It’s 2.45, in the morning, when the alarm goes off, not that I’ve slept much anyway. You know what it’s like, need to sleep, can’t sleep. The more you try the more it just isn’t going to happen. Betsy the doodle gives me a suspicious, or is it a “get it right roon ye” look … Continue reading 2.45 am / Say Yes – The English Masters inter area track and field challenge 2023
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Smile – Crackerjack racing – 5 to 5 including Clydebank 5k and Scottish Masters 5000m champs
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 buzz of race day once the anxiety goes. I am not the most … Continue reading Smile – Crackerjack racing – 5 to 5 including Clydebank 5k and Scottish Masters 5000m champs
The One and Only / Endless Art – The British and Irish Masters Cross Country International 2022 — Dublin
I want to start positive here, and I WILL start positive here because it is quite a simple bottom line really. I went abroad to run in an international event for Scotland and came home with a medal. That’s the punchline right there. See? I have saved you 5 minutes; you don’t have to read … Continue reading The One and Only / Endless Art – The British and Irish Masters Cross Country International 2022 — Dublin
The Unforgettable Fire – Kilmaurs 5k and English Masters Inter Area Track and Field champs
I know I have been racing a lot recently and I am looking forward to a spell away from it but me being me I wasn't going to do it that easily. Where would be the fun it that? Last blog was from the start of the week and the Masters relays was such brilliant … Continue reading The Unforgettable Fire – Kilmaurs 5k and English Masters Inter Area Track and Field champs
Kool Thing – the LSK SVHC Scottish Masters Road Relays 2022
I love these relays. Usually taking place at the end of January it’s a good wee guide to see how the winter training is going, and for the likes of me usually no pressure as I’ve tended to be Motherwell C or D team, at a stretch B, so if not much in the legs … Continue reading Kool Thing – the LSK SVHC Scottish Masters Road Relays 2022
Beauty #2/ Where’s your head at? – SVHC Clydebank 5K and the Scottish Mile 2022
I wasn't even going to bother blogging about these as hardly anyone reads these things anymore anyway but things change all the time. This one is for my old noggin so I can look back at it. You can plan your life away but things always happen to change your plans and all you can … Continue reading Beauty #2/ Where’s your head at? – SVHC Clydebank 5K and the Scottish Mile 2022
Forever Yesterday – that second Scottish vest, 32 years on
Thanks for the kind comments on my previous blog and I am afraid this one is going to start the same way, with an apology. My blogs, my social media, man even my thoughts etc have all been clogged up with my running recently. I've been riding what for me was the crest of a … Continue reading Forever Yesterday – that second Scottish vest, 32 years on
One to Another – a tale of two races
Disclaimer: I was born in Paisley and support St Mirren, it is my birth right to insult Greenock and it is all tongue in cheek. It's a topsy turvy world this running malarky. My last blog seen me on a major high after a 5k PB, a sub 17. My confidence so high going into … Continue reading One to Another – a tale of two races
Behind the Glass – Strathclyde parkrun, Shettleston OGM and the Scottish Masters 10,000m
As I have said before, running can be a funny business unless you are reading this blog. I'll try and keep the heavy stuff as brief as I can as I could probably do a 200,000 word thesis on the peculiarities of the Gallacher Heid, but I will save that for open university. Last blog … Continue reading Behind the Glass – Strathclyde parkrun, Shettleston OGM and the Scottish Masters 10,000m
The Storm – SVHC Scottish Masters Relays 2019 and a wee surprise
You know the saying. "It is a wee baldy middle aged man’s prerogative to change his mind." There may be paraphrasing involved but it’s my blog and my baw so deal with it 🙂 I wrote a blog last year about my feelings about club loyalty and not getting along much and feeling on the peripheries … Continue reading The Storm – SVHC Scottish Masters Relays 2019 and a wee surprise
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