Tinto Hill Race and Results

Well done to all the 47 Harriers who turned out yesterday for the Tinto Hill Race that has to be some sort of a record!! What a fitting tribute to George.

The results are here tinto-2007-results.pdf

As this was the last counter in the Hill Running Grand Prix Iain has updated the results on the main website http://www.carnegie-harriers.co.uk/

Photos before the start from Fabienne & Neil HERE

Photos at the Finish from Clodagh HERE

Even More photos from Fiona HERE

There is a great article and a good photo of Tommy battling with Angela Mudge on the Scottish Hill Runners website HERE

Race Report by Garry Taylor

TINTO Hill race 2007

Ladies and Gents. Saturday 10th November, 2007 was indeed a day to remember. We, as members of a great club mustered together to show how strong we can be when sadness is still around us. We were able to show to our friend George Murdoch how much we cared for him. I am also very sure that George would have been looking over us with his customary big smile.

I am sure the Tinto Hill race will never in its history have seen so many orange and green vests. Sunglasses should have been the order of the day as we dazzled all the other entrants.

47 Harriers on the start line, how good was that!! As a tribute to our Hill running captain, I am sure we did him proud.

Off the race started, up over narrow paths, jostling for ground to put your feet down on, running like startled sheep trying not to think of the torture ahead. The 246 racers moved into a long conga line. We got our own place to run and walk up and over the rocky paths and outcrops of the approach to Tinto. For those brave enough to look upwards the mist had already started to descend on the top making it look like a real moody moutain.

The biting cold wind was soon forgotten about as the lungs roared and the hearts pounded. It was a reasonable ascent but no matter where you looked you could still see how far it was to the top!!.

As the front runners hurtle towards you as speeds you can only imagine you could do on a mountain bike or a car you let yourself think, “IT CANNOT BE FAR TO THE TOP NOW” How wrong were many of us !!!!

At last the top was in sight and the thought of “HOW AM I GOING TO RUN BACK DOWN” coming into the minds you realise what a special breed real Hill Runners really are (MAD)

It is very warming when you see some of the clubs elite road runners doing so well on the ascent but funny how scared they looked as they attempted their descent.

In all another great day for the Harriers. Great runs by many but special mention to Tommy Lawrence, Judy Turner and Fabienne Thomson. Tommy showed how classy a runner he really is and how he can mix it with the best with a great time of 34.11. Judy Turner (39.19), running like a demon, making it to third position and beating some very good females and males on the way down and Fabienne winning first over 40 prize (45.36).

In all this race was a day out to remember for many reasons. I am sure we will have turned many peoples heads with so many vests shining brightly in the late afternoon sunshine.

To close, the tribute to GEORGE MURDOCH was absolutely fantastic.

Garry Taylor