Weekend Double Whammy
As part of my taper towards London Marathon next Sunday, I decided to only run 2 short races at the weekend.On Saturday I got hopelessly lost in Edinburgh before finding Holyrood Park and doing my first Hunter's Brog Trot. A 6.5km cross-country…
Screel Race
All the westies who did not go to this race (ie 99% of the club) missed a fantastic day out on the Solway coast. This was the first race this year where one was in danger of getting sun stroke. It was also the 2nd scottish counter and the first…
Whangie Whizz
Standing at the start of the Whangie Whizz I wondered how a midweek short sharp race fitted into the theory of "tapering" for a long race (I am heading to the Highland Fling on Saturday).I decided that whilst it might not be a "good"…
The Highland Fling
If the Whangie was the warm up ...it was time for the long wan!Friday evening saw me sorting race kit and wondering how a complete absence of "ultra" specific training was going to pan out. My longest run this year had been the Carnethy…
Wednesday Cochno and Slacks Run
A great turnout of approx 20 Westies for the first proper hill run of the year in the Kilpatrick Hills. We had a lovely sunny evening, great views, and no sheep holding us up this year. Later 8 of us had a cracking curry at the Spice of Lif…
The Dual
Before I left for New Zealand, I promised to report on any interesting runs down under. "The Dual" (www.thedual.co.nz) was certainly interesting -- a 42km run on Rangitoto and Motutapu, two connected islands in the Auckland harbour.…
Cape Brett Challenge
Another report from New Zealand...Earlier this month I completed the Cape Brett Challenge (www.capebrettchallenge.co.nz), a 37km event in the spectacularly scenic Bay of Islands. Cape Brett is a rugged, remote peninsula, and the run is billed…
Glasgow Parkrun no.21
25th April 2009238 runners(!!), 5km, 2 Westies, 1 tent.1. Jeff Farquhar, 17:0110. Owen O'Neill, WCCC, 18:3513. Donna Finlayson, VPCoG, 18:5627. Johnston Orr + tent, WCCC, 19:58Full results