Donkey Brae
Blair, I shouldn't be too hard on myself but I was disappointed with my Donkey business. I had nobiody to judge my pace against (except a wee Edinburgh guy they call The Mouse) so I went off too fast on a beautiful (but pretty warm) day. From…
Goatfell Hill Race
17th May 19977am on a dreich Saturday morning! Whose idea was it to bring the start time of the Goatfell Race forward? Automatic pilot got me out of the house and down to meet Chris at Central Station for the 8.30 train to Ardrossan. Not much…
Milland Valley Trail Race, 3.8.08 14 miles
Archivists and/or aficionados of these pages may recall an attempt at this race in deepest rural West Sussex/Hampshire border 3 years ago. An attempt is about right and this was worse. What's going on you may cry? Noted for it's bright yellow…
Kilpatricks Hill Race 2007
A marshals partial view.Well here's your starter for ten, hoping others will add more detailed comments.On a lovely sunny day I picked up Rani after work and jogged up to the dam from the usual car parking spot above Duntocher. Passed several…
Tinto
9th NovemberThere was a fantastic record turnout of 171 finishers, including 15 Westies! And how many Westies roadies were at the Uni Road race?! Here starts the campaign to re-name us Westerlands Hill Runners, or at the very least Westerlands…
WED NIGHT RUN REPORT
The imposing facade of Overton House just outside Dumbarton was the starting point for a wee waltz up the crags and on to Doughnut Hill. It was a cracking night, if a bit dark on the way back down, not helped by Captain Charlie's detour into…
PHOTO REVIEW OF THE YEAR
Just thought I would put together a wee photo review of the year with my selection of highlights from the past year. feel free to add your own. Have a good Hogmanay and a great 2006.
Bar Hill Run
There was a great turnout of almost 20 Westies for this sojourn out to the wilds of Twechar and Croy. We ran over a mixture of canal towpaths, wooded trails, the Antonine Wall, Roman ruins and best of all no midges! Afterwards a few of us had…
cochno moonlight run
all you fair-weather and nocturnally-challenged westies missed out on a cracker of a run on wed. And I say that as a paid up member of the Scaredofthedark Club. The rain stopped just before we started running, the moon was fantastic and the…
Ochils 2000 Race Recce
A cracking 13 mile and 4000 feet run from Tillicoultry to Stirling University, via The Law, Ben Cleuch, Ben Buck, Ben Ever, Blairdenon and finally Dumyat. 3hrs 15mins in total. Windy and cool on top, lots of freezing bog and tussocks, and the…