The week running up to the Highlander was one of the worst weeks of my stomachs life. The two of us had been feeling great with a few races under the belt and a period of settled weather. Then, THEEEENN at 2 am on Saturday night the weekend before the race I woke up sweating... Continue Reading →
Slioch towers above the south east end of Loch Maree in Wester Ross, just north of the village of Kinlochewe. The Slioch Horseshoe hill race is one of the 10 Scottish long classic hill races and is run annually in May.
A wee bit of patter on my first Scottish hill race of the season, with the second (Slioch) now looming on the horizon. I 'borrowed' the main photo of the hill from Google as the race photos have yet to be released, it was a lot snowier on the day: The Stuc a’ Chroin 5000... Continue Reading →
Scotland has been good to us over the past few weeks. As she begins to shake off her winter cloak we've been treated to a couple of weekends of good snow and hill conditions. The first set of photos below are from a weekend spent on bikes and foot in the Cairngorms. In the preceding days... Continue Reading →
Tinto hill is an attractive wee peak located just off the M74 motorway in south Scotland, close to the village of Biggar. Being one of the last races in the Scottish hill running calendar and in close proximity to Edinburgh it usually attracts crowds of hundreds. The registration centres for Scottish hill races are often... Continue Reading →
4.30 am on Saturday the 24th of October found me blindly slapping at my bedside table to try and silence my phones obnoxious alarm call. Rain battered off the windows in waves and the streetlights cast eerie shadows of tree branches being tormented by the gale on my bedroom floor. I let out sigh as... Continue Reading →
Castle Douglas, Dumfries, Glasgow, Stirling, Perth, Aviemore, Inverness and finally a stop for dinner in Strathpeffer. It was late on Friday night after a tough working week; I had a numb arse following the long car journey and the forecast was looking grim for the next couple of days. Below are pictures of the MWIS... Continue Reading →
