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- 1st October 2004
Final Positions in SAL Championship
Quite an impressive list of Carnethy successes
in the SAL Championship
Final Positions! - Tracey Brindley won the ladies'
with Jill Mykura 3rd and Kate Jenkins 4th. Anne Nimmo was 6th (and won
the
ladies O50) and this meant
that Carnethy supplied half the contestants in the ladies competition.
Stewart
Whitlie was 3rd equal in the senior men and won the O40 while John Blair-Fish
won the O50. The ladies won the team event
and the men's team were 3rd in their competition. No-one can say Carnethy
doesn't support scottishathletics!
- 29th September
2004
Latest SHR and British Championship Positions
Andy Spenceley reports:
Now that the British Championship
races are all over it looks like
Scotland will have
3 British
champions, Tracey Brindley (Carnethy) in the Ladies;
Colin Donnelly (after a late charge) in the men's O/40 and Carnethy
HRC in
the Ladies
team. Other Scottish medallists are Jill Mykura (Carnethy) 2nd in the
Ladies; Stewart Whitlie (Carnethy) 3rd in the men's O/40 and Carnethy
HRC 2nd in the Vets
team
- not a bad haul at all! (All these British positions are still to be
confirmed.)
In the SHR Championship there is just the Pentland Skyline left.
Jethro Lennox is unbeatable in the men's competition.The Ladies championship
is the most open of all the categories. Jo Whitehead (CoE) has moved
into the lead for the first time, but any of half a dozen could win.
Helen Murray (Lothian) is leading the Ladies O/40 but has to do the
Pentlands to win, otherwise Elspeth Scott (Westerlands) or Louise Burt
(Fife) could sneak it. In the O/50s, Alison West (Carnegie) is in a
strong position and is guaranteed a share of the championship, Anne
Nimmo (Carnethy) needs to win at the Pentlands to get equal first.
After his great Breweries run, Stewart Whitlie
(Carnethy) has won the O/40 title and John Blair-Fish (Carnethy) the
O/50s. In the men's O/60s, the situation is the same as the ladies
O/50s, Gareth Bryan-Jones (Ochil) is guaranteed a half share of the
champs
and will win outright if Charlie Love (Dundee) doesn't beat him
at the Pentlands.
The team championships are going to the wire with Carnethy left to
do the work in both men's and women's. They have to get a team out
at the Pentlands in order to beat Westerlands in the ladies and, in
the men's, have to win outright to share the championship with Shettleston
- 27th September 2004
The Two Breweries
Stewart Whitlie was 4th in the Breweries (1st Vet) and Adrian Davies
was 7th, Tracey Brindley was 1st Lady (in 15th place!) with Jill Mykura
in 2nd and
Kate
Jenkins in
4th.
Race Report
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started , 200 finished. Very windy but not quite a headwind all way.
I led the Vet 50s till the Manor Valley then lost 5 minutes on a young
59 year old Dave Spedding and got very stiff. Only once have I blown
it so badly in the Breweries and that was after drinking German beer
all week at a conference in Berlin. Only two other leading supervets
there so think I'll be 5th overall in the British champs -also part of
the second place overall vets team. Good to see the Women out in force
with Tracey and Jill way out in front and Kate breathing down my neck
at the finish.
John Blair-Fish
Results Full
Report will follow
- 27th September 2004
Eyemouth Triathlon - Sunday
19th September
The Eyemouth sprint Triathlon comprised a swim
of 30 lengths in the pool at Eyemouth leisure centre; a 12 mile out
and
back cycle (passing through the village
of Coldingham and out on the moor road, battling cross winds) and a
3 mile run along a stunning cliff top route, finishing on the beach
in front of the leisure centre. There were only 39 seconds between Carnethy
members Willie and Jill Mykura at the end of the event. They both need
to practice their swimming (no arm-bands allowed) and transition times
(is a yellow, with red writing all in one suit the way forward?!). Tony
Weed won the race by over 2 minutes in 1:07:59. First lady home was
Fiona Lothian, who finished fourth overall in 1:12:49. Willie was 3rd
vet home in 1:18:59 and Jill finished 2nd senior lady in 1:18:21 (4th
lady actually as she was behind Joyce Mark, lady vet and Carol Thain,
junior lady who clocked the second fastest swim of the day). There were
about
50
finishers in the sprint.
There was also a taster Come and Tri event
which also proved popular.
- 21st September 2004
Weekend News
Twelve Carnethies headed off to the Tatras this
weekend. They included the two webmasters, so there'll only be a skeleton
service until they return on Sunday. Results for Merrick and Morven
are now posted on the SHR website.
Adam Anderson was the only Carnethy spotted, coming third at Merrick.
Camus Nimmo
- 16th
September 2004
Arthur's Seat Handicap - Moira wins the series
  
There were 25 runners in the last handicap
of the season and it was won by Iain Murray a soon to be new member.
The series was won by Moira Stewart
Results
Series Results
- 12th
September 2004
Tracey wins Capital City Challenge 10K
The hill runners did really well on this undulating
course! Tracey Brindley (Carnethy) won the ladies race in
34:11 and Sue Ridley (ESH) was 3rd. They've both
just returned from representing Scotland at the World Mountain Running
Trophy in Italy. Jill Mykura (Carnethy) was 5th despite saying she had
a bad run!. Hill runners, John Newsom (Pitreavie) was 2nd in 31:11 and
Andrew Liston
(Fife) was
3rd
in 31:36.
The
race was won by Allan Adams (Clydesdale) in 30:56. Mark Johnston (Carnethy)
was 9th in 32:48 (a PB) and I saw several other Carnethy members dotted
through the field. So much for the Evening
News reporting that Tracey was the only runner from Carnethy!
As for our own family race - my son beat me for the first time
- by 12 secs.
Results
  
AN
- 9th
September 2004
Kings Buildings Hill Handicap
There
were 6 runners for this month's KB Hill Handicap. The weather was
hot and there was little wind and underfoot conditions were good and
I
managed to win my second race in two weeks, although this was mainly
due to
Jason Hubert passing Win Rampen just before gettting lost in the gorse.
If only he had held back to be shown the way.
Results
- 8th September 2004
Haddington Sprint Triathlon
  It was COOL AND OVERCAST for the start of the standard at 8pm but it
really was rather warm for the final heat of the swim - lots of time
to pose and hang about as registration was three hours before my heat
got underway. Just 30 length a dash outside to the bikes on the soft
grass, no clattering cleats. Light wind mostly flat course, big gears
all the way round. Why wont my shoes go on..... Save something for the
longer than usual run. 1min 20 ahead I had some work to do to catch
up the geezer in front. Bleedin' heck someone's catching me - around
6k he catches me and after having a bit of a chat he strides out to
have a 30 sec advantage. No way I could have kept up without collapsing.
It was rather good having my family at the finish. If you like modest
priced competition stick to hill running triathlon is a pricey business.
750m swim 18.9km cycle 7.2km run
1 Craig Dale 1.09ish Junior
4 Mark
James 1.11.54 1st Vet
20? Andy Patience 1.20ish
30? Gary MacInnes 1.22ish
mark james
- 7th September 2004
Ben Nevis Race
 Several Carnethy runners were captured on 'digital
card' at the Ben Nevis Race on Saturday. The cloud level stayed at about
2000'
which kept your photographers on the lower slopes. It was pretty warm
for the time of year and lots of runnners were drinking from the burns.
Ian Holmes descended faster and won from Rob Jebb, with Davy Rodgers
of Lochaber
3rd and Simon Booth 4th. These 4 were well
ahead of the rest of the field. It was a great race to watch
and there were hundreds of spectators and supporters scattered over
the course. Definitely a race to try as long as you can do it
in under the requisite 3hours and 15minutes! .
Photo
report and results
- 6th September 2004
WMRA World Mountain Running Championships - Sauze d'Oulx (Italy)
Tracey
Brindley was 5th in this year's women's race, Lyn Wilson was 34th and
third Scot behind Sue Ridley in 27th place.
In the Junior Ladies Marbeth Shiell
was 14th and first Scot, ahead of Sarah Blake who was 17th.
Graeme
Bartlett and Geraint Florida-James were in the seniors' race today.
Results
can be found on www.wmrt2004.org/risultati_wmrt.htm
- 6th Spetember 2004
Kate Jenkins is 2nd lady in Moray Marathon
(Kate
hasn’t got internet access just now and so wasn’t
able to e-mail in her latest news. But she and Ben did pause to tell
your correspondent about it on Saturday before hurrying off into the
mist, determined to reach the summit of Ben Nevis before the racers.)
Last
weekend Kate ran in the Moray Marathon (“Scotland’s
longest-running”) and finished second woman in 3:11:07. She
clearly had mixed feelings about this: quite pleased with her time,
but annoyed she hadn’t appreciated the leading woman was only
three minutes in front of her and potentially catchable. (Never mind – she
subsequently re-emerged from the misty Ben having beaten the racers
to the top.)
Marathon
results
- 4th
Spetember 2004
Devil's Beeftub Hill Race
15 people
turned up for today's race. The weather was rather dreich as we registered
and walked to the start. Four late-comers ran up just in time for
the start. The weather cleared as the runners set off and ended up
being
rather pleasant.
The winner was Rickie Lightfoot of Cumberland Fell
Runners in a time of 22:33.
Derek Bearhop was first Carnethy and
first vet, and Jane Robertson was first lady.
Results
- 31st August 2004
Carlops Fun Run
In an effort to find sucess on the sports field
I tavelled to Carlops to take part in the 5K fun run last Saturday. The
course turned out to
more like 5 miles and took in a mixture of road track and path. A good
route and a fun run, especially since I won.
Thanks to Jason Hubert
for organising a good race.
Willie Gibson
results
- 30th August 2004
Tweedsmuir Sports Day
Two Carnethies ran at Tweedsmuir at the weekend.
Another 'wee' race, next Saturday, is the Devil's Beeftub at Moffat,
organised by Carnethy. It may be on the
short side but has one of the most challenging ascents and descents
of all hill
races.
Results
- 30th
August 2004
Aberlady Bay Ladies Run
The ladies on the Ladies Run last night were coerced
into posing every few minutes - but they didn't seem to mind.
  
These photos could be in the 2005 Carnethy
Calendar. If you've got any of the hills or running that you think
are worthy
of inclusion let me know.
Pictures
of Ladies Run
- 30th August 2004
Two Bridges Challenge – 28 August 2004
 The
previous Two Bridges Race had undergone major surgery for this new-route
event – the
organisers fairly apprehensive as to whether it “would be alright on
the night”.
Instead of 35 miles on road tarmac in a ovalish route taking in the
Kincardine & Forth Bridges, we now had a figure-of-eightish route: -
Rosyth, Forth Bridge west side, west thru’ Hopetoun Estate grounds to
Blackness, back again, Forth Bridge east side, road to Inverkeithing,
east to Aberdour along the Fife Coastal Path, back along FCP to North
Queensferry, then road to Rosyth. Perhaps it should more accurately
be called the ‘One Bridge Twice Challenge’ (?). Similar 35 mile distance
to the old route; but much more runner-friendly, several chunks off
road, and some hilly bits thrown in - including part of the Donkey Brae
race route. Very much multi-terrain underfoot; so, lots of variety,
and lots to look at along the way. Somewhat dispiriting to meet the
leaders on their return ‘legs’, when I still seemed to have miles to
go to the turning points! Generally very well marshalled, and excellent
nosh at the end. ‘Star’ performance of the day was probably that of
Rosalyn Alexander, in 4th place overall, and 40 minutes ahead of the
second Lady. She set a fairly challenging record time for Carnethy’s
ultra- distance Ladies to set their sights on ……….
Men 1st John Worthington
Wigan Phoenix 3:57:35
2nd Viesturs Dude Crawley AC 3:58:38
3rd Andy
Eccles Wigan Phoenix 4:03:53
24th Murdo McEwan 4:59:35
56th Rod Dalitz
6:05:00
Ladies
1st Rosalyn Alexander Carnegie 4:16:58 (4th overall;
1st Scot overall)
2nd Karen Anne Young Portobello 4:56:29 (22nd)
3rd
Colleen Donaldson Unattached 5:01:23 (27th)
88 ran
www.twobridgesrace.org
Murdo McEwan
- 29th August 2004
WMRA Master World Mountain Running Championships
- Sauze d'Oulx (Italy)
Alex Menarry was
4th in the V70 category of yesterdays race, Stewart Whitlie was highest
placed Scot on the V40 class (24th) Adam Ward was 39th.
Full Results are on the WMRA Master World Mountain Running Championships
Website
- 25th August 2004
British Championship - Latest Positions
Carnethy Ladies Team lead the British Championships
with just the Two Breweries left to run and it looks like they cannot
be caught. Meanwhile, in the individual event, Tacey Brindley lies
2nd, Jill Mykura 3rd and Kate Jenkins 9th and they can all improve
on their
positions with a good
run in the last race. Stewart Whitlie is lying 2nd in the Men's Vet40
helping the Carnethy Vet40 Team to 3rd in that
competition. It will be very difficult for them to improve on that
position (but not impossible).
British Championship Tables
- 25th
August 2004
Skåla 1848 meter rett opp
Right up indeed! This race,
in Western Norway started at about 30m above sea level and there was
no
real let
up until
the finish at 1848m. A fast start saw the field strung out very quicky
as we climbed steeply through forest tracks at the bottom of the mountain.
I'd been told that a lot of top class xc skiers use this as off-season
training and so it proved as many of the runners seemed to run using
a varied technique of their skiing. Forest soon gave way to open mountain
and the relentless climb continued. It was not unlike the Ben after
the Red Burn, just a lot more climb crammed into less distance! I
was struggling on a particularly steep section with a third to go and
seemed
to be overtaken very quickly by some 10 people, some of whom looked
more like hardened walkers. I think I'd lost my concentration at this
point so I dug in and climbed reasonably well through a large boulder
field, passing those runners just mentioned. The finish came all too
quickly and I met up with my pal Andy who had finished about 3 mins
ahead. The run back down was good fun, passing many fellow competitors
who were no doubt saving their legs for the forthcoming ski season.
I finished in just under 1:41 and the men and women's races were won
by Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset in 1.15.11 and Unni Ødegård in 1.32.41. They
are both international xc skiers and I was sorry to hear that Unni
was quite badly injured by a car in a roller skiing accident the day
after
the race, so best wishes to her for a speedy recovery.
Stewart Barrie
- 24th August 2004
The Burnsall Feast 10 Mile RR, Burnsall, North Yorkshire, Saturday 21st
August 2004
Confusion over the official start time of this race resulted
in a number of race entrants being left at the start. The Writer taking
leave from the fells, as an anglo-Carnethy runner, was one of the 86
lucky ones to be in the vicinity to make the start. This is a very hilly
10 mile race with flat running few and far between. Julian Mawson won
comfortably with almost a minute to spare. 1. Julian Mawson (Otley AC)
56min 29sec 2. A Breaks (Halifax Harriers) 57min 26sec 3. Steve Gould
(Halesowen AC) 58min 02sec 9. Crawford Oliphant (Carnethy) 61min 19sec
Full Results www.race-results.co.uk
- 24th August 2004
Queensferry Boundary Race and Burgh
Race -13th & 14th August 2004
On Friday
13th August Michael Wilkinson joined around 16 other runners in the
2.5 mile Queensferry Boundary Race coming
in 4th local after a closely fought battle for 3rd place. This was followed
on Saturday with a sprint up and down Queensferry High Street in the
Burgh race, receiving 3rd prize from
Queen Iona.
- 23rd August 2004
SAL AGM on 21st August
Members of the Racing Club might want to look at the SHR
site for one hill runner's take on the AGM. The main point is that
there is now a properly elected Hill Running Commission to explain to
scottishathletics why it should continue to fund and generally support
hill running.
- 23rd August 2004
Lomonds of Fife - Carnethy win Team Prize
  
In almost a repeat of last year's hot, sunny
conditions (producing a few vestless runners) Ronnie Gallagher overtook
Andy Kitchin on the return leg to win the men's race. Adrian Davis
(Carnethy) was
3rd and Gillian Godfree (Lothian) won
the ladies race from Sarah Legge (EZ Carnegie). Carnethy men (Adrian
Davis, Adam Ward and John Blair-Fish) were the top team (and I won
a spot prize!).
Results
AN
- 19th
August 2004
Tinto Handicap
16 runners turned up for the first Tinto handicap
race to
bag some mega club points. When we arrived at the car park there were
clear views up to the summit and the sun was shining – honest!
Just
in time for the first runner, the heavens opened, the torrential stair
rods came down and some mist settled on the tops. The route took us
up the main route and round the trig point, then back down and off on
a path at almost ninety degrees towards Scaut Hill. There were creative
routes to Totherin Hill with some opting to traverse across the heather
to a sheep track and others retracing steps and heading more in the
Maurice Cleugh direction.
It lashed for the duration of the race and
Moira had her brolly up as she came in to finish – alternative body
cover, but hard to fit in the bum bag. As soon as the last runner finished
the skies cleared and the sun came out – honest! Afterwards we dried
off and refuelled in the Tinto Hotel.
Full Results and more Photos
    
- 17th August 2004
Bruce's Crown - 14th August 2004
Fantastic low-key mountain marathon in Galloway - only every 2 years
- so worth checking out in 2006.
Rob Blyth won for the second time after winning in 2002.
Times were slower this year than 2002 - as everyone suffered in the heat on Saturday
on the Rhins of Kells (with Gavin retiring).
Nigel Rose gave me some
useful tips beforehand... expect lots of rough ground and get a map
which marks the forest rides.
I should have acted on his advice - but failed to get to the shops before the
race and just used my old OS 1:50,000 map which doesn't mark any of
the forest rides! Nigel suggested 17 hours was a good target to go at,
so with that in mind, I set off at a leisurely pace over the Minigaff
hills with Gavin Stewart - as I hadn't seen Gavin for 3 or 4 years -
and Gavin is always good company.
Heading up the Rhins of Kells, Gavin was slowing, so I went on ahead to try to
reach the checkpoint at Loch Doon before the cut-off. I reached Loch
Doon at about 5.50pm - and then teamed up with 2 other competitors -
Michael Driver from Clydesdale and a long-distance walker from East
Yorkshire for the section through to Carmaddie Brae.
About 30 runners were entered for the shorter 'Heart of Granite' (20
miles) and about 25 runners had entered the longer event - Bruce's Crown
(42
miles). Of the 25 , 17 made it to the start line and 11 made it to the
end of day 1.
Only 6 of us made it to the 2nd bivvy site at Carmaddy Brae (between Shalloch
and Merrick), with me and Michael Driver arriving after dark at about
10.15pm.
(while our friend from Hull opted to camp before Shalloch when darkness fell).
The bivvy was not too bad in the shelter of a few boulders and then
Sunday greeted us with low mist and heavy rain for the 6.30am start.
I stayed with Michael Driver for the run over Merrick and back to Loch Trool
and we finished together.
A fun, sociable weekend out in the hills..- though the Galloway hills
are an acquired taste..and after hours of knee deep tussocky grass and
thick forests...
.. one of my fellow competitors (from Preston) commented ...'when will this rapture
end'..!!
Thanks to Colin Butler and his team of helpers and raynet radio operators
- who made this such a fun event. (even the midges weren't too bad! ).
Jamie Thin
1st Rob
Blyth (kendal) - 14hrs
2nd Dougie Brown (first local) - 14hrs
3rd Dave Rogers
(Westies)
4th Gareth Bryan-Jones (Ochils) (first Vet-60)
5th Jamie Thin (Carnethy)
- 17hrs
6th Michael Driver (Clydesdale)
DNF Gavin Stewart (Carnethy)
Full results
will be available from Colin Butler shortly
- 16th August 2004
English World Masters Trials 14th August 2004
South of the Border, the
FRA held the trials for the World Trophy and the World Masters on the
same day, which was a change from the original
plan to have the Trophy and the Masters races on different days. There
has been a complete change of the International FRA Sub-Committee recently,
due to a mass resignation. Sounds a bit like Scottish hill running politics.
The races for the Trophy Juniors, the Ladies (senior and vet)
and the Men (senior and vet)– i.e. three starts – were off
at half hour intervals. A course from Braithwaite, near Keswick, up
to
the summit
of Grisedale Pike, down to Coledale Hause and back to the Pike was a
very good replica of the course at Sauze d’Oulx (846mtrs and 857mtrs
of ascent). The climbs are steeper than at Brandenkopf last year and
there is a downhill section, which is unusual for a European hill race.
The turn-out for the Masters was quite low, which surprised me; 9 ladies
and 23 men, including a few whom I noticed ran in WM2003 in the Black
Forest. My challenge to the V70’s in the last edition of “The Fell Runner” produced
no takers at all. I was the only V70 and finished last, a new experience
for me. The detailed results are on the FRA website. Whether English
vests will be awarded to the participants in the Trials is uncertain,
although the Trials were billed as a ‘selection race for all events’.
On the FRA website there is a reference to “20 spare vests being available,
which may be given to some of the Masters entries”. There are no official
English teams entered in the Masters.
The World Masters 2005 are to be
held in the Lake District but the course has not been announced yet.
Rumours are that it will be on Skiddaw, which seems quite short, if it
is to be uphill only.
Alex Menarry
- 16th August 2004
Lakeland Country Fair Open Fell Race (Torver),
Sunday 15th August
A field of 86 lined up to tackle the challenging
out & back 6.5 mile (2350 Ft
climbing) route up the 'Old Man of Coniston'. Not quite the elevated temperatures
that runners had to cope with last week at Borrowdale but warm enough.
After
a steady start up the track to the 'Old Man', John Hunt (CFR) pressed on and
was never headed. I had a battle with Harry Jarrett Snr (CFR), turning at the
top in 17th place but lost out to him on the descent. Afterwards it was a case
of enjoying a cup of tea and some homebaking from the local WI whilst spectating
Westmorland Wrestling.
1st John Hunt (CFR) 56min 13sec
9th Harry Jarrett Snr
(CFR) - 1st V50 1hr 01min 18sec
11th Crawford Oliphant (Carnethy) 1hr 01min 40sec
Crawford Oliphant
- 13th August
2004
Creag Dhu Results
Two Carnethy representatives ran
this (Newtonmore) Highland Games hill race on 8th August. Results
- 11th August 2004
Caerketton Hill Race
 
There
were 33 runners in this year's senior race and 8 in the junior race.
The rain started very heavily just as the juniors set off. Neil Morton-Lloyd
(12) won the junior race in fine style in a time of 13:04.
Martha Aitken (12) was first girl in 13:44 with her sister Evie (10)
in 3rd.
The senior race was won by Phil Mowbray of HBT in 13:12, with Brian Marshal
of HELP 2nd in 13:29, Alasdair Anthony of Ochils was 3rd in 13:57. Ronnie
Gallagher of Westies was 4th and 1st V40.
Full Results
There are some more photos on www.myrace.co.uk
- 11th August 2004
World Trophy Teams have 3 Carnethies
The teams for the World Trophy in Italy next
month include Tracey Brindley,
Lyn Wilson and for the first time, Marbeth Shiell. Full
teams are on the SAL and SHR websites.
- 11th August 2004
SAL's BoM votes to disband Hill Running Commission
and stop funding Hill Running
This announcement appeared on SAL's website this
morning.
AT AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING in Glasgow on Monday
9th August, the scottishathletics Board of Management voted to disband
its Interim
Hill Running Commission
and cease funding hill running, with effect from 31st October 2004.
The steps were taken because of a lack of support for the scottishathletics
race permit procedure under rule 403 of UK Athletics Rules for Competition,
with a significant proportion of Scottish Hill races continuing to
seek alternative insurance arrangements through the Fell Runner's
Association, a membership organisation covering Fell Running in England.
In
addition, the Board also accepted that among many regular hill runners,
membership of Scottish Hill Runners was viewed as an alternative
to supporting the scottishathletics' membership scheme.
The Board of
Management will review the decision in June 2005, prior to a proposal
to the 2005 acottishathletics AGM for the membership
to consider an alteration to the Company's Articles of Association.
The
date of 31st October 2004 was chosen in order to enable hill running
to draw down the last of this season's funding for the World
Mountain Running Trophy. It is expected that a budget contingency
will be applied for in the 2005-6 financial year to cover the 2005
World Mountain Running Trophy, pending the outcome of such review.
Sportscotland
has confirmed that until autumn 2005, elite hill runners will continue
to be funded as individuals and receive the support
of the Scottish Institute of Sport.
Scottish athletics’ Chief Executive, Geoff Wightman, has expressed
a willingness to continue to meet with representatives of the hill
running community to discuss a way forward over the next few months
but that the starting point for such discussions should be the increased
support and promotion of scottishathletics’ race permit system
and membership scheme.
- 11th
August 2004
Sierre-Zinal race 8th August 2004
I ran my 25th Sierre-Zinal race in the 31st race
and managed to secure 3rd vet50, finishing 78th overall in 3.22.45.
It was not as hot as last year or at
Thyon the previous week. The first vet50, Fritz Haeni, finished in 2.55.18
(faster than my best time). The race was won overall for the first time by
the Mexican Ricardo Mejia with Billy Burns just holding third place
in 2.39.03
in a sprint finish. The first three in the men's and ladies' races were also
awarded long distance World Championship medals. As usual, for me, the
course only became
interesting in the second half of the course when we were above the tree
line. The Swiss Karrimor started from Tugnousa on Saturday, the no.
three control point
in the Sierre-Zinal race. Its mass start looked relaxed compared to the race
and I even spotted one chap with a large rucsac accompanied by his daughter
of age 'less than double figures' doing the easy class.
John Blair-Fish
Full
results of the Sierre-ZInal race will be at www.sierre-zinal.com
- 9th August 2004
Crebers are Britain's Toughest Family
Maggie,
Chris, Ross and Hamish Creber, all Carnethy members, won the final
4-day race in the Australian outback to claim the title of Britain's
Toughest
Family
in
a competition
televised by the BBC. It certainly wasn't your average family
outing and makes one wonder what they'll do for their next holiday. Their
mistakes were always more than compensated for by their fitness and
stamina and they ended up worthy winners. Well done!
- 9th
August 2004
Culter Fell Journey Run – Sunday 8th August
  
Six
runners set out for the Culter Fell journey run in ideal weather conditions – plenty
of sunshine and a cooling breeze on the tops. It was a leisurely, relaxed
run as Stewart Barrie was recovering from the Borrowdale race the day
before and Moira Stewart was catching up on sleep after supporting Hilary
in the Deil o’the Highlands race. The longest climb of the day was
from the Birthwood road up to the trig point on top of Culter Fell.
After
that, we had a delightfully long ridge run down to the col with Gathersnow
Hill. I had promised soft, grassy conditions underfoot. Stewart took
this rather literally and ran most of the route in bare feet.
We continued
over the hills to Coomb Dod, with occasional glimpses of the blue waters
of Coulter Reservoir. It was too windy to stop for lunch so we found
a sheltered grassy bank a little further down the hill. It was very
peaceful, with distant hazy hills all around and not another soul to
be seen. After lunch we continued on over Hudderstone. We ran out of
fences to follow on this section so there was a bit of navigating required
to avoid the hidden gully between us and the next hill of Woodycleuch
Dod. It was scorching hot when we returned to the cars so we rounded
off the day with a trip to the ice cream shop in Biggar.
Nigel Rose
- 8th August 2004
Blistering Borrowdale
There was a record turnout at Borrowdale Fell
Race on Saturday 7th August. Amongst the 473 runners were 12 Carnethies
who came to explore the Borrowdale fells in sweltering conditions. The
course started and finished in the village of Rosthwaite, on a 17 mile
route taking in Skafell Pike along the way. There was a welcome water
stop at Honister Pass before an energy sapping climb up Dale Head, where
we met some spectators enjoying the sunshine and a Budweizer. The sight
of Rosthwaite village was very welcome, but it was still a few miles
of descent and a river crossing away. We all survived the lakeland experience,
with a few scratches, sunburn, blisters and smiles to show!
The local
Borrowdale men easily won the men's team prize. Still not sure whether
we got the ladies team prize, but it was very close.
There are a few
snaps on www.borrowdalefellrunners.co.uk and the full results will appear
shortly.
16 Stewart Whitlie 3.12.33 (3rd vet)
38 Adam Ward 3.35.07
53 Jill Mykura 3.41.02 (1st lady)
76 Adam Anderson 3.47.41
82 Stewart
Barrie 3.50.21
115 Kate Jenkins 4.01.27
(4th lady)
170 Andy Spenceley
4.17.29
182 Graham Carracher 4.20.01
190 Crawford Oliphant 4.21.53
204 Willie Mykura 4.25.56
222 Paul Ritchie 4.34.06
362 Joanne Anderson 5.25.18
- 7th August 2004
Hilary Spenceley retains Devil o'the Highlands title
The 43 mile race from Tyndrum to Fort William
took place today starting at 6 am. Carnethy did well with Murdo McEwan
coming in 3rd in 6:56:20; Ian Beattie 12th in 7:38:00; Hilary Spenceley
13th and first Lady in a new record time of 7 hours 39 minutes 50secs
(over 20 minutes faster than last year) and Paula Drouet 38th in 9:33:00)
1st Kumar Limbu Nepal
6:25:22 record
2nd William Sichel Orkney 6:37:06
3rd Murdo McEwan Carnethy 6:56:20
1st MV Eryk Grank unattached 7:28:40
1st MSV Tony Thistlethwaite Straven Striders 7:34:00
1st Lady Hilary Spenceley Carnethy 7:39:50 record
2nd Lady Sarah Kleeman unattached 7:46:40
3rd Lady Debbie Cox Glasgow Tri Club 7:51:10
1st LV Lynne Kuz Carnegie 8:03:41
1st LSV Jean Bowman Beacon RC 8:41:50
Paula Drouet Carnethy 9:33:00
62 started; 59 completed within the 12 hour time limit.
Full
results and report
Race
website
- 7th August 2004
Davos Mountain Marathon - 31st July
Duncan Baker ran the Davos Mountain Marathon
in 9:51:07, coming in 402nd out of 794 finishers. The race is 78.5K
long and includes 2600m
of ascent.
Race Website
- 6th August 2004
North Berwick Law
On
a very humid haary evening with cloud clinging to the north face
of the Law, you couldn’t even see as far as the notorious Green
Spider and infamous Gauld variation to the race’s voie normale.
Gordon Pryde had travelled across the Firth by high-speed RIB with
a gang of Fife sea-raiders. He was looking very nervous about the
return trip in the dark. The omnipresent Colin Donnelly appeared out
of the mist at the start line as if teleported from Wales, stepping
quietly out of an old police phone-box on the corner of the harbour.
Your correspondent was discreetly testing his form without alerting
the bookies in the approach to the World Vets in Italy. There were
lots of boringly predictable top performers of course. If they were
all as inconsistent and unpredictable as me, racing would be a lot
more interesting for the spectators.
There was a magnificent
field of about 150 runners for this annual sprint up the old volcano
in the Biarritz
of the North. I had been
in Biarritz a year ago and suggested they market themselves as “the
North Berwick of the South”. They hadn’t understood. But
they don’t have a race like North Berwick has.
Ian Forrest overtook
me as we approached the hill and I determined to teach him a lesson
before reverting to non-competitive running.
He drew away into the swirling cloud and I lost sight of him as the
field spread across at least four alternative routes through the rocks.
I spent the rest of the race struggling to haul him in, almost suffering
a head-on collision with Ollie Stephenson on his way down in overdrive.
I later discovered that I had passed Ian at the top without realising
it, busting a gut unnecessarily on the way down, and still trying
to catch sight of him as I was piped back onto the High Street.
A great
midweek summer race. Pity about the missing views. Back to non-competitive
racing for me. Well, until Italy.
Keith Burns
(Results - the recorder had
her computer frazzled by the lightning that hit Edinburgh 3 weeks
ago, so it has
to be done by hand!)
- 5th August 2004
Poisson et Ward bruke a la course Thyon-Dixence
I arrived at Thyon for the Thyon-Dixence race
on Thursday 29th for the race on Sunday 1st. It was hot and high and
I was ill-prepared
so did a personal worst, consuming all the water I could at two
of the three drinks station. 77th, 7th Vet 50, 1.36.40. The race was won by
Ricardo Meija in 1.11.04 and Austin Vigil, nephew of the three times
Sierre-Zinal winner was second. Pable himself was 1st vet 50 in 1.29.01
and gave me the nickname Poisson, not used since I was at school. I dug
in on the last 3km where there are two steep climbs and was surprised
to pass an ever-flagging Adam.
Full results are at www.thyon-dixence.ch
John Blair-Fish
- 3rd August 2004
SAL propose to drop hill running
SAL's Board of Management will decide on 9th
August whether to cut all its financial support to hill running, according
to an article
in Scotland on Sunday.
The real reasons for this are unclear at the moment, but
the implications would seem to be:
-this year's Scottish teams in the World Trophy
will be the last (Italy 4-5th Sept.) under SAL management
-no financial support from SAL for Scottish teams in Home Internationals
(Knockdhu and Snowdon)
-no support from SAL for Teenager Games or Junior Home Internationals
-no support from SAL for Junior Development (raids
and camps)
Since SAL's support goes to the elite end
the 'heather' roots of hill running may not be affected immediately.
However the long-term future is far from clear, whether it is under
SAL or another governing body...
See also the SHR
website
Post your comments on the bulletin board
AN
- 2nd August 2004
Cairngorm - World Trophy Trial and SAL Championship
Race
It was a perfect venue and fantastic weather
- so disappointing that more people didn't run. It could be that this
is the last chance to run in a SAL Championship or win a Scottish vest
for hill running (more info coming!).
Anyway it was a brilliant day to spectate and photograph (so I decided
to run as well, so I could photograph at the summit - as long as I got
to the top before the men!)
Tracey Brindley, Lyn Wilson and Claire Whitehead
look certainties for the Worlds in Italy next month. The men's clear
winner, Jon Duncan (Cosmics)
actually runs for England, but Andrew Liston and Graeme Bartlett ran
well. Stewart Whitlie was first V40. Junior talent was evident with
Sarah Blake winning this tussle with Marbeth Shiell and young John Newsom
coming 5th in the senior race. Kyle Greig won the junior men
from Scott Fraser.
  
Results
and photos.
More photos on Forres website
AN
- 2nd August 2004
Ben Rinnes 5 Tops -
Saturday 31 July
Dufftown being relatively close to home I seem
to be drawn to this race. It was a muggy day and not quite as warm
in previous years, but warm enough! Ben Rinnes was in the cloud for
the whole race and only one person admitted to going slightly off route
at the top. However I was glad the person in front was wearing a bright
top!
For those that don’t know the route there are 5 ups and 5 downs – over Little
Conval, Meikle Conval, Ben Rinnes and back again. The return climb back up Meikle
Conval is always particularly memorable, although a worn track now makes it a
bit easier. A mixture of heather, stones and golf course to run over.
Excellent
Highland games welcome you back to the field and the final fun lap around the
track. This year I was even greeted by a pipe band coming in the opposite direction.
How’s that for a welcome back, along with fresh strawberries at the start and
the finish. A good day out in the hills and excellent games to relax in at the
end.
Joanne Anderson
I arrived in Dufftown to find I'd forgotten
my orthotics, which I need for my plantar fasciitis. Thoughts of
not doing
it were
quickly
dispelled as the
usual furnace like conditions were not in evidence. It was warm but overcast
when 46 runners set off at 12 and the field was soon strung out on the
approach to the first top. Like the weather, conditions underfoot were much
better than usual, with the going mostly firm and shorter heather than I
remember. Visibility was poor on Ben Rinnes, but there were no navigation
problems. Apart from sore feet and hence needing to take it easy on the
descents, it was an enjoyable race. The prospect of racing up Cairngorm the
next day was always at the back of my mind, but that's another story!
Ronnie
G won the men's race and Scuz Wingrove of Cosmics, the women's. Race
organisation spot on as usual, thanks to the efforts of Graeme Bartlett and
Mrs Smith. (Alans better half!).
Stewart Barrie
Results
are on Forres Harriers web site (put you sunglasses on first!)
P.S. Stuart Barrie was 10th, Joanne Anderson was 33rd (5th lady) and Linda
Smith was
35th (6th lady)
- 29th July 2004
Kate's Leaving Run
  
A
small group of Carnethy faithful met up at KB for the unusual "lets
run in work clothes" Wednesday run. Kate wore a
blouse and skirt, Gordon Cameron and Stuart Barrie were in suits, Moira
was in a theatre gown
and stethoscope,
I
wore a lab coat and Bill Fowler wore a tie. Hilary
Spenceley either works
in running kit or doesn't read her emails!
A good fun run, if a little hot and lots of funny looks from the locals.
We all wish Kate well in Fort William.
- 25th July 2004
Maddy Moss, Bog and Burn Race #7
Maddy Moss is probably the toughest of the
evening hill races in the
series - and on a very warm humid evening - it felt a very long way
to the
top of Ben Cleuch!
From a standing start, it is straight up the staggeringly steep hill-side,
till you hit the path that contours round to the bridge over the Mill
burn.
From the start Adam Ward, Jethro Lennox and Alastair Anthony were
pushing the pace. I was doing my best to not let long-time rival Des
Crowe barge
past me down the steps on the wee path to the bridge despite a torrent
of
Glaswegian banter about my running speed! ...as I slowed to negoitiate
the
steps..and complained it was harder running down wee steps if you've
got big
feet... Des grumbled ...'If you don't go any faster , I'll kick those
big
feet out under you!'
Just before the bridge I went flying and he nipped past me.
Once up the Law there is a wee downhill bit - just to raise your
hopes that
all the climbing is over, but then you are faced with the sucker
punch, Ben
Cleuch looms ahead and the slope eases - so there is no excuse not
to run!
At this point fellow Carnethy runner Adrian Davis popped up on my
shoulder and gave me enough encouragement to keep pressing on.
From the top of Ben Cleuch the race is delightful - you've done all
the
hard-work - all that remains is a fantastic charge down the soft ground,
a
wee climb up Andrew Gannel, and then a fast descent down another grassy
path
to Maddy Moss, from there you pick up the wonderful, narrow but gently
descending path that takes you home at break-neck speed.
The final 200 yards are back down the initial steep slope and you
can feel
your quads burning up as you hit the finish line.
Last year's Bog and Burn Champion Jethro Lennox of Shettleston - just
pipped
this year's winner Alastair Anthony at the finish in a fast time of
50 mins.
Adam Ward of Carnethy was first Vet in 3rd place, just 2 secs ahead
of
fellow Vet Des Crowe of Shettleston.
In 5th place was Alan Smith of Deeside, Aidrian Davis was 6th with
me in 7th
place.
We'll need to wait until the full results are out for the rest of
the placings.
Another well organised race - thanks to Ochils - I particularly compliment
the organisers on their quirky prize-giving local rules, where every
prize
is awarded strictly on the basis of Senior / Vet / Super-vet category
etc.
This meant that despite only coming 7th - I got 3rd senior prize as
the
other guys in front of me were Vets and didn't qualify! Just what
hill-running needs! some positive discrimintaion in favour of the
younger guys!
So there is some justice in the world - I picked up the beers lined
up for
arch-rival Des and to add salt to the wounds - Carnethy pipped Shettleston
to the team prize! (meanwhile my fore-arms look like they've been through
a
cheese-grater!)
Just one Bog and Burn race to go - Caerketton on Wed
the 11th August -
remember you need to run 4 races to count in the series. Alastair
Anthony of
Ochils has already won the series in the Men's Open category - Adam
Ward and
Des Crowe are locked in a battle for the Men's Vet 40 prize - the
other
category winners are still up for grabs.
Results
Bog and Burn Web Site
Jamie Thin
- 25th July 2004
Marbeth Shiell is 1st Lady in Off Beat Bikes
Uphill (on Fri 23rd)
Marbeth Shiell comfortably won this uphill
race and proved once more she has bridged the gap from junior to senior
competition.
There were two other Carnethy runners, Graham Carracher who was 3rd
and Dougie Shiell. Results here.
- 25th July 2004
Scotland wins Women's Snowdon International
The Scottish Women's team won the Snowdon
International Race. Claire Whitehead (Cosmics) was 1st in 1.18.28,
Gill Mykura (Carnethy) 2nd in 1.20.53 and Kate Jenkins (Carnethy)
7th. The men's race was won by Ian Holmes (England) with highest-placed
Scot Colin Donnelly 7th. I notice Helene Diamantides and Willie
Mykura among the 400+ finishers, and Ronnie Gallagher (2nd claim
Carnethy) was 34th and 3rd vet. Results here.
- 22nd July 2004
Snowdon International Teams announced
The Scottish teams for the Snowdon International
this weekend contain 2 Carnethy members, Gill Mykura and Kate Jenkins.
Full teams given below.
Men: John Brooks (Lochaber), Colin Donnelly (Cambuslang), Tim Lenton (Lothian),
Brian Marshall (HELP)
Women: Kate Jenkins (Carnethy), Jill
Mykura (Carnethy), Claire Whitehead
(Cosmic)
- 22nd July 2004
JBF Hits Square 100 in Screes and Ridges
After a massive back claim of 10 races John Blair-Fish
has joined Crawford Oliphant on square 100, and has started at the bottom
of the board again
- 20th July 2004
Competition to win new INOV-8 trail shoes - entries close 9th
Aug
Run and Become are offering a pair of INOV-8s -
the Mudroc 280 (a lightweight trail shoe), the Flyroc (more durable
multi-terrain shoe)
or the Terroc.
Who thinks up the names? The closing date for
the competition has been extended till Monday
9th August (due to late publication of Newsletter). It is only open
to Carnethy members. All you have to do is answer
the simple question below and mail (Run and Become, 66 Dalry Rd. EH11
2AY), fax (0131 337 3133) or email your
answer giving your name and contact number. All correct entries will
enter a draw which will take place at the Caerketton
Hill Race on Wednesday
11th
August.
Q. The women's course record for the 95 mile West Highland Way race was
set in 2000 and stands at 17hours 37minutes 48seconds. Which Carnethy
member achieved this phenomenal performance?
A) Moira Stewart B) Kate Jenkins C) Angela Mudge
- 19th
July 2004
Thins go Pot-hunting
Joanne and I went camping for a week without any cooking pots
for our camping stove! - so we had a genuine reason to be pot-hunting!
We did find some pots in a shop in Banff, but failed on the
pot-hunting stakes in the Highland Games at Tomintoul Highland Games
on Sat 17th
July.
Race about 3 miles up heathery hill behind the games field
- with a mile on
the road to finish.
Fun local race.. with Highland Games there is the extra fun and games
of
never knowning when the race will start - we arrived late after a
play on
the beach with the kids on the Moray coast... fortunately the start
of the
hill race was delayed for an hour by the rain - the terrain was a bit
like
Meall a Bhuchaille but shorter and with less climb - last mile back
on the
road was a killer!
1st Paul Raistick
4th Jamie Thin (19:30)
(Jamie won £9 - sadly not enough to cover
the cost of our shiny new cooking
pot)
For future reference Tomintoul Highland Games are held on the
3rd Sat in
July each year and the hill race starts at approx. 3pm - give or take
an
hour!
- 18th
July 2004
Glamaig
The rain held off for the 86 finishers in the David Shepherd
Memorial Glamaig Hill Race. Brian Marshall (HELP)
won in 49:08 from Tim Lenton (Lothian) and Alec Keith
(HBT). Helen Murray (Lothian) was 1st lady. Results.
- 18th
July 2004
Kentmere Horseshoe -
Tracey breaks record
Report from Andy Spenceley:
12 Carnethy runners joined nearly 500 runners for the British Champs
race at Kentmere on Sunday. An excellent day out and it was like a
who's who of fell running with everybody there. The very runnable
course and hot and sunny weather didn't suit everybody, but we had
some great performances. After a slow start on the crowded narrow
lanes, Tracey showed she is on form with a storming run to break Trish
Calder's 12 year old record. Jill, still with Wednesday night's handicap
in her legs, backed her up in 3rd just seconds behind Louise Sharp.
With Kate as 3rd counter, the ladies won the team prize (for the second
British Champs race in row) to consolidate their lead. Tracey now
has a clear
lead in the Ladies Champs and good results at the Breweries should
hopefully see the Ladies team and Tracey get the titles. Other good
performances came from the Carnethy vets in the O/40 Team Champs,
an extremely competitive category. With good runs from Stewart, Adam,
Adrian and JBF, we came 3rd behind Pennine and Bowland. A result which
moves us to 2nd equal in the British Champs (with Bowland). Borrowdale
(who we beat on Sunday for the second race a row! ) are still 1st
and Clayton-le-Moors now down to 4th. Can the vets hang on to a medal
position in the long races? .. it will be hard, but quite possible.
A mention also to Alex Mennary who, running for his new club Durham
Fell Runners, won the O/70s race.
Results
- 16th July 2004
Moira Stewart wins Lammer Law Handicap
Moira Stewart won her first ever handicap on a lovely sunny evening in
the Lammermuir Hills. The handicap series is wide open with 2 races left.
Remember only your best 3 results count.
Lammer Law results
- 14th
July 2004
Cow Hill (Fort William) on Monday 12th
Report from Kate Jenkins:
Monday’s short steep sprint was
the end of it for my legs! After a thrashing at Meal anT and a hammering
at
the
Half
Ben
I hobbled
down to town for the final link in the triple. Adrenalin raged for
some unknown reason and I wheezed and grunted up the steep hill for
all I was worth and possibly even more embarassingly so on the descent.
It was worth it for the “Hipple Triple” mug and the ladies
prize for the three races in a group. A great, if not painful, weekend
of racing in my soon-to-be home town.
Results.
1 Davy Rodgers Lochaber 18:54 and 1st triple prize
2 Alan Smith Deeside 19:25
3 Stephen Burns 19:47
13 Kate Jenkins Carnethy 22:22 and 1st triple prize
24 Lyndsey Shaw Lochaber 25:22
27 Sarah Legge Carnegie 26:47
- 13th
July 2004
British and SHR Championships Update
After their win at Meall An-T the Carnethy Ladies are leading
the British Ladies Team Championships. They need 2 more races to count,
one of which
is Kentmere this coming Sunday. The Carnethy Vet Team won the Vet Team
race at Meal An-T and this put them into 4th position in the British
Vet Team Championship - an excellent position considering the extremely
high
standard
of vet competition in hill racing.
Carnethy teams are lying in 2nd place in the SHR
Team Championships.
Shettleston
lead the men's and Westerlands lead the ladies tables. Full
SHR Championship positions on the SHR
site
- 11th
July 2004
Half Ben
Several runners stayed on in Fort William
after Meall An-T and ran the Half Ben the next day. Kate Jenkins was
one, and she capped
it by winning the ladies race. She was closely
followed by Marbeth Shiell (spotted watching the British Championship
race the day before!).
Results
- 11th
July 2004
Meall An-T Suidhe success for Carnethy
Ladies
 
Carnethy fielded a quarter of the ladies for this British, Scottish
and SHR Championship race. Tracey Brindley continued her winning ways
(while Angela Mudge watched - waiting till she's fully fit again). There
were impressive runs from 2nd-placed Claire Whitehead of Cosmics and
Gill Mykura (who hasn't raced since April) taking 3rd spot. That left
the English challenge out of the top placings. Carnethy won the team
prize and their 'B' team were 2nd too (on equal points with Westies
but winning
on countback). Special mention goes to Pat McLaughlin (Westies) who
sportingly wore a red sock - for Sport Aid.
There were 119 runners in the men's race and top places all went south
of the border - Simon Bailey (Mercia) convincingly beating Rob Jebb
(Bingley) and Tim Austin (Dark Peak). Top Scots were Jethro Lennox (Shets)
and Brian Marshal (HELP), 7th and 8th respectively. Stewart Whitlie
was 3rd vet and 14th overall and Adam Ward was 17th.
Results
(and photos)
- 8th July
2004
Kings Buildings Monthly Hill
Handicap
This month's handicap had only 5 competitors,
Brian Kirkwood was first after setting off on a good handicap as it
was his first time and
he "didn't know the route". Willie Gibson was second 30
seconds slower than his handicap. Jane Robertson ran the race ( it
was her first
outing
since ripping here knee open on Goat Fell), and she was accompanied
round by Mike Browne. Win Rampen lost interest in the race half way
round
and ran in with Jane and Mike.
Results
- 5th July 2004
Andy Spenceley is 1st Scot in Inter-Counties
Carnethy's reporter noticed that Andy Spenceley was first Scot home
in the Blisco Dash Inter-Counties Race on Saturday 3rd. He beat Chris
Upson
in the
Scottish
challenge. There was a strong showing from the English clubs. Results
are on the FRA
website
- 4th July 2004
Angela Mudge wins in Switzerland
Angela Mudge returned from injury
to win an uphill only race in Switzerland on Saturday (3rd July).
It was her first race since April and
hopefully signals a welcome return to racing. If your French is
good look at the race
site here.
-
4th July 2004
Donnard Uphill (on Sat. 3rd July)
Angela, Lyn and Tracey
were not the only ones to be racing across the water.
Geraint Florida-James was 3rd equal
in
a time of 64:52 in
this Irish selection
race for the World Trophy at the weekend. I suspect
this puts him in the Irish team for the World Trophy.
Full results are on the Nimra
website.
-
4th July 2004
GB Teams in top 3 in Europeans
The GB men's team came an excellent 2nd and the women, with
Tracey Brindley 6th and Lyn Wilson 10th, were 3rd. Results
here
-
3rd July 2004
Hail on Dollar
The race was started with a clap of thunder, rerouted through the
Glen of Sorrow to avoid the buzzard and the runners emerged from
the wood onto the hill with a flash of lightning. Appropriate then
that Brian Marshall stormed away. A good number of people ran considering
the race wasn't advertised in the calendar. The sun came out once
everyone was back at the Academy
and a third of the field got a prize (even the last lady!).AN
Results
- 1st July 2004
Organiser breaks record in Caerketton Downhill
Mark Johnston managed to organise and run and beat
Adam Ward's record. Mind - there was a strong following wind
(more than 2 metres/sec at the top!). Of the half dozen people
who
brought their own race number, two turned up with the same no.
(81).
Derek
turned his upside down. The juniors left with big smiles on
their faces
and their arms full! Results
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