Tag Archive for: cross country

West District Cross Country Championship 08 12 12

Results Conditions today were very similar to a fortnight ago at Maryhill Park. Lots of mud, wee bit of ice/frozen ground, few less hills, and fairly decent weather. It actually felt quite mild before the start of the race in comparison to the…

Bella 4K CC Champs

Men's results | Women's results 3 guys, Gregor, James and myself and 1 lady, Gaynor turned up at Bellahouston Park today with perfect conditions for the 4K races. The course had reverted to the old route around the perimeter adjacent to Mosspark…

Mudbath at Lauder

I was late finding out about the Borders XC series last year and so missed this one. I was looking forward to giving it a go as I’d enjoyed the 2 races that I did manage to do in the 11/12 series. It was gloriously sunny with no wind.…

DAAA Cross Country Relays

Photos Another fine and fun afternoon at the cross country relays in Posties Park on Saturday. It was perfect weather - quite warm actually and the conditions were surprisingly 'unmuddy' given how much rain there had been before the race. We…

Eridge10, 9.9.12

Now i object to that comment. Oh, if you did'nt say "E's only there for the beer", that's alright then.Yes,more on the Larkins later,if you can stand it? So another year,another Eridge,another quite,quite, astounding day in the environs of…

Glasgow parkrun #103

1st January 2011Results5 Westies welcomed the New Year with a muddy off-road parkrun, again using the field next to the Burrell for what was effectively a cross-country course. Chris did his usual 'hare' bit from the start, and finished second…

National Cross Country Championships

20th February 2010 Results | Photos (women's race) | Photos (men's race) Glorious sunshine and great running conditions greeted the participants at Falkirk's Callendar Park, for what turned out to be another enjoyable mudfest. The women's race…

Killearn Hoolie 10k

All good intentions and that kind of thing, but maybe the definition of an early start was misinterpreted. After the umpteenth pint at a friends 40th birthday party in the Killearn Black Bull on the Saturday night I eventually made it home in…

Braids Hill,2010

To The Duty Manager, Scot-Rail"As i write with quill pen,not from the laptop, in the carriage of one of your trains, i respectfully and ever so humbly ask you if the train will ever reach Waverley. It has now been 23hrs. 43mins. since we…

West District Cross Country Relays

10th October 2009Christine, Deborah and Ellie had a great autumnal afternoon out, taking turns jogging around some muddy school fields in Stepps.Ellie did well for the first 200 metres, keeping hot on the heels of the whipper-snapper crop topped,…