Troon 10K Wednesday 4th May 2011

Congratulations to all who took part in the 26th Troon 10K this Wednesday 4th May 2011. To view the  results click on the link:   http://www.troontta.org/201110k.xls  To see Tim Downie’s photos of the event click on the link:  http://www.zen31010.zen.co.uk/images/tt2011/Thumbnails.html Thanks to Tim for providing these pictures despite having had to overcome acute  problems with his  camera’s memory card on the […]

Black Mountains Ultra – Karen and Stan

Karen’s Report Where do I start? The Black Mountains 30 mile Ultra seemed like a good idea at the time. First I knew it was a 6hr 30min drive away was the day before when I checked on the route finder? 6hrs 30? I could get to London quicker!! Anyway we decided to try leave […]

AGM

The AGM took place on Thursday 26 August. It was well attended and the President’s summary of the year was well received The winners of the Road Running Championship and the Hill Running Championship will not be known until December.  However, the Cross Country Champions of 2009-10 are Gordon Dobbie and Anne Noble.  The winner […]

Craigengower (Straiton) Hill Race

Well, the weather gods were kind to us yesterday and gave the runners near perfect conditions for this grand wee race. Four Tortoises were there for the run, Anne, Alex, Ian (wearing a dress) and myself. Ian was hoping for a spot “fancy dress” prize but it seems you have to try pretty hard to […]

Karen – The Devil O’ The Highlands

It’s a long story but will keep it as short as possible. This was my first ever Ultra 2007 and had no clue how to run it, well this year I’ve done 2 more and thought I was pretty clued up on what was needed. I set my myself the time of 9hrs, a whole […]