Feel The Burns
Description: Wonderful course starting and finishing in Selkirk. Two fairly sharp ascents, but otherwise a runnable route along obvious trods with a fantastic long (5 – 6km I think) descent.
Lows: John Quinn passing me. Realising my jelly…
Greenmantle Dash
Description: Short, sharp race starting and finishing in the Borders village of Broughton. Manages to pack a wall hurdle, river crossing and 200m of ascent into a little over 3km, which is pretty much as far as I can run following two weeks…
First time trial of 2023
The stars and swans added to the magic of tonight's Time Trial!
Pl.
Name
Chip Time
Handicap
1.
Kira Samide
24:10
26:22
2.
Gillian Irvine
28:05
28:05
3.
Amanda Gibson
22:20
29:33
4.
Alice Tirbooma
21:30
29:43
5.
Ian…
Wednesday night runs
That's the next block of Wednesday night runs' added to the calendar.
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Christmas Handicap 2022
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Andrew's report
Well done to all the Westies who braved the weather and turned out in their finery for the Xmas Handicap.
Don Reid took the race win with Alwyn putting in the quickest time.
Apologies for the delay getting the results…
Nepal Himalayas – Everest Base Camp ( 5,364m) + Island Peak/Imja Tse (6,189m)
14th October 2022
People often ask me “How was Nepal, did you have a good trip?” I really stumble with words to articulate my thoughts and feelings around it. So lets give this a go. Grab a cuppa cos this is a long yin.
I jetted off…
The Scottish Hill Running Championships 2022 – A mug well earned
April 9th Clachnaben
AM 8.7 miles and 2400 feet of ascent
having been a Westie for a few years but having never managed more than 3 Scottish Champs races in a season I decided that 2022 was the year to earn a coveted SHR mug,…
The British Hill Running championships 2022 – A plodders tale
18th June Buckden Pike
AS 3.7 miles and 1594 feet of ascent
My original plan had been to travel down and back to the Yorkshire Dales on the day with two fellow Westies but work commitments and covid meant neither of them made it. However…
A Westie on Water?
I remember as a child being scolded by a Sunday School teacher for consuming a boiled sweet in church. While I was unsure at the time what blasphemy I had committed, I had not realised that this might have left me with a taste for the sacrilegious.
That…