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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…
A rowing boat being prepared for racing

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. https://westerlandsccc.co.uk/training-and-club-runs/  

Christmas Handicap 2022

e 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…

Crackers at Christmas on Kirk Craigs

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,…
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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 rowing boat being prepared for racing
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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…