09/09/23 – New race for me today at Kyles 10 Miles. It is what is says it is 10miles. Road race starting outside the Royal An Lochan Hotel in Tighnabruaich. I headed over with Fiona and Morag from the Epic Crew, the whole way debating the weather…please sun don’t come out. Think none of us …
24/06/23 – Celtman Solo 0.5 extreme triathlon. Basically a half ironman but harder. Registration was the day before in the hall at Torridon. I looked at everyone registering and felt like such an imposter. I kept thinking that there was no way I’m good enough to do this. I felt comfortable with run and bike …
Saturday – Flew down last night so there wasn’t a frantic rush today. Staying with old uni pals so its nice to catch up as we don’t get to very often. Whilst they were busy I used the opportunity to head over to the Marathon Expo to register. I’m number 33038. Was great to check …
23/03/25 – Ever wondered what age I am? It was written on my calf today for the Triathlon Works East Fortune sprint Duathlon (5km run, 20km aka 9 laps bike, 2.5km run). This was also both the British Triathlon champs and Triathlon Scotland champs plus European champs qualifier. So a big important race! This is …
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02/04/23 – Van road trip to Northumberland for my first ever standard Duathlon. Decided to go longer this year and also try qualify for GB Age group in this event. Drove down yesterday in the dreich weather to Northumberland. First stop was Bamburgh Castle. Luckily the rain stopped but it was still blowing a bit …
04/02/2023 – Wee race report for the inaugural Ardgartan trail race today. The chat all week has been how far the race would be, no-one really knew but it was going to be 21-23miles. Given I didn’t know the area or route this really was going to be one of those races that plays out …
15/01/2023 – Race write up today for the Selkirk Fund Runners 20km ish Feel The Burns race. After the torrential wind and rain yesterday I was so glad to wake up to a cold clear morning. Registration was at Selkirk RFC and then it was a warm up walk up the hill to a field …
23/10/22 – Race report for The Dunky. This was a quality 7.5km race round Mugdock Country Park organised by Acorn Trails. It is great for all abilities as isn’t a technical trail race but still brings mud, two castles, one Loch, gunning placements and views over the city. Not to mention Tunnock’s caramel wafers and …
13/11/2022 – Bellahouston Road Runners – Jimmy Irvine 10km What a stunning day for a race, definitely not the normal November weather. With Emily swimming at Tollcross I was splitting my time between swimming and running. I watched her first race then jumped in the van over to Bellahouston. Registration was at the local school …
01/10/2022 – Race report for the Tweed Valley 20km trail race. Last time I did this race was back in 2019 when there was a tunnel involved but all change this year. It was an EpicTrails Crew outing with lots of us heading down to Peebles to take on the event. The Tweed Valley race …