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Carnethy 5 2005

A windy day with the odd shower and bright spell that saw 26 (I think) running Westies and at least 4 supporters. Full report to follow from some obliging big W participant!

Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - Ronnie and Nige are first up Scald LawCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - Damon trys to catch the leading Westies pair but...Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - No Murdo you cannot bite her bumCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - Steffen cannot stop laughing at this guys hatCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - Dave gropes himself and it does not feel niceCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - And then realises that he is caught on cameraCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - Pete must work for McDonalds He's Lovin itCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - It looks like Katherine doesn't appreciate Brian Brennan's best sideCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - Don't mess with the Day-Glo strangerCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - Now where did I put that tea cosy!Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - Buffalo soldier IanCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - Despite the tough climb, Fiona keeps smiling!Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - Old Harry Potter wonders what magic the big brown goblin uses to pass him!Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - It's no Strain for the winner, Murray.Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - Mmh, maybe first Westie Nige has fully recovered from his injury then!Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - First Westies Vet, oor Ronnie, is on Nigel's tail.Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - And Damon still tries to catch no.1 and 2 Westies...too late!!Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - ChrisCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - Well seeing you are not in Greenock now with tights like that Stevie boy - they'd have yir ass!Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - Mr Cardio Treve, put's his heart into it!Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - Jon boy is ready to pounce on Mr 'technical downhill' SHITCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - Thumbs up from Don but he gets a thumbs down for his jammies - strictly bed time only mate!Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - At least JD ain't sporting these mingin tartan shorts that he normally does!Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - Gordon's descending theory is close your eyes and hope for the best - not too far from the truth!Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - Gibbie is right on Dave's heels but can't quite make it!Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - Is there a wind blowing or is Hamilton just happy to see the end!?Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - KeithCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - ElsieCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - AnaCarnethy 5 2005 2005 - Almost there Pat.Carnethy 5 2005 2005 - All hail the big brown Buddha!!

Posted by Lens on Sat 12 Feb 2005 | 12 comments

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  1. . said...

    Oops, and Luke and Crawford - 28 and counting!!

    Saturday 12th February 2005 9.21pm

  2. Amanda Dancewi said...

    Was that a Bellahouston Road Runner in front of Damon...............?

    Saturday 12th February 2005 10.25pm

  3. :-) said...

    Probably, he's got that slow nowadays!!

    Saturday 12th February 2005 10.38pm

  4. Blair said...

    Were times really slow this year, except for Nigel?

    Sunday 13th February 2005 2.25pm

  5. SB said...

    Great captions lads! You should subcontract on the CHR site.

    Sunday 13th February 2005 5.01pm

  6. TR said...

    Wrong kind of mud Blair

    Sunday 13th February 2005 7.18pm

  7. Dave said...

    Ho Hum... you would think that good ol' Captain Charlie would be in the best place to write a full report, seeing as he was sitting on his ass watching us all wheezing up Scald Law and careering down Carnethy towards the end.

    Anyway, what can you say about this race other than it's tremendous. All I can report is that I hate with a vengeance the tussocks coming down Carnethy at the finish. The only satisfaction I take is that clearly Ivor from HBT hates it even more than I do. Our incompetence in being passed by dozens on the descent was only matched by Gibbie, whose wheezing a couple of places behind alerted me and prepared me for a (succesful) sprint finish at the end. And my favourite bit must be the smashing run from West Kip over to The Howe, before the final ascent.

    Thanks also to the support ( the aforementioned Captain Snapper, John H, Goodol Grimorr.....oh aye and Captainess Liz, although she didn't pay me much attention on account of the fact that she seemed to be shouting at the Germanic looking no 499 ahead of me at the time! And him not wearing a Westies vest into the bargain either)

    Finally, there are rumours of heresy and treachery abounding. I have it on reasonable authority that a certain Hon. member of our esteemed club will be attending a ritualistic and pagan ceremony (ie the club dinner) of a brown-vested tribe from the east next weekend. Furthermore, I hear that he has been asked to speak at the said event. Will he venture to the Crook Inn unprotected? Will he spill forth the secrets of eternal youth, known only to Messrs Turnbull & Fleming. Will he end up with his back to the Wall? I fear he will return a changed man.

    Condensed Race Results1 Murray Strain (EU) 52:1022 Nige 56:2023 Ronnie 56:4836 Damon 59:2947 Jill Mykura (Carn) 60:4753 Chris 61:1454 Stevie McL 61:2072 Luke 62:3583 Trevor 63:2194 Jon S 63:5999 Don 64:19112 Crawford Spence 65:13119 Steff 65:41128 John D 66:07149 Gordon R 67:39156 Murdo 67:58171 Dave 68:53175 Gibbie 69:03196 Hamilton 71:05206 Keith 71:27232 Pete 72:37300 Elsie 77:56309 Ana 78:34342 Brian Brennan 81:00373 Katherine 85:12390 Donald 88:50401 Drew 90:07411 Ian 92:08431 Fiona 98:48436 Pat 102:20

    Sunday 13th February 2005 10.43pm

  8. Hum (bug) said...

    Ho Hum my erse ... Cap'n C spent another 2.5 hours on his ass uploading bloody photos, writing captions, etc so that the Westies masses could peruse their fine forms as soon as poss on the site!

    Sunday 13th February 2005 11.56pm

  9. Blair said...

    Those captions were all belters! BRILLIANT!

    Monday 14th February 2005 8.39pm

  10. Amanda Dancewi said...

    i am reading your pictures with great interest! i used to enjoy overland running but since i am moving to glasgow have not had many runs! are these mountains near the big one benny nevis? is this a club any people can join or is it for serious people only to join?

    Amanda Dancwi

    Tuesday 15th February 2005 9.05pm

  11. Carnethy Old Slapper said...

    How about some reports from some Carnethy "virgins"?

    Tuesday 15th February 2005 11.13pm

  12. Any Person said...

    Amanda, glad you found the pictures of great interest. I also read with great interest that since you are moving to Glasgow, you already recognise a Bellahouston Road Runners vest, as mentioned above, so you must have a vested interest with them, no pun intended. As you can see, the Bella-who runner is in front of ours and must be better so they are serious runners for serious people. If you are serious then join them for overlandy runs near big benny things. If you ain't serious then join us for a training sesh as detailed on this site. Yours.

    Tuesday 15th February 2005 11.25pm

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