6.4K. With a climb of about 1300ft. Alex Drain. 32 out of 46. 00:45:53 About 60 miles south of Troon close to Castle Douglas lies Screel Hill. Not a terribly difficult hill but testing nevertheless. Adding onto the difficulty was a scorching day that was sure to cause problems with post race dehydration. A half […]
The forecast for the Alloa half marathon was bitterly cold with a strong wind and so it turned out. There was significant slush on the M77 over the Fenwick Moor and considerable snow on the Ochil Hills. As usual the race started pretty quickly with a downhill section and I went past the first mile […]
A big Well Done to everyone who ran in last nights 5 miler at Irvine. Brilliant Bobby you really are flying. I unfortunately was in the same boat as Alasdair. I knew from the start it was not going to be a great race when my shin splints were giving me Jip!! even when walking […]
Four fully fledged, and one honarary Tortoise (Caroline) were at the start line for last nights Irvine 5 Miler – well Fergie managed to go to two start lines! Not a huge field and perhaps a few less than last year started at 7:30pm and before the start I suspected this would not be a […]
There were four tortisies in Arran at the weekend – Bruce, Claire and I were joined by Ian who was not running but as he had been camping all weekend, arrived at the start of the race and was given the job of chief cone mover! Perfect conditions for a race – overcast with very […]
OK here’s my report as brief as I can. Well All I can say is I am just glad I made it to the start line. It seemed I was destined not to run this marathon. I had shin splints a few months before hand and that curtailed my training and once I got back […]