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So, who enjoyed the hills? You can put your hands down now, Duncan. For race 6/52 we made our way down to the sun soaked seaside resort of Helensburgh for the DAAA XCountry Relays. A(nother) fantastic turn out for the club with 2 mens and 2 ladies teams set to take on an unknown course. …
For my 3rd race in 8 days I took myself off to Hillend Ski Slope to run the Pentland Skyline. The race is 16 miles and has 6200 feet of climbing over the Pentland Hill. This is an AL race and a full complement of kit is required to be carried. On the drive over …
A very nice out and back 10mile run in picturesque sheep farming country just outside Peebles. This year it was Carnethy’s biggest turn out with 116 entered. There was also a juniors race over a shorter distance. The race starts across a couple of fields then steadily climbs up onto heather moorland where the gradient …
On Saturday the 4th of September we had 13 juniors running in the Junior Great Scottish Run. The weather was a little warm but otherwise perfect. All the children enjoyed the race and produced great times. Everyone at Maryhill Harriers is very proud of them. RESULTS – 1.5k Coll Daniels – 12.28 RESULTS – 3K …
This week past I completed my first marathon, Loch Ness! Signed up for it months ago now so it was great to finally get to it and start running, knowing both that I was trained up and had raised a bit of money for my charity of choice, Oxfam. After a short nights sleep in …
After the MacAndrew relays on Saturday I went down to my home town of Dalbeattie to take part in the Hardrock Challenge on Sunday morning. This is an off road duathalon, consisting of a 10 mile trail run, followed by a 16 mile mountain bike ride. You can either do the whole thing or enter …
This years 71st annual McAndrew relay race saw 2 male teams and 2/3 of a female team from the mighty Maryhill Harriers take part. Each male team has 4 members, and female teams have 3, and the route is a 3.3 mile jaunt around Jordanhill, including some nifty wee hills to get your legs nice …
Last weekend Caroline and I went to Berlin to run the marathon – you might not even know we were running this race as we have hardly talked about it. We flew out on the Saturday leaving our flat at 5:45am to get a taxi the airport. We had decided just to take only what …
Sunday 12th saw a rainy start on the road to Largs, picking up a friend (unattached! you know what I mean, male anyway) on the way. I was really looking forward to running this after a maybe 30 year absence; it moved from its original Sept weekend slot & always seemed to clash with other …
The RAW Challenge, now in its 3rd year,originated as a 2 day fund-raising walk, which seems a very appealing approach, as Catrine the 1/2 way point has a brewery-pub which I have now gone past 3 years “running” (well sort of). This 41 mile event is organised by E. Ayrshire council, or more accurately by …