Grim’s Gallop
A new Westies club run was christened by over a dozen Westies at Darnley. Grim had laid out a cracking trail round the paths, reservoirs and fields of Darnley and Barrhead and even the weather was kind to us. Woodland trails started us off as…
Easter Eigg-ing
Don Reid, myself and a whole host of assorted others gathered on the lovely Isle of Eigg for Laurie Anderson's Easter Eigg races, Saturday had us at the pier racing up the amazing lava plug of An Sgurr (covered in clag) and then on Sunday we…
Hadrian’s Wall Extravaganza
This was another memorable and thoroughly enjoyable event that was notable for the collective spirit of ingenuity and flexibility that overcame the weather, injury and illness to have a spectacular finish in the setting sun at 7:16 pm at Bowness.
The…
Deuchary Hill Race
25 March, 2012ResultsRecord temperatures coincided with a record turnout for the last of Adrian Davis's Highland Boundary Hill Races. Lounging around before the start in the spring sunshine it felt more like June than March and it seemed hard…
Chapelgill – belated report
I'd hoped Murdo, Don, Malcolm or Ros would write a report for Chapelgill but no sign of it so here goes. A field of 50 plus turned up for this great wee race just outside Broughton. I'd done it twice before and had ran not too badly the previous…
Birnam Hill Race
ResultsAnother Saturday another hill race, this time at Birnam which is pretty close to where I live so travel should have been easy. However, due to well-meaning but ill-starred efforts to give other people a lift, which failed miserably I…
Barcelona Marathon
I've finally managed to tackle a marathon and to be honest it's all a bit of a blur, with the exception of the pain towards the end of it. I'm hoping that some of the details come back as I write this!After 14 weeks and a little less than 1000km…