03/06/23 – Very impromptu race today. This weekend was supposed to just be the Milngavie trail race tomorrow but I had lots of the crew up at the Blair Castle trail weekend by Outsider Events. By chance, earlier this week, my eldest was invited to play in a hockey tournament in Perth today. That meant …
11/06/23 – Today it was Lochore sprint triathlon. 750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run. I had to face my fear…open water swimming. This was my first open water triathlon (all others have been in the pool) and with Celtman solo only a few weeks away this was the test run at it. Mary has been …
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 …
13/05/23 – Cateran Way trail ultra. A stunning 55 mile loop of the Cateran trail starting at the Spittal of Glenshee. Staying in Gullabin bunkhouse meant I could just roll out of bed for the 0700 race start. The forecast said sun but luckily it was still misty. Did make for an interesting first few …
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 …
26/03/23 – Thank you TriWorks for a fab Duathlon today at East Fortune race track. It was my first Duathlon of the year, first draft legal, first on a race track and first technically being a student (yes, with my crazy busy life I’ve added in doing a degree in business management Heriot-Watt. ) This …
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 …
18/02/23 – What a fun morning. Westerlands Cross Country Club arranged a C.U.T.E (competitive Unofficial Training Event) all across the Kilpatricks. This caused me must confusion when tryin to categorise this for the page….was it a race or trail…I decided to put it under trail. Lynz and I took on leg 2 for our team. …
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 …