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Two Breweries Hill Race (18miles, 4900 feet)
2006
Photo Report


1. Traquair. Photographs at the start of the climb up to Orchard Rig


The first hurdle is on the track after the farm


Hilary and Karen ran for Carnethy


Further on...I opened the 2nd obstacle


Innerleithen in the background


Just 17 miles and 4800 feet to go...


So far,so good!


Colin Hutt


Olly quickly latches onto female company


Moray Mates

2. Manor Water. One and three quarter hours later. Half Way!


Andy Kitchin

 


James Britton


David Scott of Ochils


Steve Fallon - still smiling


Stewart heads towards the deep, dark forest...


Billy Minto


Alastair Hubbard


Colin Donnelly heads for Dead Wife's Grave

3. Trahenna. The sting in the tail


It's a steep descent


..but the end is in sight


Olly still has the energy to wave


The views were fantastic. (But I'm glad I wasn't running!)


A much-needed drink


Hilary Holding


Graham Kelly


Carnegie's Sandy Bennet


Elke Schmidt of Bellahouston RR was first lady


Hilary seemed to have enjoyed the race


Trahenna behind


Colin Donnelly chasing hard but Stewart is well clear


The final bit of road gave some welcome shade

Race Quotes: (from Westerlands and SHR websites)
"easily the most scenic race I''ve ever done"
"recollections of helplessness and utter despondency ... shuffling up the path from Stobo and over to Trahenna"
"a cracking race"
"I was carrying two full-sized Mars Bars, a Twix , 3 pork pies and half a bag of jelly babies, and over the next few miles I scoffed the lot"
"what a fantastic race the 2 Breweries is"
"The descent from Whitelaw past Dead Wife's Grave was brutal"
"long tussocky descent into Glen Sax..... took probably about ten minutes, but in these ten minutes I went from feeling sprightly and optimistic to knackered and resigned to a depressing plod over more hills than I cared to think about to the finish."

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