Meall a Buachaille
Headed off on Saturday morning to near Aviemore for the last SHR championship race of 2009 after having got home the previous night from London at midnight so wasn't looking forward to it. What I was looking forward to was meeting loads of hill…
A Glorious race at Tinto
7th November 2009Despite being depleted by the skivers off partying at Loch Ossian we managed to field both a men's and women's team at Tinto this year. Seeing that I didn't go back for the soup and prizegiving and the results are still at the…
FRA Relays
18th October 2009Following a 3-year absence, Westerlands made an illustrious-ish return to the FRA Relays, held this year in the north west Lakes near Ennerdale.After an alpine start from Glasgow, we found ourselves at "Lakes Bakes"…
Ben Venue Challenge
3rd October 2009
A brand new race on the Scottish hill running calendar, and the first hill race ever organised by Bellahouston Road Runners.
The weather was looking a bit iffy before we started, with heavy squalls and violent winds. The start…
Two Breweries
26th September 2009
A belated post on the Two Breweries...
For anyone who can remember that far back, it was a fine bright sunny autumnal afternoon, with a good turn out for the first race under the new management team of Pete and Elsie, who've…
Ben Nevis 2009
Well at least the torrential rain on Saturday meant that Glen Coe looked spectacular on the drive up, with waterfalls off every bit of hill you could actually see through the cloud. But I wasn’t looking forward to getting out of the warm…
Lomonds of Fife Hill Race
SUNDAY 16 AUGUST 2009 - 18km 1130metres Well, I'm sure plenty of people around me were racing, but I was plodding along on legs that had turned to mush, lead mush to be specific. At least the weather was fine and the views over Fife lovely,…
Glenshee 9 – 2009
Last year, the Devil of the Highlands clashed (well one was on the Saturday and the other on the Sunday) so I missed the first running of the Glenshee 9. This year I was really keen not to miss out on the fun!
For number of reasons, I have…
Weem Hill Race,2009 4.5mls. 800ft.
Apparently, in 1868 Queen Victoria was climbing Mount Pilatus in cental Switzerland believed to be frequented by flame-breathing dragons. A lake near the summit was thought to contain the body of Pontius Pilate,and every Good Friday its tormented…
Creag Dhubh Hill Race
By happy and inexplicable coincidence a huge squad of Westies (I counted at least 13), plus families and other hingers-on, just happened to be in the vicinity of Newtonmore on Saturday afternoon. This being the case, and having survived the…