The rise and rise of Cani-Cross
It started with a suggestion from a friend a couple of years back saying that if I had a dog, Cani-Cross would be perfect for me. But I didn’t have a dog! As soon...
Category: Running
Triathlon training for kids in Glasgow
Triathlon is not just for gown-ups – it’s for kids, too. And due to popular demand (not just from parents who need a couple of hours to themselves at the weekend!), Glasgow Triathlon Club...
Runners: Are you faking it or growing it?
I’ll confess I wasn’t too keen on the moustache madness of last Movember. Men with moustaches brought back yukky memories of the seedy-looking seventies trend (and a rubbish boyfriend in the 90s). But sometimes...
At the risk of becoming a Gore-tex bore
I like to make sure that outdoors equipment really does what it says it will. So I have been testing my Gore-tex Active Shell in a range of different situations. The Gore-tex Active Shell...
Running in a Gore-tex Active Shell jacket
Running uphill without any flat sections for 5k on a gorgeously sunny, but breezy and chilly, day in the Bavarian Alps with two top French bloggers and runners, Greg-Runner and Mountain Goat Sylvain, makes...
300 days of running. What Jenny Hastings has learned
I met Jenny Hastings on Facebook. I was actually trying to get hold of her rugby star hubbie Scott for a Herald article. (Scott is Scotland’s most capped player. He also played for The British Lions...
Two outdoor events in August
Two more fab Scottish event shave come to my attention, so I thought I’d share them with all you outdoors competitors/maddies. Monster Swim First up in another addition to the growing stable of open...
A fabulous five-lettered word: Taper
Taper. It’s a lovely word and in the sporting world it comes after many months of hard graft. With less than a week to go before my somewhat daunting Virgin London Olympic Triathlon 2011...
5 days, 4 running events
Oh go on… you know you’d love to take part in a series of four different running events that take place over just five days. The unique Tour of Clydeside Series of races include a...
Guest blog: Taking part in the awesome Cape Wrath Challenge
Mike Dales is the part-time Membership Development Officer with the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) and part-time Access and Environment Officer with the Scottish Canoe Association (SCA). When I heard that he was taking on...
