Tomnabat Hill Race

Noticed a couple of Cosmics were off doing the Tomnabat race last Saturday.  With there being only 16 entries maybe they thought of doing a bit of pothunting, but it was probably a mistake to try this on Alan Smith's home turf.  It's not all in the socks you know, Rob!  Even so they finished creditably in 5th place (Rob Brookes) and 7th place (Kev Harper).  Well done!

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Isle of Mull Race

Lone Cosmic at Mull "Monsterette"   It's a shame no other Cosmics wanted to do the Isle of Mull race (SHR medium counter this year) – you all missed a good day.  Mind you, gale force winds and lashing rain overnight made one doubt the sanity of the expedition, but the rain had stopped by the time I boarded the 09.30 ferry to Craignure, then the sun came out, though the wind was still ferocious and Oban Bay full of white horses.  The race was well organised, with the start time set so you could do the whole thing in 1 day without taking a car to the island.  A bus was arranged to meet the ferry and minibuses to take us across from registration at Salen to the start at Loch ne Keal where there was a small marquee to keep the kit dry.  The only thing lacking was any sign of a path for the descent to the finish!    There were a lot of familiar friendly faces on the ferry, with more camping at the start, and 105 runners started the race running along the road to the first ascent.  The 5 checkpoints were manned but otherwise the course was not marked.  As it was mostly clear and sunny and there were plenty of people to follow navigation was not a problem.  After a couple of minor ascents and descents we were up on the narrow A'Chioch ridge (here I did nearly get blown away by the wind), then a real scramble up to the top of Ben More (no running here).  Up until then I'd been doing better and passing people on the rocky and scree descents, but not on the final one – rocky path then bog and tussocky grass down to the finish at sea level – I was too tired.  Never mind – I finished in 2.43.54.  I decided to try out the al fresco washing facilities and had a brief swim in the Fada pool (is this in Shunter's book of wild swimming places?) in the river behind the marquee.  The last six people unfortunately had to contend with a violent rain squall – the rest doing the whole race in the dry, and at this point all being cowering in the Carnethy tent (in their colours with logo!).  Then it was back to Salen for a great spread of soup, tea and cakes.   Brian Marshall won, breaking his own record, in 1.46.02, having overtaken Stewart Whitlie on the last descent.  Steven MacInnes (a Mull local I think was 3rd).  Colin Donnelly made an unfortunate early route choice as the small Lochaline to Fishnish ferry was delayed by the weather and he was late at the start.  Jill Mykura was 1st lady also in a new record time of 2.03.07, followed by Dawn Scott and Clare Gordon.   Anita

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Mither Tap Race 2008

Also see Summer Series (link) Mither Tap Race 17th July 2008 - RESULTS
Position	Name	Time
1	Dan Whitehead	32:04:00
2	Robbie Simpson	32:27:00
3	Alan Smith	35:18:00
4	Al Sealy	35:41:00
4	Mike Stewart	35:39:00
6	Robert Brookes	36:11:00
7	Malcolm Beattie	36:42:00
8	Hayden Lorimer	37:26:00
9	Dennis McDonald	37:31:00
10	James Wheater	38:03:00
11	Peter Buchanan	38:09:00
12	Graham Strachan	38:13:00
13	Gerald Angus	38:52:00
14	Andy Bain	39:34:00
15	Barry Ingram	39:44:00
16	Steven Taylor	41:11:00
17	Bruce Manning	41:23:00
18	David Marshaw	41:24:00
19	David Duncan	41:23:00
20	Colin Larmour	41:40:00
21	Briony Curtis	41:50:00
22	Sean O'Sullivan	42:09:00
23	Dirk Verbiest	42:11:00
24	Helen Johnson	42:20:00
25	Ian Hamilton	42:21:00
26	Colin MacKay	42:29:00
27	Rab Murray	43:21:00
28	Lois Noble	43:46:00
29	Ali Hughes	43:57:00
30	Colin Reid	45:15:00
31	Anita Hamilton	45:38:00
32	Mark Reeve	45:47:00
33	Iain Lindsay	46:00:00
34	Hamish McDonald	46:00:00
35	Jonathan Weir	46:09:00
36	Steven Orr	46:09:00
37	Murray Bryce	46:21:00
38	Bill Henderson	46:33:00
39	Jenny Boyd	46:42:00
40	Steve Forde	46:56:00
41	Megan MacRae	47:40:00
42	Elaine Stewart	48:01:00
43	Tilly Smith	48:57:00
44	Gillian Clunas	49:17:00
45	Craig Donoghue	50:34:00
46	Ann Smith	51:26:00
47	Christopher Copper	51:35:00
48	Keith Anderson	52:37:00
49	Mel Angus	52:44:00
50	Sandra Simpson	54:24:00
51	Sarah O'Sullivan	56:18:00
52	Alfie McKay	57:13:00
53	Caroline Cuyle	58:57:00

Glamaig

An excellent turnout of cosmics at Glamaig for Rob's birthday run saw some successes - Lois won first lady and Elaine won first F50.

8   Rob Brookes    59m 36s
26 Sean O'Sullivan 1h 11m 54s
30 Bruce Manning  1h 12m 54s
31 Colin Lamour     1h 13m 54s
33 Stuart Hunter     1h 14m 29s
34 Lois Noble          1h 15m 42s
49 Elaine Stewart    1h 24m 30s
60 Gillian Clunas     1h 35m 56s
62 Jenny Boyd        1h 37m 55s
66 Liz Brookes        1h 40m 21s
71 Sarah O'Sullivan 1h 59m 16s

Thanks to all the supporters and party goers!

Full results at http://www.scottishhillracing.co.uk/RaceResults.aspx?RaceID=RA-0078&RaceYear=2008

107th Krunce Results - July 2008

 

	Name	Cat.	Time	%	Prev	Curr.	Total
1	Oleg Chepelin*	m	22-43	99.7065	0	3	3
2	Jason Williamson*	m	23-45	99.5789	8	3	11
3	Alan Smith*	mv	24-31	99.3882	4	3	7
4	Rob Brookes	m	24-40	99.5946	13	3	16
5	Barry Ingram*	m	24-52	102.413	8	6	14
6	Drew Tivendale	m	25-18	0			0
7	Richard Lang	m	25-48	105.297	0	9	9
8	Alastair Dodds	mv	25-54	100.257	8	4	12
9	Gavin Reid	mv	# 25-56	119.987	0	9	9
10	Chris Jessiman	m	26-05	101.342	9	5	14
11	Scuz Wingrove	f	26-11	102.292	9	6	15
12	Craig Park	m	26-27	98.0466	4	2	6
13	Duncan Grassie	m	27-01	99.4448	4	3	7
14	Colin Larmour	mv	27-08	96.1916	6	1	7
15	Kevin Gaffney	m	27-10	103.436	5	7	12
16	Briony Curtis	f	27-27	0			0
17	Bruce Manning	msv	27-35	102.115	4	6	10
18	Kevin Morice*	m	28-17	101.179	12	5	17
19	David Duncan	msv	28-49	95.7201	6	1	7
20	Matt Brettle		28-52	95.7275	5	1	6
21	Dougal Morgan	mv	29-04	102.867	10	6	16
22	Lois Noble	fv	29-17	100.683	11	4	15
23	Peter Lawrance	mv	29-19	100.057	3	4	7
24	Anita Hamilton*	fsv	30-16	98.4581	9	2	11
25	Murray Bryce*	msv	30-29	101.531	0	5	5
26	Jonathan Weir	m	30-31	0			0
27	Rob Irvine	mv	30-39	100.544	5	4	9
28	Gary Gutteridge	msv	30-46	101.679	0	5	5
29	Jenny Boyd	f	30-48	104.004	5	8	13
30	Colin Reid	mv	31-19	97.5519	7	1	8
31	Martin Holmes	msv	31-25	105.04	0	9	9
32	Colin Taylor*	mv	31-44	98.7395	7	2	9
33	Hamish MacDonald*	mv	31-52	104.969	7	8	15
34	Elaine Stewart*	fsv	32-39	102.654	14	6	20
35	Murray Clark*	msv	32-43	96.7397	7	1	8
36	Doug Prentice	msv	33-00	100.101	7	4	11
37	Sue Buchan	fv	33-41	105.987	0	9	9
38	Ann Smith	f	33-42	108.457	0	9	9
39	Gillian Clunas	fsv	34-16	101.216	10	5	15
40	Anne Stone	fsv	35-08	103.605	3	7	10
41	Alistair Leiper*	mv	35-14	96.78039	10	1	11
42	Michael Stone	mv	35-18	84.0415	8	1	9
43	Rachel Scott	fv	35-19	100.708	0	4	4
44	Pauline Larmour	fv	35-43	105.366	0	9	9
45	Liz Bracegirdle	fsv	36-12	98.5267	4	2	6
46	James Wright	msv	36-19	0			0
47	Alfie McKay	msv	36-25	104.211	10	8	18
48	Sarah O'Sullivan	f	40-13	96.2702	11	1	12
	Junior Single Lap
	Alexander Chepelin*	M11	20-05        108.6                0          9               9

Lairig Ghru Results 2008

Well done Shunter and Rob...

 

70th Rob Irvine 5.06.18

71st Stuart Hunter 5.10.15

 

out of 81 finishers

 

Full results at www.deesiderunners.com

 

Sean