Entries by johnston.orr

Glasgow parkrun no.69

17th April 2010 Glasgow parkrun results | Photos from parkrun 69 Had another blast at the Glasgow parkrun, which was no less busy despite the Strathclyde parkrun starting recently. One louder this time for me….but despite a PB, came 22nd instead of 10th as I did 4 weeks ago, as many of the real flyers

Glasgow parkrun no.65

20th March 2010 parkrun 65 results | Richard Leyton’s parkrun photos While the real racing will be at Chapelgill today, I wimped out and went for the parkrun for the first time in almost a year. With conditions ideal for running once again, it seemed like a good opportunity to lay down a marker for

Earl’s Seat club run

14th April 2010 Another good turnout on Wednesday night, with numbers up on last week’s Bar Hill run – perhaps the sun provided a wee boost to motivation? Attendees ranged from stalwarts like Helen, Pat, and Pauline to newcomers Robert and Alasdair, and from the crocked (Chris) to the wildly energetic (Dougal). The ascent of

Helensburgh Half Marathon

1st August 2010 Bumped into fellow Westie Ken MacMahon on the start line and discovered we had both entered for the Loch Ness Marathon, but both agree that this may be a fairly pointless race as it’ll leave us both gubbed for a month afterwards! Also thought I heard Ivan Chindurza’s name being mentioned at

Dunbartonshire AAA XC Champs

Maryhill Park28th November 2009 Photos Results: Senior Women | Senior Men Maryhill Park was a quagmire by the time the senior men and women squelched forth into the first of their 3 or 2-lap races. 5 Westies men and 4 women took part in this challenge with our local club rivals, with Garscube, Helensburgh, Kirkie

West District XC Champs

Irvine Moor5th December 2009 Results: women | men Photos: women’s race | men’s race Westerlands fielded full teams in both the women’s and men’s races today, on a course which was far less muddy than last week at Maryhill, but unfavourably flat for some of the Westies team. Danielle Brown of Springburn won the ladies’

Ben Lomond Jog

12th December 2009 A mere three Westies turned up on a cold winter day for an easy jog up Ben Lomond. This run was Ellie’s suggestion, and it turned out to be a brilliant idea as the weather conditions were perfect for a cloud inversion, which we duly got, and a Brocken spectre too. Ellie

Greenmantle Dash 2010

2nd January 2010 Photos The parkrun may have been cancelled due to a wee bit of bad weather, but the Greenmantle Dash went ahead despite around a foot of snow on the hill. The course was altered to avoid the wall and fence loups, and the river and marsh crossings (boo!), but the run up

National Cross Country Championships

20th February 2010 Results | Photos (women’s race) | Photos (men’s race) Glorious sunshine and great running conditions greeted the participants at Falkirk’s Callendar Park, for what turned out to be another enjoyable mudfest. The women’s race was won decisively by Freya Murray. Ellie had a very strong run to lead our women’s team home,

Sunday run on the Kilpatrick Hills

17th January 2010 Thanks to Christine for organising a Sunday morning jog on the Kilpatrick Hills. Conditions were good underfoot despite some ice on the initial ascent. Graham, Ellie, Catherine, Steffen, Christine and I used an extended variant of the race route to take in Duncolm, Cochno Hill and The Slacks in a 2-hour tour,