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I've taken the opportunity to fiddle with the results inside a spreadsheet.

Most places gained on the descent was by Owen Brown who went from 29th at the top to 20th at the finish. Owen and Adam Anderson in 7th place spent the smallest proportion of time descending. This means that they ran down relatively faster. I can't decide whether this means that they took it relatively easy going up or if they naturally run downhill relatively faster for some other reason. Anyone got any theories?

The graph at the end of the results shows the rather narrow variation in the proportion of time spent descending. The average was 38% with a small standard deviation of two percentage points. There does appear to be a trend for slower runners to spend a slightly greater proportion of their time descending. I wonder if this is the effect of more wobbly knees and other ailments amongst the slower runners. Intuitively I would have thought that "less fit" slower runners would be able to do relatively better on the descent where one would imagine less fitness was required.

Most delicate descent was by Hilary Spencely who saw eight people pass her on the descent. Hilary was, I'm sure just looking at the spectacular views. This caused her to have the highest proportion of time spent descending at 44% an honour she shares with Jeff Barbour.

The total time taken by everyone in the race was over 61 hours. How many calories did that use up?

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Posn

Name

Club

Cat

Ascent Time

Posn @ Top

Change During Descent

Descent Time

Total Time

%age Record

1

Anesti Davenhill

Shettleston H.

S

34:12

3

2

18:44

0:52:56

111%

2

Ronnie Gallagher

Westerlands

V40

33:39

1

-1

19:45

0:53:24

112%

3

Brian Marshall

HELP

S

34:43

4

1

19:21

0:54:04

114%

4

Peter Heath

Shettleston H.

S

34:44

6

2

19:28

0:54:12

114%

5

Dave Cummins

Shettleston H.

S

33:46

2

-3

21:25

0:55:11

116%

6

Neil Martin

Lomond

S

34:52

7

1

20:33

0:55:25

117%

7

Adam Anderson

Solway

S

37:04

10

3

19:28

0:56:32

119%

8

Angela Mudge

Carnethy

L

34:44

5

-3

22:03

0:56:47

119%

9

Dougie Gillespie

Solway

S

36:19

8

-1

20:38

0:56:57

120%

10

Douglas Brown

Solway

V40

36:52

9

-1

21:54

0:58:46

124%

11

Mark Whitelaw

Annan

S

38:58

13

2

21:47

1:00:45

128%

12

Paule Gaines

Tynedale

S

37:57

11

-1

22:58

1:00:55

128%

13

Roger Irving

Annan

S

39:25

14

1

23:14

1:02:39

132%

14

Douglas Milligan

Solway

V50

38:47

12

-2

24:13

1:03:00

132%

15

John Goldsworthy

Galloway H.

V40

40:15

18

3

24:13

1:04:28

136%

16

Peter Weaving

U/A

V40

39:53

16

0

24:58

1:04:51

136%

17

Paul Weaving

Cumberland F.R.

S

39:55

17

0

25:08

1:05:03

137%

18

John McLauchlin

Springburn

S

39:33

15

-3

25:53

1:05:26

138%

19

Laurie Anderson

Fife

V40

41:28

21

2

24:03

1:05:31

138%

20

Owen Brown

Annan

S

43:02

29

9

22:38

1:05:40

138%

21

Murdo MacLeod

Westerlands

V40

41:02

20

-1

24:46

1:05:48

138%

22

Bob Green

Solway

V40

43:01

28

6

23:28

1:06:29

140%

23

Nigel Priestley

Annan

V40

41:42

22

-1

25:39

1:07:21

142%

24

Andy Laycock

Carnethy

S

40:29

19

-5

27:25

1:07:54

143%

25

Ian Hannah

Galloway H.

S

42:27

24

-1

26:14

1:08:41

144%

26

Don Reid

Westerlands

V40

44:22

30

4

24:23

1:08:45

145%

27

Jim Haig

Fife

V40

42:57

27

0

25:48

1:08:45

145%

28

Ian Turner

Solway

V50

42:55

25

-3

26:05

1:09:00

145%

29

Karen Newman

Carnethy

L

41:44

23

-6

27:21

1:09:05

145%

30

Russell Stout

Carnethy

S

42:56

26

-4

26:19

1:09:15

146%

31

Dave Shinn

Kendal

V40

44:42

32

1

24:59

1:09:41

146%

32

Dave Miller

Irvine

V50

44:56

34

2

26:02

1:10:58

149%

33

Dave Moss

Dumfries R.C.

V40

44:54

33

0

27:49

1:12:43

153%

34

Paolo Reale

Keswick

S

46:09

38

4

27:41

1:13:50

155%

35

Richard Green

City of Edinburgh

S

44:22

31

-4

29:29

1:13:51

155%

36

Richard Gatehouse

Lomond

V40

45:51

37

1

28:14

1:14:05

156%

37

Ewan Barnfather

Annan

S

46:47

42

5

27:31

1:14:18

156%

38

Adam Anderson

Solway

V50

46:11

39

1

28:47

1:14:58

158%

39

Ian Lawson

Gates

S

45:06

35

-4

30:32

1:15:38

159%

40

Tim Dawson

U/A

S

46:55

43

3

29:05

1:16:00

160%

41

Jane Robertson

Westerlands

L

47:44

45

4

28:17

1:16:01

160%

42

Jim Buchanan

Annan

V50

45:49

36

-6

31:17

1:17:06

162%

43

William MacKintosh

V45

47:02

44

1

30:39

1:17:41

163%

44

Alister Johnston

U/A

S

46:13

40

-4

32:58

1:19:11

166%

45

Nat Taylor

Girvan A.C

V45

48:51

46

1

30:26

1:19:17

167%

46

Patrick Mallett

Lomond

S

48:59

47

1

30:50

1:19:49

168%

47

Ian McManus

Keswick

V55

49:11

48

1

31:10

1:20:21

169%

48

David Harrison

Kewick

V50

51:01

50

2

30:41

1:21:42

172%

49

Hilary Spenceley

Carnethy

VL

46:42

41

-8

36:19

1:23:01

175%

50

Ian Patterson

WhiskyChasers

S

50:36

49

-1

33:42

1:24:18

177%

51

Alistair Noble

Girvan

V40

53:26

51

0

31:24

1:24:50

178%

52

Jeff Barbour

Crook

V40

53:28

52

0

41:58

1:35:26

201%

53

Ann Miller

Irvine

V50

57:31

53

0

38:37

1:36:08

202%

 

 

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