Glencoe Marathon 2013
This was the 2nd year for this event and my 2nd time running it. I loved the race last year and set it as my only marathon for 2013. Unfortunately due to a hamstring tear in August my training was condensed into the last 10 weeks. …
Alloa Half Marathon
Results
Race HQ for the Alloa Half is the Leisure Bowl. Innocuous enough from outside, but home to such delights as the Vibro-Gym, indoor bowls and a cafe where the pre-race air was thick with the aroma of bacon butties. More bacon than…
Glasgow parkrun #227
Results
Hadn't had a crack at the Pollok Park parkrun for a while so drove over in light drizzle looking forward to some racing. The light drizzle turned into spectacular rain about ten minutes before the start, which had the field of 300+ huddled…
London Marathon 2013
Splits
A fine way to spend a weekend in London.
Near-perfect running conditions, with bright sunshine and a gentle breeze. The spectators were present and noisy most of the way round. I had the dubious fortune of, at various points, running…
Kielder marathon
This was my first marathon and I wanted it to be a trail. It started at Leaplish waterside park in Kielder/ Northumberland. It rarely leaves the shores of Kielder water following the lakeside way. It has about 800ft of climb involving short…
(Not So) Great Scottish Run 10k 2013
I should’ve seen it coming really. Performance depends on training and training is effort plus rest, that’s what they say. They say it because it’s true. Hell, that’s what I say, all the time as a matter of fact. The…
Dalbeattie Hardrock Challenge
This event involves a 10mile trail run, followed by 16 miles of mountain biking, around the 7 Stanes trail center at Dalbeattie. Think Glentress, but a bit more technical, with a few more rocks.
I first decided I wanted to enter this when,…
Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay
After the wee road race on Saturday the Westies headed south to the Lake District for the Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay. We arrived early evening on Saturday to a sun-soaked Patterdale with Ulswater millpond flat and the hills full of golden autumnal…
McAndrew Relays
Who said that the hills were tougher than the roads? Saturday's McAndrews Relays took much more out of me than todays hill race!
The McAndrews is a lovely 5k loop round the streets of Jordanhill – 4 laps for the guys and 3 for the…
Ben Venue
Good turnout of Westies at Ben Venue despite the number running in the McAndrew relays or down south today. At long last my prayers were answered and the race was run in cool conditions, great for running, and fast underfoot other than the really…