The Zoy Run
2nd November 1996 'The Zoy Run is very challenging and is not intended for all runners ... the terrain, length of course and weather conditions may be too difficult for some.''Ha', I thought, when I first read this two years ago, 'just the usual…
manor water hr
from a new start,5 W stood on the line, up a couple of fields,50 m road,then through a neep field an up to oldcourse ,steady climbs to first summit,where young ladyi had being encouraging turn an started back down(junior)tried to keep ahead…
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…
Glasgow to Edinburgh Relay
They said it wouldn't be exciting, competitive, or fun to watch - how can there be competition "in house"? - but at the end of the day, those sizzling Williams sisters kept us on the edge of our seats. Bla de blah. Yawn.Oh, that other sporting…
Rock of ages…
One thing I've learned over the years about the Black Rock 5: never trust the weather forecast! The weather was fine, and the threatened rainstorms didn't materialise. The second one I learnt as I looked across the Kinghorn sands from the train…
Eildon 2 Hill Race
Saturday summer sunshine saw Semple speed supremely,stridently,showing studs,streaking superlatively into an early leading Westie and held that position to the end.You don't believe it? Well, it is tempting to go on for several paragraphs,being…
Hotterdam Marathon
Another long race, another heatwave, another horrible day out.What is it with me and long races? I am in Rotterdam recovering from yesterdays run. I think I had trained well for this, determined to get some winter miles in. However the weather…
Wuthering Westies
Just a wee report on a big race : A few Westies were foolish enough to return yet again to Haworth in Yorkshire for the 31 mile Wuthering Hike / Haworth Hobble on Sat 16th March. It seems a long way to go ( 4hrs drive ) but it is a cracker of…
WED NIGHT REPORT
A bumper turnout and a bumper night. Though underfoot Cort Ma Law was a bit messy the views were great and only the last wee bit was run in the dark by a few of the back markers. Even the presence of a S.H.I.T.( Mr.Crowe) did not spoil the…
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.…