16th February 2013
43rd 'TISO' Carnethy 5
Hill Race
It was an almost perfect
February day for running as 535 started the 43rd
Carnethy 5 race, a record, as was the number
of finishers ...530, with 115 of them Carnethy
Runners.
First timer, Finlay Wild of Lochaber, won by almost
a minute. Perhaps he had been having special coaching
lessons about the course from his clubmate Jimmy Jardine,
who completed his 43rd race (a little bit slower than
Finlay)! However, Finlay had to really fight hard to
get the win from 5 times winner, Rob Jebb of Bingley,
as Rob kept with Finlay all the way to the top of Carnethy
and kept trying to break away from Finlay. In the end
it was Finlay's superb descending skills off the summit
of Carnethy that won the race for him. Following in
3rd place was another from south of the border, Mark
Addison from Helm Hill Runners. Club Captain Andy Fallas
was first from Carnethy in a superb 4th place.
Angela Mudge won the women's race for an amazing 14th
time. She doesn't appear to be getting any slower with
age (she was, of course, first Over 40 woman as well)
and she recorded exactly the same time, to the nearest
second, as when she won last year. This year she was
the only female to get under the hour, with the next
two, Sarah McCormack (Moorfoots) and Charlotte Morgan
(Carnethy) battling to the line seconds apart and seconds
over the hour. Hilary Ritchie (Fife) was first Over
50 woman and another cross border raider, Wendy Dodds
(Clayton-le-moors), first Over 60.
Kenny Richmond (Shettleston) defended his Over 40s
title with a fine 6th place in 52:44 (his three wins
at Over 40 level have all been within 10 secs of each
other); while Stewart Whitlie broke the Over 50s record
by a minute and a half, recording 54:45 and 11th overall.
Scottish Over 60 champion Ewan Paterson (Moray) won
the Over 60s and Keith Burns from the host club, first
Over 70.
Last year Shettleston beat Carnethy to the men's team
title, this year Carnethy got their revenge. The Carnethy
women also won, with Moorfoots second.
A record seven runners (Gordon Pryde, Terence Brannan,
Susan Davis, Alan Coltman, Brian Brennan, Tony Stapley
and Colin Pritchard) completed their 21st race to win
a Quaich and have been added to the 21 race club page here.
Susan Davis (Northumberland) was not only the second
woman to achieve this, but also became part of the
first married couple to complete 21 as her husband,
Geoff, has now completed 23 races! Also worth a special
mention is James Rowley (Law & District) who completed
his 40th race! Bill Gauld got round in 95 mins a few
days short of his 80th birthday.
Full Results" Team
Results and all
time list of winners
Some photos from Sandy
Wallace here.
More photos on Carnethy Picasa album here
Scald Law Junior Race results
are here |