Having rekindled my zeal for the Parkrun last Saturday, I was eagerly looking forward to today’s event. Ellie and Drew had also raced last week and there had been an added bonus in meeting that great ex-Westie, Andy Brown, helping out at the finish. Although currently injured, Andy has posted some mighty impressive Parkrun times
It’s November again, so time once more for Loch Ossian (No.19 in a continuing soap opera of life, love and trauma in a small-to-medium sized running club based in the west end of Glasgow). Food and drink consumed at the last chance saloon, Bridge of Orchy. Train delayed but hey, who was bothering. Brenda and
By happy and inexplicable coincidence a huge squad of Westies (I counted at least 13), plus families and other hingers-on, just happened to be in the vicinity of Newtonmore on Saturday afternoon. This being the case, and having survived the lengthy delays of the A9 roadworks at Banknock, it seemed opportune to drop into the
There are few enough good reasons to venture to Edinburgh, but this is one that I can recommend to all Westies. And so it was that Hamilton and I ventured to Queen Street for the 7:50 Sunday morning train to Waverley. This event starts at Calton Hill before visiting Castle Esplanade, then the hills at
I headed up to Strathblane determined to be the first recipent of the Simon Triger Trophy. Bounding along the water board road, silly big grin from cheek-to-cheek and at one stage taking off my vest to display my impressively, impeccable abs, I was convinced that my impersonation of Mr T was vastly superior to the
Bertie Wooster is Top Man Shocker! It’s always a hard race, this one. I’ve been running in since 1981 ish and I still can’t get used to the descent, blinded by sweat, calves cramping up and ending up with a stitch. Every time I run it I feel the same, but I still come back
There was an impressive turnout of Westies at the Ben Sheann race on the 17th June. I counted 12 of us, clearly attracted by the forecast of windy weather and the possibility that this would keep away the infamous midges from the start/finish area. How could we be so ridiculously optimistic? Yes, there was a
…Sorry,that bread “Nigel Barge Memorial Lucky Bag” For £10 entry on the day ( £12 for non-SAL), you get a lovely Achilles Heel poly bag filled with Asics baseball cap ( or alternatively a shoe bag), a Mars Bar, a “Nigel Barge” pen, an Asics 2007 Spring-Summer collection glossy brochure, a medal, a “Nigel Barge”
There is a 3 mile trail which I run from my apartment in Qingdao some mornings around 7am. I generally wake up about 6:20, switch on the BBC World Service for the latest news and sport, shave, then don my shorts and Westies vest and do my warm up running down the 5 flights of
Double Shock….Westies Horror at £10 Road Race AND Fraser Scalps Captain Chris There were several surprises for Westies members turning out for the Nigel Barge Road race on Saturday. First was the entry fee ,which would probably just about have bought the week’s shopping at Summerston ASDA next door to the race HQ. It was