Category Archives: Personal

The purple and the white: running in the time of coronavirus

And now for something completely different. Not a race report, but a no-race report. Yes, there have been virtual events (I’ll come to those later), but with the last event that was clinging to my race calendar cancelled and switched … Continue reading

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Capelaw – Once is Not Enough

6 December 2015, ran up Capelaw from home with Tim Doyle, Rab Walker as well as dogs Tally and Charly. So what? From my home in Colinton it’s only 3.7k and 300m of climbing, for me though, it was the … Continue reading

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Carl’s Plea for Marathon Sponsorship!

Fellow Harriers! As many of you know I shall be running the London Marathon for the first time on 21st April. I would be delighted if you could sponsor me – please visit the link (might have to copy/paste!) to … Continue reading

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A marathon is 2.62 miles, right?!

Dear fellow Harriers, I’d be chuffed if you could sponsor me for my virgin Virgin London Marathon next year (See what I did there?!) I feel a bit cheeky asking as I’m just doing the one, and it’s not in the … Continue reading

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Training for a 100

Just a quick note (obviously I have some time on my hands at the moment). I’m going to use this site to note this years training for the 100 (basically because nobody in Scotland runs this). This years LDWA 100 … Continue reading

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Gill has a baby boy!

Congratulations from all the club members to Gill and Scott Cairns whose baby son Jamie arrived just before midnight on the 8th of December.

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