Going Downs? There was a rare sighting of a (much) lesser yellow-breasted Westie bird on the on the North Downs near Newbury (Oxford) on Saturday 27th March, 1999. This particular old boiler was last seen on Ben Nevis, 1997; does this episode of fowl play mean Campsie ‘twitchers’ are in for a treat? More come
20th February 1999 Due to Adrian Davis having just started a world tour before the race, results were slower than usual and no splits were available this year but no grudge against another great race day out, organised by Fife AC secretary Frank McLaren. I must thank all those who took part. All those phone
Great wee race and a brilliant sunny day for running. From Loch Eil outward bound centre the route heads straight up the hill through the forest and woods before breaking into open moorland. I kept a steady pace all the way on this soft ground until getting to the forestry road. I had picked my
Well lightning can stike twice! It was bloody roasting again this year same as last, except thankfully there was a bit a breeze on top which made survival possible – just. A reasonable turn out of Westies turned up to battle for points and what a great run-in to the league is in prospect now!
Congratulations to our new Champion, Chris Upson, who secured the title in some style at the Pentlands, putting in an impressive PB time to claim the max points and put himself out of reach of Ronnie & Don. Don seemed to have honker, only just sneaking in front of Dundee’s famous Charlie Love who is
Well, what a season! Chris bagged the mens title with a race in hand and his tactic of doing nearly every race (in the Scottish & FRA calender I mean!!) worked beautifully with everyone else taking holidays, getting injured or just fed up and dropping points. Still, his average points were high and we all
Mark – “Technical downhill” on a golfie !? That’s right up there with your “ran into a small girl on a bike” excuse. If Gibbies car couldn’t be found then that’s probably because it was first prize in the half time raffle at the Jambos v Hibees games just round the corner! I really enjoyed
Sorry to displace the curry report with something as trivial as a championship race report but here goes antway. Being crocked (still or again, whatever way you want to look at it) gave me the opportunity to spectate at what promised to be a great show of hill running and I wasn’t disappointed. The event
Like most of Scotland on Saturday, Lochaber’s weather was just about perfect for hill running with high cloud and dry- except maybe just a wee bit too warm at sea level. With the great weather a good crowd watched on as the field of about 370 were set of from Claggan Park by the race
STOP PRESS….BRIAN BRENNAN RUNS IN HILL RACE!!!!! The word on the street is that the previously thought retired Brennan has been spotted in race results for Cairn Willliam in deepest Aberdeenshire, coming 30th from 39 in a time of 1:06:52 to confound his critics and perhaps plant a seed of doubt in the heads of