05/04/25 – A day of two races. Neither really planned. Back in Aberdeen for the Scottish National Age Group swimming champs with the eldest. I reached out to Stuart at Trek Climb Fitness (we met at Lairig Ghru race and always said next time I was in Aberdeen I’d say hi) to see if he …
20/04/25 – What a run today! I’m over in Millport so suggested the EpicCrew come and do a run from Largs. I spend a lot of time in Millport but never get a chance to try out the hills across the water in Largs so this was a chance. I’d borrowed a route from Jo …
12/04/25 – First Scottish Hill Runners championship race of the year. Today it was Screel. It is a short course race of 5.6km up Screel hill with 370m elevation (or so watch said). Given I’ve been training for Cape Wrath ultra with long slow runs and after a 40km yesterday my legs weren’t feeling the …
08/03/25 – Race write up for the John Muir Way ultra. I hadn’t planned to run this, a week ago I didn’t even have a place but when I realised it was on the 8th of March and not the 9th, I knew I could do it and stuck an entry in. I’d run it …
16/02/25 – Race write up for the Glentress trail marathon by High Terrain Events. The race that didn’t quite go to plan. I hadn’t trained for this and aim was to use it as a training run for Cape Wrath. As such, I brought the family with me for a break too. The race was …
13/10/24 – I would never recommend today. I’d recommend the Carnethy Pentlands skyline race but maybe not the prep to get to the start line…. Alarm set for 0245 to get my eldest to the airport for 0330 for her flight to swim camp. Decisions to be made to drive back home for a couple …
14/09/24 – The trials and tribulations of Dunoon ultra. With 12 of the EpicTrails crew racing (mix of relay and solo runners) it made for a fantastic trip. The race was supposed to be 48km but not for me…. Being loaded with the cold I didn’t know how it would go, and it definitely wasn’t …
27/07/24 – It’s taken 3 years and 3 ballot attempts to get in but I made it into the Lakeland 50 mile. I hadn’t trained the way I would have liked to so felt under prepared. I knew there was a lot of elevation in the race and that poles were advisable. Poles hurt my …
14/06/24 – Made it to Coimbra for the European Duathlon Championships. Day started off with a 4am alarm before heading through to Glasgow Airport with fellow competitor Robert. Quick check in, breakfast and straight onto the plane for 0630 take off. Well that didn’t happen, as we took our seats there was an announcement that …
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06/07/24 – Number being drawn on left leg means one thing…it’s triathlon time. Today it was the Monikie triathlon. I was taking part in the relay which consisted of each member of the team doing a mini triathlon before the next person could go. 300m swim/5km bike/1.5km run. We called ourselves GTC + ringer with …