OCTOBER CURRY NIGHT AND RUN REPORT
The last hill run of the year turned out to be a bumper run of @17 Westies with Irvine visitor Scott, newcomer Martin and a whole host of new and old Westies blundering round the Kilpatricks and Cochno Hill (and The Slacks for a few of the…
JAN CURRY NIGHT
There was a healthy turnout of 11 Westies for the first curry of 2006 at the Spice of Life, including curry virgin Matilda. It was pretty good I thought.
wed night blanefield run
There was a great turnout of Westies on a wet night at Blanefield for the supposed moonlight run. There was no moon and there was almost as much swimmimg as running as we found the west highland way a bit drookit. It was a mild night though…
Wuthering Hike Trail Race
Along with Trevor and Dave I returned to one of my favourite long races - the Wuthering Hike (or Haworth Hobble). 31 miles and 5000 feet of trail running from Haworth over the Bronte Way, Penine Way and up and down into the old Yorkshire mill…
Westies Loch Lomondside Run
A dander up the West Highland Way from Balmaha to just beyond Rowardennan and back again. Jason and I managed 3h 40m, about 20 miles; Chris and Ellie about 4hrs and 26 miles and Johnstone about 3hrs. Followed by tea and toast at Jason's.Pho…
Cambuslang Down by the River 10k
Ditched the wig and inflatable pink guitar for this one.The course is flat, but not exactly scenic, being an out-and-back on the Clyde walkway. Maybe the old Hoover factory counts as an industrial relic.I think I was the only Westerlands runner,…
AIHR (Achiltbui Internation Hill Race)
Yes ,even this slightly less than slim athlete can hit a bit of form when the chips are down ! The boy managed a stunning 3rd place at the AIHR (Achiltbui Internation Hill Race) against some top opposition - 2 roadsters from Inversnecky , a…
Glengoyne Gallop
1995 Perfect weather. Only found out this was the last Dumgoyne race (due to erosion on the hill) at the start line. This definetly inspired me onto a better time than I maight have otherwise produced.Proceede with my now familiar start to stretch…
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…
Tinto Hill Race
Westies sent down a fleet of top athletes On Saturday in an attempt to steal the team prize from Shettleston and Carnethy. However unknown to us these teams also sent down their best runners too.The gun went and Nigel quickly established himself…