Abington to Crook Inn
Saturday, 18th January, 200316.75 miles, 4360ftCastle Hill, Tewsgill Hill, Rome Hill, The Seat, Whitelaw Brae, Hudderstone, Hillshaw Head, Coomb Dod, Glenwhappen Dod, White Knowe Head, GlenmuckHeight, Upper Oliver Dod, Nether Oliver Dod
Edinburgh Marathon
A drizzly start saw a reported 11000 runners take to Edinburgh's streets to try a flatter course over the classic 26 mile distance. Despite less than 30 miles running training in the last 6 months I decided to "give it a bash" as some…
New Westies website
Welcome to the new Westies website! It's been a long time coming, but it's here at last. I hope you like it.While the look of the site has been updated, the big changes are "behind the scenes", and will allow your Committee to alter…
Kaim Hill Race
Back from Mumbai for a few days to sort out a visa issue and managed to sneak in the race at Kaim. A decent turnout of 11 Westies lined up at the lamp post for the start, in distinctly cool and breezy conditions.I set off at what I thought was…
Stuc a Chroin Hill Race
Saturday 2 May 200922km 1600metresThere was a massive turnout of over 300 runners for this British Champs race over the Trossachs Corbett of Ben Each and Munro Stuc a Chroin. However there was only a smattering of Westies men and a smidgeon…
Neilston Pad race
Saturday 2nd May was the one sunny day of a wet week. Just as well, because the big Clydesdale horses and beefy locals were churning up the field where the annual "Neilston Show" is held something terrible - and that was the start…
Fred Whitton Cycle Challenge
Sunday 9 May 2009OK so it's not running, but what a fantastic event!!! And anyway our CCC could well stand for Cycling Challenge Club?!This was my first attempt at this modern classic cycling challenge - 110 miles and 10 000 feet - and I'm still…
glasgow parkrun no.15
14th March 2009Not a forename in sight as the Westies duo of Hamilton Semple and Johnston Orr tackled the 5k parkrun on Saturday morning. The event now attracts well over 100 runners every week.The pace had slackened off a bit after Robert Gilroy's…
Ben Lomond 2009
This year’s race was memorable for several reasons, especially the weather which threw everything at the runners, including sun (briefly), rain (lots of it), sleet and a good smattering of snow on the top, all served with high winds.The…
Skye Extravaganza
It's only 85 miles from the northernmost tip of Skye at Rubha Hunish to Point of Sleat in the south, surely a piece of cake for a tough club like Westerlands. Well oops, we forgot about the weather. What an epic! When you hear that the first…