Drizzle, Glaur, Mist, Insect Bites & Dog Poo, I love the cross country season, why wouldn’t you. 11 westies making up two male teams and one ladies team ran yesterday on a, for the most part flat but tough due to the muddy underfoot conditions, course. I warmed up with my new training partner Oscar,
8 Westies made up 2 x 4 mens teams and 1 x 3 ladies team at the Duchess Woods Helensburgh on Saturday. Pat Helen and Jo ran a strong 3 leg womens race in pretty muddy conditions and 5 guys JD2, Don, Tom Smith, Alistair Duke and myself managing an A & B team with
5th November 2011 Results Ran my second Strathclyde Parkrun yesterday in exactly 20 mins dead. 6 seconds outside my PB for this run. I don’t know why, but although this run is completely flat my times in the Pollock parkrun are always faster. It may be the downhill sections at Pollock that allow you to
Results Ran Strathclyde parkrun this morning in 19:25 and in 6th place. Felt strong throughout and was really pleased with the run. It was a lovely morning with the sun appearing just before the race start and no wind. Perfect conditions and a great start to the weekend. Had a tough battle with William Reid
24th December 2011 Wet windy and cold at today’s Xmas Eve Strathclyde parkrun. I lodged a seventh place in 19.59 after a cracking battle with Willie Reid of Kirkie Olympians who I managed to outsprint over the last 100 metres. A merry xmas to all Westies and your families and hope to see you at
Ran the Glasgow Pollock Parkrun this morning on a glorious sunny morning along with a great turnout of 330 entrants. Ran 19:55 outside my pb of 19:33 which I was pleased with post holiday. Only other Westie was Samuel Cohn who ran a 21:35. The parkrun is off in 2 weeks time as it is
Travelled through to Crieff last night and had a cracking run in the rescheduled Knock Hill Race. It must have clashed as there were only 30 or so runners. It was a lovely wee route of 8k with mostly runnable trail and a few tough little digs. Had a battle with a young lass from
Going on holiday for a week and to keep the race fitness going I went along to the Glasgow park run this morning where conditions were almost perfect although a little muggy. I kept my position through most of the race apart from swopping places with Brian Burnett and Carlos Gonzalez throughout. They both moved
Results This may be a small race but it is a classic. Even the plethora of midges couldn’t spoil the enjoyment of this race. Alistadair Anthony won in 27:17. There were 7 Westie men in attendance. 6th Alan Gilkison 31:2711th Graham Kelly 32:1812th Owen O’Neill 32:2914th Don Reid 33:0017th John Denovan 33:2622nd Murdo Macleod 35:5134th
Results My parkrun message for Saturday 18th June below. I haven’t run under 20 mins in a 5k for 10 years. It definitely pays to be a Westie. "Congratulations on completing your 5th parkrun and your 5th at Glasgow today. You finished in 12th place and were the 10th gent out of a field of