Joe Symonds was fastest on leg 1, running for Kendal!
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Ambleside runner ambling up the Nebit |
Andy Spenceley ran leg 1 for Carnethy vets B team
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HBT passed the headgear on to the next runner
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It may not look it but the wind was so strong here, our marshal's
tent was flattened
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The runners descended the slope (back left) and ran round the track
(middle) before climbing the Nebit |
FRA organiser on leg 1 for Carnethy A team
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Shettleston's Malcolm Patterson in the middle of a three
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The slope eases off here..
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...but some of the climbs were pretty steep
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Cumberland vets leg 2 runner appeared on the Nebit's summit whist
we were still watching for the leg 1 tailenders |
Then we came across their Leg 3 runners as we made our way to
Ben Ever (leg 4)
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Lothian's Murray Strain and Oleg Chepelin on leg 4 - Lothian were first
Scottish team home (5th overall)
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Carnethy B's Adam Anderson and Mark Higginbottom on the last hill of
leg 4
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Ochil's Tracey Brindley and Alistair Anthony ran a very fast leg 4 |
Carnethy's Jill Mykura and Lucy Colquhoun reach the stile at the
bottom of Ben Cleuch well ahead of 2nd ladies team
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Leg 4 was just too short for Ronnie Gallagher and Stewart Whitlie
to catch the Pudsey vets. They were closing all the time though!
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Pudsey and Bramley won the vets competition by 40 seconds from Carnethy.
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Simon Peachey and Es Tresidder bring Carnethy A home
in 10th position
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Two well-paired teams. (Some pairs were 100 metres apart at the
summit)
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Willie Mykura donned the mock-up of Carnethy's new (ladies!) vest
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The Fife ladies jog off the final hill - enjoying the late afternoon
sun.
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and a
selection of photos from the Ben Cleuch marshals |
The nerve
centre at base camp was powered by Carnethy's latest acquisition
- a field generator
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Sunday market? Runners in the holding pens waiting to be off |
Hilary Holding was worried she'd trip up at the start |
Crawford Oliphant admiried the new generator |
Indian summer on the summit of Ben Cleuch - leg 4.
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.... but then the mist rolled in. |
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