Details  and photos are on the photo Blog

http://www.carnegieharriers.co.uk/wp-trackback.php?p=246

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

I was having a bit of a problem with this blog last night so I have put the first set of photos on the photo blog HERE

We had another good turn out on Sunday with 12 Hillbillies turning up and we had another dog this time.  Richie’s car was spotted in the car park and a joke was made about him doing a quick 10 mile warm up. When we met him on the hill he said he had set out at 6am and had been to Blackford and back 17 miles!

 The weather stayed good with just a bit of mist on the tops.

More Photos HERE 

20 Hillbillies, including the dog, turned out at Tilicoultry today. We had great conditions and great views from the tops.

Click photo for full size pic 

Thanks to Kevin for taking the time to brief everyone and keep us safe on the descents. He also found some great spots out of the wind where we could take breaks.  The climb up was quite tough and once we got up there was a good wind going however the sun stayed out and the views along the top both north and south were great. What else would you rather be doing on a Sunday? 

More photos HERE

Pictures HERE

Results HERE

26/08/2007

Carnegie Harriers Hill Race is a resounding success
The 2nd Carnegie Harriers Hill Race was held in perfect conditions over a four mile course with 1400 feet of climbing from Scotlandwell on Sunday afternoon. The race attracted a good entry of nineteen club members including Richie Cunningham who could barely have recovered from his exploits in the Ochil 2000’s the previous day. From the gun a group of five runners forced the pace up the first climb to Whitecraigs with Andy Hunter forging ahead just before the summit. Andy kept his momemtum going reaching Bishop Hill in the lead and went on the win the race in 31.30 with Tommy Lawrence only ten seconds behind in 2nd (31.40). Richie Cunningham placed 3rd in 32.26 and despite falling four times on the steep descent Stevie Ogg finished 4th (33.24).Judy Turner was the comfortable winner of the ladies race clocking 35.56 in 6th position overall while Morna Fleming placed 2nd lady in 49.21.

Well done to everyone who came along and took part in the race and to our Hill Running Captain George Murdoch and his team for organising the run.

Pictures Here

We have got a Video of some of the Fun (maybe not) below

Here

From organiser Alan Graham:
“Boy, were we were lucky! The day before the rain hammered off the hills with visibility down to a few yards – I know because David and I were up there marking out the course! Luckily, on the day we had near perfect running conditions apart from some very damp ground. A record field of 132 lined on the field for the Scottish medium counter. Andy Symonds of Carnegie took an early lead and was never challenged to finish in a new record of 1.29.22. Vets Stewart Whitlie of Carnethy (1.31.52) and Colin Donnelly of Lochaber (1.31.59) closely contested second place.

Elke Schmidt of Bellahouston had a superb run of 1.44.37 to smash the ladies record for the new course with Dawn Scott of Lochaber second in 1.58.26 and Ellen Homewood of Westies third in 2.04.45. Louise Burt of Fife was first vet in 2.06.28.

Full results will follow in the next few days.”

World Series – Favre and Castanyer leaders
Maratona del Cielo, Italy – surprise victory to Briton Symonds

July 1, 2007 - An strong international line-up of new, young skyrunners dominated the second stage of the Buff® SkyRunner® World Series at Corteno Golgi in Italy, Sunday.
While veteran World Champion Corinne Favre from France won the women’s race, relative newcomers took the stage in the men’s category.  Surprise win for 26-year old Briton Andrew Symonds on his third skymarathon, crossing the line in 4h 15’ 11” putting an end to twelve years of Italian supremacy the men’s field.

Well Done Andy!

Really putting the Hillbillies on a World stage

The link below leads to a video of Andy (no 214) winning the race.

http://www.buffskyrunner.com/news/detail.php?i_d_c=303

Yesterday 11 Hillbillies and our trusty dog headed up the Tillicoultry Glen to do a recce of the Maddy Moss Race route.  It was good to see so many out on the hill on what was a fantastic evening with great views all around. Everyone got up and down OK. Gregor(9) and Cameron(12) Campbell enjoyed their first Hill run taking a slight short cut by missing the last peak and still finishing with the main group.