Here are some old photos from the Westies archive. I’ve added captions where I can (click on the photos to see the full picture), but I’d be very grateful if some of our long-standing members could add comments to supply names and details where I’ve not been able to do so. I can then update
7th November 2009 Considering that it clashes with Tinto and the Loch Ossian weekend, there was a reasonable turnout of 5 running Westies and 1 marshall at this long-established race. Isabel Coombs was on timekeeping duty (and cheering at the end of lap 1), while Hamilton, Gibson, Ian Struthers, and GrimOrr joined me for a
6th September 2009 Enjoyable jaunt around Glasgow, with another record entry (around 20,000 for all events). Took me around 1 minute to even get to the start line! The inevitable slow first mile followed until I could get moving after the Kingston, so I was able to make progress through the field until the wheels
Last one in the current series…this lot should be from 1988/89. If anyone has actually run a race since then (whether it’s a parkrun or the Ochils 2000s), please feel free to post a report to displace all this archive material!
More old photos from the archive. This lot are around 1985-87. Again, I’d be grateful if you could supply names and details where I haven’t been able to.
Irvine Marymass 10k, 19th August 2009 For those of you who didn’t slit your wrists on reading the title, here’s a summary of Westies activity on a grey night in a grey town. Apart from your correspondent who was visiting the town of his birth to get some overdue race practice after 2 weeks with
Westerlands men Mott and Orr enjoyed ideal running conditions and great views from the summit on this clear summer’s evening run up Meikle Bin. A steady ascent commenced at the conventional start point opposite the wind farm at Todholes, taking the most direct tracks to the top, and the same route was used for the
Bar Hill and Croy Hill club run – 22nd July 2009 Surprisingly few Westies seemed to have opted to take their summer holidays in the historic industrial village of Croy, as only 4 turned out for the club run. The low attendance may also have been caused by Jim Hall’s offensive shorts. Only Cat, Stuart,
26th June 2009 Ah, the boak. It takes 3 known forms – the wet boak, the dry boak, and in particularly nasty cases, the green boak. There’s something about blasting up hills in this race then trying to cling on to the speedy roadsters on the flat bits that makes you feel like you want
Maddy Moss Hill Race, 15th July 2009 "She’ll ask about your top. She’ll no’ be happy", says The Passenger. "I didnae want to wear my Westies vest. It’s my first hill race of the year and I’ll get a stinking time ‘cos I’m just going to start from the back and trundle round as best