I received a note from the organisers:
Stuc a Chroin 5000 Hill Race takes place on Saturday 3rd May 2008
This year is our 20th Anniversary.
Entry fee is £6.
We hope to make it a special event. The usual evening dance will follow.
Remember- This race is a counter in the Hillbillies Grand Prix
Ben Sheann Hill Race takes place on Wednesday 18th June 2008 starting at 1930hrs.
This is our 20th Anniversary. Entry Fee £4.
The Durisdeer Hill Race, Saturday 14th June at 12.00pm, which takes place from Thornhill, Dumfrieshire has been added as a counting event in our Hill Running Grand Prix.
This event is also the 3rd counter in the 2008 Scottish Hill Running Championships. The race is 10.5 miles with 3800ft of climbing.
This event is pre-entry only information about the race and an entry form can be found HERE. (Check out Sandy louping the fence)
There a strong contingent of Carnegie runners amongst the 180 athletes who took part in Sunday’s Bishop Hill Race from Scotlandwell. The race incorporated the opening event in the 2008 SHR Championships and it was good to see many of our club’s leading hill runners taking part.
Andy Symonds fresh from winning the Mighty Deerstalker adventure race in the Scottish Borders on Saturday excelled again finishing 2nd overall in 18.12. Andrew Wright was also in good form placing 7th in 19.07. Tommy Lawrence in 20th position (20.22) completed the Carnegie team which placed an excellent joint 2nd team with Carnethy on 29 points and only one point behind team winners Shettleston Harriers (28 points).
Sandy Bennet competing in his first race since recovering from injury placed 48th in 22.20 and Kenny MacDonald finished well placing 57th in 23.01.
The race was won by Shettleston’s Jethro Lennox in 17.29.
Results
2 Andy Symonds MS 00:18:12
7 Andrew Wright MS 00:19:07
20 Tommy Lawrence MS 00:20:29
47 Sandy Bennett M40 00:22:14
56 Kenny McDonald M40 00:22:50
110 Andrew Sim MS 00:26:26
114 Iain Taylor MS 00:26:39
136 Paul Davis MS 00:28:35
137 Alan MacAulay M50 00:28:36
138 J Laing M50 00:28:40
148 Robert Milton M40 00:29:32
151 J. McDonald M40 00:29:38
176 A McKenzie F40 00:39:08
Photos HERE
Over the next couple of months the following runs are being planned, further details and additional runs will be added shortly:
1 - 16/03/08 - Cateran Trail Relay Legs 1 and 2 recce (Blairgowrie to Kirkmichael) - aprox 14 miles. Meet at Blairgowrie at 9.30.Riverside Car Park. Please contact Paul Davies if you intend running.
2 - 29/03/08 - Stuc A Chroin Recce - aprox 14 miles, 1500m. Meet at race start at 09.30. Race details available at www.stucachroin5000.org.uk. Please contact Paul Davies if you intend running.
3 - 12/04/08 - Knockfarrel Hill Race - SHR event.
4 - 13/04/08 - Cateran Trail Relay Legs 2 and 3 recce (Bridge of Cally to Spittal of Glenshee) - aprox 18 miles. Meet at Bridge of Cally at 9.30. Please contact Paul Davies if you intend running.
5 - 19/04/08 - Clachnaben Hill Race - 10 miles 1050m.
6 - 03/05/08 - Stuc A Chroin Race - aprox 14 miles, 1500m. Race details available at www.stucachroin5000.org.uk.
7 - 10/05/08 - Cateran Trail Relay. Race details available at www.pkct.org. Please put your name on the list at the Academy if you wish to race.
The Bishop Hill Race on Sunday 2nd March is race 2 of the 2008 Carnegie Harriers Hill Running Grand Prix. This is a short (3.5km) local race with just 300m of climb and so is an ideal race for experienced or novice hill runners.
In order to encourage as many Carnegie Harriers to enter the race as possible we are going to run a Bishop Hill Race recce run and training session at 9am on Sunday 24th February. The plan is to meet at Portmoak Village Hall (Scotlandwell) then spend about 1 1/2 hours practicing the ascents and descents on the Bishop Hill race course and hopefully getting some top tips from the more experienced hill runners on how to descend rapidly.
Details of the race can be found HERE
I hope to see you on either the training session at 9am on 24th February or at the start line of the race at 2pm on 2nd March.
Filed under Grand Prix, Hill Running, Training by Paul Davies
Here are the Carnegie runners results. Well done to all the runners for getting a place in the race and getting your first Grand Prix points.
Well done to Andy Symonds getting a third place against top competition.
Video clips from the Carnethy 5 including Andy’s 3rd place finish can be found HERE
Carnegie results Here results.htm
Full results can be found here www.carnethy.com
Photos HERE
The fist race in the Carnegie Harriers 2008 Hill Race Grand Prix takes place this Saturday (16/02/08).
I have just spoken to someone from the Carnethy club who will be doing the kit checks as people get on the bus on Saturday. So please remember to take a compass, a whistle and either windproof body cover or waterproofs (depending on the weather), as stated in the race details.
Good luck to everyone who will be racing, see you there !
Paul
Last night the Carnegie Harriers Committee agreed which races are to be included in the 2008 Hill Running Grand Prix (see below). The race series starts with the traditional jaunt around the Pentlands for the Carnethy 5 Hill Race in February and ends in late November with a trip to Aviemore for the Meall a’ Bhuachaille Hill Race. With the recent increase in interest in hill running in the club and with such a wide range of races it shoud be an interesting series. I therefore look forward to seeing many of you out on the hills over the coming months.
Paul
COPY OF the HILL RUNNING GP Here. Just click the link 2008-hill-running-gp.pdf
1 Carnethy 5 16/02/08
2 Bishop Hill Race 02/03/08
3 Clachnaben Hill Race 19/04/08
4 Stuc A Chroin 03/05/08
5 Falkland Hill Race 21/06/08
6 Larig Ghru Race 29/06/08
7 Dollar Hill Race 05/07/08
8 Maddy Moss Hill Race 16/07/08
9 Ochil 2000s 23/08/08
10 Two Breweries Hill Race 27/09/08
11 Manor Water Hill Race 11/10/08
12 Tinto 08/11/08
13 Meall a’ Bhuachaille 22/11/08
13 races with the best 7 to count
Filed under Grand Prix, Hill Running, Races by Paul Davies
As this is going to be the first race in the2008 Hill running Grand Prix it is worth checking out the information below.
The race for 2008 is via on-line entry only.
Please be aware that entries are operated on a simple first come first served basis until we reach the limit of 550 entries.
For full information check out the Carnethy web site Here
As this is going to be the first race in the2008 Hill running Grand Prix it is worth checking out the information below.
The race for 2008 is via on-line entry only. Entries will open January 1st 2008. Further details will be posted here nearer the time.
Please be aware that entries are operated on a simple first come first served basis until we reach the limit of 550 entries.
For full information check out the Carnethy web site Here
