Race Routes & Maps 2016
see below for Captains’ roundup of Champs & relay dates
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For other Race Routes – see other races page. Full details of handicaps here, Club championship page here | |||||
Club Handicaps 2016 | |||||
(route in detail here) |
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April 13 | May 11 | June 15 | July 13 | August 17 | September 7 |
Boghall | Swanston | Cloich Hills | Harlaw | Cademuir Forest |
Arthur’s Seat |
Carnethy & SHR Championship Race Routes 2016 |
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pdf download |
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February 13 | March | April 16 | May 28 | June 25 | June 11 |
Carnethy 5 Club Champ |
Nothing in March |
Clachnaben Club & SHR Champ (med) |
Jura Fell race Club & SHR Champ (long) |
Eildon 3 hills Club & SHR Champ (short) |
Traprain Law Club Champ |
July 9 | August 6 | August 10 | September 3 | September tbc | September 17 |
David Shepherd Memorial Glamaig Hill Race Club Champ |
Creag Dubh Club & SHR Champ (short) |
Caerketton Hill Club Champ |
JBF Memorial Devil’s Beeftub Club Champ |
Caerketton Downhill Club Champ |
Merrick Club & SHR Champ (med) |
pdf download | Carnethy Champs – best 6 out of 15
SHR Champs 2016 – at least one race in each category – British Championship routes 2016 (see FRA site) |
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October 8 | October 9 | November 14 | Oct 1 | Jan 27 & March 9 | |
Manor Water Club Champ |
Pentland Skyline Club & SHR Champ (long) |
Tinto Club Champ |
Scottish Long Coastal Relays non champs |
Trossachs Night Trail Series non champs |
Carnethy Captains: 2016 Champs & Relay dates
Now that the new year is nearly upon us everyone will be planning their race calendars (after all what else is there to do?), so we thought it would be a good time to get some dates out there for people to put into their calendars. For those with a more general interest in race dates, the preliminary calendar for scottish races can be found at http://www.scottishhillrunners.uk/Info/SHR_Calendar_2016.pdf while the english races can be found at http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php.
But before we get to any further dates, a general comment to those who think this doesn’t concern them. Fellrunning is a wonderful sport in that absolutely everyone can participate in the national championships and relays, everyone can enter the races and has an equal chance at winning (if you don’t believe anyone could win have a look at the 2014 Irish counter results). In fact we want everyone who would like to, to run for Carnethy. Don’t think you shouldn’t run because you feel you are not good enough. The main point is to get a team together and have fun, and if we happen win something then even better. And champs races and relays are actually quite good fun and a different experience to other races you may run.
Below you will find dates for the main championships and relays with a short description and dates for races where these are already known.
British Championships:
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Four races, one in each home nation. You need to run any 3 to complete the champs. Teams required are quite large (mens – 5, ladies – 3, mens vet40 – 4, mens vet50 – 3) so it’s good to get large numbers for these. We usually book somewhere (Carnethy subsidised) to stay as a group for the Welsh and Irish race.
9 Apr Irish – Donard-Commedagh Horseshoe (Medium)
11 Jun Wales – Pedol Cwm Pennant (Long)
9 Jul England – Sedbergh Sport (Short)
17 Sept Scotland – The Merrick (Medium)
SHR Champs:
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Six races, 2xLong, 2xMedium, 2xShort, you need to do four, one in each of the three categories + any fourth one, to complete the championship (over 60’s – 4 races in any categories). Just by completing you guarantee yourself a mug.
16 Apr – Clachnaben (Medium)
28 May – Jura (Long) [this one is already full]
25 Jun – Eildon 3 Hills (Short) [also the SA counter]
6 Aug – Creag Dhubh (Short)
17 Sep – Merrick (Medium) [also a British counter]
9 Oct – Pentland Skyline (Long)
SA Champs:
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A one off race for the Scottish Athletics crown. It’s always one of the SHR counters as well, so most people don’t seem to realise it’s the SA champs until the prizegiving takes forever.
25 Jun – Eildon 3 Hills (Short) [also a SHR counter]
Relays:
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The FRA relays are hosted by Westerlands this year and will be rather local, near Loch Lomond, so we are hoping to field lots of teams. Carnethy generally enters teams in the following relays:
– Devil’s Burdens (Jan 23)
Local relays over in Fife in late January. Always a lovely atmosphere and caters for all standards with an early and late start. All of scottish fellrunning is usually in attendance and a great time to catch up with everyone. Soup at the end tends to be very good. Also tends to be a logistic nightmare…
– Comrie (Sep 11)
The other scottish relays. Probably more low key than the Devil’s burdens, although I haven’t done them for the past few years so maybe I’m just out of the loop. Also very friendly and very good food at the end (at least last time I did it).
– Ian Hodgson’s (Oct 2)
In my opinion the best of the relays. In the Lake District (Patterdale) they cover the most mountainous terrain. The english clubs treat them as the testing ground for the FRAs a couple of weeks later and Borrowdale now haven’t lost them like ever, so there it’s always good fun watching the other clubs trying. Unfortunately the field is restricted and Carnethy is only allowed one team.
– FRA relays (Oct 15)
As mentioned above this year these are local so everyone should do it. Usually these are good fun and tend to have a deep field rather than being restricted to elite teams, making them quite good fun. Unlike the other relays the changeovers for all legs are in the same place so you can follow the race, making spectating when you are not running your leg exciting.
For each of these we will send out emails closer to the specific date to solicit for people who would like to run. I think all relays are four legs with two paired legs and two solo legs. All but the FRA relays are run over the same course every year, while the FRA are hosted by a different club each year and also include one nav leg which Iain and I tend to screw up.
New Series:
The “Scottish Borders Hill Race Series”, which as the name suggests is a series of races in the scottish borders similar to the ever popular Bog and Burn series. You can read more about what races are included etc. here http://bordershillraces.blogspot.co.uk/
Konrad & Jasmin