http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
!!!
Say no more
watch this space.
Jason
http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
Say no more
watch this space.
Jason
Is it meant to be this hard?
I'd heard about this, from a mate who supported Charlie on his Munros record. Just a 3 month affair: http://chris-upson.com/Corbetts/Mann...ttSchedule.htm Fantastic!!
So who is Manny?
Manny Gorman is a well known (and talented) Scottish Hill Runner & member of Westerlands CCC frequently to be found at the leading end of many hill races in Scotland. Amongst his many achievements in the hills he is the proud owner of a Connachie Plaque for 21 Ben Nevis races completed - this was achieved before he was even a vet & there can't be many others who can claim that! His dad also has a plaque & is a member of Westerlands so hill running (& determination!) obviously run in the family!
Best wishes to Manny & Brenda on this current project of epic proportions & if anyone has any spare hill days then I'm sure he'll be glad to see you!!
Well we have his schedule nowOriginally Posted by Stravaiger
. Charlie Campbell also Westies IIRC?
Rob,
This is Manny Gorman:
http://www.scottishhillracing.co.uk/...RunnerID=R2251
As you can see from the schedule, the plan is to complete the 6 islands first from Harris to Arran, and work north on the mainland from Troon to Ben Loyal.
http://chris-upson.com/Corbetts/Mann...ttSchedule.htm
It is quite a mammoth undertaking, so it will be interesting to see how far Manny gets. I'm planning to team up with him on Monday next week.
Impressive track record - fairly unusual to see someone at that kind of level taking a big chunk of time out to go for something really long. Was the case with Hugh Symonds' Munros record but then he was subject to some silly Pro/Am ban at the time IIRC.
Yes - it is a massive chunk of time to take to attempt all the Corbetts in one go. It sounds like Manny is struggling a bit already with illness and injury, so it's not all going to plan!
Manny has now completed all the island Corbetts.
I've added his photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/corbettrun
I met him at Troon yesterday as he arrived back on the mainland:
http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
Hi Chris
It may be poor form to ask and I'm sure Manny is just enjoying doing a big round of great hills but is he aiming for a record? What is the quickest round of Corbetts so far? I have searched the usual places but see no mention of it. I know that Hamish Brown did a round years ago for example. I don't mean to reduce this to speed but am just interested to find out.
Cheers
Hi Luke,
I don't think there is any previous record for climbing all the Corbetts, although Manny seems that someone once did them all in 85 days.
http://corbettrun.blogspot.com/
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