Yes, JD does do races that don’t go up and down mountains, though my first half marathon in about 10 years wasn’t actually as bad as I had expected and at least wasn’t on the road. It was different to any other that I had ran, in that it was entirely within the RAF military
I only just managed to complete my sixth and final Lakeland Classic, having arrived on the start line with exactly a minute to go! Fortunately the day improved from then on and I finished this 14 mile/5300 feet race in 2h 59m, 134th of 325 finishers. We started on narrow farm tracks that resembled streams
Another successful Westies Weekend at Loch Ossian Youth Hostel, attended by a variety of polar bears, gorillas,gonzos, bouncy bunnies, puppy dogs, spidermen catwoman, grumpy bears, big bad wolves and last, but not least, a rare sighting of the Westies Gay Alpha Male (don’t ask!). Lots of weather, lots of hills and only one (rather fast)
I only have 27 so far, so I need at least another half dozen before we can get the place to ourselves, so if you don’t hurry up then we shall no option but to open the restaurant up to the public – So please get the cheques in before 11th November.
There was a fantastic turnout of 216 runners, including 16 Westies, for this cracker of an end of season race in deepest Lanarkshire. The weather was pretty foul, with very strong winds and even hail just before the start, though during the race itself we only had to contend with the gale-force winds. I set
The long-running Westies v HBT grudge match series was brought back to life in the wintry Ochils on Sunday. A great course had been arranged for us by HBT, starting in Tillicoultry and heading up to King’s Seat and back down again. The promised rubbish weather fortunately didn’t materialise and was mild at the bottom
It would have been a fantastic moonlight run, if only we could have seen the moon! As it was, it was still a great run out to Duncolm and back. It was pretty mild once we got a head of steam going up the steep drag to the reservoirs, with fantastic views of the Glasgow
The last hill run of the year turned out to be a bumper run of @17 Westies with Irvine visitor Scott, newcomer Martin and a whole host of new and old Westies blundering round the Kilpatricks and Cochno Hill (and The Slacks for a few of the energetic front-runners) in the semi-dark:- me, Keith(Swaz), Sarah,
The imposing facade of Overton House just outside Dumbarton was the starting point for a wee waltz up the crags and on to Doughnut Hill. It was a cracking night, if a bit dark on the way back down, not helped by Captain Charlie’s detour into deep bracken when all he had to do was
Yes, after only 67 min of Carnethy on Sat I felt the need for a bit more of a leg stretcher so entered the 67 mile Musselburgh Road Race. A cracking sunny cool day dawned over in East Lothian as about 200 of us set off handicap style, slowest first, fastest last. I tucked in