18th May 1997 Westies lost its grip on the winner’s trophy for the first time in three years to Fife AC – but not without a fight! Eight boats took part this year with four Westies, two Fifers, one Carnethy, and one unattached runners doing the hard bits (running). The Rodgers team of Mary and
Another lovely evening in the far east for this mental wee race of lung busting proportions. Me & Brenda drove for 2 hours ,down from the far north, for 14 mins of ecstacy, but it was worth it, really! I hadn’t done this race for about 10 years so had a good reccie of it
HOT HOT HOT … that’s how it was at the Lomonds of Fife on Sunday. A healthy Westies gathering set off at a cautious pace in the heat, with a rough guess at the hell ahead. Having spent most of last week with head down the pan and in recovery mode, I set off even
Brenda headed off to the last race in Lochabers Triple Hirple series with Alan & Tilly Smith, all aiming to come home with one of those famous LAC mugs, whilst I intended an easy cycle through to Fort Bill in time to watch them cross the line and maybe take a couple of photos. What
CRUNCH!!Aaaargh! Leap,Hop,F***,F***,S***,B******,F***, Ouch,F***,Ooohya,Scream,Hop,S***,S***Hobble,Hobble,sprint in Hobble position,S***,Grimace,F***,Stagger,Collapse at line,darkness closing in…. about sums up the end of leg 1 for me really. I didn’t like much about the completely manic all-out sprint start leaping cattle grids Mexican wave style, elbows out, studs ripping at calf muscles, shoving, pushing etc. nonesense that probably only gained about 7
5th & 6th June 1999 Thanks to Margaret Turnbull once again for her priceless work marshalling/timekeeping and also to Dave Calder for his helping out on both days which ensured the smoothest running of the race to date. Thanks must go to Lesley for setting out and sweeping day one, and also Charlie who CBF’d
Three and a “half” Westies turned out for this fine race. The unlikely “half” being in the form of of a certain Mr Alan Wilson who passed me in a Skye & Lochalsh RC vest muttering something about defection. Treachery in the ranks!!! Don’t worry folks, the midgies will get their way with him in
After individual and team victory at Goatfell, Ronnie is maintaining his impressive lead and is now looking to be uncatchable. The chasing pack are in for a real dog fight in the second half of the season, with the current champ. Don not giving up his title without a fight, even after a couple of
Ah now ,wimps? I for one don’t think XC is for wimps. (such as Nige & Mark) I just think it’s a wasted opportunity for a bigger run or a gentle days walking in the hills. Value for money in a manner of speaking. I was going to argue that the knack of blasting jugs-out
A new race for me and a shock to my cold infested system. The race comprises 2 wee hills with the route returning over the first hill, ie. 3 climbs, and fast but sometimes technical running over narrow path, woods, fields, tarmac,stiles…. From the word “Go” the pace is furious, fightening for position before the