Narnain Boulder Dash
Well done to the 8 Westies who turned up for the 4th running of the Narnain Boulder Dash club handicap. The handful of runners who made the effort were rewarded with a fantastic sunny evening at Arrochar that turned out to be almost midge free.…
Cairntable Crawl
Well for my dead legs it certainly was a crawl, though Andy and Johnston seemed full of life out in the wilds of the Ayrshire/Lanarkshire border. Only my 2nd time in 15 years up this, what is probably my local hill. The dire weather forecast…
Turnhouse
Chris, Ellie, Owen, Dave and myself made it through to Edinburgh for the penultimate race in this years bog and burn series.
On the drive from work the weather looked to be taking a turn for the better, however true to form the heavens opened…
Meikle Bin, Friday 24th July
Westerlands men Mott and Orr enjoyed ideal running conditions and great views from the summit on this clear summer's evening run up Meikle Bin. A steady ascent commenced at the conventional start point opposite the wind farm at Todholes, taking…
Croy not a favoured holiday destination
Bar Hill and Croy Hill club run - 22nd July 2009Surprisingly few Westies seemed to have opted to take their summer holidays in the historic industrial village of Croy, as only 4 turned out for the club run. The low attendance may also have been…
Irvine 5-mile Road Race
20th July 2009The Glasgow funfair meant quiet roads down to Irvine, so Ellie and I arrived nearly 2 hours early and in time for several jogs back and forth to Asda. The Irvine 5-miler has replaced the Saltcoats 4M Round the Houses and starts…
Ben Ledi Grudge Match
19th July 2009A major fire in Callander caused some chaos and confusion for the 2nd running of the Ben Ledi Grudge Match between Westies, HBT and Ochils. Cars were being abandoned and runners were getting an extra 3-mile warm up. In the end…
Glasgow Parkrun No.33
18th July 20093 Westies made the early start to get down to Pollok Park in time for the 33rd running of the Glasgow Parkrun. With a mere 243 runners on the startline, a speedy start is imperative, and downhill sloping tarmac ensures a mad cavalry…
Glamaig 2009
Along with the Arrochar Alps and the Ben Nevis races, Glamaig was one of the few events I knew about as a non-hill runner.
I was also aware of the early history of the event and the initial time of 55 minutes set by a Ghurkha named Harkabir…
Calderglen 10k Trail Race 2009
26th June 2009Ah, the boak. It takes 3 known forms - the wet boak, the dry boak, and in particularly nasty cases, the green boak. There's something about blasting up hills in this race then trying to cling on to the speedy roadsters on the flat…