After a 4-year hiatus, the devil’s relay was back in the Lomond hills. Thanks to Fife Athletic Club and Falkland Estate for hosting this event.
112 teams started this year’s race. Carnethy selection not easy for captains when you have so much depth and enthusiasm in the club.
Club Captain Sasha reports: “…thanks for an excellent club showing at Devil’s Burdens on Saturday! From the number of you who signed up (over 80 total!), to the late step-ins for illness and injury, to the seamless changeovers, encouraging support, and camaraderie between pairs and teams on the day I think we did an incredible job. And even though it’s not all about the result, we still dominated the podiums too with titles across the board putting the club firmly at the head of the Scottish scene. For many members it was their first hill race / first relay / first time in Red and Yellow / or simply first time on the Lomond’s, and it was great to have as many teams as we wanted out enjoying themselves in the sun 🙂 Hope the DOMS have settled in well…”
Notable mentions:
• New member (like a week) Nancy Scott ran the fastest women’s leg 2 paired with Holly for the Women’s 1 team. The team won their category by nearly 14 minutes.
• Joe Wright ran the fastest leg 4 for the Carnethy B team, making it a 1, 2 for the Men’s A & B teams. The A team’s leg 2 and 3 pairs fastest times proved decisive for the win.
• Konrad returned to racing soon after his incredible 3rd place in the 268-mile Winter Spine, this time in the shorter 8km leg 1 for mixed team.
• The decision not to switch Macrae last minute from leg 1 proved the right choice for the MV40 team and his nav skills, as reported by Stewart “I dropped him outside the community hall, and he started walking in the other direction!”.
• Eleanor’s home-made cake that was very generously shared was superb.
Full results are here – https://www.fifeac.org/events/fife-ac-events/devils-burdens/1423-devils-burdens-2024.html
Carnethy results
Overall Position |
Category Position |
Carnethy Team’s | Category | Total |
1 | 1 | Men’s A | Open Senior | 02:47:45 |
2 | 2 | Men’s B | Open Senior | 02:52:31 |
7 | 1 | MV40 | Open 40+ | 03:06:13 |
11 | 10 | Men’s C | Open Senior | 03:17:09 |
14 | 1 | Mixed Senior | Mixed Senior | 03:19:49 |
18 | 1 | Women 1 | Women Senior | 03:27:48 |
20 | 1 | MV50 | Open 50+ | 03:39:18 |
21 | 14 | Men’s D | Open Senior | 03:40:18 |
33 | 5 | Women 2 | Women Senior | 03:53:23 |
66 | 11 | Women 3 | Women Senior | 04:23:59 |
71 | 2 | Mixed Vets | Mixed 40+ | 04:32:00 |
73 | 3 | MV60 | Open 60+ | 04:35:23 |
Andrew Lamont