Mudroc hill shoes
I've heard mention of these apparently wonderful new hill shoes from a company called INOV-8, (John was extolling their virtues on the SHR site) so, for the sake of those who are not members of SAL I thought I'd mention that there was a wee…
Cairngorm Mountain Run
It's hoped that this will be run as a regular race in future rather than just as an occasional World Mountain Race selection trial, and a nice looking website with sunny pictures certainly enticed me and many others to turn up. The Trial brought…
Kirkintilloch 10k
OK, not a hill run, and as far as I could make out I was the only hill runner there, but perhaps still worth mentioning due to the blustery, munro type conditions. From Kirkie, along the canal to cawder, up the road to Torrance roundabout and…
Strathaven 10k
23rd November 2008Graham Kelly and I were the only 2 Westies (apart from Drew and Gary Tompsett spectating) at the "Run with the Wind" 10k, an A to B road race from Whitelee wind farm back down to Strathaven.Six plush double-decker buses ferried…
Portobello Promathon
1st January 2008Ellie and I saw in the New Year with a delightful 4-mile run along the Portobello Promenade in drizzly rain.I set off just behind the leading block of 6 runners, and held 7th place for about the first mile, before being ground…
Latrigg Fell Race
Damp and rainy evening in the Lakes. Latrigg is one of those races with an unbeatable Kenny Stuart record, 16:37 in 1984, the same year he set the unbeatable Ben Nevis record of 1:25:34. I pottered round in 21:27 to finish in 13th place, 3rd…
NEPAL
Hello all.Bagged 9 hills in Nepal, from 5300m+ to 6189m, over the past 4 weeks. Highest was Island Peak. Bit pished in Kathmandu at the moment. Reckon I set a new record on Gokyo Ri (5357m) with 52 minutes 29 seconds up and down. Nearly passed…
The Devils Burdens Relay, Sat. 29th Jan, 10.00am Start, Falkland Village Hall, Fife
For those Luddite Westies who are not on the e-mailing list, and want to run at the above, contact Charlie ASAP!!
Caerketton
The future of the Westies Wummen is bright and in good hands...At Caerketton, Victoria Reid seems to have had a fine run up and down the steep windy course and Helen Rogers put up a fine battle and a speedy sprint finish to win the juniors race.…
Ochil Traverse
Saturday 1st February 200313.25 miles, 4925ft (with the ladies finishing the run on a slightly shorter route with slightly less climbing: 11.5 miles, 4330ft) Stirling Uni, Dumyat, Menstrie, Myreton Hill, Colsnauer Hill, Bengengy Hill, Craighorn,…