Entries by Mark McColl

Tinto Hill Race

Westies sent down a fleet of top athletes On Saturday in an attempt to steal the team prize from Shettleston and Carnethy. However unknown to us these teams also sent down their best runners too. The gun went and Nigel quickly established himself as one of the favourites keeping in touch with the leaders. Chris

Hugh Wilson Memorial 10k 2

Here is my account of an eventful day at East Kilbride. Got the East Kilbride Train at 12.42pm running each hour apparently and arrived at East Kilbride at 1.17pm. Just enough time to sprint along the road and to the registration for 1.40pm and got changed. Great. Got 15min before the bloody start!! And there

Skye Bridge 10K

This was to be the last race for me before my long rest for September. The conditions were drizzly with high winds which were felt during the drive up to Kyle of Lochalsh. This year there were around 90 runners which broke last years record and taking of records well, wait for it. Alan planned

Saltcoats 4.5m Race

Before I even begin typing the report, no this is not a Chris Upson epidemic of races flooding in. I got to the registration with only 10 min to spare and then did the usual warmup. It was a good field of runners with pretty much the best of the west coast on show ready

Crieff 10K

Memories, Memories, Memories. Only one Westerlands CCC athlete made it to this years event and what an event it was and that was before the race even commenced. Looking at the clock this morning at 9am I decided to do it but wasn’t sure what time it might be this year. Skidding across the park