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

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 (spot the new shoes), Tiger, Paul and Neil ran from Scotlandwell the leg 3 route as far as the Well checkpoint. Paul went on to Strathmiglo and Andy, Tiger and Neil ran back to Scotlandwell.

Stats: 8.03 miles 2:16 hrs 2395 ft elevation

Neil, Paul, Andy (check out the laces) and Tiger

At the well

I had the camera on video at the top of West Lomond so here is a wee video of the day.