Scottish Champs 2008

We all headed up north to Aberfeldy for the Scottish Orienteering Championships. Spend Friday night at a B&B and then on to forests in the foothills of Schiehallion. Hannah unfortunately went down with a bug and was sick several times. We were in charge of the String course for the day and had over 50 happy customers. Max had a good run on the orange course although he made a couple of big mistakes which cost him first place. He is picture with his plaque for coming second in the M14B class. Colin was on very poor form and got very lost on the first control.

Hillend Orienteering

Colin came in THIRD place in a field of 23 at the orienteering on a pleasant Wednesday evening at the very hilly Hillend.

Scottish Sprint Champs & SOL2

Max and Colin went up to Stirling on Saturday for a sprint race in Stirling old town. Reasonable performances from both. Max was up against 17 year olds in his age class so was quote far down the field.

On Sunday Colin went to the Touch estate for SOL2 and came last in the long M21L class. A tired run but generally pretty good navigation.

Ben Oss & Beinn Duhbcraig

Colin has a day off work and so headed up north in the glorious weather to bag a few munros.

Great Edinburgh Run

Max and Hannah were out running in the Great Edinburgh Run around the Meadows on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Hannah was out first and ran a great race. Stayed at a really steady pace most of the way round saving energy for a final burst of speed over the last 50 m. Got round the 2.4 km course in 14 m 8 sec which works out at 9 min 29 sec min/mile pace.

Max started fast but ran out of energy towards the end. Nothing left to give over the last 300 m but kept going bravely to the finish. Time of 11 m 18 s was slower than a year ago but still a cracking pace of 7 min 35 sec per mile.