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 …
30/06/24 – Race write up for the Deeside Runners Lairig Ghru race. A fantastic 42 km race from Braemar to Aviemore through the Lairig Ghru. For me the logistics started the day before when I headed up to Aviemore following my eldest’s swim comp. The Epic Crew had gone up earlier to I met them …
04/05/24 – I really questioned my race life choices today. New race for me tackling the Stuc A Chroin hill race. Over 21km and 1700m elevation. Race started in Strathyre and headed up through forestry tracks and rough ground to Meall Mor overlooking Glen Ample. Descending into the Glen then straight back up with a …
11/05/24 – Another week another hill race. This was so much easier (although still hard) compared to last week. Today it was Ben Lomond hill race and West District Hill Champs. 13km and 967m elevation. It was a hot hot day and not used to this temperature yet. I knew the heat would be the …
08/06/24 – Race report for the NOT 2 Mamores hill race. I should have re writing that this is a stunning hill race across two Munro summits in the Western Mamores; Glen Nevis; Stob Ban and Mullach Nan Coirean. The course was clockwise from Lower Falls, ascending through Coire a’ Mhusgain to Stob Ban, before …
14/10/23 – Autumn is the best time of year. Can’t beat a chilly but sunny morning with crunchy leaves on the ground. Parking at Chatelherault park, Tilly and I covered 12km checking out all the trails around Chatelherault and even bumped into an old colleague. Great start to the weekend! The trails are all well …
03/02/24 – Race write up… today it was the Devil’s Burdens relay race organised by Fife Athletics Club. It consists of 4 legs in the Lomond hills centring around the base in Falkland Estate. I’ve never done this before but heard so many fab things about the event. Westerlands CC had 12 teams in and …
I’ve done this route twice in the last few weeks and both were totally different days…. 17/12/23 – Let’s go for a run up the Campsies on Sunday morning was the suggestion from one of the crew. Maybe let’s not when it’s raining and wind is so strong small little me struggles to stay upright. …
Bog and Burn is a race series run by Scottish Hill Runners and involved lots of the hill running clubs putting on the races. You need to complete 6 to complete the series but there are loads to choose from. I tried to do some different ones this year. 19/04/23 – Kaim hill race – …
26/10/23 – It was a Halloween spooktacular on tour guided 11km run tonight. Starting at Blairskaith Linn we took the trails up to Lennox forest before descending the slippery mountain bike tracks to Celtic training ground. Next over to Lennox Castle which was very creepy at night. Then along to Lovers Leap for what looked …