The Secret Herb Garden

Nice we trip to the herb gardens at the southside of Edinburgh. Enjoyed a nice wee lunch and walk round the gardens.

Morven

Final race of the Scottish Championship series was at the Morven Hill Race Deeside. With my leg still sore I had a reasonable ascent to the top but felt the need to protect my leg on the way down and got passed by quite a few runners and finished very near the back of the field.

The good news was that I had managed to finish all 6 championship races which only a very small number of runners had done.

In the final positions I finished 30th in the over 40's and 39th man overall. 

World Masters Wales

A long weekend down in Wales for the World Masters Mountain Running Championships. A great event at a great location with runners ranging from 35 to 83 at the event.

With my sore knee and limited training I wasn't expecting much. The course was relatively straightforward; more a hilly trail run than a mountain run but very pleasant nonetheless. I was right at the back of the field but delighted that a nice gentleman from Italy came in behind me to avoid the embarrassment of last place against the other 45 to 49 year olds. 44th place in the world sounds much better.

Kelpies

Lovely sunny day out with big crowds out to enjoy the Kelpies and surrounding parkland.