Carnethy Inverness Mountain Marathon- 10/11th May 2003 |
| Team | Controls visited day 1 | Controls visited Day 2 | Total Points |
| Willie Mykura, Jill Tait | 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 | 1,2,3,5,6 | 323 |
| Willie Gibson, Gordon Cameron | 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 | 1,2,3,5,6 | 323 |
| Phillipa Headley, Keith Burns | 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 | 3,2,1 | 283 |
| Anne Nimmo,Linda Smith, Joanne Anderson | 3,2,1 | ||
| Dave Peck and Nick Macdonald | 209 | ||
| Nick Schierloh, Irene Schierloh | 76 | ||
| Inken Blunk, Mike Cadahay | |||
| Jim McWhinnie, Nigel Rose | 1,2 | 63 | |
| Colin Wilson, Joan Wilson | 1,8,7,6,3,2 | 2 | ? |
report by Colin Wilson
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As a new Carnethy
HRC member from the remote hinterlands (Perth) I thought this would
be a good opportunity to meet a few of the club stalwarts while also
getting some much required practice for the fast approaching LAMM. We
travelled up & camped outside the Hotel on the Friday night but
by the time the minibus arrived from
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) Runners gather ready for the 'gun' |
) The 'girls' on the way to checkpoint 1 |
) The first checkpoints were beside lochs |
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) The pattern of showers and sunny intervals was established |
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We were up for breakfast at eight & started to mark the control‘s on the
map at which point we realised that this was not a “mini” mountain marathon
in comparison to the KIMM & LAMM but in fact looked so daunting
a challenge that I don’t think anybody gave serious consideration to
trying to visit all eight CP’s . Dave Peck had given us a time limit
of seven hours & started us off at just after
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) The Forrests survived running together... |
) ..and Inken and Mike are a good pairing.... |
) ...and the Wilsons were practicing for the LAMM together... |
) ..so the future looks good for Willie and Jill - they won! |
) The sun came out when the girls team reached Corrimony Falls... |
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It
would take too long here to give a blow by blow account of the journey
but suffice to say we seemed to run into the
wind all day, uphill all the time, find the biggest rivers to cross
& the highest fences to climb. With only two CP’s visited Joan slipped
from the edge of the path into a muddy water filled ditch (by this time
we realised we were going to get wet feet!). By the end of the day we’d
ran off the map & had to run three miles on the road that we could
have avoided if we’d had the adjoining map. This conspired to make us
fifteen minutes late & rob us of some of our (VERY) hard earned
points !
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) ...and lured them into extending their route. |
) The Tomich Hotel served first class meals and showers. |
) Cougie, day 2's start |
) Be back by 3.15pm! |
) Typical Affric scenery |
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On arriving back at the hotel a nice hot shower did the trick & we were
soon enjoying a couple of pints & picking up a lot of tips from
the pooled experience of the group. It was certainly heartening to be
with a group of people with the same interests & who all made us
feel very welcome & at ease. We retired early (
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) Dave Peck and Nick MacDonald heading for checkpoint 1 in the sunshine. |
) The rain was falling as snow on the tops though. |
) Oops, wrong river...The girls need more mapreading practice! |
) They got there in the end though. |
) Nobody wanted to stop for long on Aonach Shasuinn. |
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The start this time was a bit further
up the road at Cougie & the day had the potential to be even longer
if all controls were to be visited. Because of the time required for
everyone to get home a five hour limit was set for day 2. It wasn’t
till we set off that we realised how tired we were & plumped for
a very short day, only visiting one checkpoint before running back out
the track to the car & then stopping for a picnic at Plodda falls.
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) Keith's girls! |
) Inevitably, the sun came out when we got off the summit. |
) Gibson, Lord of all he surveys. |
) Willie Gibson's view of partner, Gordon Cameron! |
) The things you do to keep your feet dry! Joan Wilson |
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The whole thing was thoroughly enjoyable
and we’d like to thank everyone there for making us feel so welcome
& part of the whole thing. The organisation & planning was spot
on ; Dave Peck may find himself being headhunted
by the other “CIMM” (or is it KIMM?) !! They say the proof of the pudding
is in the eating – we arrived at Tomich with myself
being a new Carnethy member & Joan a guest but left feeling like
we were both full blown Carnethy aficionado’s!! (Joan’s application
is in the post!)
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) A nest that almost got squished at the car park. |
) 'Give us a hug'. A huge Thank You to Dave Peck |
More photos coming.... | ||
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Looking forward to joining the Yellow Vests at the next race!! Cheers Colin Wilson |
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