Dumyat Hill Race 2024

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NOTICE: Unfortunately we are not covering the 2025 and 50th edition of The Dumyat Hill Race this year🙁. We have been unable to plan commercial photography assignments around it, making the whole trip financially unviable. Let’s hope planning will be better next year. I hope you will have a great run nevertheless. The weather forecast is looking promising!

Vincent

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Last Wednesday we have covered the 49th Dumyat Hill Race. Although we have only covered 4 of them, it does begin to feel a bit as a tradition.

Weatherwise it wasn’t as bright as last year, but the temperature was much more comfortable for the runners.

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Matt Knowles (Edinburgh University) breaks the record for the fastest male, with an incredible 32 minutes and 13 seconds!

Naomi Lang (University of Glasgow) finished as fastest overall female winner, with 37 minutes.

More images

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Dumyat Hill Race 2023

Hi all,

Yes indeed you did spot me near the summit when you were running up:

Good to see you all again. I did see a few runners that I have captured before, if I am correct?

We were rather lucky with the weather, because just a few hours before the start I saw a yellow weather on the motorway for heavy rain. And we did get some, but were fortunate enough to enjoy the sunshine shortly after that.

According to one of the marshalls The Dumyat Hill Race 2023 attracted over 400 runners, each tackling the 390m climb across 8km of tough terrain in the Ochil Hills near Stirling.

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First runner coming up

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Last runner going down

Dumyat Hill Race 2023 results

The list with the Dumyat Hill Race results has now also been published. The first three are:

1. Sasha Chepelin, 00:32:33 (!?)

2. Kieran Cooper, 00:33:16

3. Finn Lydon, 00:33:47

The first thee female runners are:

1. Kate Maltby 00:37:09

2. Fiona Bunn, 00:41:16

3. Clare Stewart, 00:42:16

For more results you can dowload an excel sheet from the Stirling Uni site.

Via the link in the button below you will be able to see and download the images, but before you do, please read the following:

• you can freely download the images in all resolutions if it is for personal use

• in return we would appreciate a link to this website when you post them on your own social media channels

• also a tag (@studiovhf) or a mention on your social media channel is appreciated

• please contact us for commercial use

• if you want to share this post with others then please do so by using the sharing options at the bottom of this blog when you're on your mobile or at the top, when you are using a desktop. This is to ensure that people will be able to get through to the Flickr site.

Previous editions of the #dumyathillrace:

Dumyat Hill Race 2022

Hi and welcome to the site of STUDIOVHF, Photographer Stirling! We were fortunate enough to cover the Dumyat Hill Race again, since we last did it in 2018.

This time without the horizontal rain that we had back then! The weather up here is famous for it’s unpredictability and also today we had four seasons in one. This evening however, the glorious sunshine gave me the backlight that I love so much.

The Dumyat Hill Race 2022 attracted 350 runners, each tackling the 390m climb across 8km of tough terrain in the Ochil Hills near Stirling.

The stunning location of Stirling University at the foot of the Dumyat, the most popular hill in the Ochil Hills.

The Dumyat Hill Race is a running event organised by the University of Stirling. It is a fun and very challenging event and it doubles as the Scottish Student Sport Hill Running Championship and Scottish Hill Running Race.

We also spotted quite a few participants form the Ochil Hill Runners.

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The Marshalls walking up to take their positions

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Last preparations from the Mountain Rescue Service and the Marshalls

Because of the fact that I could actually see something through the view finder and didn’t get soaking wet and cold this time, I was able to cover the whole run from the very first until the last runner.

Dumyat Hill Race results

The list with the Dumyat Hill Race results has now been published! The first three are:

1. Matthee Knowles (305), University of Edinburgh: 00:32:36 (!?)

2. Jamie Stevenson (475), 00:33:44

3. Danel Spencer (468), 00:34:04

The first thee female runners are:

1. Ellen Downs (195), 00:41:56

2. Morag McClelland (344), 00:42:54

3. Lizzie Beattie (128), 00:43:27

Dumyat Hill Race photos 2022

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First runner appeared rather quickly.

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And the last courageous runner with 01:27:30, well done!

More Dumyat Hill Race Images

We have only just started editing the photographic material of this event and it will take a while to have them all finished, so bear with me!

We will update this page and at the end of next week you will find a button at the bottom of this page where you will be able to see and download all the images.

Via the link in the button below you will be able to see and download the images, but before you do please read the following:

• you can freely download the images in all resolutions if it is for personal use

• in return we would appreciate a link to this website when you post them on your own social media channels

• also a tag (@studiovhf) or mention on your social media channel is appreciated

• please contact us for commercial use

• if you want to share this post with others then please do so by using the sharing options at the bottom of this blog when you're on your mobile or at the top, when you are using a desktop. This is to ensure that people will be able to get through to the Flickr site.

We also found this video made by ‘krayzeeaaron’:

I hope you’ll enjoy it!

Vincent Hartman

Dumyat Hill Race 2018 Photos

That people run OK, you see that more often but that people run uphill?? That is another matter! Only recently we have had the Stirling Marathon. And believe it or not, 35 KG's ago even Photographer Stirling did the odd cooper test and other sports, but never anything like what I have seen the other week, let alone what I have seen today! 

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The mountain rescue service on their way to the Dumyat summit

Of course I have a great excuse because we don't have hills in The Netherlands. Therefore for me Dumyat is a mountain! 

Dumyat Hill Race 2018 Photos

The Dumyat Mountain Race is organised by Stirling University.

The website says:

"This race is ideal for all levels, from those attempting their first hill race to the more experienced hill runner."

Perhaps that's why 400 people signed up? 

The record of the Dumyat Hill Race stands at 32 mins and 23 second, so I planned an extra hour or so to get up there and choose my position. I was expecting fierce competition from other photographers to get the best spot.

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Mountain rescue team, Stirling University marshals and photographer

The wind was already strong, but that was nothing in comparison with the rain that was on its way. And rain at that height comes in horizontally!

I had to give up in the end because I couldn't see in the viewfinder anymore if the images were in focus. I was totally relying on experience (as in: in theory they should be good..) and the sophistication of today's Canon autofocus system. It is rather amazing really that it can still find the (moving) subject behind the rain and bring it into focus.

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At this time it was really pissing down!

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One of the marshall showing his admiration

Dumyat Hill Race results

Some results of the Dumyat Hill Race 2018 that we want to share with you are those of some that feature in our pictures:

1. Scott Fraser (788), overall winner with 00:34:37,

2. Jonathan Crickmore (708) with 00:35:21

3. Hamish Battle (730) the photogenic one, with 00:35:21

and of course prominently featuring in these images are:

• Bill Duff (543) with 01:01:06

• Chris Lorimer (872) with 00:42:35

• Amy Frankland (754) with 00:43:53

• And many, many more!

Unfortunately not all 349 runners will find themselves back in our photos, but I hope you enjoy viewing them nevertheless. For more results and images please visit the site of Stirling University.

All extremely well done everybody!

More Photos of the Dumyat Hill Race

Via the link below you can see all the photos taken by Photographer Stirling, but before you do please read the following:

• you can freely download the images in all resolutions if it is for personal use

• in return we would appreciate a link to this website when you post them on your own social media channels

• please contact us for commercial use

• if you want to share this post with others then please do so by using the sharing options at the bottom of this blog when you're on your mobile or at the top, when you are using a desktop. This is to ensure that people will be able to get through to the Flickr site.

I hope you will find yourself in one of the images. Enjoy!

You can find the images here:

10-05-2018 20:45h : all images are now online! If I have missed you then perhaps I see you next year?

Thanks for visiting!

Vincent Hartman

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