Ben Dubh Hill Race 2024

It was a perfect evening; clear, sunny, cool, a nice breeze to keep the midges off, the Trossachs hills bathed in golden dusk and the new path up Conic Hill shining in the distance. I'd forgotten that the race starts on an already quite steep…

Summer League

The Summer League is made up of the 6 SHR Championship races, plus 3 chosen by each of last year’s winners. So the dates for your diary are: The Cobbler (C) - 13th April Beinn Dubh - (B,W) 24th April Whangie Whizz (B,W) - 1st…
The mist clears and the blue sky opens up over rolling hills, far into the distance. This is taken somewhere after Glensax and before the end, but I have entirely forgotten where.
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Westies Profile- Ella F

Meet Ella Foreman (She/her), current Women's Team captain, ex-roadie, mountain biker, hill runner and olive lover.
The mist clears and the blue sky opens up over rolling hills, far into the distance. This is taken somewhere after Glensax and before the end, but I have entirely forgotten where.

First time trial of 2024

Results for Feburary 2024 Time Trial Pl. Name Chip Time Handicap 1. Hadyn Murray 17:42 22:42 2. Clodagh Mangan 21:08 23:08 3. Ronnie MacEachen 23:25 23:26 4. Donald Waters 17:24 23:50 5. Drew Carr 16:43 24:30 6. Hamilton…

Strathpuffer 2024

This one had been on the to-do list for a while.   The format is simple, you start riding your bike around the woods outside Strathpeffer at 10am Saturday and keep on going until 10am Sunday, trying for as many laps in the process. Various…
Wiebke at the end of the Jedburgh Three Peaks Ultra in November 2023. She is holding up her medal and smilling.
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Westies Profile-Wiebke

Meet Wiebke, hill runner, trail runner, ultra runner and Westie of the Year 2023, among other great things.

Westie on Wheels

“Running was my first love and it will be my last” but………..cycling has been a blast this year. I loved the huge range of events and whole joyous atmosphere of the UCI World Cycling Championships in August. On the days of the road races,…
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Westies Profile- Gaby

How and when did you get into hill running? I got into hill running in 2020. I was training for my Mountain Leader qualification between lockdowns and realised I could double up a navigation practice in the Campsies with a run (navigating…

Two Races: Dale Head & Tinto

WHERE? Dale Head – The picturesque Lakeland finery of the Borrowdale Valley. Tinto – That ambiguous stretch of Scotland that isn’t quite the Borders and isn’t quite Lanarkshire. WHAT? Dale Head – A dash across a field,…
The mist clears and the blue sky opens up over rolling hills, far into the distance. This is taken somewhere after Glensax and before the end, but I have entirely forgotten where.

Two Breweries Hill Race

Saturday 23 September 2023 I‘ve run for years but I’ve never thought it’s really possible, or that interesting, for me to put into words the experience of running a big race. Hence having never previously written a race report. All…