Category Archives: Race Reports

The Ochil 2000s is the next Long Series hill race (Aug 27th). It is longer than the Skyline (31.2kms), but has less height gain with ~1200m. More details at: http://www.scottishhillracing.co.uk/RaceDetails.aspx?RaceID=RA-0203 http://www.ochilhillrunners.org.uk/static.aspx?id=o2000R If you want to enter, online registration is here: … Continue reading →

I had entered the Glenshee 9 Long Classic Series race months ago partly to bag some munros, but wasn’t sure if I would be on holiday or not. As it panned out, we got back from North Devon at 7pm on … Continue reading →

This report is being written rather late, but the pictures of leaping harriers were so fantastic I thought they should appear here. After basking in the hot sun whilst waiting for a lift to the race it was quite a … Continue reading →

After enjoying last year’s race so much I was looking forward to this greatly. I again travelled up with Billy, Daniel and Michael to camp at Glen Nevis campsite, one of my favourite locations. This was my 10th marathon and … Continue reading →

The backstory – Alan (Gilly’s better half :-)) had a back operation and his place for the Spartan was up for grabs. After an online gurning contest between me and Yan, I won – obviously the ugliest – me that … Continue reading →

Distance 5 km Climb 502 m There were a total of 24 runners in this race. It’s short and sharp and a lot of fun. The race forms part of the ‘St. Ronan’s Border Games – Innerleithen’s Festival. “Scotland’s Oldest … Continue reading →

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 →