Tag Archive for: Hill Race
Cort Ma Law Hill but no Race
I always thought my first report for the club would be something special like describing the nerves/excitement/tension at the start of the race, soaking up the atmosphere from the teammates and other competitors, seeing the hill for the first…
Glas Tulaichean
2 June 2012 This race - one of only two uphill only races in the calendar - has been on my to-do list for a long time, but an annual get-together with old schoolmates on the first weekend of June had always scuppered my chances of running it.…
Gargunnock Hill Race 2012
Or a tale of two lessons.Long weekend, time with the family; well how do I get a day pass to run a hill race... Answer: suggest we go down the road to the Gargunnock show, oh and there just happens to be a hill race.Forgetting the hill race…
Scolty
Brenda is busy ironing so I have been told to do the write-up....I was on for a double PM (personal misery) by watching Scolty as well as Glas Tulaichean the day before. Maisy refused to line up against the U12’s so instead…
Ben Lomond 2012
ResultsWell what a fantastic day out and well organised race! The first thing to say is thanks to all those Westies marshalling at the parking, start and on the hill and making it possible for us to run. I tried to say hello to as many as possible,…
Newtyle Hill Race
11 April 2012ResultsThere must be something about this race that attracts a certain vintage of Westie: last year there was Matt Ogston, Pete Baxter, Brian Brennan and myself, leading Matt to muse that it was 'like 1995 all over again'; this…
Deuchary Hill Race
25 March, 2012ResultsRecord temperatures coincided with a record turnout for the last of Adrian Davis's Highland Boundary Hill Races. Lounging around before the start in the spring sunshine it felt more like June than March and it seemed hard…
Drum Fada Chase
This was a great race. Only two Westies namely Jo and myself. An occasional westie Tom Smith won it! Surprised not to see Brian but remembered what day it was! It was a chase from the start as the pack sped off up hill through forest and rough…
Aonach Mor Uphill Race
ResultsLate starting but this was a blessing for some who were nursing hangovers! At about 11.10 we started the new year by blasting up towards the cable station. The conditions were perfect. Ok it was cold but the ground was firm and no ice…
Creag Dhubh Dhubh
Despite the less than appealing race description (or maybe because of it?!) afforded to this race by Chris' Hillracing website - I decided this wee race could be a fun intro to hill racing for my son, Calum, visiting from Perth, Australia. …