My Finest Hour – The Tom Scott Road Races and Scottish Athletics 10 mile...
Disclaimer : I wanted to shoehorn this song by The Sundays in as I had been listening to it, and thought it relatively apt and they don’t have one called (spoiler alert) “My finest 59 minutes and 2...
View ArticleDrive the Pain – Grangemouth Round the Houses 10k 2023 featuring the British...
So my last blog had me on a high, Scottish 10 mile champion for the over 50s. Still sounds daft, but it is what it is. They gave me bling and I got to claim £50 from Soar as a milers club benefit for a...
View ArticleThese things take time – Monklands Half Marathon 2023
Don't worry, it's not going to be a long one today. Just keeping things up to date and in order and all that malarkey. Plus I wasted half my lunch break trying to sort my house insurance, rock and...
View ArticleThe Narcissist – The sub 3 attempt – Edinburgh marathon 2023
Now first things first. The title and therefore the blog song. The narcissist. In general terms it’s not who I am (though I know others would disagree), but see when we get into this type of thing, the...
View ArticleSmile – Crackerjack racing – 5 to 5 including Clydebank 5k and Scottish...
So here’s the thing, running is my go to hobby and I love it. I really do. I may get anxious and stressed about races but I love my easy running, I love the hard efforts in training, and I love the...
View ArticleCamera Shy/ Face the flames – Kenny Phillips and the Monument Mile 2023
Over the years I have published almost 300 blogs and they have all had some type of photos in them to accompany my blurbs. Now I’m not one of those insta runners, I don’t set up pics, I don’t have...
View ArticleTears of a clown – Cumbernauld 10k, Stirling 10k and Flat ‘n fast 5k
It’s a funny thing this running malarkey, unless of course I am writing about it. Especially today. This one is getting all the crap out the system that’s been building up recently. It’s cathartic,...
View ArticleHelp the Aged / Jurassic Mark – The Great Scottish Run 10k 2023
This one is all over the place today. I have been feeling my age recently. Which is a right damn cheek when I see how well the Scottish Masters have done in the recent European Championships. Embracing...
View ArticleUnderdog – The Lindsays Scottish National Cross Country Relays 2023
So the road season and I had had our wee hug. Our wee “all being well I’ll see you next year” and “I promise to stay in touch” parting of the ways. I could feel a lack of passion from it though and our...
View ArticleHappy up here: The Scottish Athletics short course XC championships 2023
I'm an old man and I don't remember many things very well. For some reason 4 has always been my lucky number, and I can't recall why or even recall a time when it has actually been lucky for me. It's...
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