Evans Pass Run Over 28/11/07
An 8k evening trail race rising to about 250-300m I think. It started beside the beach at Sumner (a suburb of Christchurch, NZ) and stayed mostly on road then trails heading up onto the side of the Port Hills (part of an ancient crater rim on…
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…
West Highland Way
Dave R. stumbled/cursed/whinged his way to a very respectable 26 hours with myself, Mary and Keith force feeding and nagging him all the way.Captain Chuck did indeed at Balmaha for reasons as yet unknown.Kate ,who entered the night before !!!!!!,…
Hugh Wilson Memorial 10k 2
Here is my account of an eventful day at East Kilbride.Got the East Kilbride Train at 12.42pm running each hour apparently and arrived at East Kilbride at 1.17pm. Just enough time to sprint along the road and to the registration for 1.40pm and…
Ben Nevis
6th September 1997The PoliticsThe race committee got it right and let the Ben Race go ahead in spite of the public hysteria about Diana's funeral. Sad it was; end of the civilized world it was not. More importantly the race was a fitting memorial…
Trig’s Trek
Saturday 1 NovemberNearly 80 friends and family of Simon Triger went up Ben Nevis in memory of Simon. It was a lovely site, as we all snaked up the north side of the Ben, in one of Scotland's glorious wintry days. In fresh snow we gathered…
Manor Water 2006
A record field of 90+ for the Manor Water race last Saturday. The weather was bright, with plenty of sunshine making it feel almost like summer. After a slightly longer journey time than anticipated my race prep was pretty rushed, not helped…
Carnethy website: SAL
The following message has also been posted on the Carnethy BB:From Anne's headlines on the front page of this (Carnethy) website, regarding SAL's proposal to drop hillrunning, it seems that the only outcome for hillrunning is disaster. This,…
Aonach Mor
I hope you all had a good New Year. Some of us celebrated with holding high our yellow colours at this year's Anoach Mor hill event. Notably veteran New Years runner Manny, Ana and myself. John D, staying near by, had a great opportunity to…
Glasgow Marathon
1984 I Archie Cameron passed D Calder very easily in Govan. He was complaining about the wind. Too much all bran and prunes. I passed the Pink Panther and Jimmy Saville despite the fact that I don't smoke cigars.It took me ten secinds to pass…