Tour of Clydeside: Kilbarchan Klassic

Monday evening saw five Westie women and two Westie men don their trainers for the first of the four Tour of Clydeside 2010 races which run throughout this week. This course is arguably the hardest and least appealing of the races, as it involves a simple out and back route along the almost entirely flat cycle path 7 starting from Kilbarchan. The identikit overhead railway bridges are the only landmarks which make it almost impossible to get any sense of distance covered/remaining. However, the path was not busy and was lined with wild flowers and the race organisers must have cleared away the usual remnants of smashed bottles, so I guess it could have been worse. The field was slightly bigger than last year, with the usual mix of club runners and unattached locals out for a jog. For brevity, Captain Chris was in as the first Westie, followed by Neil Adams. The women swept in shortly after with Paula coming in after me and Elizabeth kicking at her heels. Rhona had a great run less than a week after nearly jacking the whole thing in at Mugdock, and Pat rounded us up. After that delightful baptism of Renfrewshire pollen and tarmac, we transfer to Clydebank for tonight’s 7.364K run along the canal bank…