Haweswater Half Marathon

A race too far.After pulling out all the stops at the Masters Cross Country on Saturday, I had nothing left in the tank for Sunday.A tough race in vile conditions. Strong headwind and almost continuously uphill on the way out. Torrential rain…

CHRISTMAS DINNER REPORT

A grand total of 39 assorted Westies, friends and family (seemingly) enjoyed a great night at Antoniou's on Saturday night. Gibson Fleming was presented with his "Westie of the Year" award for his outstanding age group performances on the…

Stronend wed run

Well if you weren't racing then you should have been here in Fintry for a lovely run this evening. The weather had cooled a bit since Monday's speed sess to lovely running weather, though not cool enoug to kill of the midges in the car park.…

Eildon 2 Hill Race

Saturday summer sunshine saw Semple speed supremely,stridently,showing studs,streaking superlatively into an early leading Westie and held that position to the end.You don't believe it? Well, it is tempting to go on for several paragraphs,being…

Madrid Marathon

I was curious as to how I will cope running in the heat. The possibilities of testing this in the west of Scotland are limited ...very limited. So when my pal Cherie suggested a few folks were heading over to Madrid for the marathon it made…

Black Rock, blue skies

Once again the Fife skies held their fire/rain as over 700 lined up for this Boggie-inspired fun run. Predictably enough, the race was won by that slim Bog-Trotter / sand-skater Don Naylor in 23.12. Some 12 minutes in his wake (I use the word…

merrick hr

went to M on sat.was misty when i left but by ayr had clearedthinkabout 27 very warm but boggy bits were boggy.stared strongly and managed to hang onto last pos all the way upwere some great views. to the north the gallaway forrest and south…

West District Relays, 15th October 2006

Jane Leaps into League Lead as Westies Men are in Sixes and Sevens!There was a good turnout of Westies for the West District Relays at Irvine Beach Park. In the women's race, a late call-off by Gillian meant that there wasn't a full women's…

Kilpatricks Sunday Run

With such beautiful conditions this run was never going to be anything but memorable. Starting from Overton, four Westies (Alan, Christine, Robert and myself) followed a circular route which took in Doughnot Hill, Duncolm, The Slacks and Lang…

Wuthering Hike Trail Race

Along with Trevor and Dave I returned to one of my favourite long races - the Wuthering Hike (or Haworth Hobble). 31 miles and 5000 feet of trail running from Haworth over the Bronte Way, Penine Way and up and down into the old Yorkshire mill…