Extravaganza 2019: Curlywee to Gallowee
For this year’s Extravaganza, a herd of very hardy Westies braved the wilds of Dumfries & Galloway to run a relay of 114.2km exactly from Newton Stewart Youth Hostel to the most Southerly point of Scotland.
The 5.30am wake-up call meant…
HBT v Westies Grudge Match
5 Westies raced and 2 came to support ( Thanks Grim and Lizzy). This was a fun day. The route got shortened to 2.5 miles so short sharp and fast! However the snow was up to our knees and ice black and dangerous! Once on the hill you could wade…
Ben Ledi Grudge Match
This was the 4th outing of the Ben Ledi Grudge Match between Westies and HBT.
Today's race was held in bright spring sunshine, with plenty of snow on the tops.
11 runners lined up for the 1pm kick-off. 5 Westies + 6 from HBT. Murray Strain's…
Dumyat Gullies Grudge Match
7 of us took up the Ochils/HBT challenge at Dumyat on Sun. Duncan and Owen cycled over to warm up and Dave Calder made a welcome and rare appearance at a hill race. JD no.2 appeared on his mountain bike to cheer us on.For a change we were running…