:30:10 | 4 |
5 | 50 | Alexander Chepelin | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:31:49 | 5 |
6 | 19 | Csoban Balogh | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:32:16 | 6 |
7 | 13 | Daniel Ashwood | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:32:26 | 7 |
8 | 209 | Aidan Smith | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:32:31 | 8 |
9 | 70 | Dan Dry | Shettleston Harriers | M | 0:32:44 | 9 |
10 | 123 | Rodrigo Lara Molina | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:32:59 | 10 |
11 | 156 | Colm Moran | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:33:14 | 11 |
12 | 102 | Sam Hooper | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:33:39 | 12 |
13 | 149 | Jack Mckenna | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:33:55 | 13 |
14 | 173 | George Phillips | Westerlands | M | 0:34:07 | 14 |
15 | 230 | Jack Trevail | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:34:38 | 15 |
16 | 124 | Jethro Lennox | Shettleston Harriers | MV40 | 0:34:44 | 1 |
17 | 214 | Alastair Stables | Giffnock North Athletics Club | M | 0:34:47 | 16 |
18 | 244 | Dave Ward | Hunters Bog Trotters | MV40 | 0:35:00 | 2 |
19 | 216 | Daniel Stansfield | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:35:18 | 17 |
20 | 238 | Sam Wainwright | Ochil Hill Runners | M | 0:35:22 | 18 |
21 | 170 | Iain Pender | Shettleston Harriers | M | 0:35:25 | 19 |
22 | 122 | Naomi Lang | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 0:35:30 | 1 |
23 | 49 | Ryad Chebbout | Shettleston Harriers | M | 0:35:57 | 20 |
24 | 9 | Darroch Anderson | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:36:02 | 21 |
25 | 206 | Drew Sharkey | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 0:36:08 | 3 |
26 | 205 | Eliot Sedman | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 0:36:36 | 4 |
27 | 97 | Jack Harris | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:36:47 | 22 |
28 | 86 | Ethan Furness | Black Combe Runners | M | 0:36:58 | 23 |
29 | 88 | Iain Gilmore | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:37:15 | 24 |
30 | 103 | Arran Horne | Westerlands | M | 0:37:27 | 25 |
31 | 248 | Gareth Wheeler | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:37:38 | 26 |
32 | 196 | Andrew Rogerson | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:37:48 | 27 |
33 | 27 | William Bowers | Ochil Hill Runners | M | 0:38:11 | 28 |
34 | 25 | Andrew Bladon | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:38:20 | 29 |
35 | 141 | Cameron McCartney | Ochil Hill Runners | M | 0:38:22 | 30 |
36 | 54 | Richard Cooper | Cambuslang Harriers | MV50 | 0:38:30 | 1 |
37 | 111 | Graeme Kafka | Hunters Bog Trotters | MV40 | 0:38:35 | 5 |
38 | 126 | Matthew Low | Shettleston Harriers | MV40 | 0:38:43 | 6 |
39 | 242 | Sam Walsh | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:38:54 | 31 |
40 | 150 | Mark McKenzie | M | 0:39:01 | 32 | |
41 | 134 | Cj Macphail | Shettleston Harriers | F | 0:39:10 | 2 |
42 | 42 | James Callender | Westerlands | M | 0:39:13 | 33 |
43 | 46 | Andrew Carrick | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:39:18 | 34 |
44 | 6 | David Allsop | Kirkintilloch Olympians | MV50 | 0:39:22 | 2 |
45 | 223 | Murray Strain | Hunters Bog Trotters | MV40 | 0:39:25 | 7 |
46 | 76 | Paul Finlay | MV40 | 0:39:26 | 8 | |
47 | 190 | Edward Riley | M | 0:39:30 | 35 | |
48 | 57 | Andrew Cox | Moorfoot Runners | MV40 | 0:39:40 | 9 |
49 | 184 | Iain Quimby | MV40 | 0:39:44 | 10 | |
50 | 91 | Claire Gordon | Hunters Bog Trotters | FV40 | 0:39:48 | 1 |
51 | 171 | Ella Peters | Westerlands | F | 0:39:56 | 3 |
52 | 48 | Matthew Cavanagh | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:40:08 | 36 |
53 | 210 | Matthew Smith | Westerlands | M | 0:40:16 | 37 |
54 | 10 | Micky Anderson | Westerlands | MV60 | 0:40:19 | 1 |
55 | 153 | Sebastien Menu | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:40:25 | 38 |
56 | 127 | Rob Lowe | Westerlands | M | 0:40:27 | 39 |
57 | 250 | Ally Wight | Hartfell Hill Running Club | MV40 | 0:40:36 | 11 |
58 | 110 | Eleanor Johnstone | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 0:41:11 | 4 |
59 | 217 | Samuel Stead | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:41:18 | 40 |
60 | 83 | Paul Foster | Westerlands | M | 0:41:23 | 41 |
61 | 157 | Lewis Morrow | Solway | M | 0:41:25 | 42 |
62 | 62 | Pippa Dakin | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 0:41:27 | 5 |
63 | 64 | Adrian Davis | Lomond Hill Runners | MV60 | 0:41:28 | 2 |
64 | 89 | Neil Gilmore | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV60 | 0:41:39 | 3 |
65 | 101 | Mark Hooper | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:41:47 | 43 |
66 | 160 | Anna Murgatroyd | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 0:41:52 | 6 |
67 | 202 | Stuart Sanderson | Penicuik Harriers | MV50 | 0:42:14 | 3 |
68 | 37 | Gareth Brown | North Ayrshire AC | MV40 | 0:42:18 | 12 |
69 | 96 | Gemma Griffiths | Shettleston Harriers | F | 0:42:22 | 7 |
70 | 47 | Derek Cassells | Carnegie Harriers | MV40 | 0:42:29 | 13 |
71 | 61 | Craig Curtis | M | 0:42:38 | 44 | |
72 | 139 | Mark McCallum | MV40 | 0:42:44 | 14 | |
73 | 131 | Gordon Mackinnon | MV40 | 0:42:51 | 15 | |
74 | 28 | William Breckenridge | Shettleston Harriers | MV50 | 0:42:51 | 4 |
75 | 195 | Scott Robson | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:43:00 | 45 |
76 | 197 | Heidi Ross | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 0:43:01 | 8 |
77 | 51 | Ian Collins | Westerlands | MV40 | 0:43:07 | 16 |
78 | 185 | Don Reid | Westerlands | MV60 | 0:43:09 | 4 |
79 | 164 | Mia Padmanabhan | Glasgow University Hares and Hounds | F | 0:43:13 | 9 |
80 | 231 | Karl Tumelty | Black Combe Runners | MV40 | 0:43:18 | 17 |
81 | 246 | Sam Watts | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:43:28 | 46 |
82 | 53 | Nathan Coombs | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 0:43:30 | 18 |
83 | 39 | Cameron Bullen | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:43:31 | 47 |
84 | 12 | Alastair Andrew | Haddington Running Club | MV40 | 0:43:38 | 19 |
85 | 225 | David Taggart | MV40 | 0:43:47 | 20 | |
86 | 90 | Neil Gordon | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:43:59 | 48 |
87 | 175 | Kevin Plummer | Hartfell Hill Running Club | MV50 | 0:44:05 | 5 |
88 | 155 | Edel Mooney | Ochil Hill Runners | FV40 | 0:44:06 | 2 |
89 | 228 | Gary Tompsett | Strathaven Striders | MV50 | 0:44:15 | 6 |
90 | 71 | John J Duffy | Shettleston Harriers | MV50 | 0:44:21 | 7 |
91 | 5 | Marisa Allen | F | 0:44:25 | 10 | |
92 | 249 | David White | Kilmarnock Harriers | MV50 | 0:44:28 | 8 |
93 | 186 | Fraser Reid | Westerlands | M | 0:44:34 | 49 |
94 | 177 | Megan Priestley | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 0:44:35 | 11 |
95 | 161 | Craig Murphy | Girvan Harriers | MV50 | 0:44:38 | 9 |
96 | 187 | Rodrigo Reis | Shettleston Harriers | MV40 | 0:44:48 | 21 |
97 | 212 | Misha Somerville | Westerlands | MV40 | 0:45:02 | 22 |
98 | 133 | Jura MacMillan | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 0:45:23 | 12 |
99 | 200 | Tiam Sahraie | Bellahouston Road Runner | M | 0:45:41 | 50 |
100 | 198 | Alexander Rossiter | M | 0:45:42 | 51 | |
101 | 213 | Andy Spenceley | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV60 | 0:45:50 | 5 |
102 | 192 | James Ritchie | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:45:51 | 52 |
103 | 95 | Daniel Greens | Penicuik Harriers | M | 0:45:54 | 53 |
104 | 158 | Stephen Moseley | M | 0:45:56 | 54 | |
105 | 147 | Craig McKay | Hartfell Hill Running Club | MV60 | 0:46:04 | 6 |
106 | 137 | Craig Malcolmson | Hartfell Hill Running Club | MV50 | 0:46:18 | 10 |
107 | 193 | John Robertson | M | 0:46:32 | 55 | |
108 | 24 | Michelle Best | Ochil Hill Runners | FV40 | 0:46:41 | 3 |
109 | 144 | Stephen McEwan | Fife AC | MV40 | 0:46:45 | 23 |
110 | 114 | Fiona Kelsall | Ochil Hill Runners | FV50 | 0:46:46 | 1 |
111 | 80 | Catherine Foot | Edinburgh Triathlon Club | F | 0:47:04 | 13 |
112 | 237 | Ross Vernal | MV40 | 0:47:08 | 24 | |
113 | 204 | Jim Scougal | Motherwell Athletics Club | M | 0:47:09 | 56 |
114 | 207 | Trevor Shaw | Ochil Hill Runners | MV50 | 0:47:16 | 11 |
115 | 38 | Scott Buchanan | Bonfire Recruitment | MV40 | 0:47:21 | 25 |
116 | 72 | Ian Easton | Westerlands | MV50 | 0:47:23 | 12 |
117 | 258 | Xun Zhang | Shettleston Harriers | M | 0:47:28 | 57 |
118 | 221 | Alister Stewart | Tinto Hill Runners | MV50 | 0:47:32 | 13 |
119 | 29 | Myrtle Breckenridge | Shettleston Harriers | F | 0:47:38 | 14 |
120 | 143 | Charlie McCulloch | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 0:47:41 | 26 |
121 | 181 | Roderick Pugh | Kilmarnock Harriers | MV60 | 0:47:48 | 7 |
122 | 18 | James Ball | Carnethy Hill Running Club | M | 0:48:09 | 58 |
123 | 240 | Joanna Wallace | Newton Road Runners | FV40 | 0:48:12 | 4 |
124 | 87 | Chris Furse | Westerlands | MV50 | 0:48:17 | 14 |
125 | 191 | Lucy Ritchie | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 0:48:19 | 15 |
126 | 199 | Jennifer Ruddick | Westerlands | F | 0:48:25 | 16 |
127 | 44 | Gordon Cameron | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV60 | 0:48:35 | 8 |
128 | 226 | Lottie Thompson | F | 0:48:37 | 17 | |
129 | 145 | Andrew McFarlane | Pitreavie AAC | MV40 | 0:48:45 | 27 |
130 | 219 | John Stevenson | Ochil Hill Runners | MV60 | 0:48:47 | 9 |
131 | 58 | Paul Cronin | MV40 | 0:48:56 | 28 | |
132 | 113 | Myles Kelly | MV40 | 0:49:06 | 29 | |
133 | 162 | Posy Musgrave | Ochil Hill Runners | F | 0:49:18 | 18 |
134 | 94 | Clive Greatorex | MV50 | 0:49:34 | 15 | |
135 | 109 | Stephen Johnston | Milburn Harriers | MV60 | 0:49:39 | 10 |
136 | 245 | Craig Watson | West Lothian Triathlon | MV50 | 0:49:50 | 16 |
137 | 251 | Ben Wild | MV40 | 0:50:07 | 30 | |
138 | 32 | Jack Brickell | Ochil Hill Runners | M | 0:50:14 | 59 |
139 | 179 | Gordon Pryde | Lomond Hill Runners | MV60 | 0:50:21 | 11 |
140 | 85 | Poppy Freeman | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 0:50:25 | 19 |
141 | 151 | Emily McLeish | FV40 | 0:50:36 | 5 | |
142 | 259 | Georgia Law | F | 0:50:38 | 20 | |
143 | 172 | Iain Pettigrew | Ayr Seaforth | MV50 | 0:50:48 | 17 |
144 | 99 | Stuart Hill | Tinto Hill Runners | MV40 | 0:50:50 | 31 |
145 | 11 | Laurie Anderson | Lomond Hill Runners | MV60 | 0:50:59 | 12 |
146 | 183 | Denise Purves | Lomond Hill Runners | FV50 | 0:51:01 | 2 |
147 | 26 | Shane Bouchier | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV40 | 0:51:03 | 32 |
148 | 243 | Ausrine Ward | Westerlands | FV40 | 0:51:08 | 6 |
149 | 132 | Nikki Maclean | Carnethy Hill Running Club | FV50 | 0:51:16 | 3 |
150 | 66 | John Donnelly | Westerlands | MV50 | 0:51:17 | 18 |
151 | 41 | Thomas Butler | Ochil Hill Runners | MV50 | 0:51:27 | 19 |
152 | 112 | Celeste Kellock | Ochil Hill Runners | F | 0:51:29 | 21 |
153 | 2 | Louise Adams | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 0:51:38 | 22 |
154 | 14 | Collette Ashworth | Ochil Hill Runners | FV40 | 0:51:56 | 7 |
155 | 52 | Jack Connor | Biggar Rugby | M | 0:52:07 | 60 |
156 | 79 | Pat Fitzpatrick | Ochil Hill Runners | MV70 | 0:52:37 | 1 |
157 | 108 | Simon Johnson | Ochil Hill Runners | MV50 | 0:52:43 | 20 |
158 | 218 | Anna Steen | Carnethy Hill Running Club | F | 0:52:44 | 23 |
159 | 73 | Jane Elliott | Carnethy Hill Running Club | FV50 | 0:52:46 | 4 |
160 | 21 | Robert Bell | Westerlands | M | 0:52:49 | 61 |
161 | 215 | David Stakes | Westerlands | MV60 | 0:53:04 | 13 |
162 | 253 | Philip Williamson | Ochil Hill Runners | MV60 | 0:53:08 | 14 |
163 | 229 | Hugh Tooby | Ochil Hill Runners | MV60 | 0:53:13 | 15 |
164 | 107 | Nicki Innes | Carnethy Hill Running Club | FV50 | 0:53:21 | 5 |
165 | 167 | Dorian Parker | MV40 | 0:53:31 | 33 | |
166 | 105 | Brian Howie | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV70 | 0:54:02 | 2 |
167 | 257 | Joan Wilson | Lomond Hill Runners | FV60 | 0:54:26 | 1 |
168 | 159 | Lisa Muirhead | FV40 | 0:54:32 | 8 | |
169 | 174 | John Plenderleith | Tinto Hill Runners | M | 0:54:58 | 62 |
170 | 220 | Tyler Stevenson | Lomond Hill Runners | M | 0:55:18 | 63 |
171 | 148 | Robert Fieo | M | 0:55:29 | 64 | |
172 | 166 | Archibald Park | Hartfell Hill Running Club | MV60 | 0:55:38 | 16 |
173 | 30 | Brian Brennan | Westerlands | MV60 | 0:55:58 | 17 |
174 | 180 | Rupert Pugh | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV50 | 0:56:05 | 21 |
175 | 4 | Jim Alexander | Lothian Running Club | MV60 | 0:56:08 | 18 |
176 | 67 | Jim Dougal | MV40 | 0:56:20 | 34 | |
177 | 63 | Jamie Darroch | JURA AC | M | 0:56:37 | 65 |
178 | 154 | David Mitchell | MV50 | 0:56:44 | 22 | |
179 | 129 | John MacEwan | Ochil Hill Runners | MV50 | 0:56:56 | 23 |
180 | 235 | William Murdo Urquhart | MV50 | 0:56:56 | 24 | |
181 | 118 | Doug Kington | Tinto Hill Runners | MV40 | 0:57:00 | 35 |
182 | 233 | Barry Ure | Ochil Hill Runners | MV40 | 0:57:11 | 36 |
183 | 77 | Cat Fisher | Westerlands | FV40 | 0:57:20 | 9 |
184 | 203 | David Scott | Ochil Hill Runners | MV60 | 0:58:00 | 19 |
185 | 106 | Chris Huntley | Tinto Hill Runners | MV60 | 0:58:12 | 20 |
186 | 211 | Harry Smith | Tinto Hill Runners | MV60 | 0:58:31 | 21 |
187 | 75 | Gavin Finbow | Shettleston Harriers | MV40 | 0:58:45 | 37 |
188 | 82 | Carole Fortune | Carnethy Hill Running Club | FV60 | 0:59:16 | 2 |
189 | 31 | Yvonne Brennan | G72 Tri | FV40 | 0:59:21 | 10 |
190 | 136 | Morag Macrae | FV50 | 1:00:21 | 6 | |
191 | 256 | Colin Wilson | Lomond Hill Runners | MV60 | 1:01:05 | 22 |
192 | 224 | Chi My Ta | Westerlands | FV40 | 1:01:22 | 11 |
193 | 40 | Nick Burton | Carnethy Hill Running Club | MV70 | 1:01:59 | 3 |
194 | 81 | Nicky Ford | Rebel PT | FV40 | 1:03:29 | 12 |
195 | 260 | Nicholas Bowlik | Penicuik Harriers | M | 1:03:33 | 66 |
196 | 234 | Jennifer Ure | Ochil Hill Runners | FV40 | 1:04:17 | 13 |
197 | 92 | Scott Gourlay | Moorfoot Runners | MV50 | 1:04:27 | 25 |
198 | 59 | Emily Cross | F | 1:04:28 | 24 | |
199 | 17 | Andrew Baird | MV60 | 1:04:54 | 23 | |
200 | 23 | Irene Bellavite | Jog Scotland | F | 1:06:00 | 25 |
201 | 128 | Martin G L Lyall | Hartfell Hill Running Club | MV40 | 1:06:21 | 38 |
202 | 130 | Lee MacGregor | FV50 | 1:06:22 | 7 | |
203 | 222 | Pauline Stirling | Hartfell Hill Running Club | FV60 | 1:08:23 | 3 |
204 | 168 | Rhona Pedrick | Ochil Hill Runners | FV40 | 1:11:26 | 14 |
205 | 247 | Greg Weir | Ochil Hill Runners | M | 1:29:15 | 67 |
206 | 35 | Graeme Brown | M | 1:29:16 | 68 |
P.S. For those who like some stats, this race has been going since 1984, so there are plenty! All Sub 32 min finishers are listed here , a list that was been completely rewritten at the top end. Naomi Lang became the 8th fastest female of all time (although 5 of the faster runs were by one runner, Angela Mudge!). The full list of female Sub 40 min finishers is here. Interestingly there are about the same number of female sub 40 min runs as male sub 32 min runs. The other very long standing record broken was Adam Ward’s club record of 30:13, dating back to 1996. With his great run, Luke Fisher now has the Carnethy record, with Kieran Cooper in second place. The full list of all Carnethy members Sub 34 min runs is here (with an impressive 10 additions this year).