Six Hillbillies took up the challenge of the Ochil 2000, race 10 in the hill running Grand Prix

Well done to Kenny MacDonald for coming in first Hillbilly in a time of 3.35.03

It was a tough and long course particularly towards the back end of the route.

Ochil 2000 race profile

Carnegie results

Full Results HERE

More Photos from SHR HERE

Andy Symonds came home to win in a very tight race with less than a minute between the first three. Andy retained his title from last year. At the start of the race he said he was going to take it easy as he is off at the end of the week to run a trans Rockies race in the USA.

Well done to Fabienne Thompson who got second lady vet, despite setting off after everyone else, and Alison West got 5th lady.

It was a good turn out from the club with ten Hillbillies starting the race. Well done to Paul Arnott who ran his first hill race.

I really enjoyed the race especially the last steep downhill where I must have had the fastest time of the day aided by a plastic bag I literally flew down the hillside. My biggest fear was hitting something solid as there was no way I could stop. I have also spent last night and this morning picking thistle spikes out of my hands and arms.

TOP TIP if you are going to do the slide wear a jacket and gloves.

Carnegie Hillbilly Results

Full results HERE

The video and some photos from last year HERE

Lomonds of Fife race profile

From Race Organiser Alan Graham:

“There were days before and after the race they would have needed water wings but again we were lucky. The sun shone (not on top of the hill!) and it didn’t rain too much. Seventy five lined up at the start (correction 74 - Fabienne thought we started at two!).

It’s a steep climb up the west with the rabble disappearing into the mists and reappearing disgustingly soon for the tough traverse round to the forest with no-one quite sure if they are on the best line (the sheep have it sussed out - follow the trods). The next section is a varied forest trail up to the monument and on to Craig Mead (sorry Manny someone did remove our tape). Back on to the old route now out to East Lomond with Brian Marshall holding a decent lead and Andy Symonds and Tom Owens chasing. The wee dog-leg out to the iron age fort of Maiden Castle gives scope to pick up ground (or lose it) and then its the long slog back to West Lomond with tiring legs. Andy and Tom were steadily pulling up on Brian and by the descent were ahead.

From the finish the sight of the leaders descending was truly spectacular. This year some of the runners were employing increasingly inventive ways to protect their rear ends (on the descent) but most were just enjoying the ‘unprotected’ experience. Well done Andy on a second victory but Tom and Brian definitely had you in their sights!

Lucy Colquhoun arrived well in the lead amongst the ladies with Val Houston in second place as first vet and Jocelyn Scott in third as first over 50. Manny Gordon did well to take the male vets prize with Gordon Pryde of Lomond celebrating his recent 50th as first supervet.

(I have a black bum bag with all the gear if someone wants to claim it -tel 01337 831425)”

This is a very sharp and short hill race starting from Hillend Ski centre on Wednesday night, 13th August. The record is under 13 mins. A tough climb up and a crazy run down. who is up for it?

Alison West and Neil Campbell were the two Hillbillies up for this lung busting dash up and down Caeketton Hill. A hard hard climb up to the two summits and then a mad dash back down after. There had been a lot of rain so it made the final run in quite interesting.

Neil finished in 19:58 with Alison following shortly behind in 20:52

Full Results HERE

Some more Photos from Steven Fallon HERE

More Photos from Scottish Hill Runners HERE

Well done to Andy who won the first running of the Glenshee 9 Hill Race. The race is 21miles with 9 Summits and 6000ft of climbing. Andy’s time was 3hrs 26min 24sec

I was speaking to Andy at the start and he said he needed a long Sunday run as part of his training as he is soon heading of to the Rockies in USA for another challenge similar to the Trans Alp.

Carnegie Hillbillies bracketed the field nicely. There were 72 starters and I finished 55 in a time of 5hrs 54min 14 sec with only four runners finishing behind me. Room for improvement.

This is a tough race and we were fortunate to get clear running conditions. If the weather was bad you would need to be good at navigating as there are not many paths on the route.

This was a very well organised race and I would highly recommend it if you want a challenge next year.

Full results HERE.

Some great photos from Steve Fallon HERE

Andy took 1 minute off the course record to win in a time of 44:53 in this years Largo Law hill race. Nick Weir was the only other Hillbilly at the race and he came in 8th place in a time of 55:12

Full results HERE

The Comrie Hills Relay is a 42k relay race with 2,110m of ascent, run in four stages for teams of 5 runners. The course starts and finishes in Comrie village, Perthshire, and follows a highly scenic route up and around the hills surrounding Glen Lednock.  Legs 2 and 3 cover rough mountain terrain, while Legs 1 and 4, although challenging, are closer to trail races. This year Legs 1 and 4 of the race will be fully marked. Full race information and entry form is at http://www.strathearnharriers.org.uk/comriehillsrelayrace.htm

We hope to enter a Carnegie team(s) for this event and if you would like to take part then please email your interest to our Hill Running Captain, Paul Davies at pauldavies.private<AT>googlemail.com