The first weekend in May is always something to look forward to – a long (normally sunny) Bank-holiday weekend and Stuc a’Chroin hill race! This year we left Glasgow for the first long classic of the season bathed in morning sunshine, all hopeful of another glorious Stuc race. Niall was driving Gregor, Gwyn, Ben
Results What an amazing weekend. With a forecast of scorchio, being quite disorganised, and the day off on Friday with only one purpose – to get to Jura – I decided to take the scenic route. So after the train to Ardrossan, ferry to Brodick, a cycle round Arran to Lochranza, a ferry to Cloanaig,
Results A small group of Westies made the trip down to Broughton today for the annual Greenmantle Dash. It’s a race like no other as so much is crammed into the 3k route – a wall to hurdle, a fence to leap over, a river to wade, a bog to crawl through, a steep climb
Results It was a near perfect day for the Ochils 2000. There isn’t much need for me to write a race report as Chris has documented my race very well in his blog… http://chrisupson.blogspot.com/2011/08/ochil-2000s-hill-race.html It was the boggy, tussocky hell between Blairdenon Hill and Dumyat that did me in – at one point I was
What a great day out we all had at the Glenshee 9 today. I can’t say anyone looked particularly up for it as we sat in the warm Chairlift Café. Drinking tea was a much more appealing option than braving the horizontal rain. But 4 Westies made it to the start line and headed up
Another great evening race – why has it taken me so long to discover them all!?! The weather was perfect for this short 3 miler through the streets from North Berwick harbour to the whale bones at the top of The Law and back again. There was even some east coast haar trying to hold
After a week of rest it was great to get out for a race. This low-key race starts in the same field as the Carnethy 5 but instead of heading to Charlie’s Loup you head to the east side of Carnethy and battle up through the heather with no helping paths in sight. My legs
After my 5 hour epic at Arrochar I was feeling a little tired this morning as I stood in the rain in Braemar. But I soon found my legs and loved every minute of the run. It’s a real journey run which rewards you with hugely varied terrain which is just about all runable and
Results Having walked these hills I’d said I’d never run the race so I’m not entirely sure why I ended up on the start line. Naill and new recruit Peter were also there, as was Chris who gave into the peer pressure and decided to run – with low cloud it wasn’t really the weather
I ventured over to the east for the 7 Hills race. It’s an odd race that attracts hill runners and road runners alike. The format is like any hill race – visit the 7 designated tops in the specified order – but most of the running is through the streets. There are plenty of sneaky