Scottish Island Peaks Race
Scottish Island Peaks RaceToo knackered and out of sorts for a full write-up, but here's a taster...Ran the prologue in Oban unnecessarily fast (who ever would have expected that of Chris and me?!) then jumped on our extremely speedy boat in…
braids
where were you gramorr,one of your favourite races and nowhere in sight.saw Crawford at start but he said he wasrunning for St A uni.very cold and frozen puddles and a lotof very young students who all belted away at start and leftme struggling…
WMRA Masters – Italy
A select contingent of Westies Masters ('old gits') travelled to the land of pizzas and pasta to participate in the WMRA world masters mountain running championships. The event was based at the ski resort Sauze d'Oulx (various dodgy pronunciations…
World Mountain Running Trophy
1995 Condition were good - cool with light wind.Only one week after Ben Nevis! Legs are like concrete. I had to start very easy. The course turns out to be one of the toughest I've ran to date. Seven climbs and five ascents (work that on out…
Devils Staircase
Dear all,Here's the results from the 2 Buchailles races from 3rd August which due to crappy weather was changed to an equally hard run over the Devils Staircase to Kinlochleven and back.Both Stephen and I had ran the CreagDhu race the day before…
Crieff 10K
Memories, Memories, Memories.Only one Westerlands CCC athlete made it to this years event and what an event it was and that was before the race even commenced.Looking at the clock this morning at 9am I decided to do it but wasn't sure what time…
Stuc a’Chroinic
Stuc a Chroin was a killer. Just under 4 hours - as Blair predicted. Nevertheless, I am pleased that I managed the complete the race with 3 vets and super vets still behind me (2-10minutes). I think it was something like 15 miles. I never knew…
Stuc a’Chroin
1989 Oppressively hot day but didn't take it easy and not a drop to drink. Legs wobbled free well before the end. Quality Westies turn out. Isabel cajoled into attending by promise of company from Carnethy social runners. Westies outnumbered…