Pentland Skyline

Ran the Pentland Skyline race in a fantastic 3 hrs 55 minutes. 16 Miles long - 6200 ft of ascent (and descent) that's 2 big munros from sea level.

Started out in sunshine completing the first three hills in good time and catching Willie Gibson (briefly), a much faster runner, near Flotterstone. Blisters came at this point and I wondered if I would make it. 1 runner came back down Turnhouse Hill saying its a much nicer direction to go!

Then the skys opened and the next hour along the high ridge saw rain and strong winds. Reached the half-way Drove Road in just over 2 hrs.

The return journey is a pig with smaller but very rough hills. Hard going through the heather and bogs of Hare Hill. Black hill - Black by colour Black by nature. A very tough ascent up Bells Hill past some runners that looked like the Living Dead. Along to Harbour hill by which time I knew that I would make it over the remaining three familiar hills.

Chatted with another runner up Allermuir. I thought we would just miss the 4 hr mark.
But we'd started late he said - another fifteen minutes top go. So with renewed energy we headed on to try to break 4 hrs. Never thought I'd be round so fast.