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Great Scottish Run 2022 – Half Marathon

It had been three years since my last Half Marathon, and in all honesty I wasn't feeling terribly prepared for a grand return to long distances. I suspect I could count on two hands the number of runs over 14km I've done since the start of…

Strahaven Run With The Wind Half Marathon 2018

Luckily on the day it was mostly Run Without Any Wind. Except for miles 7.5-9 where it was Run Into The Wind. A brutal course this one. The description had the first half being ‘mostly’ up-hill with and the second half being ‘mostly’…

Vagar Half Marathon

After a month of hiking in Iceland Steph and I are travelling back to Scotland via the Faroe Islands. It is only tartan army friends I have known to come here, and lo and behold Tórshavn is overrun with Northern Irish fans due to the…

Heb 3 Series

CalMac Strikes Again This is a late submission on the Heb3 series, which as some of you may know, involves running 3 out of 5 half marathons held between May and July in Stornoway, Benbecula, Skye, Barra and Harris. Having long heard tales of…

Jedburgh Half-Marathon

I also made a trip to the Jedburgh Running Festival, opting for the more amenable 1/2 marathon distance.  I'd set myself the wee challenge of a sub-74 1/2 for this Autumn, tough but doable I thought. Did I succeed? Nope. Why? I'm not sure.…

Coll half marathon 2014

A small (but perfectly formed) Westies contingent made it over to Coll for the half marathon and 10k. For Dave this was a long awaited opportunity to test out the effect of his new bum exercises (somehow, they fix the calf problem), and to join…

Balloch to Clydebank 2014: Hall of Fame beckons for Gwyn

I was involved in this established point-to-point half marathon in non-racing marshal mode. Arriving at the Dunglass roundabout between Dumbarton and Bowling at 9.15am, I found a sizeable gathering in place already: chief marshal (with walkie-talkie),…