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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 [...]

Yesterday evening I ran the Troon 10K which is organised by the Troon Tortoises.
It was a very windy with rain for nine out of ten kilometres and I think it was probably the worst conditions I have run in and that includes the Dumbarton 10K last year when there was thunder and lightning.
My kilometre splits [...]

Thanks to a timely email from a friend I have my entry in for the Polaroid Series 2007 in May.
Tomorrow I am getting out for my first run of the year, long overdue I know. I aim to start regular runs from now on, I have never managed this before but this year thing must [...]

First of all I arrived far too early for the race, I must remember that Stirling is not as far from Glasgow as I think.
During the first kilometre I thought I was going to have to give up as my lungs just wouldn’t work, it was a damp and misty morning and I think I [...]

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 [...]

I have decided to start a separate blog where I can post about my running, if only so that I can keep track on my training.
I have run five 10k races, four of them this year and I am running the Great Scottish Run 10k on the 3rd of September. I ran my first 10k [...]