Fellow Brechiner Pete Barrow, in conjunction with Arbroath Footers, arranged a Q & A and warm up with Eilish McColgan on Tuesday 2nd October 2018 at the Arbroath branch of Mackie Motors, who sponsor the athlete. Tina Fowler of the Footers took on the task of advertising the event to club members and sending invites …
If I had to sum up this experience in one word, it would be phenomenal. That covers the effort involved to get race ready (which I covered in this previous post), the scenery along most of the route, the hospitality shown by Inverness for the Festival, the running community in general, and my experience of …
Never has a race so completely dominated my life for months as this one did. I’d done two 10ks, a couple of 10 milers, and plenty of 5ks, but at the time I signed up for Loch Ness Marathon, on 11th June, I’d not even run a half marathon as I’d had to withdraw from …
Although Dundee is my nearest city at just over half an hour away, I’ve never made the trip to Camperdown Parkrun until now. Montrose Parkrun is just so friendly, close by, and flat! I’d heard tales of a tough uphill climb, and a downhill that could be a little scary in frosty conditions, so hadn’t …
Seven Seconds Away… (cue Neneh Cherry) I signed up for this race the day after BHGE 10k. I’d been mulling it over for a while, but figured it would be a good re-introduction to half marathons. My one and only half prior to this point was the Great Scottish Run in 2005, back when …
Date & Time: Saturday 2nd June 2018 at 09:00am Although I’ve been doing Parkrun semi-regularly since last summer, I’ve only attempted two different Parkrun courses: our local one at Montrose, and Kirkcaldy Parkrun which is a 2 minute jog from my in-laws. So our trip to UKGE 2018 (which you can read all about here …
I signed up for this race just before Christmas 2017. David, Charlotte, Michael, Ross and Hugh all signed up too, so it was looking like a nice wee BRR outing. By that point I had been training regularly for 2 – 3 months. At the start of October I had found 6 mile runs a …
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Smokies 10, a ladies only race which is organised by the Arbroath Footers. The popularity of the race can be seen from the fact that it sells out within a couple of hours. Ladies travel from across Scotland (and possibly a few from further afield) to take part …
This race was first mentioned to me by Charlotte back in January. At the time she said I should enter it as I had a good chance of placing (e.g. finishing in the top 3). At that point I hadn’t been running that long and it seemed a ludicrous idea, but I was sold on …
It wouldn’t be an underestimate to say that this has been the most enjoyable chipped official race of my life, so far. After the ridiculously slow race I’d run in the icy conditions at Livingston in February, and with the Smokies being postponed due to the Beast From the East, it felt like this was …