Monthly Archives: June 2016

Having tackled 3 hills yesterday I was ready for the 7 that awaited me in my most favourite city of Edinburgh. As this was my fourth attempt at this race you would think I would know the route pretty well … Continue reading →

Distance 7.2 km Climb 480 m These little hills look rather innocent in this picture and might fool you into thinking this is a rather easy run. Well on the day they proved to be a slippery and cantankerous beast. … Continue reading →

The Venue: Cultybraggan lies close to the village of Comrie, in west Perthshire. It was first used as a prisoner of war camp during World War II, and then became an Army training area. It later housed a Royal Observer … Continue reading →

On Wednesday night, 12 hilly Harriers turned up for this fast but fun hill race. It was a lovely sunny evening, though a bit on the warm side. For some of us, this was our third race in a week … Continue reading →

I hadn’t originally planned to do this race, and wasn’t even aware of it until recently, but it suddenly became a ‘must do’ long classic. Having done Stuc and then Slioch in the last month or so, I was in … Continue reading →

It has taken me four years to gently persuade Andrea to run a mountain marathon (MM) and the final Highlander seemed like a good opportunity. As Andrea’s first, and my second (I ran the LAMM B-course in 2009 with Julian … Continue reading →

What a lovely day to be beside the seaside. Well done to Yan on coming second in his category. 10 29:29 Yan Horsburgh male SV 75 33:20 Sadie Kemp female vet Full results: http://www.portobellorunners.co.uk/component/content/article/534-porty-beach-race-2016-results

Gilly and I hadnt done an OCR for a while and decided to give this one a try. This was Michael’s first OCR so he went on ahead to see what kind of time he could get. Gilly and I … Continue reading →

Another great turn out for the club. This is such a fun race and getting a free beer at the end is a bonus! 58 YAN HORSBURGH 28:43 189 RACHEL DRUMMOND 32:10 211 MICHAEL GREENS 32:39 233 GILLIAN CAIRNS 32:57 … Continue reading →

We got cracking weather for the 5 miler, and some great times for the harriers. Amy came first 40W and the ladies were second womens team. Derek was first home out of the harriers and the guys were fifth mens … Continue reading →

We got great weather for the 2 races with it just becoming too warm in the last few miles of the marathon. Some great times for the harriers well done all. 🙂 Half marathon: 534 Rachel Drummond (17412) 1h 33m … Continue reading →