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 …
08/06/24 – 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 …
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 – …
Road trip time up to Caithness and the Moray coast with the base for the week being the Royal Burgh of Tain. July 23 – Day 1 -Road trip day 1 was about checking out the local area. We adventured over to Portmahomack where we stumbled across a welly boot throwing competition courtesy of The …
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19/05/23 – Scurry to Cramond Island is a race I didn’t think I’d make the start line for at lunchtime. Day started off well and was on the 0930 train from London Euston to Glasgow planning to get in at 1400hrs. By late morning the train had terminated at Preston due to a broken down …
25/05/23 – Tonight it was the fabulous Land O’ Burns 10km race courtesy of Ayr Seaforth Athletics Club and thanks to @youngheartsrunfreepodcast for the place. I loved it!!!! I grew up in Ayr so I ran the whole race reminiscing. Starting at Seafield the race started off along the prom towards Doonfoot, the sun was …
10/11/22 – It’s been a while since I did a lot of my city centre routes so now mapping out my old favourite lunch runs. Today was a 7.7km loop from the city centre round the city sights to the west and back. Starting in the city centre the aim is to reach the River …
03/12/22 10km this morning with some of the crew up Meikle Binn from Crow Rd. This is always an up and down. Parking isn’t an official carpark but there is enough room at the forestry track entrance near the ‘Welcome to Stirling’ sign. We stuck to the forestry track for about 3km before veering right. …
Merry Christmas everyone! Marcothon day 25 done with the epic crew for an epic 10km to the one and only Jesus Thimble (wee stop for some chocolate coins), bog tastic run across to Lucifers Loch and then downhill back. Only one shoe lost (and found), one person wearing the water hurdle and lots of Christmas …
19/01/23 – Nic’s Noon Runners lunch run group. Today it was a lovely run along the River Clyde passing some street art. Across the road at the High Court and into Glasgow Green. At the People Palace I headed in through the east end popping out at the Tennants Brewery. Wee uphill and into the …