Feel the Burns Hill Race 2020 report

There was a good Moorfoot turn out for the eighth edition of the annual Feel The Burns hill race in Selkirk, covering a distance of 12.9 miles with 2,500 feet of climb (20.8 km / 760m), with everyone acquiting themselves well and appearing to enjoy themselves in the tough early season race. It attracts a large and very high quality field with 270 runners including Andy Douglas, the reigning World Mountain Running World Cup champion who won the race in a new course record in 1:25.03 (which is a decent time on a flat road half marathon!), Jill Stephen the reigning Scottish Hill Runners champion for the last two years, Colin Donnelly the reigning M60 world champion, Angela Mudge who was World Champion in 2000.

Moorfoot results:

Pos.	Runner	Category	Cat Pos	Time
12	Andrew Dancer	M40	5	01:43:31
21	Colin Williams	M40	9	01:47:38
37	Martyn Davidson	M	16	01:50:59
103	Gillian Carr	F40	3	02:07:45
108	Richard Edge	M	37	02:09:09
116	Alex Campbell	F	16	02:09:15
124	Alan Elder	M50	16	02:12:15
136	Craig Henrys	M	41	02:13:33
138	Paul Nichol	M50	20	02:13:51

Full results: https://www.scottishhillracing.co.uk/RaceResults.aspx?RaceID=RA-0299&Year=2020

Many thanks to Sheila Cochrane, who year after year, makes this race grow in popularity, coordinates a wonderful group of marshals and donates all profits to Tweed Mountain Rescue, as well as laying on the best post race haggis pies ever experienced!

Pete Hall was marshalling at the Feel the Burns as part of the Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue team and snapped a few photos of those in vests https://www.facebook.com/groups/moorfootrunners/permalink/2467854926809795/

Huge album from the organisers here https://www.facebook.com/pg/SelkirkFundRunners/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2872572976128348&ref=page_internal