Carnethy Club Pandemicap Series & Reports 2020
2020 social distancing handicap events will take place between June to September. There will be a series of events every 3 weeks (maximum 6 events).
Depending on the Scottish government guidelines in place, the later handicaps may follow a different format
2020 handicap series is starting with a different format to previous years. Runners will have 2 weeks to complete each course within specific date period.
Members are given a predicted time for each course (links below). The member that can improve their time the most will win the event.
You will be able to run the course as many times as you like within the 2-week period. You will need to record your best time by the end of the 2 weeks (links below). Please post your Strava/gpx if possible, not essential – but we’d like to see if you run the route correctly! High-speed selfies to be taken at specified Checkpoints, and comments for reports (see course notes)
Points will be awarded to the finishers depending on the time percentage behind the winner of each event.
If you complete 3 or more courses your best 3 combined points will be totalled and you will have a chance to be 2020 champion, awarded the handicap trophy and some other prize(s).
We ask that all those who take part follow the most recent set of Covid-19 guidelines from the Scottish government.
Handicapper Andy Lamont has inherited Phil Young’s formula for working out handicaps.
First timers who need a handicap (or for any other handicapping questions) please contact the handicapper – hcap@carnethy.com
PS – don’t underestimate your ability to get lost! Print out the map, read the route notes and bring a compass. If in any doubt buddy up or bring a phone. At least you have a lot of time to recce the courses!
Within the time period of the handicap (see below) you need to:
* Send your Checkpoint Selfies (change the file name to your name) and (ideally) a few sentences about your run to: kenfordyce70@gmail.com (these will be collated for a race report).
Lots of advice here Beginners Hill Running | Beginners Racing
There is full history of handicaps at the foot of the page
Previous Years’ Handicaps
Upcoming handicap details…
Event date period
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Location/Start
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Course notes
(maps above) |
Predicted times/
Upload your time |
Results
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Contact
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13 – 28 June | Blackford/Braids | Braids pdf | Results & analysis | Nicola Innes | |
‘Once Upon a Time in Holyrood’ approx. 5mi and 470 mt 4 – 19 July |
Roundabout near Commonwealth Pool |
Instructions (text) | Results & analysis | Kenneth Fordyce | |
Socially Distanced Swanston Summits 25 July – 9 Aug |
Swanston Car Park | Instructions (text) | Results & analysis | Alan Renville | |
Carnethy 600 15 – 31 Aug (inc 31st Mon bank hol) |
Gate by layby on A702 – Route on Strava |
Carnethy 600 | Results & analysis | Mark Hartree | |
Bonallez-oop! 5 – 20 Sept |
Bonaly parking – No.10 bus stop to start – map |
Map only pdf Map & Instructions pdf |
Results & analysis | Digby Maass | |
Arthur’s Seat (classic route) 26 Sept – 11 Oct |
Car park – notice board | Course notes pdf *nb selfie on the summit trig point* |
Google sheet | Results & analysis | Digby Maass |
Latest results:
Position | First name | Surname | Run time | Handicap time | Finish time | Points |
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1 | Nicki | Innes | 56.30 | 1.06 | 57.36 | 50.00 |
2 | Dyfan | Dwyfor | 37.37 | 20.56 | 58.33 | 48.89 |
3 | Graham | McIntyre | 47.15 | 11.51 | 59.06 | 47.78 |
4 | Morag | McIntyre | 48.04 | 11.16 | 59.20 | 46.67 |
5 | Kirsty | McBirnie | 41.33 | 17.54 | 59.27 | 45.56 |
6 | Matthew | Wardner | 42.18 | 17.29 | 59.47 | 44.44 |
7 | Alex | Coakley | 35.30 | 24.31 | 60.01 | 43.33 |
8 | Luke | Blackbourn | 35.14 | 25.11 | 60.25 | 42.22 |
9 | Hugh | Brady | 38.20 | 22.05 | 60.25 | 42.22 |
10 | Andrew | Lamont | 34.47 | 25.41 | 60.28 | 40.00 |
11 | Andy | Macrae | 33.29 | 27.22 | 60.51 | 38.89 |
12 | Steve | Best | 38.43 | 22.29 | 61.12 | 37.78 |
13 | Imogen | Bevan | 47.16 | 14.06 | 61.22 | 36.67 |
14 | Michelle | Hetherington | 44.56 | 16.28 | 61.24 | 35.56 |
15 | Andrew | Spenceley | 40.40 | 20.48 | 61.28 | 34.44 |
16 | Neil | McLure | 39.09 | 22.20 | 61.29 | 33.33 |
17 | Dessie | Flanagan | 33.44 | 27.49 | 61.33 | 32.22 |
18 | Gordon | Cameron | 43.46 | 17.54 | 61.40 | 31.11 |
19 | Rachael | Paul | 50.01 | 11.53 | 61.54 | 30.00 |
20 | Clare | Mcdonnell | 44.02 | 17.53 | 61.55 | 28.89 |
21 | Raphael | Bleakley | 48.53 | 13.03 | 61.56 | 27.78 |
22 | Jonny | Muir | 36.22 | 25.43 | 62.05 | 26.67 |
23 | Drew | Sharkey | 35.46 | 26.22 | 62.08 | 25.56 |
24 | Elizabeth | Leason | 39.24 | 22.57 | 62.21 | 24.44 |
25 | Eóin | Lennon | 30.42 | 31.43 | 62.25 | 23.33 |
26 | Michael | Andrew | 39.18 | 23.09 | 62.27 | 22.22 |
27 | Digby | Maass | 54.09 | 8.21 | 62.30 | 21.11 |
28 | John | Morris | 36.20 | 26.19 | 62.39 | 20.00 |
29 | Ali | Macdonald | 46.30 | 16.09 | 62.39 | 20.00 |
30 | Christopher | O'Brien | 36.40 | 26.08 | 62.48 | 17.78 |
31 | Pete | Cain | 48.21 | 14.31 | 62.52 | 16.67 |
32 | Robert | Waterhouse | 49.18 | 13.38 | 62.56 | 15.56 |
33 | Alex | Maskell | 44.22 | 18.44 | 63.06 | 14.44 |
34 | Milan | Misak | 37.21 | 25.56 | 63.17 | 13.33 |
35 | Willie | Gibson | 56.57 | 6.53 | 63.50 | 12.22 |
36 | Aron | Mitchell | 46.06 | 17.56 | 64.02 | 11.11 |
37 | Charlie | Blair | 44.44 | 20.06 | 64.50 | 10.00 |
38 | Lucy | Stanfield | 46.45 | 19.03 | 65.48 | 8.89 |
39 | Britton | Smith | 44.45 | 21.38 | 66.23 | 7.78 |
40 | Iain | Swan | 46.29 | 20.13 | 66.42 | 6.67 |
41 | Pip | Hardy | 62.21 | 5.17 | 67.38 | 5.56 |
42 | Hilary | Spenceley | 67.33 | 1.08 | 68.41 | 4.44 |
43 | Jennifer | Misak | 56.09 | 13.27 | 69.36 | 3.33 |
44 | Cali | Ingham | 78.25 | -3.31 | 74.54 | 2.22 |
45 | Emma | Blackbourn | 62.03 | 16.13 | 78.16 | 1.11 |
Overall standings:
1st Name | 2nd Name | 1 - Braids | 2 - Holyrood | 3 - Swanston | 4 - Carnethy 600 | 5 - Bonallez | 6 - Arthur's Seat | Completed | Total Best 3 |
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Morag | McIntyre | 48.33 | 42.94 | 16.89 | 47.14 | 14.58 | 46.67 | 6 | 142.14 |
Kirsty | Mcbirnie | 16.67 | 18.82 | 8.78 | 46.43 | 48.61 | 45.56 | 6 | 140.60 |
Elizabeth | Leason | 0.00 | 49.41 | 36.49 | 5.00 | 49.31 | 24.44 | 5 | 135.21 |
James | Burnett | 46.67 | 0.00 | 42.57 | 41.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 130.67 |
Jennifer | Misak | 36.67 | 10.24 | 49.32 | 39.29 | 40.28 | 3.33 | 6 | 128.89 |
Matthew | Wardner | 7.22 | 44.71 | 18.24 | 30.71 | 39.58 | 44.44 | 6 | 128.73 |
Dyfan | Dwyfor | 21.11 | 47.06 | 28.38 | 4.49 | 9.03 | 48.89 | 6 | 124.33 |
Mike | Lynch | 10.00 | 31.18 | 47.97 | 45.00 | 20.14 | 0.00 | 5 | 124.15 |
Hugh | Brady | 45.56 | 25.29 | 0.00 | 31.43 | 36.11 | 42.22 | 5 | 123.89 |
Andy | Macrae | 33.33 | 44.12 | 17.57 | 37.86 | 0.00 | 38.89 | 5 | 120.87 |
Alex | Maskell | 37.22 | 23.53 | 24.32 | 40.71 | 42.36 | 14.44 | 6 | 120.29 |
Nicki | Innes | 32.78 | 7.83 | 36.49 | 19.29 | 4.17 | 50.00 | 6 | 119.27 |
Willie | Gibson | 35.00 | 36.47 | 46.62 | 18.57 | 31.94 | 12.22 | 6 | 118.09 |
Luke | Blackbourn | 32.22 | 36.47 | 15.54 | 39.29 | 28.47 | 42.22 | 6 | 117.98 |
Britton | Smith | 48.89 | 20.00 | 16.22 | 6.43 | 45.14 | 7.78 | 6 | 114.03 |
Ali | Macdonald | 7.78 | 50.00 | 11.49 | 7.86 | 43.75 | 20.00 | 6 | 113.75 |
Gordon | Cameron | 43.89 | 33.53 | 20.95 | 35.71 | 17.36 | 31.11 | 6 | 113.13 |
Eóin | Lennon | 0.00 | 42.35 | 33.11 | 15.71 | 37.50 | 23.33 | 5 | 112.96 |
Digby | Maass | 9.44 | 38.82 | 33.78 | 20.00 | 39.58 | 21.11 | 6 | 112.18 |
Aron | Mitchell | 0.00 | 0.00 | 43.24 | 27.14 | 39.58 | 11.11 | 4 | 109.96 |
Steve | Best | 33.89 | 24.71 | 37.16 | 12.14 | 30.56 | 37.78 | 6 | 108.83 |
Mark | Hartree | 15.00 | 48.82 | 25.68 | 34.29 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 5 | 108.79 |
Milan | Misak | 37.78 | 20.59 | 14.19 | 22.86 | 47.92 | 13.33 | 6 | 108.56 |
Marie | Donnelly | 0.00 | 0.00 | 44.59 | 16.43 | 47.22 | 0.00 | 3 | 108.24 |
Andrew | Spenceley | 17.78 | 41.18 | 30.41 | 32.14 | 23.61 | 34.44 | 6 | 107.76 |
Michelle | Hetherington | 27.22 | 32.94 | 39.19 | 23.57 | 13.89 | 35.56 | 6 | 107.69 |
Alan | Renville | 18.33 | 45.29 | 22.30 | 40.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4 | 107.59 |
Michael | Andrew | 38.89 | 18.24 | 43.92 | 17.14 | 22.92 | 22.22 | 6 | 105.73 |
Christopher | O'Brien | 26.11 | 8.43 | 47.97 | 10.00 | 31.25 | 17.78 | 6 | 105.33 |
Angus | Johnston | 8.89 | 10.84 | 31.76 | 27.14 | 45.83 | 0.00 | 5 | 104.73 |
Lucy | Stanfield | 36.11 | 15.29 | 0.00 | 42.86 | 24.31 | 8.89 | 5 | 103.28 |
Dessie | Flanagan | 0.00 | 34.12 | 8.11 | 29.29 | 36.11 | 32.22 | 5 | 102.45 |
Clare | Mcdonnell | 41.67 | 30.59 | 21.62 | 30.00 | 15.97 | 28.89 | 6 | 102.26 |
Andrew | Bladon | 0.00 | 11.76 | 48.65 | 35.00 | 16.67 | 0.00 | 4 | 100.32 |
Pete | Cain | 20.00 | 26.47 | 23.65 | 50.00 | 5.56 | 16.67 | 6 | 100.12 |
Neil | Gilmore | 0.00 | 14.12 | 39.19 | 37.14 | 22.92 | 0.00 | 4 | 99.25 |
Pip | Hardy | 50.00 | 7.23 | 41.89 | 2.14 | 6.25 | 5.56 | 6 | 99.12 |
Robert | Waterhouse | 0.00 | 0.00 | 35.30 | 47.86 | 3.47 | 15.56 | 4 | 98.72 |
Andrew | Lamont | 22.78 | 28.82 | 27.70 | 21.43 | 29.17 | 40.00 | 6 | 97.99 |
Rachel | Paul | 45.00 | 22.94 | 0.00 | 9.29 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 4 | 97.94 |
Raphael | Bleakley | 17.22 | 17.06 | 22.97 | 7.14 | 46.53 | 27.78 | 6 | 97.28 |
Michael | McCloy | 0.00 | 45.88 | 23.33 | 5.71 | 27.08 | 0.00 | 4 | 96.29 |
Emma | Blackbourn | 13.89 | 48.24 | 9.46 | 12.86 | 32.64 | 1.11 | 6 | 94.77 |
John | Busby | 0.00 | 24.12 | 0.00 | 36.43 | 34.03 | 0.00 | 3 | 94.58 |
Richard | Wilson | 41.11 | 13.53 | 27.03 | 25.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4 | 93.85 |
Graham | McIntyre | 24.44 | 21.18 | 0.00 | 17.86 | 9.72 | 47.78 | 5 | 93.40 |
Alexander | Kinninmonth | 31.67 | 26.47 | 35.14 | 10.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4 | 93.28 |
Jonny | Muir | 31.11 | 30.59 | 29.05 | 27.86 | 20.83 | 26.67 | 6 | 90.75 |
Rob | Owen | 43.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42.14 | 4.86 | 0.00 | 3 | 90.33 |
Alex | Coakley | 12.78 | 32.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 43.33 | 3 | 88.46 |
Michael | Reid | 30.00 | 19.41 | 18.92 | 32.86 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 5 | 87.86 |
Gordon | Eadie | 21.67 | 40.59 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 87.26 |
Anthony | Hemmings | 25.56 | 35.29 | 0.00 | 20.71 | 26.39 | 0.00 | 4 | 87.24 |
Imogen | Bevan | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.08 | 44.29 | 0.00 | 36.67 | 3 | 87.04 |
Phil | Hall | 0.00 | 27.65 | 13.51 | 45.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 86.87 |
Bruce | McAdam | 5.56 | 46.47 | 4.73 | 0.00 | 33.33 | 0.00 | 4 | 85.36 |
Angus | Davidson | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 49.29 | 34.72 | 0.00 | 2 | 84.01 |
Neil | Burnett | 25.00 | 0.00 | 31.08 | 25.00 | 20.14 | 0.00 | 4 | 81.08 |
Richard | Chandler | 46.11 | 6.63 | 26.35 | 1.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4 | 79.09 |
Hayden | Lingard | 11.67 | 21.76 | 12.84 | 13.57 | 43.06 | 0.00 | 5 | 78.39 |
Joanne | Thin | 40.56 | 37.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 78.21 |
Alex | Hinchcliffe | 0.00 | 43.53 | 34.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 77.99 |
Fraser | Gibson | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32.43 | 33.57 | 11.11 | 0.00 | 3 | 77.11 |
Colin | Ledlie | 0.00 | 29.41 | 46.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 76.03 |
Ruth | Moss | 22.22 | 4.22 | 45.27 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4 | 72.49 |
Douglas | Macqueen | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.59 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 69.59 |
Andrew | Davison | 16.11 | 31.76 | 20.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 68.14 |
Stewart | Whitlie | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.16 | 43.57 | 11.81 | 0.00 | 3 | 67.54 |
Mark | Hooper | 28.89 | 0.00 | 37.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 66.73 |
Hilary | Spenceley | 49.44 | 3.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 | 4.44 | 4 | 66.38 |
Alexander | Chepelin | 23.89 | 41.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 65.65 |
Andrew | Fallas | 0.00 | 39.41 | 0.00 | 22.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 61.55 |
Lorna | Ascroft | 0.00 | 6.02 | 39.86 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 60.88 |
Neil | McLure | 0.00 | 27.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.33 | 2 | 60.39 |
Nick | Schierloh | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.57 | 10.42 | 0.00 | 2 | 58.99 |
Stuart | McMillan | 1.11 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 0.00 | 6.94 | 0.00 | 3 | 58.05 |
Nigel | Shekleton | 34.44 | 22.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 56.79 |
Sandy | Mudie | 0.00 | 0.00 | 41.22 | 0.00 | 15.28 | 0.00 | 2 | 56.50 |
Sandra | Chandler | 47.78 | 3.61 | 0.00 | 3.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 54.96 |
Sebastien | Menu | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40.54 | 14.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 54.83 |
Iain | Gilmore | 19.44 | 34.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 54.15 |
Lee | Murphy | 11.11 | 12.35 | 29.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 53.19 |
Ellie | Young | 42.22 | 0.00 | 7.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 49.65 |
David | Harrington | 39.44 | 9.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 48.48 |
Ann | Law | 0.00 | 47.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 47.65 |
Mary | Lye | 47.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 47.22 |
Drew | Sharkey | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.53 | 25.56 | 2 | 47.09 |
Catherine | Forrest | 1.67 | 37.06 | 6.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 45.49 |
Nicola | Duncan | 29.44 | 15.88 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 45.32 |
Julia | Sanders | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 44.44 | 0.00 | 1 | 44.44 |
Chris | Lucas | 44.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 44.44 |
Norman | Brown | 42.78 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 42.78 |
Roddy | McRae | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 41.67 | 0.00 | 1 | 41.67 |
Lucia | Parga | 23.33 | 17.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 40.98 |
Rowan | Boswood | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40.97 | 0.00 | 1 | 40.97 |
Will | Normand | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.38 | 0.00 | 37.50 | 0.00 | 2 | 40.88 |
Alistair | Masson | 0.00 | 40.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 40.00 |
Sarah | Foster | 40.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 40.00 |
John | Morris | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.75 | 20.00 | 2 | 38.75 |
Caitlin | Ripley | 38.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 38.33 |
Christopher | Busby | 0.00 | 38.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 38.24 |
Lauryn | Hartree | 14.44 | 11.18 | 10.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 36.43 |
James | Britton | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.57 | 27.78 | 0.00 | 2 | 36.35 |
Richard | Umpleby | 35.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 35.56 |
Lindsay | Doig | 30.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 30.56 |
Margie | Leitch | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 29.86 | 0.00 | 1 | 29.86 |
Philip | Brocklehurst | 13.33 | 16.47 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 29.80 |
Joanne | Anderson | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 29.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 29.29 |
Kevin | Turner | 28.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 28.33 |
Ryan | Forgie | 0.00 | 28.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 28.24 |
Graeme | Dunbar | 27.78 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 27.78 |
Patricia | McMaster | 26.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 26.67 |
Peter | Macdonald | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.69 | 0.00 | 1 | 25.69 |
Samuel | Tosh | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 24.29 |
Jonathan | Marks | 20.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 20.56 |
Ivar | Bundulis | 18.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 18.89 |
Lucas | Lefevre | 3.89 | 0.00 | 14.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 18.75 |
Mark | Lunt | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.06 | 0.00 | 1 | 18.06 |
Sharon | Bergert | 10.56 | 0.00 | 5.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 15.97 |
Alexis | Dole | 15.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 15.56 |
Brian | Kennedy | 5.00 | 0.00 | 10.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 15.14 |
Humberto | Abreu | 0.00 | 14.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 14.71 |
Irene | Schierloh | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.43 | 2.78 | 0.00 | 2 | 14.21 |
Fiona | Muir | 2.78 | 9.64 | 1.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 13.77 |
Nikki | Maclean | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.19 | 0.00 | 1 | 13.19 |
David | Hanna | 0.00 | 12.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 12.94 |
Richard | Agnew | 12.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 12.22 |
Charlie | Blair | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 |
Anne-Sophie | Ruget | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.33 | 0.00 | 1 | 8.33 |
Declan | Valters | 8.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 8.33 |
Richard | Fisher | 6.11 | 1.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 7.92 |
Donald | Johnston | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.64 | 0.00 | 1 | 7.64 |
Al | McGowan | 6.67 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 7.27 |
Cali | Ingham | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 2.86 | 2.08 | 2.22 | 4 | 7.16 |
Iain | Swan | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.67 | 1 | 6.67 |
Fiona | Mackenzie | 0.00 | 5.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 5.42 |
Eleanor | Mackenzie | 0.00 | 4.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.82 |
Phillipa | Burns | 4.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.44 |
Nicola | Dunn | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.05 |
Nicky | Freeman | 3.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.33 |
Margaret | Forrest | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 0.71 | 1.39 | 0.00 | 4 | 2.78 |
Rachel | Normand | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.70 |
Tessa | Merrie | 0.00 | 2.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.41 |
Deborah | Russo | 2.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.22 |
Leonne | Hutchinson | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.03 |
Moira | Stewart | 0.00 | 1.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.20 |
Handicap Reports 2020Scroll down for individual race results and reports
Blackford/BraidsPandemic – Braids reportUnable to run myself at the moment, I’ve been living vicariously through your photos and brief reports. I can well imagine the frustrations, fumbles and swear words as you took selfies. I’m sure there must be an ideal technique to it. But it does leave us with a fine set of photos: plenty of open mouths, sweat, drench and lockdown locks. A chance to put names to faces of people we once-upon-a-time used to meet. And a chance to meet new members whose first club activity was decidely un-club-like. The photos show the range of weather conditions from Willie Gibson running at the hottest time of day on the hottest day of the year, to Nicola D and Alex C running in monsoon rains at 5.30am, to fog, to thunderstorm. Also stories of dealing with dogs (no surprise) and deer (yes surprise). Perhaps Pete Cain was the earliest out at 5am in the fog. Looked like a fairly safe course from where I’m (excessively) sitting, but someone nearly ran into the trig point while focusing on their selfie and Rob Owen had a brambles-shambles when he persevered with incorrect route choice in spite of the pain. A clear lesson seems to be the benefits of doing a recce first. The 2-week window gives plenty of time for this. Mark Hooper put in 3 efforts and Michelle ran it over and over until she got bored. So Lee Murphy’s approach to leave it as late as possible to avoid doing it twice probably won’t win him the championship, and the runner who fitted in the run around a cycle to Glasgow and back was probably doing some extra self-handicapping. Quite a few folk did this as their first handicap and/or first ever run for Carnethy. The club will welcome you properly at some point. And a big thanks to Andy Lamont for taking on the complex job of handicapping. I know he’s been working very hard on setting your times for the next run. I think we need a photo winner or two. I’ll go for Digby Maass in terms of looking fit, healthy and photogenic (and I am being serious here) and also to Lucas Lefevre for his edgy black-and-white effort which also identified a criminal on the run. Next up, ‘Once Upon a Time in Holyrood’. It’ll be a tougher course but worth the effort. And having managed 93 runners for this handicap (a club record), let’s go for the century this time. It’s all about collective distanced effort.
Once Upon a Time in HolyroodPandemic Cap #2 – Social Report and PhotosThe 2nd pandemicap had another great turnout – over 80 racing the course and quite a few others enjoying the route for a social run, and many recces too. I can’t deny I enjoyed seeing various interesting deviations on Strava from recce runs, and these were particularly evident on Whinny Hill. This handicap was a first Carnethy event for Phil Hall (welcome!), and Dyfan Dwyfor decided to gift himself this run as a 36th birthday present. Someone described the route as having SM tendencies, another as being “unrelentingly brutal”. I guess the sharp uphill start and long-and-gradually-steeping final section (“that finish is the stuff of nightmares”) could be seen as a bit S. As for the M bit, isn’t that synonymous with hill-running? There’s an interesting genre of pain-gratitude: “Struggled from step one then finally blew up on Whinny – great route, very enjoyable”. “That hurt, but great route, thank you!” “There’s only one word that can summarise that route….steep! Thanks Ken 😊” Returning to Whinny Hill, which looks so pleasant and grassy, but as I found out during lockdown, it’s a hill that keeps on giving with its maze of paths: “Punishing. 2nd attempt resulted in profound breakdown of mind and body on Whinny Hill.” “Messed up descending Whinny Hill” “Whinny is my own personal Bermuda triangle.” I’m keen that we take up Lee Murphy’s suggestion that Carnethy established some kind of cairn or making on the top of Whinny Hill (well, at least one of the tops….). Haggis Knowe, a little but reasonably obvious bump, caused its own issues: “Haggis Knowe in particular felt like a cruel practical joke” “somehow completely missed haggis knowe despite recceing route!” Al McGowan provided some interesting history connected to the route and lovely use of language: “Thanks for putting together the route. Another shocking selfie, in which I try to replace the summit of Arthur’s Seat with my bonce. A good exploration of the back ways. I’ve not been down into the old quarry with the blocks on the south side of Crow Hill since about 1995, when we were collecting stone from it for the paths at the very summit of Arthur’s Seat, … I was pretty puckled by the time I was going up Salisbury Crags to the Cat’s Nick! Hence the state of my phizog in that selfie;)” I haven’t worked out yet what Cat’s Nick refers to (? answers on a postcard) but during lockdown exercise I did come across an old fellow who pointed out fossilized beaches on Salisbury Crags. Many folk said that it introduced you to new paths in an area you thought you knew well. That was one of the aims of this route and also for the following Pandemicaps from Swanston, Silverburn and Bonaly. Awards for multiple attempts – as far as I know – go to Nicola Duncan (4) and Britton Smith (3-and-a-half). And also Andy Lamont who probably did more than that in sorting out the handicap times. And there’s been a sharp improvement in selfie skills since round 1. Generally, open gaping mouths replaced with excellent forced smiles and a few great scenic photos thrown in too. A few highlights are Ryan Forgie’s bizarrely-angled photo, Nigel Shekleton telling it as it is, David Harrington’s hat, and Eoin’s photo where you can just tell that he was doing this at full race pace. As for variations, there’s Mark’s topless selfie (bring on winter, please!) and Jonny Muir’s selfless selfie. A few people (e.g., Dessie and Nigel) have managed to shift the hills around. I can’t pick a winner from this lot (any thoughts, let me know) but I think we can up the selfie-ante by having some Pandemicap Selfie Prizes at the end of the season. Next, in fact already ongoing, are the Socially Distanced Summits of Swanston. A massive thanks again to Andy Lamont for doing the timings and stats. Kenneth Fordyce Socially Distanced Swanston SummitsPandemicap III – Socially Distanced Swanston Summits – social reportAlan Renville’s course had 77 people sharing up the handicap points, and I know quite a few others (including me) did non-competitive easy-paced efforts to discover a new route. Also, one baby (Jennifer Misak’s) did two recces of the course, and three new members ran this as their first Carnethy events, so Welcome! to Imogen Bevan, Sebastien Menu and Aron Mitchell. Ideally, I’d have asked one of the much-bothered cows to give me their perspective on events. Hopefully, calm has returned to their lives after a couple of weeks of intermittent invasion by heavy-breathing, swearing, confused humans. From the reports, it seems some of us take an aggressive approach to them while others engage in polite diplomacy. And others got lucky with a ‘nae coos’ / ‘coo-free’ run. The Normands didn’t have to deal with cows but gave up time helping a horse and rider who’d got stuck in a gate. Apart from cows, another feature of the route that was much discussed and praised was the ‘blue zone’ which provided multiple possibilities but with no sign of a consensus on the quickest way across: Mark Hartree, “5 [yes, FIVE!!] different ways tried with less than 1 minute between them”, Michelle Hetherington, “When I recced the route by going round twice I was unsure to high, low or middle contouring around Allemuir.” And Willie Gibson complained about it: “After getting to the make-your-mind-up point 1.5 minutes ahead of my 1st attempt, I went high and lost the advantage, only to make it up on the way back. Was it due to climbing less or running better? It is hellish, please don’t give us choices.” Overall, however, this cunning piece of course design from went down well: Andy Spenceley: “I’ve no idea which is the fastest way across the blue zone, but just know I prefer the lower route. But it was a master stroke to have the route choice.” Also popular was the run in from Green Craig: ‘nice, zippy ending’, ‘lovely descent’, ‘fantastic – lovely views over the city’, ‘now my fave way off Allermuir’. Of course, there’s always one, and it’s only in a hill-running club that a route can be ‘too runnable’ – yes, Willie Gibson, chuntering again! If the Carnethy 600 doesn’t cheer you up Willie, I don’t know what will :). Several people commented that their times were remarkably close to their predicted ones. If only we’d known, the club could have cashed in on the new handicapper’s algorithm skills and got him to solve the exam results debacle. Gordon Eadie, who matched his predicted time to the precise second, is so spooked he’s asking for a witch trial. It’s all to play for heading into Round 4, and the Carnethy 600. Willie Gibson has a 10-point lead in spite of all the grumbles, but Handicaps have a way of catching up with you and fast starters tend to get reeled in. And with the three best scores out of six counting, the winner may be someone who hasn’t even started yet so time to get out there….. And finally, selfies. I’ve only included those this time that came directly to me so if you have one, do please email it in. Lee Murphy and Michelle Hetherington provide amusement but I like the faces of real joy and exhilaration: Britton Smith, Imogen Bevan, Catherine Forrest, Clare McDonnell, Jennifer Misak. And for stunning photography: Sebastian Menu! Kenneth Fordyce Carnethy 600Pandemicap IV – Carnethy 600 – Social ReportI’ve been slow to get this one written up….. The 4th pandemicap was the toughest so far in ‘hillness’. Nobody complained that it was too runnable. Mark’s course got lots of praise. I thought it was brilliant although I only managed a non-competitive walk/jog. Always good to be sent around new paths. Andy Spenceley called it a ‘real tough hill running course’ and is feeling spoiled by the routes so far. Someone said ‘chapeau to the route setter’. A couple of stalward-types called it ‘proper hill running’. I’ll return to ‘improper’ hill-running later. The winding path up to the Carnethy/Turnhouse col was popular although someone managed to fall off the rickety style near the start while avoiding a family using it as a temporary tapas bar (how does the handicapper manage to build all this into his calculations?). Anyway, down to the bridge you went for a selfie. Andy Spenceley enjoyed some selfie drama, putting his foot through a broken plank causing himself and phone to go flying. Next up was that climb, apparently one of the longest in the Pentlands. Someone called it a ’15-minute climb’. Ha-ha, I think that depends….. It was also called ‘grim’ and ‘brutal’. The vocabulary of climbs. I’d call it a slog. Anyway, with the climb behind, the worst of it was over and it was a chance to enjoy the Carnethy 5 climb in reverse and confuse sheep used to seeing people coming the other way. A little bit more climbing up to the Carnethy/Scald Hill col and then a great run down to the finish which some people seemed to get very excited about: ‘lovely long smooth downhill’, ‘sexy downhill section’. I’ve noted that nobody has yet described a climb as ‘sexy’. We’ll see. Some runners were surprised by grouse but new member Phil Hall lost the lottery and had the decidedly improper and unsexy hill-experience of meeting ‘a half-naked man’: ‘largely through fear of this topless man, I made my way up Carnethy faster than normal’. How was Phil to know that he was destined to have the same scary experience as a Turnhouse cow and encounter local celebrity (aka the club president and course designer) rampaging through the hills. Thankfully, Phil didn’t hand out a bashing but reacted instead by taking a photo (see below). This incident didn’t make it into every local paper and become a talking point of Edinburgh (so the scoop is here!). There’s another great set of selfies below. Enjoy it while it lasts – we’re going to retire the selfies at the end of this Pandemicap series. My vote this time goes for The Chandlers. What is going through Sandra’s mind? Answers on a postcard. Digby’s put in some effort for his under-the-bridge photo, Anthony Hemmings has a large tongue, Phil Hall successfully managed to avoid taking a photo of the president’s naked parts, and there’s a lot of breathless relief in the pictures on top of Carnethy. I’ll get the report out much quicker for the Bonallez-oopicap which still has a week to run as I write this. Only about 20 people have their times up so far so hopefully there’ll be plenty of runners out in the days ahead. And there’s also a feast of courses over the next two weeks with the Alternative Carnethy 5 and also the final pandemicap which returns to Holyrood and is run around the classic Arthur’s Seat club handicap route. So that’s lots of possible socially-distanced hill-running with a good chance to seeing other Carnethies out and about.
Bonallez-oop!Pandemicap V – Bonnalez-oop! – Social ReportYour reports from the 5th Pandemicap suggest there was a patch of good weather in late September. Did I miss that, or perhaps the memory has been washed away by the rain of the past few days? Virtual races over 16 days clearly create a bit of a lottery on the weather front but it seems it was mostly positive for the Bonnalez-oop!: “lovely route on a hot afternoon”, “distracted by the sunny September vistas”, “lovely calm misty morning”, “reservoirs looked stunning and nice evening red sky”, “such a beautiful evening”. A few folks were less lucky: “ferocious wind”, “lashed with rain and wind on Capelaw”. How did Digby’s route stand up under the critical glare of Carnethy Reviews? Mostly very well with many people describing it as lovely. Perhaps the weather helped with that, but some praise was very high: “best route so far”, “favourite route yet”. One person said they ‘loved every minute of it”. I can honestly say I’ve never felt that about any race I’ve ever done. As with previous routes, people enjoyed exploring new trods and new tracks. However, before Digby feels too grand, there was some curmudgeonly grumbling about the stony path down to the pump station (“Quadzilla”). Apparently, it’s “sore on feet and on old knees”, and someone (you can probably guess who) even called it: “Tracky McTrack Face Gravel Crap”. Other challenges included nettles (although some use them as an adrenaline kick), bracken, “slightly damp grass”, and a mud chute. As for animals, we kept the President safe and sound by steering well away from cows. A few people came across horses, someone else mentioned alpacas (not on the route, I hope), and Stuart Macmillan came across deer on Warklaw Hill. And well done on said President getting around even though “it felt like I was carrying a cow around with me”. Again it was good to see that people continued to enjoy the random social meet-ups out on the hills that the pandemicaps have enabled. On the Selfie front, “sadly” nobody matched the Bob Johnson photo on Capelaw. But there are some excellent photos showing the full range of weather from Willie Gibson in Shades in the full glare of the sun to Steve Best in an apocalyptic blur. There is a week to go for the final race in the series on the classic Arthur’s Seat route. Make sure you get to the correct top on Whinny Hill. The Handicapper will be inspecting routes closely, especially those of the Contenders. I’ve already given a guided tour to one Contender and another Contender has been on video chat checking out route lines. It wouldn’t surprise me to find someone out on Whinny Hill cutting back the gorse that has covered a couple of good short-cuts. You might have thought this was just some relaxed social race series but several months and a lack of competitive racing are bringing this competition to the boil nicely. I think it’ll be a busy place this weekend and hopefully with good weather as it’s not the easiest route in wet conditions on slippery rocks. As well as the big prize of Handicap Shield, there’ll be some other prizes for participation and selfies. Kenneth Fordyce (5th October 2020)
Arthur’s Seat (classic route)Note to webbers: The shortcode for adding each handicap is [ic_add_posts ids='xxxx'] where xxxx is the post’s ID. |
Handicaps history
2020 | Blackford/Braids | Arthur’s Seat (new) | Swanston | Carnethy | Bonaly | Arthurs Seat |
2019 | Boghall | Meldons | Capelaw | Lammermuirs | Romanno Bridge | Arthurs Seat |
2018 | Boghall | Baddinsgill | Harlaw | Lammermuirs | Tour de Capelaw | Arthurs Seat |
2017 | Boghall | Romanno Bridge | Harlaw | Broughton | Bonaly | Arthurs Seat |
2016 | Boghall | Swanston | Cloich Hills | Harlaw | Cademuir | Arthurs Seat |
2015 | Boghall | Meldons | Eddleston | Gladhouse | Dreghorn | Arthurs Seat |
2014 | Boghall | Dreghorn | 9 Mile Burn | Portmore Loch | Red Moss | Arthurs Seat |
2013 | Boghall | Dreghorn | Lammerlaw | Broughton | Meldons | Arthurs Seat |
2012 | Boghall | Eddleston | Red Moss | Broughton | Carlops | Arthurs Seat |
2011 | Boghall | Meldons | Flotterstone | Broughton | Hungry Snout | Arthurs Seat |
2010 | Boghall | Eddleston | Flotterstone | Hungry Snout | Swanston | Arthurs Seat |
2009 | Boghall | Portmore Loch | Meldons | Hungry Snout | Swanston | Arthurs Seat |
2008 | Boghall | Portmore Loch | Meldons | Lammerlaw | Carlops | Arthurs Seat |
2007 | Boghall | Meldons | Ravensheugh | Romanno Bridge | Carlops | Arthurs Seat |
2006 | Boghall | East Cairn Hill | Ravensheugh | Lammerlaw | Portmore Loch | Arthurs Seat |
2005 | Bonaly | Romanno Bridge | Ravensheugh | Lammerlaw | Portmore Loch | Arthurs Seat |
2004 | Castlelaw, Carnethy 21st | Romanno Bridge | Ravensheugh | Lammerlaw | Tinto | Arthurs Seat |
2003 | Silverburn | Peebles | Ravensheugh | Lammerlaw | Carlops | Arthurs Seat |
2002 | Corstorphine Hill | Peebles | Ravensheugh | Lammerlaw | Romanno Bridge | Arthurs Seat |
2001 | Corstorphine Hill | Ravensheugh | Kings Buildings | Red Moss | Meldons | Boghall |
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2000 | Boghall | Ravensheugh | Romanno Bridge | Carlops | Red Moss | Arthurs Seat |
1999 | Boghall | Peebles | Ravensheugh | Carlops | Baddinsgill | Arthurs Seat |
1998 | Boghall | Peebles | Ravensheugh | Carlops | Baddinsgill | Bonaly |
1997 | Gladhouse | Scotlandwell | Ravensheugh | Peebles | Carlops | Hillend |
1996 | Arthurs | Peebles | Ravensheugh | Carlops | Red Moss | Hillend |
1995 | Bonaly | Ravensheugh | Carlops | Peebles | Lamancha | Hillend |
1994 | Bonaly | Ravensheugh | Carlops | Peebles | Hillend | Red Moss |
1993 | Red Moss | Carlops | Bonaly | Ravensheugh | Carnethy | |
1992 | Hillend | Ravensheugh | 9 Mile Burn | Red Moss | Dreghorn | |
1991 | Hillend | Ravensheugh | Lammerlaw | 9 Mile Burn | Flotterstone | |
1990 | Hillend | Ravensheugh | Lammerlaw | Balerno | Portmore Loch | |
1989 | Hillend | Ravensheugh | Lammerlaw | Hillend |
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You can find the post ID by editing it and looking at the address or clicking ‘Get shortlink’ and noting the number.