Scottish National Masters Cross Country Championship, Kilmarnock
Excellent cross country at Kilmarnock for the Scottish National Masters on Saturday, sunny and cool and good underfoot round the playing fields and out into farmland and back. Women were 12th team and men 18th (and 11th M50) and Gibbie…
Irvine Cyclists v Harriers
I ran this race today and so did Cat and Neil, and Elizabeth cyclocrossed it. The forecast had threatened double raindrops though mild, but all was benign on the line at Irvine Sports Club. A big lap of the sports fields first, taking…
West District X-C Championship
The West District Championships on Saturday had all that cross-country should have: atrocious weather and lots of mud. The weather was proper cross-country weather: driving rain and a biting wind. Pat, Sharon, Leanne and I huddled…
British & Irish Masters Cross Country
Results | Strava track
Sheila, Gibson & I all represented Scotland at last weekend's British & Irish Masters Cross Country at the grandiose venue of Wollaton Park in Nottingham. A nice course, with the odd deer roaming across.
Gibson…
DAAA XC Champs 2014
Results
The 2014 DAAA XC Champs were held in the beautiful setting of Balloch country park.The weather was perfect, the views from the castle down on to Loch Lomond were amazing and the conditions underfoot good.
We…
National XC Relays Cumbernauld 2014
A coldy windy and wet Cumbernauld park. Perect XC conditions. A good Westie turnout with the icing on the cake being Big Dave Calders sprint finish captured for posterity on the SA website. Sad news also. Our Gazebo got trashed in the windy…
Fun in the Duchess Woods
Dunbartonshire X Country Relays
Some inter lamp posts ‘sprints’ during the last fortnight, together with some’ hip mobility’ high kicks whilst waiting for the kettle to boil at work, are not ideal preparation for…
West district XC Relays
Results
The first XC race of the season saw 6 Westies forming 1 Guys team and 2 ladies in a partial ladies team as Claire unfortunately was too ill to run.
Niall led off the men with Don JQ and Dave C completing the team effort.
The girls were…
BMAF Cross Country, Tollcross Park
Results
The British Masters Cross Country rolled into Tollcross Park on Saturday.
A small smattering of Westies turned up: myself, Grim, Gibby, Shiela, Pat, Pauline (now Teviotdale) and Sharon. Strangely enough, I was the only Westie running…
A date for every Callendar?
A week's a long time - but maybe not long enough to inspire much more than a baker's dozen (8 blokes and 6 wummin finished; Chris retired, possibly injury?) Westy runners to come down from the highs of Carnethy and face the quite different rigours…