My 21 Carnethy Hill Races

1987 66m 05s
1988 61m 48s
1989 64m 30s
1991 67m 30s
1992 66m 25s
1993 62m 03s
1994 63m 30s
1995 67m 22s
1996 61m 29s
1997 61m 47s
1998 62m 29s ( position/runners= 92/396; Winning time=48m 21s;)
1999 59m 03s (60/385; 46m56s )
2000 61m 22s (75/444; 48m53s )
2001 60m 58s (62/396; 49m56s )
2002 63m 17s (80/383; 48m )
2003 61m 07s (89/460; 48m17s )
2005 66m 07s (128/452;52m10s )
2007 66m 48s (140/484; 47m59s )
2008 65m 45s (126/461; 47m11s )
2009 71m 18s (152/499; 53m02s )
2010 70m 38s (183/484; 48m41s )

The Year That Was 2009

RUNNING = 1615 miles/62 000 ft ascent; 80 runs & 20 races;270 hrs
CYCLING = 3413 miles/62 000 ft ascent; 55 cycles & 10 races;260 hrs
GYM = 80 sessions;60 hrs
HILLWALKING = 35 miles/2 000 ft ascent; 5 days; 17 hrs

TOTAL = 600 hours/5000 miles/126 000 feet ascent of exercise on 350 "occasions".

2009 HIGHLIGHTS

Lomond Hillrunners annual pub run from Dalmeny to Kirkcaldy
Westies Wednesday night curries
Lomond Hillrunners weekend in Glen Clova
Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow
Monday night runs with the Glasgow Hash House Harriers
another Wuthering Hike trail race in Yorkshire
running the Trotternish Ridge on the Westies Extravaganza in Skye
finishing the 53 mile Highland Fling from Glasgow to Tyndrum in under 11 hrs
a week later running the Stuc a Chroin Hill race
a week later cycling the epic Fred Whiiton Sportif in just over 8 hrs
abandoning the Scottish Islands Peaks Race and cruising down the Crinan Canal instead
a cracking 100 mile cycle with Damon and the Kelso Wheelers down in the Borders
the Slioch Hill Race on a blistering hot day
helping Manny Gorman on his epic record breaking Corbett Round
Moira and I doing the Newcastle Cyclone 100 mile cycle one day and a 78 miler in Yorkshire the next day
a lovely Hash weekend in Tayvallich
completing the Arrochar Alps race in stinking weather and outsprinting Davy Duncan
98 miles of the Three Shires Sportif with Moira in the fab Yorkshire Dales
bagging 9 Munros during the Glenshee Hill race in under 5 hours
a very very wet 105 mile Ken Laidlaw Cycle Sportif from Hawick
up and over the Cairn O'Mount twice on the bike on a Sunday afternoon
just missing out on a sub-6 hr Bealach Na Ba 90 mile cycle in horrible weather
a great 70 mile cycle with Moira from Dunoon to Tighnabruaich
a lovely weekend in the Lakes with the Fifers for the FRA Fell Relays
another great Scottish Hillrunners end of year social in the Cairngorms
yet another Westies weekend at Loch Ossian Youth Hostel
a wintry weekend in the Trossachs with Lomond Hillrunners
... and many runs, cycles and beers with all my friends

and, of course, CYCLING FROM TIBET TO NEPAL!!!!!!!!!

East Coast Cross Training

Sat saw my 21st carnethy race, earning me the coveted Quaich. A great day out with 18 of us Westies hauling ourselves round this intense lung buster.A Steady performance saw me just miss out on the top third of the field, but still happy with my effort.
183rd of 485 finishers in 70 mins 38 secs. Here's to the 31st!!!

I recovered enough to get back over to the east coast for the Musselburgh 67 mile Audax. A great route through rural scenery out to Dunbar via Gifford and the climb up Redstone Rig to Dunbar for a tea stop at 40 miles. Back via Haddington and along the coast at Cockenzie and Prestonpans. 4 and a half hours or so and pretty knackered.

Carnethy results

Newtonmore Walking Weekend

30-31 JANUARY 2010

Up with my hillwalking club Glasgow Glenmore Club to Craigower Lodge for our traditional Burns Supper weekend. Climbed A'Chailleach (930m) on Saturday in lovely, though cold conditions; and a "Marilyn", the monument on Creag Ruadh(488m), at Laggan on Sunday.
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