Devils Burdens – Girls Eye View
First of all a massive thank you to all the Ladies who ran on Saturday. It was fantastic to get three ladies teams, without resorting to men in dresses to boost our numbers (although some Westies men don't seem to object to doing this!). All…
Sunday Run
Westies sunny sunday run scheduled for 10am on the 7th in the Ochils. Several hours running followed by tea and buns ;-) For more details contact JD or Nige.
Cutler Fell
Great weather, great race.
Stuc A’Chroin
As has been said elsewhere a very well organised race and thanks to all the volunteers who carried loads of bottles of Highland Spring (the race was sponsored by them) plus Jelly Babies up the hill. Dehydration would certainly have been a problem…
Urban Orienteering – 13 Dec
And now (as they say) for something completely different...The plan was for a moderately new format of a score orienteering event around the streets of Milngavie, but the heavy rain conspired to add a new dimension... The event became a score…
GR20 en 5 Jours
12th to 16th SeptemberSpent last week jogging along the GR20 hiking trail across Corsica in 5 days. The route is around 180km with 12,000m ascent, and the event was organised by Cap Orn - fairly low-key with just 12 runners.My plan was to complete…
Lairig Mor Trail Race
17th March 20075 Westies braved the awful forecast for this 14 mile jog along the West Highland Way from Mamore Lodge to Fort William. The Westie team consisted of me, Steffen, Ellen, Cat and Christine.My gameplan this time was not to hammer…
Tour of Pendle
17 miles, 4800ftBarley, LancashireOnly 3 "Scottish" runners ventured south of the border for this end-of-season race too far. The Sassenachs in question were me, Ellie and John Telfer of Keswick/Haddington.John had a pretty reasonable run to…
FRA’s – Saturday, October the 18th
Hi Folks,Names to me please ASAP if you fancy a run at the FRA's which are being held at Church Stretton this year, that's about 20 / 30 miles west of Birmingham, for the geographically challenged among us. Despite this relative proximity to…
Lomonds of Fife
8 Westies made the trip through to Strathmiglo for the Lomonds of Fife race last Sunday. The weather was classic Scottish summer: overcast with a couple of showers and a brief burst of sun, warm and a decent breeze on the tops. After 3 straight…