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2nd July

Tain 10k

1 Iain Allan Inverness Harriers 37:33

2 Alasdair McLeod HHR 38:14

3 Simon Bath u/a 38:51

9 Roxy Bannerman HHR 42:44

12 Jenny Bannerman Inverness Harriers 42:57

21 Sheena Sutherland Portobello Running Club 45:14

65 ran, full results here

28th June

Fyrish Hill Race

1 Graeme Campbell MSHHR 53:00

2 Henry Blake MSHHR 54:11

3 Ross Bannerman MSHHR 56:38

4 David Gallie M40Inverness Harriers 57:44

5 Matthew Sutherland MSCaithness AAC 58:38

6 Graeme Campbell M40Inverness Harriers 59:54

7 Scott Craighead MSUnattached 1:00:37

8 Mari Todd FSHHR 1:01:27

9 Jim Meehan M40HHR 1:03:01

10Douglas MacDonald MSInverness Harriers 1:04:36

11Roxy Bannerman FSHHR 1:07:00

12Alex Sutherland M60Unattached 1:07:22

13Jude Watmough MSUnattached 1:09:33

14Russell McKechnie M40HHR 1:11:20

15Brian MacDonald M40Unattached 1:11:53

16Angela Phillip FSForfar Roadrunners 1:12:09

17Thomas Mathieson M40Unattached 1:14:08

18Phil Hindell MSHHR 1:14:29

19Colin Earnshaw MSUnattached 1:15:40

20Julie Wilson F40Inverness Harriers 1:15:42

21Ian Matheson M40Thames Valley Harriers 1:15:58

22David Morrison MSUnattached 1:18:16

23Emily Hoskins FSTain Runners 1:20:57

24Leo Sharratt M70Unattached 1:22:36

25Rod MacKay M50Unattached 1:24:30

26Ross MacDonald MSUnattached 1:26:49

27Ian McKenzie M60Tain Runners 1:27:15

28Anne MacKay FSTain Runners 1:27:25

29Ali Johnston FSHBT 1:28:45

26th June

Ramsay Updated

News from Fran's Ramsay plan - This is a schedule for a 10:30am start although we may set off a bit later (around midday).

The main support points are at Loch Treig Dam and Loch Eilde Mor. If anyone feels like camping at these spots and providing moral support they would be on my Christmas card list for ever. Obviously the weather plays a huge role in this so we haven't set on a weekend yet, but it will either be the 12th or 19th July. Additional food drops or support points (esp. one by the waterfall in Lairg Leacach) will also be put in place by myself or Neil or friendly individuals should they so wish.

Basically the Round breaks up into three. An initial hilly and rock first section that is about 8h long is followed by a much shorter, flatter and boggier section (5h) and lastly a rocky 9h romp across the Mamores. If you fancy running one of these legs please let me know and you would be more than welcome. We have pretty much reccied all of the route so even if you don't know the area too well the company would be much appreciated. The pace is pretty slow and on our last reccy we did about 20 miles of it in under 6hs which was about 1.5h less than the scheduled time. So the pace really is steady so don't use that as an excuse not to run along with us!

Due to the finish time we are sorted for a pub lunch afterwards and it is my intention to finish even if we are down on the 24h schedule. If I suggest giving up just give me a good kicking!

Lake District Mountain Trial

Entries are open for this year’s Lake District Mountain Trial (to be held on Sunday 14th September 2008). Online entry is preferred but paper copies are also available. To access all the information, please go to the Trial website www.ldmta.org.uk.

Highland Cross

1. Henry Blake HHR 3:37:35

6. Dave Cummins HHR 3:50:39

8. Angus McLeod HHR 3:55:08

17. Ian Meek HHR 4:04:44

23. Richard Lonnen HHR 4:08:12

25. Ross Bannerman HHR 4:08:42

41. Iain McIntyre HHR 4:21:03

50. Sandra Brett 4:24:43

51. William MacLeod HHR 4:25:23

61. Roxy Bannerman HHR 4:29:58

97. Mary Johnson HHR 4:45:41

111. Rob Shaw HHR 4:50:01

120. Alex Brett HHR 4:53:36

134. Alasdair Lawton HHR 4:57:11

179. Alice Snow HHR 5:10:06

678 completed, full results here

Slioch Horseshoe

1 Simon PeacheyCarnethy M 02:02:09

2 Alasdair AnthonyOchil HR M 02:03:33

3 Alec Keith HBT M40 02:04:29

4 Brian Marshall HELP M 02:11:14

5 Dave CumminsHighland HRM40 02:14:29

6 Matt Sullivan ShettlestonM 02:18:05

7 Dennis MacDonaldCosmicsM40 02:21:18

8 Jason WilliamsonCosmics M 02:21:46

9 Crawford SpenceWesterlandsM 02:22:42

10Chris Upson Westerlands M4002:24:43

11Frank PophamFife AC M 02:26:36

12Neil Speight Highland HRM4002:27:53

13Ian Meek Highland HRM4002:29:27

14Steven Fallon Carnethy M4002:30:10

15David Hirst Deeside M4002:31:10

16Martin Hulme CorstorphineM5002:31:46

17Gavin Miles Deeside M 02:34:16

18Ade Pottinger Highland HRM 02:39:57

19Yiannis TridimasBowland FRM6002:42:12

20Graham ArthurIlkley HarriersM6002:42:56

21Richard Bush Carnethy M4002:47:43

22Owen Bass Deeside M4002:48:31

23Dave MichellDundee HawkhillM4002:54:04

24Angus BowmanBeacon RunnersM5002:58:42

25Eilidh WardlawHBT F 02:58:50

26Ken Rumgay Lochaber ACM4003:02:39

27Graeme MorrisonUnattachedM5003:04:07

28Joanne AndersonCarnethy F 03:07:35

29Michael Diver Clydesdale M4003:10:46

30Roxy BannermanHighland HRF 03:11:38

31Dagmar BorrowmanCosmicsF 03:15:32

32Fiona Dahl Cosmics F 03:23:46

33Anita Laidlaw Fife AC F 03:26:09

34Elaine Stewart Cosmics F50 03:29:13

35Mike Milmoe Forres HarriersM5003:33:35

36Neil Campbell Carnegie M4003:39:28

37Richard Tait Swaledale M5003:43:27

38Peter Henry Deeside MV50 03:45:34

39Jean BowmanBeacon RunnersF5003:47:20

Scottish Island Peaks Race

Congratulations to Henry Blake and Neil Speight for completing this year’s race; to see the full results click here.

Nairnshire Challenge

1. Paul Roddden HHR 2:11:31

5. Angus MacLeod HHR 2:23:29

9. Ian Meek HHR 2:27:16

13. Richard Lonnen HHR 2:30:03

25. Iain McIntyre HHR 2:34:39

40. Mari Todd HHR 2:40:14

47. Alasdair McDougall HHR 2:42:26

69. Ranald Whyte HHR 2:49:18

85. Alex Brett HHR 2:51:28

96. Rob Shaw HHR 2:53:56

209. Alice Snow HHR 3:13:18

617 completed, full results here

Benromach 10k

1 Ben Livesey FH 31.58M

2 Frankie BartonK&D 34.00M50

3 Jeremy Whittet K&D 34.10M40

26Elaine Whyte Fraserburgh39.10F

35Iain McIntyre HHR 41.18M40

225 ran; full results here

Moray College 10k

1. David Simpson Carnegie 32:03

2. Forbes Reid Metro Aberdeen 35:52

3. Paul Rogan Forres Harriers 35:52

18. Elaine Whyte Fraserburgh 39:13

28. Michell Green MRR 41:29

30. Elspeth Jenkins MRR 41:32

39. Roxy Bannerman HHR 43:38

120 ran, full results here

Glen Affric Duathlon

1. Kenny Riddle HHR 2:11;40

2. Paul Rodden HHR 2:20:38

4. Dave Cummins HHR 2:26:39

5. Ade Pottinger HHR 2:28:23

28. Steve Wells HHR 2:50:49

45. Alasdair Lawton HHR 3:04:49

116 completed, full results here

Beinn Ratha

1 Graeme TaylorCaithness AAC55:32

2 Steven WorsleyHHR 56:21

3 Eric Duncan U/A 57:39

13 Martine HughesCaithness AAC01:14:12

14 Emily HoskinsTain Runners01:16:51

17 Alison Smith Caithness AAC 01:23:36

21 Russell McKechnieHHR DNF

21 ran, full results here

Three Peaks Race

Report from Fran: Myself and Ross both went down to the Yorkshire Dales for the 3 Peaks Race. With over 900 runners entered it could have been chaos but everything was very well organised. About 750 started and the first half an hour was pretty slow going as I got caught up in the hordes. Pen - y - Ghent (which really should be in Wales with a name like that) was first up and the rocky and runable tracks gave a taster of things to come. The downhill off the summit was great. The long slog over to Whernside wasn't. At least the sun was shining, but seemingly endless undulating hard track and road to Ribblehead got a bit tedious to say the least. Whernside and Ingleborough were slightly more interesting although fell shoes were not required despite the damp conditions underfoot. At least the large and enthusiastic crowds were generous with their jelly babies and water which certainly helped me keep going. At Hill Inn the ice-cream stand looked particularly inviting, but we had definitely strayed into Yorkshire at this point as no offerings of refreshment were forthcoming. The final 6 mile run down off Ingleborough after a fairly steady ascent was hard, rocky and the constant hard surfaces had turned my thighs to jelly and it was all I could do to keep the cramp in my calves at bay. At the end I just missed the 4 hour mark some 10mins off what I had hoped to get. Ross achieved a good time of 3.49 despite a sore throat and the onset of cramp at Whernside.

Cioch Mhor

1 Donald Naylor HBT MS 01:11:55

2 Alex Keith HBT M40 01:12:55

3 Colin Donnelly Lochaber AC M40 01:15:42

4 Neil Speight Highland HR M40 01:16:12

5 Alan Smith Deeside R M40 01:19:03

6 Ross Bannerman Highland HR MS 01:19:11

7 Manny Gorman Westies M40 01:20:22

8 Donnie McDonald Unatt MS 01:21:23

9 Steve Worsley Highland HR M40 01:23:19

10 Craig Love Dundee HH M40 01:24:53

11 Laurie Anderson Fife AC M40 01:26:05

12 Kevin Delaney Skye & Lochalsh AC M40 01:26:25

13 Nigel Fowler Fife AC M40 01:35:04

14 Glenn Edge Skye & Lochalsh AC M50 01:35:35

15 Colin Olden Unatt M 01:37:31

16 George Reid Unatt M 01:38:11

17 Roxy Bannerman Highland HR FS 01:41:59

18 Colin Wilson Carnethy HRC M40 01:42:31

19 Raymond Harrison Unatt M40 01:44:16

20 Charlie Love Dundee HH M65 01:44:31

21 Joan Wilson Carnethy HRC F40 01:55:42

22 Ernie Orr Lochaber AC M50 01:56:12

23 Christine Menhennet Westies F50 01:58:49

24 Jo Schreiber Pudsey & Bramley AC F40 01:58:49

25 Brenda Paul Westies FS 02:22:06

London Marathon

Report from Rob: After perfecting the no-training technique over the last few months (with the Inverness half and Nairn and portmahomack 10Ks as the various medium and long runs) I lined up together with my middle-aged body at the blue start this year, wondering why the hell I was standing in a pen with hundreds of other like-minded idiots with 26.2 miles ahead of me. Soon after the gun went off, I settled into a “well lets grind this one out” attitude, which was working well until I met my wife (the other HHR participant) who had come from the Celebrities start (lets face it she is more famous than me) and we had a brief chat before I set on my way again pondering the sanity of the operation.All went smoothly until about 8 miles, when I felt the blister on my left foot, present from roughly 6 miles, getting bigger and more painful. I met the 3-degrees support team at tower bridge, and galvanised by vanilla-gel and smiles, hobbled off to the 16 mile mark before collapsing into a St John’s tent for application of half a pound of Vaseline (on the foot!) and had a nice cup of tea. Meanwhile, outside, my now 8 minute lead over Alice started to be eroded. I limped around to 18 and repeated the treatment, and then ran-walked to 22, where after another gel-infusion from the girls, I hobbled off to 24 and another St John’s team for more lubrication.The last 2.2 wasn’t pretty, and somewhere in there Gordon Ramsay sneaked past me, and Alice got within 4 minutes of me. A final 3:50 finish gave way to a healthy few pints of London Pride in the aptly named Sanctuary House Hotel. Next year, maybe some training over 13 miles occasionally…..

15th April

Knockfarrel Hill Race

A record field was led home by Jethro Lennox, just missing the course record by 18 seconds. The womens' race was won by Dawn Scott, with her Lochaber club mate Colin Donnelly first veteran. A good run by Henry who finished first HHR in 9th place; full results available here.

9th April

Highlander Mountain Marathon

Congratulations to Ade Pottinger for winning the score event at this year's Highlander, along with partner Finlay Wild. Full results of all categories is available here, several HHR members taking part with varying results; of those that finished, Fran and Jonathan were 6th in the A class, Henry and Mark 5th in B class, and Ross and Russell 2nd in the C class.