This was my second ramble over the Borrowdale course but my first as a Westie ! When I arrived on the Friday evening the campsite was busy and had a good pre-race atmosphere. Woke up early next morning and stuck my head out the tent – the hills looked grey …very grey but it wasn’t
Whilst a larger contingent of Westies were battling the elements in EK (judging by the temperatures down below …I am shocked it wasn’t blizzard conditions up the hill), a smaller contingent were doing the 3 parks orienteering event organised by the St. Andrew’s Orienteering Club. Alan Anderson suggested the idea of this event in the
The “Mighty Deerstalker” event was geared as being an event with a difference …and it was! The race HQ was based in the grounds of Traquair House (which is not only a beautiful place but also the oldest inhabited house in Scotland !). There were 2 races a 5k and the “mighty” 10k (which turned
Running in this years Devil o’ the Highlands started as a good idea amongst some folks who are running in next years Marathon des Sables. I thought it would make some kind of sense to run it as a representative from the 2008 contingent. Getting up at 3am for the drive up to Tyndrum in
I was curious as to how I will cope running in the heat. The possibilities of testing this in the west of Scotland are limited …very limited. So when my pal Cherie suggested a few folks were heading over to Madrid for the marathon it made perfect sense to join them. Not only would it