5 Below

Yesterday I ran the Helensburgh 10k. It was the fourth time that I have run the 10K in Helensburgh and it was my twentieth 10k, the first was the Great Scottish Run in 2004.
The atmosphere of this race is always great and the nice weather brought more spectators and well wishers out than I can [...]

Yesterday I ran the Deafblind Scotland’s 10k Canal Run in Bishopbriggs. The weather for this run was the opposite of my last run in Troon. Just before the start it was raining however once the race started the sun came out and it was a warm run.
From a tactical point of view I ran a [...]

This evening I went out for my weekly  jog and hit the old problem of my lungs and cold weather. On the first 1.2km lap that we do my lungs just “flared up”. I am not sure how to decribe what happens so “flared up” will have to do.   I will try and do some [...]

Tomorrow I will be taking part in the Stirling City 10k. It will mean an early start and a drive across to the east coast. This should be my last 10k race for 2006.
The official site, see side bar, has a gmaps-pedometer plot of the route and the elevation does not look too bad and [...]

It has been raining the last few days in Glasgow so I was not surprised that this morning it was still raining. It was mainly a light drizzle which is not too bad to run in and I was thankful it was not as hot as last year when I was not taking part.
One of [...]

The Great Scottish Run 10k takes place on the September 3rd. I ran the race two years ago, the course has changed a little since then.
I have plotted a Gmap Pedometer map based on the directions given on the official site. The elevation of the course is below the map, this is quite [...]