Run of the Mill 2014
Results
The 5th running of Run of the Mill was another wet, windy, wild affair.
Champion orienteer Graham Gristwood took the win in 1:10:59, leaving the rest of the field strung out getting battered by some of the strongest winds ever encountered…
Jedburgh Half-Marathon
I also made a trip to the Jedburgh Running Festival, opting for the more amenable 1/2 marathon distance.
I'd set myself the wee challenge of a sub-74 1/2 for this Autumn, tough but doable I thought. Did I succeed? Nope. Why? I'm not sure.…
Jedburgh Three Peaks Trail Race
Sunday evening - chilling out after a very wild day marshalling on Ben Cleuch at Chris’ Run of the Mill race, and the efforts of yesterday’s race seem to be receding, though the legs could feel it walking up the hill. I can definitely…
FRA Relays 2014, Middleton Fells
All results and splits
So that is it for the hill relays in 2014. The Westies select enjoyed a very windy, mostly dry day in Cumbria.
Steph and I travelled down on Saturday and enjoyed a bargain night in a hotel only 20 minutes…
Fun in the Duchess Woods
Dunbartonshire X Country Relays
Some inter lamp posts ‘sprints’ during the last fortnight, together with some’ hip mobility’ high kicks whilst waiting for the kettle to boil at work, are not ideal preparation for…
West district XC Relays
Results
The first XC race of the season saw 6 Westies forming 1 Guys team and 2 ladies in a partial ladies team as Claire unfortunately was too ill to run.
Niall led off the men with Don JQ and Dave C completing the team effort.
The girls were…
Pentland Skyline
My first long hill race, or long hill run of any description since.... Pentland Skyline 2013!
Anyhow, I thought I ought to keep my unbroken streak of 13 races going, so resolved to potter round slowly from the start.
I briefly exchanged…
Meall Nan Tarmachan 2014
A fine day for a fitting end to the Scottish Hill Racing Championship. Everything crisp, clear and cool, and Lochtayside looking rather nice with the beginning of Autumn.
We parked & got changed up by the dam at the rave tent, didn't…
Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay photoshoot
A couple of photos of the guys at the Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay.
Three Peaks CX 2014
Pretty chuffed with the Three Peaks this year; 10th, in a stacked field in 3:17:15 with some big names behind me. The race only really got going on Pen-Y-Ghent, no big mistakes before this, just steady progress keeping out of trouble.
At Ribblehead…