Kilpatricks C.U.T.E.

In the same week that the US Air Force convinced itself that shooting down an Illinois hobbyist’s balloon was repelling an imminent Chinese invasion, a hundred or so runners were under the shared delusion that by participating in a Competitive…

Feel The Burns

Description: Wonderful course starting and finishing in Selkirk. Two fairly sharp ascents, but otherwise a runnable route along obvious trods with a fantastic long (5 – 6km I think) descent. Lows: John Quinn passing me. Realising my jelly…

Greenmantle Dash

Description: Short, sharp race starting and finishing in the Borders village of Broughton. Manages to pack a wall hurdle, river crossing and 200m of ascent into a little over 3km, which is pretty much as far as I can run following two weeks…

First time trial of 2023

The stars and swans added to the magic of tonight's Time Trial! Pl. Name Chip Time Handicap 1. Kira Samide 24:10 26:22 2. Gillian Irvine 28:05 28:05 3. Amanda Gibson 22:20 29:33 4. Alice Tirbooma 21:30 29:43 5. Ian…

Wednesday night runs

That's the next block of Wednesday night runs' added to the calendar. https://westerlandsccc.co.uk/training-and-club-runs/  

Crackers at Christmas on Kirk Craigs

The Scottish Hill Running Championships 2022 – A mug well earned

April 9th Clachnaben  AM 8.7 miles and 2400 feet of ascent having been a Westie for a few years  but having  never managed more than 3 Scottish Champs races in a season I decided that 2022 was the year to earn a coveted SHR mug,…
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The British Hill Running championships 2022 – A plodders tale

18th June Buckden Pike  AS 3.7 miles and 1594 feet of ascent My original plan had been to travel down and back to the Yorkshire Dales on the day with two fellow Westies but work commitments and covid meant neither of them made it. However…

The Bog and burn diaries of Chris Furse aged 54 years and 19 days- 54 years 4 months and 9 days

Race 1 - Wednesday 20th May Kaim Hill A terrific turnout of 32 Westies made the trip down to the Ayrshire Coast for a trot up Fairlie's favourite hill. At the business end of the race it was a sea of yellow as Harrison Stubbs came out…

Youth Policy pays off at Relays

On Saturday I watched the Westies V60 team reach the podium at the British Fell and Hill Running Relay Championships for the second year running, but as they say it was a bit of a roller coaster. Of course the first hurdle is to have 6 fit team…