Thanks! Well done to Glen and Anita! Great results! Hope you are celebrating in style. Also congratulations to Kerry for a time of 2:43 – I’m sure that’s far better than he hoped after missing several weeks of training. Yes, wonderful day. London crowd are definitely the best! I had my name displayed above my […]
…or Four Mars a day help you work, rest & run the West Highland Way. 😉 Oh, where to start? The night before is probably as good a place as any. Perhaps I should have been more nervous but as I was determined (at that stage) that it was “just a training run”, it seemed […]
Wow! This is what it’s all about. Beautiful weather, beautiful village, beautiful scenery. The start takes place in the village of New Abbey a few miles south of Dumfries on the outskirts of Mabie Forest. A straight forward race of 11km, up and down. Conditions were near perfect with a light breeze and perfect visibility. […]
Could things get any worse? Hmmm, well I suppose they could. How they could, I don’t know but I suppose they could. I hate the drive from home to the motorway but once you’re there, it’s a lovely day out. Arriving at the venue which incidentally is in the middle of nowhere at the end […]
This race is aptly portrayed in the Scottish Hill Racing web site as follows: “Starts with a mad sprint from the Broughton Brewery to hurdle a stonewall, across playing fields, hurdle fence, wade river, negotiate marsh, cross road. Breathe. Then up through turnip fields before hitting the base of the steepest hill. Struggle up this […]
Now that was tough! I’ve run Girvan many times but that one takes the biscuit. I think that RAW and Straiton caught up with me at around mile 10 and told me what a naughty boy I’d been. Legs in treacle would have been nice but solidifying concrete was a bit much. And it all […]
Even the name sounds ominous – THE MERRICK! In the Merrick range of hills are other tags that make you wonder just what went on here. Scab Craigs; Black Gully; Murder Hole and the Fang of the Merrick to name but a few. The race itself isn’t a simple case of up and down. It […]
Tinto Think – torrential rain….. gale force winds….. appallingly poor visibility. … no, that was on the way home!! Considering we’re near to the middle of November, the conditions were pretty good, albeit a tad blustery at times. Charlie and I were the only Tortoises who made the trip and we positioned ourselves towards the […]
