2023 Race Briefing

                            13^th May 2022                                            

Cateran 2023 Briefing

Race Saturday 13^th May 2022.
Registration: Friday 12^th May – till 21:30. Sat 13^th May 05:15 – 06:15 at the Gullabin Lodge bunkhouse.
Race Briefing: 06:45 walk to the start line and race briefing. 
Race Start:  07:00
Race Finish:  22:00

Live Tracking will be here: https://geotracks.co.uk/live/1673

Mandatory Kit –

Space Blanket, Mobile phone (switched on and with Race Control number (Richie Cunningham:  07951 458620 programmed in. , Waterproofs as required., Head torch (if expected to be out after 20:00 from Enochdu), Smile / Friendly chat for the marshals and other racers (ok so this may be hard to keep fresh at 40 miles but have a go.

Recommended Kit

Cup (there will be none and checkpoints), Emergency food

Drop bags – Please mark your SMALL DROP BAG with the drop bag location you wish it to go to as in DB1, DB2 etc along with your race number you’ll find below and on the website.  Marshalls will have water at each of these points. Drop bags are one way only – marshals are not responsible to bring back your favourite sweaty socks or a particularly nice rock that you have found.

Cut offs and distances to –

Location	Grid ref	Distance	Cutoff Time
Start	NO 11153 70276 https://what3words.com/lunges.belt.straying	0.0K
DB1 Kirkton of Glenisla	https://what3words.com/outcasts.occur.spreading	24k – 15 miles
DB2 Den of Alyth	NO 23586 48684 https://what3words.com/brimmed.hippy.enigma	41.5K – 25.8 miles	12:30 (ish !)
DB3 Blairgowrie (Portaloo here )	NO 17800 46215 https://what3words.com/songbook.obligated.bunch	50.2K –   31 miles	14:30 7.5 hours
DB4 Bridge of Cally	NO13640 51168   https://what3words.com/powder.tasteful.kickbacks	61.0K – 37.9 miles
Kirkmichael Water drop here	NO 07940 60011  https://what3words.com/delays.vague.desiring	74.6K – 46.3 miles
DB5 Enochdhu	NO 06250 62810  https://what3words.com/signified.blessing.rinsed	78.2K – 48.6	20:00 13 hours
Finish	NO 11153 70276	88.0K – 55 miles	15 hours

If you wish to pull out of the race – Please notify either your nearest marshal or call Race Control: 

Richie Cunningham:  07951 458620

Keeping the landowners happy – if you pass through a gate that is open, leave it open, if the gate is closed, please close this behind you.  DO NOT DROP LITTER.

DO NOT ANNOY THE ANIMALS.  If you are going through a farm yard, be mindful of the people working there. 

Cateran mileage sign posts –  the main signage posts in each of the villages for the Cateran trail do have mile markers on these, just be aware these aren’t always accurate.

Recommended footwear – the route can be boggy in places and very muddy even in nice weather, I would recommend trail shoes but we did have 1 guy run the whole thing in road shoes last year so if that’s what you are used to running in don’t rush out and try the race in trail shoes for the first time. I’d say roughly a fifth of the route is tarmac, the rest off road.      

Timing Chips / Tracker:

You will be given a timing chip and a tracker.  The timing chip will only be used at the finish and will be your official time for the race.  Your tracker will enable the race team to see where you are – and call you if you meander off the route.

Live Tracking will be here:

https://geotracks.co.uk/live/1673

No Poles

No Dogs

No Support Runners

Take earphones out when running on road sections, all road crossings and at all checkpoints.  This is for your own safety and just so you are not being a rude bugger to all the marshals !

Please ensure you have a working mobile phone that is charged and switched on – it could save you some time if you get lost !

Diversions:   

There is no diversion at Kirkton of Glenisla and we have a lovely new bridge to run over !

There are trees down in Drimmie woods (between Alyth and Blairgowrie) – this will slow you down a bit but pick your way through and you will be fine. 

There are diversions in place about 2 miles from the Bridge of Calley checkpoint that will be clearly marked. 

There’s a couple of small trees down blocking the path at Dalnabreck, about 4 miles after Bridge of Cally (approx mile 42). Runners should carefully climb through them to regain the trail. It looks worse than it is!

Acccomodation: 

For those people who have booked accommodation this will be available from Friday afternoon.  All linen is provided but you will need to bring a towel.  There is NO food provided.  You will need to bring your own, please try to keep this simple as we don’t have room for 50 people to do their cooking so suggest re-heating food / pasta / porridge in cups etc.  There will be hot water in urns provided.

Campsite / Mobile home parking.  As above this will be open from Friday afternoon.

Car registration will be checked. 

There is NO electricity in the field.

There will be portable toilets.

 Race Numbers

Forename	Surname	Race #	Gender	Club	Age_on_Race_Day
Jennifer	Coelho	1	Female	Moray Road Runners	54
David	Alexander	2	Male	Harmeny AC	55
Bobby	Allan	3	Male		27
Angus	Alston	4	Male		59
Kim	Anderson	5	Female	Harmeny AC	41
Ronan	Anderson	6	Male		43
Martin	Kelly	7	Male	H24	48
John	Anderson	8	Male	Moray Road Runners	42
Gary	Ayton	9	Male		47
Matt	Bird	10	Male	Portobello Running Club	36
Barnaby	Black	11	Male		53
Laura	Brown	12	Female		27
Alan	Brownlie	13	Male		64
CATRIONA	BRUCE	14	Female	Hunters Bog Trotters	46
Ailsa	Bruce	15	Female		28
Phil	Buckley	16	Male	Harmeny Athletic Club	50
Ian	Burdett	17	Male	Haddington	59
Alison	Caldwell	18	Female	Portobello Running Club	31
Lyndsay	Cameron	19	Female		41
Andrew	Campbell	20	Male		34
Derek	Cassells	21	Male	Carnegie Harriers	49
George	Chalmers	22	Male	N/a	56
Paul	Collins	23	Male	Garscube Harriers	56
Neil	Mcmullen	24	Male		45
Chris	Cowan	25	Male		35
Catherine	Cowie	26	Female	Portobello Running Club	39
Andy	Davie	27	Male		42
Nicola	Dawson	28	Female	Westerlands Cross Country Club	43
Nicky	Deuchar	29	Male	Running Machines	40
Alan	Dick	30	Male	Cosmic Hillbashers	56
Adrian	Dingwall	31	Male	Haddington Running Club	49
Wilson	Dornan	32	Male		52
Tim	Doyle	33	Male	Penicuik Harriers	58
Robbie	Dunlop	34	Male	Dundee Road Runners	34
Mary	Kerr	35	Female		57
William	Durkin	36	Male		31
Alison	Eadie	37	Female	Dundee and Angus Cani-Cross	31
Martin	Egan	38	Male	Garscube Harriers	57
Ross	Emslie	39	Male		36
Michael	Feeney	40	Male	Vegan Runners UK	43
Anna	Figurska	41	Female		39
Tommy	Fitzpatrick	42	Male	CRC	47
Paul	Forder	43	Male		53
Paul	Foster	44	Male	Carnegie Harriers	43
Tina	Fowler	45	Female	Arbroath Footers Running Club	55
Craig	Conway	46	Male		41
John	Fox	47	Male		49
Stuart	Fraser	48	Male		32
Andy	Gibb	49	Male		54
Josie	Goodfellow	50	Female	Strathearn Harriers	47
Adam	Gray	51	Male	Penicuik Harriers	38
bridget	halewood	52	Female	jog scotland	57
Katherine	halewood	53	Female		28
Drew	Hall	54	Male		53
Gavin	Lewis	55	Male	Keith & District AAC	55
Jonathon	Hardman	56	Male		31
Peter	Harkness	57	Male	Lothian Running Club	53
Walter	Henderson	58	Male	Cumbernauld Amateur Athletics Club	55
Daniel	Hendriksen	59	Male	RAF Ultra Running Club	53
Yan	Horsburgh	60	Male	Penicuik Harriers	57
Scott	Jamieson	61	Male		42
Grant	Jeans	62	Male		39
Mike	Johnson	63	Male		58
James	Jones	64	Male		49
Alistair	Kerr	65	Male	Team Pyllon	46
Timothy	Downie	66	Male	Ayr Seaforth AC	66
Daniel	Kershaw	67	Male	100 Marathon Club	47
David	Kiddell	68	Male		57
Liam	Murray	69	Male		28
Graham	Kirby	70	Male	Fife Athletic Club	57
Ross	Laing	71	Male		53
Richard	LAUCHT	73	Male	Carnethy Hill Racing Club	43
John	Leitch	74	Male	North Ayrshire Athletics Club	38
Judy	Leslie	75	Female	Garioch Roadrunners	61
Oliver	Lever	76	Male		42
Andrew	Hannah	77	Male		53
patricia	littlechild	78	Female		58
Robin	Livingstone	79	Male	Perth Road Runners	68
Lorna	Maclean	81	Female		49
John	Maclean	82	Male		54
Donald	Macrae	83	Male	Portobello Running Club	46
Neil	MacRitchie	84	Male		47
Agnieszka	Magierecka	85	Female	Garscube Harriers	38
Andrew	Maich	86	Male		42
Michael	McCallim	87	Male		29
Alasdair	McCallum	88	Male	Norham Running Club	57
Ally	Mccoll	89	Male	Team Pyllon	43
Sylvia	Mcgoldrick	90	Female		51
Graham	Mcinnes	91	Male	Haddington Running Club	53
Alan	Mcintosh	92	Male	Garscube Harriers	38
David	McKay	93	Male	Garscube Harriers	41
Lorna	McMillan	94	Female		47
Mairi	Fox	95	Female		43
Graeme	McNay	96	Male	Bellahouston Road Runners	43
Stuart	McNeish	97	Male	Kirkintilloch Olympians	44
Steve	McOuan	98	Male	MEEDIES RUNNING CLUB	41
Elsbeth	McStay	99	Female		38
Carrie	McSweeney	100	Female	CRC	43
Louise	Millar	101	Female	Pitreavie AAC	49
Michael	Mitchell	102	Male	Dundee Road Runners	54
Steven	Morrison	103	Male	Moray Road Runners	44
Stuart	Muir	104	Male	Ayrshire Trail Runners	45
Sylvia	Mulholland	105	Female	Ron’s runners	55
Eleanor	Munro	106	Female	Keith & District AAC	53
Mike	Munro	107	Male	Spey Runners	33
Paul	Nash	108	Male	Carnethy Hill Racing Club	45
Niamh	Ni Mhaoileoin	109	Female	Portobello Running Club	33
Ciar	Nixon	110	Male	Vegan Runners UK	27
Ivor	Normand	111	Male	Hunters Bog Trotters	58
Sandy	Orr	112	Male	Lothian Running Club	52
Katherine	O’Sullivan	113	Female		45
Donna	Pass	114	Female	Forfar road runners	55
Dale	Pass	115	Male		56
Gus	Pattullo	116	Male		46
Paulius	Peciura	117	Male	Westerlands Cross Country Club	30
Colin	Perry	118	Male		54
Tracy	Philp	119	Female	Penicuik Harriers	50
Iain	Quimby	120	Male		40
Mike	Raffan	121	Male	Newburgh Dunes Running Club	43
Abe	Remmo	122	Male	Race Fitness	45
Chris	Richardson	123	Male	Metro Aberdeen Running Club	32
Chris	Saunderson	124	Male		43
Andy	Scott	125	Male	Haddington Running Club	50
Devon	Scott	126	Female		31
Kirsty	Shepherd	127	Female		42
Lois	Simpson	128	Female	Ultra dafties	56
Jamie	Sivewright	129	Male		29
Iain	Smith	130	Male		43
John	Sneddon	131	Male	Hunters Bog Trotters	60
Charles	Stable	132	Male	Musselburgh and District Athletics Club	53
Carole	Stewart	133	Female	North Ayrshire Athletics Club	48
Willie	Stewart	134	Male	Moray Road Runners	36
John	Strachan	135	Male		42
Brett	Swann	136	Male	Worthing & District Harriers	36
David	Taylor	137	Male		44
Craig	Taylor	138	Male	Portobello Running Club	47
David	Taylor	139	Male	Stewarton Ultrarunners	43
Richard	Toller	140	Male	Dundee Road Runners AC	68
Verek	Trcka	141	Male		47
Michael	Waddington	143	Male	Stewarton Ultra Runners	47
Paul	Walker	144	Male		45
Sam	Walsh	145	Male	Harmeny AC	35
Deborah	Warner	146	Female	Portobello Running Club	49
Philip	WATERWORTH	147	Male		42
Lesley	Watson	148	Female		40
Susan	Wilmanski	149	Female		46
Robert	Woodrow	150	Male		44
Paul	Young	151	Male	Lothian Running Club	54