Devil's Burden Hill Relays

SAT 24 JAN 2009

Steffen and I had the honour of leading the "A" Team off on leg 1 from Falkland over East Lomond, through the limekilns to the changeover at Halls Reservoir. It was eyeballs out stuff the whole way, and we were very evenly matched, pushing each other all the way, even outsprinting our rival Ochils and Fife teams on the line. Great to be racing once again after a few niggles recently. We continued on for 2 hours to head over Bishop Hill, West Lomond and down through the forest back to Falkland. A great day out.

Mid Week Lomonds of Fife Run

WED 21 JAN 2009

A cracking run round the Lomonds of Fife on Wed. Started at Craigmead car park in the middle, off up East Lomond, round the limekilns, to Holl Reservoir, over to Bishop Hill, down and up to the Devil's Burdens and up to West Lomond.

Glen Clova Weekend

17 - 18 JANUARY 2009

A weekend at the Glen Clova Hotel bunkhouse with the Lomond Hillrunners. We enjoyed a wintry wander up Broad Cairn from Braedownie via Bachnagairn. It was very windy and cold on the summit, so we just came back the way we had gone up. On Sun we plodded up Loch Brandy behind the Hotel.

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2008 Totals

2008 had me -

- running 1722 miles
- racing 22 times
- cycling 4280 miles
- going to the gym 85 times; and
- hillwalking 13 times

Total time approx. 630 hours, averaging about 12 hours per week.

Highlights included -

Lomond Hillrunners pub run on the canal from Linlithgow to Edinburgh
another great Celtic Connections festival
a great weekend hillwalking on Mull in April
joining the Fifers for the 3 Peaks Fell Race in Yorkshire
Stuc a Chroin Hill Race on Sat 3 May and a 100 mile cycle the next day in Ayrshire
Muffy Calder's 50th weekend on the West Highland Way
cycling up the Bealach Na Ba for the 1st time
walking in Torridon for Isobel's last Munro
a hot Duddon Hill Race on 31 May and 80 mile near-hypothermic cycle the next day
doing a midweek 200k Audax with Moira in the Borders
supporting Gordon in his great West Highland Way debut
moving house!!
winning the Westies Dumgoyne Handicap Race
cycling 1000 miles from John O'Groats to Land's End in 11 days
bagging 9 Munros during the Glenshee 9 Hill Race
the Westies Extravaganza on the Rob Roy Way
6hrs, 90 miles and 2000 metres climbing in the Bealach Mor Sportif
celebrating 25 years of running with the Two Breweries Hill Race and a party
another great Westies weekend at Loch Ossian
celebrating the the late great Simon Triger's life by walking up Carn Mor Dearg
a week chilling out in Arisaig with Moira
lovely winter walking in Langdale and Skiddaw with the Glenmorons
a fantastic Westies Moonlit Run in the Kilpatricks
and numerous cycles and runs with friends on the gorgeous Scottish countryside

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL AND HAVE A GREAT 2009

Lomond Hillrunners Pub Run

SATURDAY 3 JAN 2009

The annual pub run of Lomond Hillrunners was on the Fife Coastal Path this year, and I was once again honoured with a guest invite. We started off at Dalmeny, crossed over the Forth Road Bridge, headed along the coastal path from North Queensferry and had our first pub stop in Inverkeithing. We then headed round past Dalgety Bay to Aberdour for the next pint and some lunch. We then were off to Burntisland for a pint, followed by Kinghorn. We reached Kirkcaldy just after dark and had a pint there before enjoying a Nepalese curry, washed down by Gurkha beer. A great day out.

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Ben Ledi New Year's Day Walk

THURS 1 JAN 2009

A lovely way to start the New Year off - a walk up the Corbett of Ben Ledi in the Trossachs, near Callander.

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River Avon Trail Run

WED 31 DEC 2008

My first time in the Muiravonside Country Park, near Linlithgow. Lovely riverside trails, a "Wallace Cave", and a fantastic canal aqueduct.

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Lawbreaker Hill race

SUN 28 DEC 2008

Hamstring still playing up, so went along to watch the Lawbreaker Hill race on the Ochils, and try out my new Nikon D40 digital SLR camera.

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