Ben Rinnes
26th July 2008A sweltering hot day at Dufftown Highland Games for Ben Rinnes. Quite a few runners suffered in the heat. Not least Brian Marshall, who managed to throw away an unassailable lead by falling apart on the last couple of hills. This…
PETE AND ELSIE’S CHRISTMAS GET-TOGETHER
Peter and Keith went cycling, Ronnie, Chris and Steffen had a long-ish run, JD, Cat, Drew and Elsie went for a not so long-ish run. We all enjoyed fine food and drink and banter afterwards. All in all another great Westies outing to Peebles.…
DumgoyneDaunder2007
Well I can only be thankful that Charlie wasn't handicapping this, as Capn Chris calls me 'Ridiculously Slow' and this worked in my favour in the race on this lovely summers evening from Blanefield.I think around 15 Westies turned out for this…
Rouken Glen 10k
Four fearless Westies ventured off the hills (we did them at the weekend) to the roads of the Rouken Glen 10k last night. Gillian and I claim to have been coerced into this by Ian and Andy. (They had pre-entered.) "Just treat it as a training…
Padding round the Pad…
First, an apology...I plugged the Neilston Pad Race as a (small) hill run, whereas it turned out to be what the Americans call a "trail race", ie a pleasant 4.5 mile run, mostly along an undulating off-road trail round the Pad.A dozen or so…
morven
morven,a race to far,not really it`s long drive and it helps if you have a reason to up in the n.east but its a great race.thro some fields then up a narrow rough path to first false summit onto a wider track over another 2 ridges and up to…
Kilptricks Hill Race 2006
This racing lark is getting to be a bit of a habit. Just 4 days after getting comprehensively knackered at Yetholm, I found myself with a water-tight pretext for a trip through to the rainy west for a day's work, and thought I'd bag a race to…
Glasgow University Road Race, 2006
No Woman, No Cry Sing Westies Old Stagers On Speed!8 Westies men ventured round the new 2 lap trail for the GU Road Race. In perfect Autumn conditions, Captain Chris bravely led the Westies octet through the vet school, along Temple Road, down…
Luss Hills Sunday run
A late change to the planned route from Brig 0'Turk turned out to be a good one... unless you ventured to Brig O'Turk...then oops!The weather was extremely pleasant and the terrain perfect for running. Christine, Trevor and myself took in 4300…
Stronend Wed Night Run
Approx 14 Westies (and Jason's dog) made the trek over the campsies to Culcreuch Castle near Fintry for this nice blast up and down to Stronend. This was about 12 more than last time I was there with Chris, so was a great improvement.I felt…