The ‘Running’ menu and the ‘Social’ menu both contain running activities.
The ‘Social’ menu includes running that has a social element of some sort – afterwards or during – but in any case no-one in group running gets left behind!
Running is, of course, what the CHRC is all about. Despite diversions into cycling, swimming and convivialities it always comes back to running. The club organises many races for the wider hill racing world, as well as smaller club races for members. There isn’t much distinction drawn between social running (explore the ‘Social’ menu items), training and racing – as long as its enjoyable (though that might only be in hindsight). Having said that, here’s an attempt to categorise what we do into some kind of order.
The Club Championship:
Best six results from fifteen designated races.
The Club Handicap races:
A series of handicapped races from April through to September.
Night Runs:
When the clocks change and the Handicaps have finished there is a social night run once a month.
The Ladies Runs:
Social runs of about an hour.
Relays:
Lots of relay races throughout the year, often with a large Carnethy presence, like The Devil’s Burdens in January. See reports and diary.
Training:
‘Proper’ training sessions, often lead by a more experienced club member. These vary from sociable to painful.
Ultrarunning:
Some Carnethies just don’t know when to stop. Technically anything over a marathon distance or 42km, ultras are a bit woolier in the hill running world where the terrain can make for long days. If you’re tempted by the ultra world, there is a lot of experience in the club with members having done everything from ‘mere’ 50km races to the West Highland Way, Tour de Mont Blanc, multi day stage ultras, relays etc. We have our own social ultra series too.