Unfortunately my ‘new’ running camera is rubbish so the photos are all blurry; the rest were even worse. Phil arrived with the numbers in the nick of time having been stuck in traffic, so we were good to go. Not all in the right direction, but mostly, and it’s a nice route. Going the opposite way to normal makes you miss bits of path that you know very well, or is that just me? The final descent through the woods in the growing gloom was a little dicey with the tangle of slippery tree routes. Afters in the Hunters Tryst, where the ales were tantalising.
I can report a top quality soup, with a WARMED roll. Tick.
Digby
After a late change to the start venue from Dreghorn to Bonaly due to emergency roadworks, a cock up with the restaurant booking, and then the forecast for rain I was wondering if many would turn up for the clockwise running of the penultimate 2015 handicap race.
Phil arrived just in time with the race numbers for an excellent turnout of 35 runners plus 2 dogs. The weather remained fine and a slight breeze kept the midges away. First back was Michael Wilkinson, however he decided that seeing Digby disappear up Allermuir meant he was running too slowly and took a shortcut back to the finish.
The winner with map (handy tip) in hand was Alan Swanson, beating his handicap by 4 & 1/2 minutes, running in his barefoot running shoes – impressive given reports of the slippery descent over the tree roots in the woods. Over the next 15 minutes another 31 of the runners appeared from various directions with tales of missed checkpoints and detours. That left 2 runners unaccounted for, Lisa and Georgina, who were last seen heading over Harbour Hill on a reverse Skyline by Captain Whiteside.
With darkness falling, and fearing for the safety of his bride-to-be, Euan mustered a search party of Jim, Ross and Andrew, who disappeared into the gloom of Bonaly woods. Lisa and Georgina appeared just after 9pm; after realising the navigation error they made it almost back to the start, only to start the route again. Lets hope Lisa manages to find her way to Jura in time for the wedding next month.
That meant we now only had 4 runners out on the hill, a quick call to Jim to tell him all was well, and the search party returned.
19 headed off to Hunters Tryst for some pub grub and fine ales.
Many thanks to Pamela for recording the finish times, Nicola for taking the food orders and the Carnethy HRC Rescue Service.
Final Handicap is in 2 weeks time (Wednesday 2nd September), Arthur’s Seat, at the earlier start time of 6.30pm.
Graham Nash
Provisional results:
Position | Race No. | Name | Start time | Finish Time | Race time |
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1 | 19 | Alan Swanson | 07:21:21 | 08:19:15 | 00:57:54 |
2 | 15 | Mark Hartree | 07:27:19 | 08:22:53 | 00:55:34 |
3 | 1 | Cali Ingham | 07:00:11 | 08:23:22 | 01:23:11 |
4 | 25 | Anna Hayes | 07:19:48 | 08:23:25 | 01:03:37 |
5 | 29 | Euan Boyd | 07:31:32 | 08:23:44 | 00:52:12 |
6 | 9 | Peter Baxter | 07:15:39 | 08:24:05 | 01:08:26 |
7 | 14 | Oliver Reed | 07:26:09 | 08:24:08 | 00:57:59 |
8 | 31 | James Hardie | 07:32:50 | 08:24:31 | 00:51:41 |
9 | 16 | Alan Hogg | 07:29:34 | 08:24:36 | 00:55:02 |
10 | 17 | Jeff Roberts | 07:25:19 | 08:24:51 | 00:59:32 |
11 | 10 | Digby Maass | 07:14:20 | 08:25:13 | 01:10:53 |
12 | 22 | David Harrington | 07:26:11 | 08:25:18 | 00:59:07 |
13 | 8 | Moira Stewart | 07:17:09 | 08:25:46 | 01:08:37 |
14 | 13 | Irene Schierloh | 07:05:40 | 08:25:51 | 01:20:11 |
15 | 24 | Phil Young | 07:28:17 | 08:26:11 | 00:57:54 |
16 | 30 | Neil Burnett | 07:32:54 | 08:26:15 | 00:53:21 |
17 | 4 | Lindsay Donald | 07:05:14 | 08:26:34 | 01:21:20 |
18 | 20 | Alex McVey | 07:35:38 | 08:26:44 | 00:51:06 |
19 | 7 | Bob Waterhouse | 07:23:12 | 08:27:09 | 01:03:57 |
20 | 27 | Steve Best | 07:34:24 | 08:27:12 | 00:52:48 |
21 | 18 | Gavin Frizzel | 07:28:39 | 08:27:25 | 00:58:46 |
22 | 21 | Willie Gibson | 07:19:23 | 08:27:36 | 01:08:13 |
23 | 12 | Cathy Southworth | 07:20:58 | 08:28:04 | 01:07:06 |
24 | 26 | Christopher Busby | 07:37:29 | 08:29:38 | 00:52:09 |
25 | 6 | Philippa Ivison | 07:17:48 | 08:30:30 | 01:12:42 |
26 | 5 | Kate Fraser | 07:17:46 | 08:30:30 | 01:12:44 |
27 | 33 | Iain Whiteside | 07:43:05 | 08:30:31 | 00:47:26 |
28 | 34 | Simon Titmuss | 07:34:25 | 08:32:28 | 00:58:03 |
29 | 35 | Andrew Howett | 07:34:45 | 08:33:21 | 00:58:36 |
30 | 23 | Allen Flockhart | 07:28:58 | 08:33:22 | 01:04:24 |
31 | 2 | Sandra Chandler | 07:00:11 | 08:33:37 | 01:33:26 |
32 | 3 | Richard Chandler | 07:00:11 | 08:33:37 | 01:33:26 |
33 | 28 | Lisa Gamble | 07:26:09 | 09:03:03 | 01:36:54 |
34 | 32 | Georgina McAllister | 07:26:09 | 09:03:03 | 01:36:54 |
35 | 11 | Michael Wilkinson | 07:13:37 | retired | |