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3 very diverse runs!
Slow run
With Andy Lennie unable to make the slow run there was some chopping and changing of run leaders. At one point 3 of us were going to lead it but when I turned up at 7.25 the only person waiting was Helen. Where were you all?! Did the forecast put you off? It was lovely out! Still and clear, we had a very pleasant run around the Hermitage and Blackford Hill, stopping occasionally for a ritual roundup and headcount.
Digby
Social group
The fast runners decided to do the 7 Hills route without Arthur’s Seat so there was one hill left for us. Willie led a new variation of a Craigmillar Arthur’s Seat loop adding a new section of woods to bring us past the ERI. WIth the combination of wet rock and greasy mud there were a few more fallers than usual, but still a great run completed with Pollock Halls turnstile confirming we are all slim enough to stay with the group.
Michael
Fast group
14.75 miles. 2hrs 15mins.
The weather has looking wet, so decided on a lower level route to avoid the muddy tracks – The Seven Hills route but missing out Arthurs Seat. As it turned out the weather was fine, underfoot any tracks were wetter than a garden in Somerset, with the path round St Leonards challenging in trail shoes.
5 started, but we lost Andrew Normand at Haymarket (hope he got back ok), the remaining 4 took the fast route to Corstorphine Hill, past Roseburn and up Murrayfield Road. Its interesting to find so many route variations on the 7 hills route. The climb up to Craiglockart really was a “climb”.
Back at KB we had just enough time to get a pint of Stewarts before the bar closed.
Graham