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Ultra runner Mark Hutchison sets 52km Union Canal FKT

On May 29, Mark Hutchison, off Coatbridge, set a new Fastest Known Time (FKT) for […]

Ultra runner Damian Hall sets record on 185-mile Wainwright’s Coast to Coast

Damian Hall has set a new running record on the 185-mile Wainwright’s Coast to Coast […]

Runner traverses Kilpatricks and Campsies hills in one outing

Alan Owen completed an unsupported 33-mile run across both the Kilpatricks hill range and the […]

Ultra runner John Kelly sets new record for 261-mile Pennine Way – again

Ultra runner John Kelly has again set a record for the UK’s 261-mile Pennine Way. […]

Traverse of the Campsie Fells: From Dumgoyne to Meikle Bin

One of the first hills that I walked when I moved to Glasgow more than […]

Graham Connolly and Paul Giblin set FKT for 230-mile Cape Wrath Trail

Graham Connolly and Paul Giblin have set a Fastest Known Time (FKT) for the remote […]

Corbett bagging: Evening run-hike of Beinn Bheula in Arrochar Alps

Sometimes, you get lucky in Scotland’s mountains. While the forecast wasn’t too wonderful for mid-week […]

Billy Gibson sets new FKT on Fife Pilgrim Way

Another runner has recorded a new Fastest Known Time (FKT) on a Scottish long-distance trail. […]

Snow, cold, strong winds and asthma put pay to Sabrina Verjee’s Wainwrights bid

Ultra runner Sabrina Verjee has ended her continuous round of the Wainwrights four days into […]

Anna Rutherford sets female FKT on Southern Upland Way

Ultra runner Anna Rutherford set a new Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the 214-mile Southern […]

Ultra runner James Stewart sets new FKT on the Fife Coastal Path

Ultra runner James Stewart, of Croy, North Lanarkshire, ran the 117-mile Fife Coastal Path in […]

How to avoid crowds on the Corbetts Ben Ledi and Benvane

I am delighted that there has been an easing of Covid travel restrictions in Scotland, […]